Table 4-5
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Quebec

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Quebec
Table summary
This table displays selected labour force characteristics for Quebec. 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, except rates), the standard error, as well as the change (in thousands and in percent) from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  August 2016 September  2016 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 6,896.9 6,900.1 ... 3.2 37.9 46.9 0.0 0.6 0.7
Labour force 4,443.0 4,477.3 15.8 34.3 17.5 28.6 0.8 0.4 0.6
Employment 4,128.7 4,167.0 16.1 38.3 57.4 60.6 0.9 1.4 1.5
Employment full-time 3,325.1 3,370.5 21.8 45.4 60.0 69.9 1.4 1.8 2.1
Unemployment 314.3 310.3 13.9 -4.0 -39.9 -32.0 -1.3 -11.4 -9.3
Participation rate 64.4 64.9 0.2 0.5 -0.1 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.1 6.9 0.3 -0.2 -1.0 -0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.9 60.4 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.5 19.1 0.5 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 933.0 931.5 ... -1.5 -17.1 -22.7 -0.2 -1.8 -2.4
Labour force 622.0 632.0 8.8 10.0 -13.9 -31.2 1.6 -2.2 -4.7
Employment 538.2 548.2 8.4 10.0 -14.1 -34.6 1.9 -2.5 -5.9
Unemployment 83.8 83.8 7.7 0.0 0.3 3.4 0.0 0.4 4.2
Participation rate 66.7 67.8 0.9 1.1 -0.3 -1.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.5 13.3 1.1 -0.2 0.4 1.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 57.7 58.9 0.9 1.2 -0.4 -2.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 53.8 54.2 1.8 0.3 0.9 0.0 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 2,941.3 2,943.8 ... 2.5 27.0 34.0 0.1 0.9 1.2
Labour force 2,023.7 2,032.0 8.6 8.3 -7.0 11.0 0.4 -0.3 0.5
Employment 1,886.3 1,894.5 9.5 8.2 10.2 30.1 0.4 0.5 1.6
Unemployment 137.3 137.6 8.7 0.3 -17.2 -19.0 0.2 -11.1 -12.1
Participation rate 68.8 69.0 0.3 0.2 -0.9 -0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.8 6.8 0.4 0.0 -0.8 -0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.1 64.4 0.3 0.3 -0.2 0.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 9.6 9.3 0.5 -0.4 0.5 0.5 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 3,022.6 3,024.8 ... 2.2 28.0 35.6 0.1 0.9 1.2
Labour force 1,797.3 1,813.3 8.8 16.0 38.3 48.8 0.9 2.2 2.8
Employment 1,704.1 1,724.3 8.7 20.2 61.3 65.1 1.2 3.7 3.9
Unemployment 93.2 88.9 7.4 -4.3 -23.0 -16.4 -4.6 -20.6 -15.6
Participation rate 59.5 59.9 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 4.9 0.4 -0.3 -1.4 -1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.4 57.0 0.3 0.6 1.5 1.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.5 18.8 0.7 -0.7 -1.3 -0.9 ... ... ...
Industry 4,128.7 4,167.0 16.1 38.3 57.4 60.6 0.9 1.4 1.5
Goods-producing sector 839.1 843.9 8.7 4.8 5.7 16.0 0.6 0.7 1.9
Agriculture 56.9 54.1 2.4 -2.8 -7.2 -2.5 -4.9 -11.7 -4.4
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 31.8 32.0 1.7 0.2 -0.3 1.1 0.6 -0.9 3.6
Utilities 25.9 26.6 1.4 0.7 0.1 0.0 2.7 0.4 0.0
Construction 232.7 238.8 5.8 6.1 11.4 17.4 2.6 5.0 7.9
Manufacturing 491.8 492.3 6.1 0.5 1.6 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0
Services-producing sector 3,289.6 3,323.1 15.0 33.5 51.7 44.7 1.0 1.6 1.4
Wholesale and retail trade 645.3 648.9 8.1 3.6 -3.9 -14.3 0.6 -0.6 -2.2
Transportation and warehousing 200.6 200.8 4.2 0.2 4.0 3.0 0.1 2.0 1.5
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 216.2 220.7 4.0 4.5 10.6 11.1 2.1 5.0 5.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 306.5 309.1 5.9 2.6 -14.8 -11.5 0.8 -4.6 -3.6
Business, building and other support services 186.8 188.1 5.3 1.3 11.4 17.9 0.7 6.5 10.5
Educational services 275.5 298.7 5.5 23.2 26.3 32.5 8.4 9.7 12.2
Health care and social assistance 591.7 583.1 6.4 -8.6 -0.3 2.4 -1.5 -0.1 0.4
Information, culture and recreation 182.4 178.7 5.5 -3.7 6.7 5.8 -2.0 3.9 3.4
Accommodation and food services 291.9 288.3 6.1 -3.6 7.4 4.2 -1.2 2.6 1.5
Other services (except public administration) 158.4 164.1 4.3 5.7 3.4 0.5 3.6 2.1 0.3
Public administration 234.2 242.7 4.1 8.5 1.0 -7.0 3.6 0.4 -2.8
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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