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Table 4-8
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Saskatchewan
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Saskatchewan 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 4-8 Note 1}	last month	last December	twelve months ago	last month	last December	twelve months ago
	March 2017	April 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-8 Note 1}	Change from			Percent change from
	in thousands (except rates)						percent
Both sexes, 15 years and over
Population	874.3	875.2	Note ...: not applicable	0.9	2.7	8.2	0.1	0.3	0.9
Labour force	606.9	605.4	2.6	-1.5	-2.7	0.2	-0.2	-0.4	0.0
Employment	570.4	568.2	2.6	-2.2	0.0	1.3	-0.4	0.0	0.2
Employment full-time	470.9	463.7	3.4	-7.2	-2.9	-5.0	-1.5	-0.6	-1.1
Unemployment	36.4	37.3	2.2	0.9	-2.6	-1.0	2.5	-6.5	-2.6
Participation rate	69.4	69.2	0.3	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	6.0	6.2	0.3	0.2	-0.4	-0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	65.2	64.9	0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	17.4	18.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	1.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years
Population	133.9	133.9	Note ...: not applicable	0.0	-0.4	-1.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.8
Labour force	86.5	88.2	1.4	1.7	1.6	-2.7	2.0	1.8	-3.0
Employment	77.2	79.1	1.4	1.9	1.2	-0.8	2.5	1.5	-1.0
Unemployment	9.3	9.2	1.2	-0.1	0.5	-1.7	-1.1	5.7	-15.6
Participation rate	64.6	65.9	1.0	1.3	1.4	-1.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	10.8	10.4	1.3	-0.4	0.4	-1.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	57.7	59.1	1.1	1.4	1.1	-0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	43.3	43.5	1.9	0.2	4.3	6.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Men, 25 years and over
Population	370.7	371.1	Note ...: not applicable	0.4	1.7	4.7	0.1	0.5	1.3
Labour force	283.4	281.6	1.4	-1.8	-5.7	-0.8	-0.6	-2.0	-0.3
Employment	267.0	265.0	1.5	-2.0	-3.2	-2.7	-0.7	-1.2	-1.0
Unemployment	16.5	16.5	1.3	0.0	-2.6	1.8	0.0	-13.6	12.2
Participation rate	76.4	75.9	0.4	-0.5	-1.9	-1.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	5.8	5.9	0.4	0.1	-0.7	0.7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	72.0	71.4	0.4	-0.6	-1.2	-1.7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	6.9	7.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Women, 25 years and over
Population	369.7	370.2	Note ...: not applicable	0.5	1.4	4.6	0.1	0.4	1.3
Labour force	236.9	235.6	1.4	-1.3	1.4	3.7	-0.5	0.6	1.6
Employment	226.3	224.1	1.5	-2.2	2.0	4.8	-1.0	0.9	2.2
Unemployment	10.7	11.6	1.1	0.9	-0.5	-1.1	8.4	-4.1	-8.7
Participation rate	64.1	63.6	0.4	-0.5	0.1	0.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	4.5	4.9	0.4	0.4	-0.3	-0.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	61.2	60.5	0.4	-0.7	0.3	0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	21.1	22.0	0.9	0.8	-1.8	-0.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Industry	570.4	568.2	2.6	-2.2	0.0	1.3	-0.4	0.0	0.2
Goods-producing sector	147.3	146.5	1.8	-0.8	-3.0	-6.6	-0.5	-2.0	-4.3
Agriculture	38.3	39.0	1.2	0.7	-0.8	-3.3	1.8	-2.0	-7.8
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction^{Table 4-8 Note 2}	23.9	23.7	0.7	-0.2	-1.2	-2.1	-0.8	-4.8	-8.1
Utilities	7.0	6.9	0.3	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	-1.4	1.5	-4.2
Construction	49.4	48.8	1.2	-0.6	-2.0	-3.8	-1.2	-3.9	-7.2
Manufacturing	28.7	28.2	0.6	-0.5	1.1	3.1	-1.7	4.1	12.4
Services-producing sector	423.1	421.7	2.4	-1.4	2.9	7.9	-0.3	0.7	1.9
Wholesale and retail trade	92.7	93.2	1.3	0.5	2.4	6.0	0.5	2.6	6.9
Transportation and warehousing	28.0	26.4	0.8	-1.6	-2.0	-0.6	-5.7	-7.0	-2.2
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing	27.1	27.1	0.6	0.0	0.3	-2.8	0.0	1.1	-9.4
Professional, scientific and technical services	32.4	32.4	0.8	0.0	1.4	4.9	0.0	4.5	17.8
Business, building and other support services	13.1	12.4	0.6	-0.7	-0.7	-0.3	-5.3	-5.3	-2.4
Educational services	40.8	40.3	1.0	-0.5	-0.8	-0.2	-1.2	-1.9	-0.5
Health care and social assistance	77.3	77.0	1.1	-0.3	0.0	-1.6	-0.4	0.0	-2.0
Information, culture and recreation	21.3	22.0	0.8	0.7	1.4	2.9	3.3	6.8	15.2
Accommodation and food services	36.7	36.8	1.0	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.5	-0.3
Other services (except public administration)	24.2	24.4	0.8	0.2	0.9	-1.1	0.8	3.8	-4.3
Public administration	29.7	29.8	0.7	0.1	-0.1	1.0	0.3	-0.3	3.5
... 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