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Table 4-3
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Nova Scotia
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Nova Scotia March 2017, April 2017, S.E., Change from, Percent change from, last month, last December and twelve months ago, calculated using in thousands (except rates) and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	March 2017	April 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-3 Note 1}	last month	last December	twelve months ago	last month	last December	twelve months ago
	March 2017	April 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-3 Note 1}	Change from			Percent change from
	in thousands (except rates)						percent
Both sexes, 15 years and over
Population	790.8	791.2	Note ...: not applicable	0.4	1.2	3.3	0.1	0.2	0.4
Labour force	493.2	490.8	2.5	-2.4	1.9	1.4	-0.5	0.4	0.3
Employment	450.5	450.0	2.7	-0.5	1.5	0.9	-0.1	0.3	0.2
Employment full-time	364.2	366.0	3.5	1.8	10.9	-0.9	0.5	3.1	-0.2
Unemployment	42.6	40.8	2.3	-1.8	0.4	0.6	-4.2	1.0	1.5
Participation rate	62.4	62.0	0.3	-0.4	0.1	-0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	8.6	8.3	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	57.0	56.9	0.3	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	19.2	18.7	0.7	-0.5	-2.2	0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years
Population	108.8	108.8	Note ...: not applicable	0.0	-0.3	-1.4	0.0	-0.3	-1.3
Labour force	70.1	68.9	1.5	-1.2	1.0	-3.7	-1.7	1.5	-5.1
Employment	58.7	59.8	1.5	1.1	2.7	-2.8	1.9	4.7	-4.5
Unemployment	11.5	9.1	1.3	-2.4	-1.6	-0.9	-20.9	-15.0	-9.0
Participation rate	64.4	63.3	1.4	-1.1	1.1	-2.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	16.4	13.2	1.8	-3.2	-2.6	-0.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	54.0	55.0	1.4	1.0	2.7	-1.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	47.7	45.8	2.8	-1.9	-3.2	3.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Men, 25 years and over
Population	326.9	327.2	Note ...: not applicable	0.3	0.9	2.7	0.1	0.3	0.8
Labour force	215.0	214.3	1.5	-0.7	-0.2	2.1	-0.3	-0.1	1.0
Employment	194.7	193.7	1.6	-1.0	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	-0.3	0.0
Unemployment	20.3	20.6	1.5	0.3	0.4	2.1	1.5	2.0	11.4
Participation rate	65.8	65.5	0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	9.4	9.6	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	59.6	59.2	0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	8.4	8.0	0.8	-0.4	-1.2	0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Women, 25 years and over
Population	355.0	355.2	Note ...: not applicable	0.2	0.5	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.6
Labour force	208.0	207.6	1.4	-0.4	1.0	3.0	-0.2	0.5	1.5
Employment	197.2	196.5	1.5	-0.7	-0.7	3.7	-0.4	-0.4	1.9
Unemployment	10.8	11.1	1.2	0.3	1.7	-0.6	2.8	18.1	-5.1
Participation rate	58.6	58.4	0.4	-0.2	0.2	0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	5.2	5.3	0.6	0.1	0.8	-0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	55.5	55.3	0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	21.3	20.9	1.1	-0.4	-3.1	-0.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Industry	450.5	450.0	2.7	-0.5	1.5	0.9	-0.1	0.3	0.2
Goods-producing sector	80.2	81.9	1.6	1.7	1.2	1.1	2.1	1.5	1.4
Agriculture	4.8	4.9	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.6	2.1	2.1	14.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction^{Table 4-3 Note 2}	11.7	11.1	0.8	-0.6	-0.5	-0.6	-5.1	-4.3	-5.1
Utilities	3.8	3.7	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.8	-2.6	8.8	27.6
Construction	31.8	32.5	1.1	0.7	-0.8	-0.1	2.2	-2.4	-0.3
Manufacturing	28.1	29.8	0.8	1.7	2.0	0.6	6.0	7.2	2.1
Services-producing sector	370.3	368.1	2.5	-2.2	0.3	-0.3	-0.6	0.1	-0.1
Wholesale and retail trade	76.8	76.6	1.3	-0.2	2.6	4.4	-0.3	3.5	6.1
Transportation and warehousing	19.2	18.8	0.7	-0.4	-1.3	-1.4	-2.1	-6.5	-6.9
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing	22.4	22.2	0.7	-0.2	-1.4	-1.1	-0.9	-5.9	-4.7
Professional, scientific and technical services	28.8	28.4	0.9	-0.4	0.1	0.7	-1.4	0.4	2.5
Business, building and other support services	18.4	18.1	0.8	-0.3	0.9	-0.2	-1.6	5.2	-1.1
Educational services	35.3	34.2	1.0	-1.1	-2.0	-2.8	-3.1	-5.5	-7.6
Health care and social assistance	76.1	74.2	1.1	-1.9	-1.7	-1.3	-2.5	-2.2	-1.7
Information, culture and recreation	14.5	15.9	0.9	1.4	0.4	0.3	9.7	2.6	1.9
Accommodation and food services	30.5	31.4	1.1	0.9	3.3	-1.0	3.0	11.7	-3.1
Other services (except public administration)	19.4	18.9	0.8	-0.5	-1.9	0.1	-2.6	-9.1	0.5
Public administration	29.0	29.6	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	2.1	5.7	8.0
... not applicable Note 1 Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in the Data Quality section for further explanations). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Also referred to as "Natural resources". Return to note 2 referrer Note: Related CANSIM tables 282-0087 and 282-0088. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.

Date modified:: 2017-05-23