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Table 4-4
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — New Brunswick
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — New Brunswick 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 4-4 Note 1}	last month	last December	twelve months ago	last month	last December	twelve months ago
	March 2017	April 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-4 Note 1}	Change from			Percent change from
	in thousands (except rates)						percent
Both sexes, 15 years and over
Population	624.1	624.2	Note ...: not applicable	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.1
Labour force	385.9	385.0	2.2	-0.9	-6.5	-1.9	-0.2	-1.7	-0.5
Employment	353.6	351.6	2.2	-2.0	-3.3	1.9	-0.6	-0.9	0.5
Employment full-time	301.4	302.1	2.8	0.7	3.1	7.0	0.2	1.0	2.4
Unemployment	32.3	33.5	2.1	1.2	-3.1	-3.8	3.7	-8.5	-10.2
Participation rate	61.8	61.7	0.4	-0.1	-1.1	-0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	8.4	8.7	0.5	0.3	-0.6	-0.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	56.7	56.3	0.4	-0.4	-0.6	0.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	14.8	14.1	0.7	-0.7	-1.7	-1.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years
Population	82.2	82.2	Note ...: not applicable	0.0	-0.2	-1.3	0.0	-0.2	-1.6
Labour force	52.5	51.6	1.2	-0.9	-3.3	0.4	-1.7	-6.0	0.8
Employment	45.1	43.7	1.2	-1.4	-3.3	0.9	-3.1	-7.0	2.1
Unemployment	7.4	7.9	1.1	0.5	0.0	-0.5	6.8	0.0	-6.0
Participation rate	63.9	62.8	1.5	-1.1	-3.8	1.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	14.1	15.3	1.9	1.2	0.9	-1.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	54.9	53.2	1.4	-1.7	-3.8	1.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	39.2	45.8	2.7	6.5	6.4	2.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Men, 25 years and over
Population	262.2	262.3	Note ...: not applicable	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.3
Labour force	173.4	174.7	1.3	1.3	-0.2	0.8	0.7	-0.1	0.5
Employment	157.8	158.0	1.4	0.2	2.8	3.1	0.1	1.8	2.0
Unemployment	15.6	16.6	1.4	1.0	-3.0	-2.4	6.4	-15.3	-12.6
Participation rate	66.1	66.6	0.5	0.5	-0.1	0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	9.0	9.5	0.8	0.5	-1.7	-1.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	60.2	60.2	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	6.5	6.3	0.7	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Women, 25 years and over
Population	279.7	279.8	Note ...: not applicable	0.1	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.1	0.5
Labour force	160.1	158.8	1.2	-1.3	-3.0	-3.1	-0.8	-1.9	-1.9
Employment	150.8	149.9	1.2	-0.9	-2.8	-2.1	-0.6	-1.8	-1.4
Unemployment	9.3	8.9	1.0	-0.4	-0.2	-1.0	-4.3	-2.2	-10.1
Participation rate	57.2	56.8	0.4	-0.4	-1.1	-1.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	5.8	5.6	0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	53.9	53.6	0.4	-0.3	-1.1	-1.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	16.1	13.0	1.1	-3.1	-4.6	-4.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Industry	353.6	351.6	2.2	-2.0	-3.3	1.9	-0.6	-0.9	0.5
Goods-producing sector	74.7	73.8	1.5	-0.9	1.2	1.8	-1.2	1.7	2.5
Agriculture	6.3	6.0	0.5	-0.3	-0.2	1.2	-4.8	-3.2	25.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction^{Table 4-4 Note 2}	9.3	8.3	0.7	-1.0	-0.4	-1.8	-10.8	-4.6	-17.8
Utilities	4.0	4.0	0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.8	0.0	-2.4	25.0
Construction	24.8	24.7	1.0	-0.1	2.0	0.6	-0.4	8.8	2.5
Manufacturing	30.2	31.0	0.9	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.6	0.6	4.4
Services-producing sector	278.9	277.7	2.0	-1.2	-4.7	0.0	-0.4	-1.7	0.0
Wholesale and retail trade	58.0	57.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	1.8	-0.2	-0.9	3.2
Transportation and warehousing	16.6	16.9	0.6	0.3	-0.7	-3.1	1.8	-4.0	-15.5
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing	16.8	17.2	0.6	0.4	-0.5	0.3	2.4	-2.8	1.8
Professional, scientific and technical services	16.4	15.7	0.6	-0.7	1.0	0.0	-4.3	6.8	0.0
Business, building and other support services	15.3	14.7	0.7	-0.6	-0.2	-0.3	-3.9	-1.3	-2.0
Educational services	26.0	26.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	1.5	2.7	2.3	6.0
Health care and social assistance	56.9	56.1	0.9	-0.8	0.7	2.7	-1.4	1.3	5.1
Information, culture and recreation	11.0	10.3	0.6	-0.7	-2.7	-2.2	-6.4	-20.8	-17.6
Accommodation and food services	22.9	23.0	0.9	0.1	-0.2	-0.9	0.4	-0.9	-3.8
Other services (except public administration)	15.6	15.1	0.6	-0.5	-2.5	-0.4	-3.2	-14.2	-2.6
Public administration	23.5	24.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.6	0.8	2.6
... 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