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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 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 4-8 Note 1}	last month	last December	twelve months ago	last month	last December	twelve months ago
	May 2017	June 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	876.4	876.9	Note ...: not applicable	0.5	4.4	8.6	0.1	0.5	1.0
Labour force	608.6	607.8	2.6	-0.8	-0.3	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Employment	570.3	568.4	2.6	-1.9	0.2	-1.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
Employment full-time	467.9	468.7	3.4	0.8	2.1	4.2	0.2	0.5	0.9
Unemployment	38.3	39.4	2.2	1.1	-0.5	1.9	2.9	-1.3	5.1
Participation rate	69.4	69.3	0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-0.7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	6.3	6.5	0.3	0.2	-0.1	0.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	65.1	64.8	0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	18.0	17.5	0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-1.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years
Population	133.9	133.8	Note ...: not applicable	-0.1	-0.5	-1.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0.7
Labour force	88.8	89.4	1.4	0.6	2.8	-2.4	0.7	3.2	-2.6
Employment	79.2	78.7	1.4	-0.5	0.8	-3.0	-0.6	1.0	-3.7
Unemployment	9.5	10.7	1.2	1.2	2.0	0.7	12.6	23.0	7.0
Participation rate	66.3	66.8	1.0	0.5	2.3	-1.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	10.7	12.0	1.3	1.3	2.0	1.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	59.1	58.8	1.1	-0.3	0.8	-1.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	43.2	40.5	1.9	-2.6	1.4	0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Men, 25 years and over
Population	371.7	372.0	Note ...: not applicable	0.3	2.6	4.9	0.1	0.7	1.3
Labour force	284.8	284.0	1.4	-0.8	-3.3	0.5	-0.3	-1.1	0.2
Employment	267.8	266.5	1.5	-1.3	-1.7	-1.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4
Unemployment	17.0	17.5	1.3	0.5	-1.6	1.7	2.9	-8.4	10.8
Participation rate	76.6	76.3	0.4	-0.3	-1.5	-0.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	6.0	6.2	0.4	0.2	-0.4	0.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	72.0	71.6	0.4	-0.4	-1.0	-1.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	7.9	7.4	0.5	-0.5	0.6	-0.7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Women, 25 years and over
Population	370.8	371.1	Note ...: not applicable	0.3	2.3	4.7	0.1	0.6	1.3
Labour force	235.0	234.5	1.4	-0.5	0.3	2.2	-0.2	0.1	0.9
Employment	223.2	223.3	1.5	0.1	1.2	2.7	0.0	0.5	1.2
Unemployment	11.8	11.2	1.1	-0.6	-0.9	-0.5	-5.1	-7.4	-4.3
Participation rate	63.4	63.2	0.4	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	5.0	4.8	0.4	-0.2	-0.4	-0.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	60.2	60.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	21.1	21.5	0.9	0.4	-2.3	-1.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Industry	570.3	568.4	2.6	-1.9	0.2	-1.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
Goods-producing sector	149.4	148.2	1.8	-1.2	-1.3	-3.2	-0.8	-0.9	-2.1
Agriculture	38.2	37.7	1.2	-0.5	-2.1	-4.8	-1.3	-5.3	-11.3
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction^{Table 4-8 Note 2}	23.1	23.2	0.7	0.1	-1.7	-3.0	0.4	-6.8	-11.5
Utilities	6.9	7.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.1	2.9	4.4	1.4
Construction	52.3	52.5	1.2	0.2	1.7	1.9	0.4	3.3	3.8
Manufacturing	28.9	27.9	0.6	-1.0	0.8	2.8	-3.5	3.0	11.2
Services-producing sector	420.9	420.2	2.4	-0.7	1.4	1.6	-0.2	0.3	0.4
Wholesale and retail trade	93.1	91.2	1.3	-1.9	0.4	3.3	-2.0	0.4	3.8
Transportation and warehousing	27.9	29.2	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.6	4.7	2.8	2.1
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing	26.8	26.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	-2.3	0.0	0.0	-7.9
Professional, scientific and technical services	29.8	31.0	0.8	1.2	0.0	3.7	4.0	0.0	13.6
Business, building and other support services	14.8	14.3	0.6	-0.5	1.2	1.7	-3.4	9.2	13.5
Educational services	41.1	39.8	1.0	-1.3	-1.3	-0.9	-3.2	-3.2	-2.2
Health care and social assistance	76.8	76.5	1.1	-0.3	-0.5	-1.1	-0.4	-0.6	-1.4
Information, culture and recreation	19.7	20.4	0.8	0.7	-0.2	0.1	3.6	-1.0	0.5
Accommodation and food services	36.9	36.6	1.0	-0.3	0.0	-2.7	-0.8	0.0	-6.9
Other services (except public administration)	24.7	24.9	0.8	0.2	1.4	-0.7	0.8	6.0	-2.7
Public administration	29.3	29.4	0.7	0.1	-0.5	-0.2	0.3	-1.7	-0.7
... 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