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Table 4-9
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Alberta
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Alberta 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 4-9 Note 1}	last month	last December	twelve months ago	last month	last December	twelve months ago
	May 2017	June 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-9 Note 1}	Change from			Percent change from
	in thousands (except rates)						percent
Both sexes, 15 years and over
Population	3,425.5	3,428.5	Note ...: not applicable	3.0	18.9	29.4	0.1	0.6	0.9
Labour force	2,484.2	2,482.6	9.4	-1.6	3.4	39.0	-0.1	0.1	1.6
Employment	2,291.1	2,298.6	10.1	7.5	31.2	48.5	0.3	1.4	2.2
Employment full-time	1,883.6	1,872.2	13.7	-11.4	26.1	47.5	-0.6	1.4	2.6
Unemployment	193.1	184.0	8.8	-9.1	-27.9	-9.5	-4.7	-13.2	-4.9
Participation rate	72.5	72.4	0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	7.8	7.4	0.3	-0.4	-1.1	-0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	66.9	67.0	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	17.8	18.6	0.5	0.8	0.0	-0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years
Population	510.0	509.8	Note ...: not applicable	-0.2	-3.0	-7.0	0.0	-0.6	-1.4
Labour force	343.9	343.8	5.4	-0.1	-3.6	1.6	0.0	-1.0	0.5
Employment	297.5	298.5	5.3	1.0	-5.2	3.0	0.3	-1.7	1.0
Unemployment	46.4	45.3	4.9	-1.1	1.7	-1.4	-2.4	3.9	-3.0
Participation rate	67.4	67.4	1.1	0.0	-0.3	1.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	13.5	13.2	1.3	-0.3	0.6	-0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	58.3	58.6	1.0	0.3	-0.6	1.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	41.3	42.6	2.0	1.2	0.9	0.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Men, 25 years and over
Population	1,470.9	1,472.3	Note ...: not applicable	1.4	9.3	15.4	0.1	0.6	1.1
Labour force	1,182.9	1,178.9	5.1	-4.0	-1.0	18.6	-0.3	-0.1	1.6
Employment	1,101.3	1,101.7	6.0	0.4	23.6	31.0	0.0	2.2	2.9
Unemployment	81.6	77.2	5.5	-4.4	-24.6	-12.3	-5.4	-24.2	-13.7
Participation rate	80.4	80.1	0.4	-0.3	-0.5	0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	6.9	6.5	0.5	-0.4	-2.1	-1.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	74.9	74.8	0.4	-0.1	1.1	1.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	7.4	8.1	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Women, 25 years and over
Population	1,444.6	1,446.4	Note ...: not applicable	1.8	12.6	20.9	0.1	0.9	1.5
Labour force	957.5	959.9	5.7	2.4	7.9	18.7	0.3	0.8	2.0
Employment	892.4	898.4	5.8	6.0	12.9	14.5	0.7	1.5	1.6
Unemployment	65.1	61.5	4.7	-3.6	-5.0	4.2	-5.5	-7.5	7.3
Participation rate	66.3	66.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	6.8	6.4	0.5	-0.4	-0.6	0.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	61.8	62.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	22.8	23.4	0.9	0.6	-0.3	-1.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Industry	2,291.1	2,298.6	10.1	7.5	31.2	48.5	0.3	1.4	2.2
Goods-producing sector	579.3	576.1	6.5	-3.2	5.8	10.8	-0.6	1.0	1.9
Agriculture	53.2	54.9	2.4	1.7	3.5	4.4	3.2	6.8	8.7
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction^{Table 4-9 Note 2}	145.6	142.3	3.4	-3.3	1.7	13.2	-2.3	1.2	10.2
Utilities	21.8	22.7	1.0	0.9	1.6	3.6	4.1	7.6	18.8
Construction	236.3	235.6	4.8	-0.7	-11.9	-13.3	-0.3	-4.8	-5.3
Manufacturing	122.2	120.5	2.8	-1.7	10.9	2.7	-1.4	9.9	2.3
Services-producing sector	1,711.9	1,722.5	9.1	10.6	25.4	37.8	0.6	1.5	2.2
Wholesale and retail trade	332.9	333.2	4.8	0.3	7.9	5.2	0.1	2.4	1.6
Transportation and warehousing	142.1	137.5	2.9	-4.6	3.5	6.0	-3.2	2.6	4.6
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing	109.2	107.0	2.5	-2.2	5.2	0.4	-2.0	5.1	0.4
Professional, scientific and technical services	176.7	178.0	3.7	1.3	-4.0	-0.5	0.7	-2.2	-0.3
Business, building and other support services	77.9	79.7	2.9	1.8	2.0	-1.5	2.3	2.6	-1.8
Educational services	154.7	159.9	3.5	5.2	7.5	12.2	3.4	4.9	8.3
Health care and social assistance	275.2	284.9	3.5	9.7	8.2	19.3	3.5	3.0	7.3
Information, culture and recreation	74.5	76.0	3.2	1.5	3.1	-5.4	2.0	4.3	-6.6
Accommodation and food services	149.2	150.7	3.9	1.5	3.7	4.1	1.0	2.5	2.8
Other services (except public administration)	119.7	113.2	3.1	-6.5	-11.7	-8.6	-5.4	-9.4	-7.1
Public administration	99.8	102.4	2.3	2.6	-0.1	6.5	2.6	-0.1	6.8
... 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