Table 4-1
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Newfoundland and Labrador

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Newfoundland and Labrador
Table summary
This table displays selected labour force characteristics for Newfoundland and Labrador. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted. The row headers provide information on 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 change (in thousands and in percent) from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  March 2015 April 2015 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 443.1 443.1 ... 0.0 -0.2 -0.8 0.0 0.0 -0.2
Labour force 271.0 271.3 1.9 0.3 2.6 0.7 0.1 1.0 0.3
Employment 234.9 237.1 2.1 2.2 0.0 -1.4 0.9 0.0 -0.6
Employment full-time 202.0 203.9 2.5 1.9 0.3 1.4 0.9 0.1 0.7
Unemployment 36.0 34.2 1.9 -1.8 2.6 2.1 -5.0 8.2 6.5
Participation rate 61.2 61.2 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.3 12.6 0.7 -0.7 0.8 0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 53.0 53.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 -0.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 14.0 14.0 0.8 0.0 -0.1 -1.1 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 56.9 56.7 ... -0.2 -0.6 -2.0 -0.4 -1.0 -3.4
Labour force 36.4 37.2 1.0 0.8 1.4 3.6 2.2 3.9 10.7
Employment 30.2 30.5 0.9 0.3 0.4 2.1 1.0 1.3 7.4
Unemployment 6.2 6.7 0.9 0.5 1.0 1.5 8.1 17.5 28.8
Participation rate 64.0 65.6 1.7 1.6 3.1 8.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 17.0 18.0 2.4 1.0 2.1 2.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 53.1 53.8 1.6 0.7 1.3 5.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 45.7 41.3 3.5 -4.4 0.4 0.8 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 188.2 188.3 ... 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3
Labour force 124.3 123.1 1.1 -1.2 -0.3 -2.4 -1.0 -0.2 -1.9
Employment 106.6 106.5 1.4 -0.1 -1.0 -2.7 -0.1 -0.9 -2.5
Unemployment 17.7 16.6 1.3 -1.1 0.6 0.3 -6.2 3.8 1.8
Participation rate 66.0 65.4 0.6 -0.6 -0.2 -1.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.2 13.5 1.0 -0.7 0.5 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.6 56.6 0.7 0.0 -0.6 -1.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 6.0 4.7 0.8 -1.3 0.2 -0.5 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 198.0 198.0 ... 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.3
Labour force 110.3 111.0 1.1 0.7 1.5 -0.5 0.6 1.4 -0.4
Employment 98.1 100.0 1.1 1.9 0.5 -0.9 1.9 0.5 -0.9
Unemployment 12.2 11.0 1.0 -1.2 1.0 0.4 -9.8 10.0 3.8
Participation rate 55.7 56.1 0.5 0.4 0.8 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.1 9.9 0.8 -1.2 0.8 0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 49.5 50.5 0.6 1.0 0.2 -0.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 12.9 15.7 1.3 2.8 -0.7 -2.9 ... ... ...
Industry 234.9 237.1 2.1 2.2 0.0 -1.4 0.9 0.0 -0.6
Goods-producing sector 53.8 53.9 1.4 0.1 -2.4 0.0 0.2 -4.3 0.0
Agriculture 1.8 1.7 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.5 -5.6 6.2 41.7
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 16.7 16.6 0.8 -0.1 -0.6 -1.9 -0.6 -3.5 -10.3
Utilities 2.5 2.7 0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.2 8.0 -10.0 8.0
Construction 22.1 22.5 1.0 0.4 -1.1 1.2 1.8 -4.7 5.6
Manufacturing 10.7 10.6 0.7 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.9 -2.8 1.0
Services-producing sector 181.2 183.1 1.8 1.9 2.3 -1.5 1.0 1.3 -0.8
Trade 40.9 40.8 0.9 -0.1 1.6 1.3 -0.2 4.1 3.3
Transportation and warehousing 10.1 10.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 -1.8 5.9 9.2 -14.4
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 7.9 8.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 -0.7 3.8 2.5 -7.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 11.1 11.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.6 4.5 7.4 16.0
Business, building and other support services 6.7 7.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.5 4.5 1.4 7.7
Educational services 16.1 16.2 0.6 0.1 -0.5 -1.8 0.6 -3.0 -10.0
Health care and social assistance 36.6 36.8 0.8 0.2 -0.7 -0.5 0.5 -1.9 -1.3
Information, culture and recreation 7.0 6.7 0.6 -0.3 -0.7 0.0 -4.3 -9.5 0.0
Accommodation and food services 16.2 16.1 0.7 -0.1 0.2 0.8 -0.6 1.3 5.2
Other services 12.2 12.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 3.3 4.1 4.1
Public administration 16.3 16.3 0.6 0.0 -0.2 -1.6 0.0 -1.2 -8.9
1.
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
2.
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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