Table 4-9
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Alberta

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Alberta
Table summary
This table displays the selected labour force characteristics for Alberta. 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 3,168.0 3,180.1 ... 12.1 68.6 106.2 0.4 2.2 3.5
Labour force 2,317.0 2,322.9 8.8 5.9 55.3 68.4 0.3 2.4 3.0
Employment 2,200.6 2,217.2 9.2 16.6 51.9 65.3 0.8 2.4 3.0
Employment full-time 1,857.3 1,861.0 12.3 3.7 34.3 58.1 0.2 1.9 3.2
Unemployment 116.5 105.6 7.0 -10.9 3.3 3.0 -9.4 3.2 2.9
Participation rate 73.1 73.0 0.3 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 4.5 0.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 69.5 69.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 -0.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 15.6 16.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 512.4 513.6 ... 1.2 4.2 7.0 0.2 0.8 1.4
Labour force 352.1 352.5 5.3 0.4 20.3 6.6 0.1 6.1 1.9
Employment 318.9 325.0 5.4 6.1 22.2 8.6 1.9 7.3 2.7
Unemployment 33.2 27.6 4.2 -5.6 -1.8 -1.9 -16.9 -6.1 -6.4
Participation rate 68.7 68.6 1.0 -0.1 3.4 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.4 7.8 1.2 -1.6 -1.1 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.2 63.3 1.1 1.1 3.9 0.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 34.8 38.1 1.8 3.3 5.6 1.3 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 1,348.6 1,354.3 ... 5.7 33.5 51.3 0.4 2.5 3.9
Labour force 1,094.3 1,098.0 4.2 3.7 23.7 35.6 0.3 2.2 3.4
Employment 1,044.8 1,052.6 4.8 7.8 15.7 28.6 0.7 1.5 2.8
Unemployment 49.5 45.4 4.0 -4.1 8.0 7.1 -8.3 21.4 18.5
Participation rate 81.1 81.1 0.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.1 0.4 -0.4 0.6 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 77.5 77.7 0.4 0.2 -0.8 -0.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 5.4 5.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 1,307.0 1,312.1 ... 5.1 30.9 47.9 0.4 2.4 3.8
Labour force 870.6 872.4 5.3 1.8 11.3 26.1 0.2 1.3 3.1
Employment 836.8 839.7 5.2 2.9 14.2 28.2 0.3 1.7 3.5
Unemployment 33.8 32.7 3.8 -1.1 -2.8 -2.1 -3.3 -7.9 -6.0
Participation rate 66.6 66.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.7 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.7 0.4 -0.2 -0.4 -0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.0 64.0 0.4 0.0 -0.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 21.0 20.3 0.9 -0.7 -2.1 -0.9 ... ... ...
Industry 2,200.6 2,217.2 9.2 16.6 51.9 65.3 0.8 2.4 3.0
Goods-producing sector 621.1 624.3 9.4 3.2 2.4 -6.8 0.5 0.4 -1.1
Agriculture 68.7 67.0 3.3 -1.7 5.4 11.7 -2.5 8.8 21.2
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 166.5 167.7 5.1 1.2 2.7 -9.5 0.7 1.6 -5.4
Utilities 15.8 17.1 2.2 1.3 -5.7 -4.8 8.2 -25.0 -21.9
Construction 237.9 234.3 6.6 -3.6 11.8 -4.9 -1.5 5.3 -2.0
Manufacturing 132.2 138.2 5.4 6.0 -11.8 0.7 4.5 -7.9 0.5
Services-producing sector 1,579.5 1,592.9 11.1 13.4 49.5 72.0 0.8 3.2 4.7
Trade 332.4 334.7 7.5 2.3 9.4 17.6 0.7 2.9 5.6
Transportation and warehousing 111.7 117.9 4.7 6.2 -8.1 -2.3 5.6 -6.4 -1.9
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 105.4 106.9 4.5 1.5 -1.5 -1.2 1.4 -1.4 -1.1
Professional, scientific and technical services 181.6 182.6 5.5 1.0 24.0 28.2 0.6 15.1 18.3
Business, building and other support services 75.7 77.8 4.0 2.1 5.6 4.2 2.8 7.8 5.7
Educational services 130.7 123.5 4.6 -7.2 -2.1 -5.1 -5.5 -1.7 -4.0
Health care and social assistance 227.4 230.6 5.8 3.2 -0.2 6.1 1.4 -0.1 2.7
Information, culture and recreation 79.5 81.3 3.9 1.8 9.3 13.7 2.3 12.9 20.3
Accommodation and food services 131.9 133.6 5.6 1.7 1.5 0.7 1.3 1.1 0.5
Other services 111.3 114.1 4.9 2.8 12.3 10.7 2.5 12.1 10.3
Public administration 92.0 89.8 3.9 -2.2 -0.9 -0.8 -2.4 -1.0 -0.9
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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