Table 4-6
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Ontario

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Ontario
Table summary
This table displays the selected labour force characteristics for Ontario. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted. The row headers provide information for the selected labour force characteristics for each selected age group and sex, as well as the selected industries. The column headers provide information on the current and last month in thousands, the standard error, as well as the number change (in thousands) and the percentage change from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  June 2013 July 2013 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
                                                    in thousands (except rates)      
Both sexes, 15 years and over  
Population 11,197.2 11,210.9 ... 13.7 82.8 130.5 0.1 0.7 1.2
Labour force 7,441.8 7,445.2 20.1 3.4 3.2 68.8 0.0 0.0 0.9
Employment 6,887.1 6,876.5 19.3 -10.6 22.3 83.8 -0.2 0.3 1.2
Employment full-time 5,574.8 5,572.7 26.3 -2.1 25.5 68.4 0.0 0.5 1.2
Unemployment 554.7 568.8 17.5 14.1 -18.9 -14.9 2.5 -3.2 -2.6
Participation rate 66.5 66.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.6 0.2 0.1 -0.3 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.5 61.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.1 19.0 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 1,786.2 1,785.9 ... -0.3 -2.7 -3.7 0.0 -0.2 -0.2
Labour force 1,110.2 1,081.1 12.3 -29.1 -16.1 7.0 -2.6 -1.5 0.7
Employment 930.1 905.6 10.7 -24.5 -4.2 11.7 -2.6 -0.5 1.3
Unemployment 180.1 175.5 10.7 -4.6 -11.8 -4.8 -2.6 -6.3 -2.7
Participation rate 62.2 60.5 0.7 -1.7 -0.8 0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.2 16.2 0.9 0.0 -0.9 -0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 52.1 50.7 0.6 -1.4 -0.2 0.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 51.4 50.6 1.2 -0.8 -3.7 -0.4 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 4,564.7 4,571.4 ... 6.7 40.8 64.5 0.1 0.9 1.4
Labour force 3,305.7 3,324.7 10.1 19.0 7.0 15.5 0.6 0.2 0.5
Employment 3,105.2 3,122.4 10.9 17.2 15.4 45.1 0.6 0.5 1.5
Unemployment 200.4 202.3 9.9 1.9 -8.4 -29.7 0.9 -4.0 -12.8
Participation rate 72.4 72.7 0.2 0.3 -0.5 -0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.1 0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 68.0 68.3 0.2 0.3 -0.3 0.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 8.0 8.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 4,846.3 4,853.5 ... 7.2 44.6 69.7 0.1 0.9 1.5
Labour force 3,025.9 3,039.4 11.2 13.5 12.3 46.4 0.4 0.4 1.6
Employment 2,851.8 2,848.4 11.1 -3.4 11.0 26.9 -0.1 0.4 1.0
Unemployment 174.1 191.0 9.2 16.9 1.3 19.5 9.7 0.7 11.4
Participation rate 62.4 62.6 0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 6.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.8 58.7 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 20.6 20.8 0.6 0.2 0.7 -0.2 ... ... ...
Industry 6,887.1 6,876.5 19.3 -10.6 22.3 83.8 -0.2 0.3 1.2
Goods-producing sector 1,440.1 1,434.6 18.1 -5.5 28.4 21.2 -0.4 2.0 1.5
Agriculture 87.2 85.2 4.2 -2.0 0.1 -7.6 -2.3 0.1 -8.2
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 38.7 41.0 2.4 2.3 6.8 4.6 5.9 19.9 12.6
Utilities 52.4 58.3 3.3 5.9 2.9 7.0 11.3 5.2 13.6
Construction 477.9 478.7 11.2 0.8 49.3 39.9 0.2 11.5 9.1
Manufacturing 783.8 771.4 14.5 -12.4 -30.7 -22.6 -1.6 -3.8 -2.8
Services-producing sector 5,447.0 5,441.9 23.8 -5.1 -6.2 62.6 -0.1 -0.1 1.2
Trade 1,008.4 1,012.0 16.3 3.6 -22.9 30.2 0.4 -2.2 3.1
Transportation and warehousing 343.7 340.4 10.1 -3.3 11.2 27.8 -1.0 3.4 8.9
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 525.9 516.2 12.2 -9.7 -8.6 2.0 -1.8 -1.6 0.4
Professional, scientific and technical services 575.7 573.1 13.3 -2.6 26.3 20.6 -0.5 4.8 3.7
Business, building and other support services 303.8 327.6 10.2 23.8 33.9 24.0 7.8 11.5 7.9
Educational services 528.2 524.9 11.7 -3.3 1.3 8.0 -0.6 0.2 1.5
Health care and social assistance 779.7 774.5 13.1 -5.2 5.0 -8.4 -0.7 0.6 -1.1
Information, culture and recreation 305.6 304.0 10.3 -1.6 -22.7 -25.4 -0.5 -6.9 -7.7
Accommodation and food services 425.8 419.7 11.5 -6.1 -8.7 -6.4 -1.4 -2.0 -1.5
Other services 270.5 276.5 9.5 6.0 -9.9 -17.1 2.2 -3.5 -5.8
Public administration 379.6 372.9 9.3 -6.7 -11.2 7.2 -1.8 -2.9 2.0
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Also referred to as Natural resources.
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Tables 282-0087, 282-0088. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.
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