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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 May 2017, June 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).
	May 2017	June 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-3 Note 1}	last month	last December	twelve months ago	last month	last December	twelve months ago
	May 2017	June 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	791.6	792.0	Note ...: not applicable	0.4	2.0	3.6	0.1	0.3	0.5
Labour force	488.6	491.8	2.5	3.2	2.9	5.6	0.7	0.6	1.2
Employment	450.2	448.3	2.7	-1.9	-0.2	1.5	-0.4	0.0	0.3
Employment full-time	366.2	365.4	3.5	-0.8	10.3	0.0	-0.2	2.9	0.0
Unemployment	38.5	43.5	2.3	5.0	3.1	4.1	13.0	7.7	10.4
Participation rate	61.7	62.1	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	7.9	8.8	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	56.9	56.6	0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	18.7	18.5	0.7	-0.1	-2.3	0.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years
Population	108.7	108.6	Note ...: not applicable	-0.1	-0.5	-1.3	-0.1	-0.5	-1.2
Labour force	69.4	71.9	1.5	2.5	4.0	-0.4	3.6	5.9	-0.6
Employment	58.4	58.4	1.5	0.0	1.3	-3.2	0.0	2.3	-5.2
Unemployment	11.0	13.5	1.3	2.5	2.8	2.8	22.7	26.2	26.2
Participation rate	63.8	66.2	1.4	2.4	4.0	0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	15.9	18.8	1.8	2.9	3.0	4.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	53.7	53.8	1.4	0.1	1.5	-2.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	46.6	47.8	2.8	1.2	-1.3	3.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Men, 25 years and over
Population	327.5	327.8	Note ...: not applicable	0.3	1.5	3.0	0.1	0.5	0.9
Labour force	211.4	212.4	1.5	1.0	-2.1	1.7	0.5	-1.0	0.8
Employment	194.2	193.3	1.6	-0.9	-0.9	0.8	-0.5	-0.5	0.4
Unemployment	17.2	19.2	1.5	2.0	-1.0	1.0	11.6	-5.0	5.5
Participation rate	64.5	64.8	0.4	0.3	-0.9	-0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	8.1	9.0	0.7	0.9	-0.4	0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	59.3	59.0	0.5	-0.3	-0.5	-0.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	8.1	8.2	0.8	0.1	-1.0	0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Women, 25 years and over
Population	355.4	355.6	Note ...: not applicable	0.2	0.9	2.0	0.1	0.3	0.6
Labour force	207.8	207.5	1.4	-0.3	0.9	4.2	-0.1	0.4	2.1
Employment	197.5	196.7	1.5	-0.8	-0.5	4.1	-0.4	-0.3	2.1
Unemployment	10.3	10.8	1.2	0.5	1.4	0.2	4.9	14.9	1.9
Participation rate	58.5	58.4	0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	5.0	5.2	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	55.6	55.3	0.4	-0.3	-0.3	0.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	20.8	19.9	1.1	-0.9	-4.1	0.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Industry	450.2	448.3	2.7	-1.9	-0.2	1.5	-0.4	0.0	0.3
Goods-producing sector	81.7	80.7	1.6	-1.0	0.0	1.2	-1.2	0.0	1.5
Agriculture	4.3	5.1	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	18.6	6.3	21.4
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction^{Table 4-3 Note 2}	9.6	8.6	0.8	-1.0	-3.0	-1.9	-10.4	-25.9	-18.1
Utilities	4.0	3.9	0.2	-0.1	0.5	0.5	-2.5	14.7	14.7
Construction	31.5	30.4	1.1	-1.1	-2.9	-2.1	-3.5	-8.7	-6.5
Manufacturing	32.3	32.8	0.8	0.5	5.0	3.8	1.5	18.0	13.1
Services-producing sector	368.4	367.6	2.5	-0.8	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1
Wholesale and retail trade	77.2	76.4	1.3	-0.8	2.4	3.4	-1.0	3.2	4.7
Transportation and warehousing	19.2	19.9	0.7	0.7	-0.2	-0.4	3.6	-1.0	-2.0
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing	22.3	23.4	0.7	1.1	-0.2	0.1	4.9	-0.8	0.4
Professional, scientific and technical services	27.7	28.9	0.9	1.2	0.6	1.6	4.3	2.1	5.9
Business, building and other support services	18.8	18.6	0.8	-0.2	1.4	-0.6	-1.1	8.1	-3.1
Educational services	35.2	35.6	1.0	0.4	-0.6	-0.8	1.1	-1.7	-2.2
Health care and social assistance	72.6	70.9	1.1	-1.7	-5.0	-3.6	-2.3	-6.6	-4.8
Information, culture and recreation	15.6	15.2	0.9	-0.4	-0.3	-1.6	-2.6	-1.9	-9.5
Accommodation and food services	30.7	29.8	1.1	-0.9	1.7	0.2	-2.9	6.0	0.7
Other services (except public administration)	19.3	18.6	0.8	-0.7	-2.2	-0.6	-3.6	-10.6	-3.1
Public administration	29.9	30.2	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.0	7.9	9.0
... 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:: 2017-07-07