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 selected labour force characteristics for Ontario. 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 11,545.9 11,557.9 ... 12.0 113.4 143.2 0.1 1.0 1.3
Labour force 7,477.4 7,484.6 20.5 7.2 18.4 62.5 0.1 0.2 0.8
Employment 6,977.1 6,993.3 19.5 16.2 27.2 82.1 0.2 0.4 1.2
Employment full-time 5,672.2 5,667.0 26.9 -5.2 -17.0 53.8 -0.1 -0.3 1.0
Unemployment 500.3 491.3 16.7 -9.0 -8.8 -19.6 -1.8 -1.8 -3.8
Participation rate 64.8 64.8 0.2 0.0 -0.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 6.6 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.4 60.5 0.2 0.1 -0.4 0.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 18.7 19.0 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.2 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 1,784.3 1,783.6 ... -0.7 -7.5 -11.2 0.0 -0.4 -0.6
Labour force 1,079.7 1,075.6 12.4 -4.1 7.2 -3.5 -0.4 0.7 -0.3
Employment 922.7 922.5 11.2 -0.2 0.7 1.5 0.0 0.1 0.2
Unemployment 157.1 153.1 10.0 -4.0 6.5 -4.9 -2.5 4.4 -3.1
Participation rate 60.5 60.3 0.7 -0.2 0.6 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.6 14.2 0.9 -0.4 0.5 -0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 51.7 51.7 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 50.8 47.5 1.4 -3.3 -0.7 -1.6 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 4,710.3 4,716.7 ... 6.4 60.3 76.7 0.1 1.3 1.7
Labour force 3,341.2 3,341.4 10.1 0.2 -15.3 1.0 0.0 -0.5 0.0
Employment 3,154.7 3,161.7 10.3 7.0 -3.5 11.0 0.2 -0.1 0.3
Unemployment 186.5 179.7 9.2 -6.8 -11.8 -10.0 -3.6 -6.2 -5.3
Participation rate 70.9 70.8 0.2 -0.1 -1.3 -1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.0 67.0 0.2 0.0 -1.0 -0.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 8.0 9.0 0.4 1.1 1.3 0.9 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 5,051.3 5,057.6 ... 6.3 60.7 77.7 0.1 1.2 1.6
Labour force 3,056.5 3,067.6 11.8 11.1 26.5 64.9 0.4 0.9 2.2
Employment 2,899.7 2,909.1 11.5 9.4 30.0 69.7 0.3 1.0 2.5
Unemployment 156.7 158.5 9.4 1.8 -3.5 -4.8 1.1 -2.2 -2.9
Participation rate 60.5 60.7 0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.2 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 57.4 57.5 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 20.2 20.7 0.6 0.5 0.1 -0.1 ... ... ...
Industry 6,977.1 6,993.3 19.5 16.2 27.2 82.1 0.2 0.4 1.2
Goods-producing sector 1,416.9 1,411.3 10.4 -5.6 -7.0 14.1 -0.4 -0.5 1.0
Agriculture 75.4 74.9 2.9 -0.5 -1.5 -0.7 -0.7 -2.0 -0.9
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 32.5 32.6 1.9 0.1 -10.9 -13.4 0.3 -25.1 -29.1
Utilities 50.0 50.2 1.8 0.2 4.6 0.3 0.4 10.1 0.6
Construction 506.6 501.1 6.9 -5.5 5.1 8.9 -1.1 1.0 1.8
Manufacturing 752.4 752.5 7.3 0.1 -4.4 19.0 0.0 -0.6 2.6
Services-producing sector 5,560.2 5,582.0 18.8 21.8 34.3 68.0 0.4 0.6 1.2
Wholesale and retail trade 1,037.6 1,023.6 9.8 -14.0 -9.2 0.3 -1.3 -0.9 0.0
Transportation and warehousing 324.9 330.5 5.2 5.6 5.0 6.0 1.7 1.5 1.8
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 553.4 549.7 6.4 -3.7 -7.7 -5.0 -0.7 -1.4 -0.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 590.5 586.5 7.7 -4.0 -9.6 5.5 -0.7 -1.6 0.9
Business, building and other support services 317.6 327.5 7.4 9.9 1.6 -16.8 3.1 0.5 -4.9
Educational services 488.8 501.4 7.0 12.6 -6.0 -3.6 2.6 -1.2 -0.7
Health care and social assistance 845.9 842.7 7.3 -3.2 13.6 29.2 -0.4 1.6 3.6
Information, culture and recreation 325.9 325.6 6.6 -0.3 26.4 11.3 -0.1 8.8 3.6
Accommodation and food services 448.2 464.4 7.8 16.2 20.1 32.1 3.6 4.5 7.4
Other services (except public administration) 281.3 275.1 5.2 -6.2 -5.3 -10.4 -2.2 -1.9 -3.6
Public administration 345.8 355.0 4.9 9.2 5.5 19.3 2.7 1.6 5.7
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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