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Table 4-7
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Manitoba
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Manitoba August 2017, September 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).
	August 2017	September 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-7 Note 1}	last month	last December	twelve months ago	last month	last December	twelve months ago
	August 2017	September 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-7 Note 1}	Change from			Percent change from
	in thousands (except rates)						percent
Both sexes, 15 years and over
Population	1,015.9	1,016.7	Note ...: not applicable	0.8	12.3	14.5	0.1	1.2	1.4
Labour force	683.2	681.7	2.6	-1.5	6.4	6.6	-0.2	0.9	1.0
Employment	649.4	643.9	2.6	-5.5	10.9	11.7	-0.8	1.7	1.9
Employment full-time	520.5	520.2	3.6	-0.3	10.8	12.9	-0.1	2.1	2.5
Unemployment	33.7	37.8	2.0	4.1	-4.5	-5.1	12.2	-10.6	-11.9
Participation rate	67.3	67.1	0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	4.9	5.5	0.3	0.6	-0.8	-0.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	63.9	63.3	0.3	-0.6	0.3	0.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	19.8	19.2	0.5	-0.6	-0.3	-0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years
Population	165.4	165.4	Note ...: not applicable	0.0	1.9	2.1	0.0	1.2	1.3
Labour force	109.4	108.8	1.5	-0.6	-0.8	0.9	-0.5	-0.7	0.8
Employment	97.5	96.1	1.4	-1.4	0.8	2.1	-1.4	0.8	2.2
Unemployment	11.9	12.7	1.3	0.8	-1.7	-1.2	6.7	-11.8	-8.6
Participation rate	66.1	65.8	0.9	-0.3	-1.2	-0.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	10.9	11.7	1.1	0.8	-1.4	-1.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	58.9	58.1	0.9	-0.8	-0.2	0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	45.2	45.2	1.8	-0.1	0.5	-0.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Men, 25 years and over
Population	417.3	417.7	Note ...: not applicable	0.4	5.5	6.5	0.1	1.3	1.6
Labour force	304.8	304.1	1.4	-0.7	1.8	0.5	-0.2	0.6	0.2
Employment	292.6	291.4	1.4	-1.2	4.8	3.7	-0.4	1.7	1.3
Unemployment	12.2	12.8	1.2	0.6	-2.9	-3.2	4.9	-18.5	-20.0
Participation rate	73.0	72.8	0.3	-0.2	-0.5	-1.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.2	0.4	0.2	-1.0	-1.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	70.1	69.8	0.3	-0.3	0.3	-0.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	8.4	7.5	0.5	-0.8	-1.2	-1.7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Women, 25 years and over
Population	433.3	433.6	Note ...: not applicable	0.3	4.9	5.9	0.1	1.1	1.4
Labour force	269.0	268.7	1.5	-0.3	5.3	5.1	-0.1	2.0	1.9
Employment	259.3	256.5	1.5	-2.8	5.3	5.9	-1.1	2.1	2.4
Unemployment	9.7	12.3	1.0	2.6	0.0	-0.8	26.8	0.0	-6.1
Participation rate	62.1	62.0	0.3	-0.1	0.6	0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	3.6	4.6	0.4	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	59.8	59.2	0.3	-0.6	0.6	0.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	23.3	22.8	0.8	-0.5	0.6	0.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Industry	649.4	643.9	2.6	-5.5	10.9	11.7	-0.8	1.7	1.9
Goods-producing sector	153.8	150.6	1.6	-3.2	1.4	-1.2	-2.1	0.9	-0.8
Agriculture	24.5	24.4	0.9	-0.1	1.1	-0.9	-0.4	4.7	-3.6
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction^{Table 4-7 Note 2}	6.6	6.2	0.3	-0.4	-0.3	0.1	-6.1	-4.6	1.6
Utilities	8.2	8.5	0.3	0.3	-1.4	-1.5	3.7	-14.1	-15.0
Construction	48.5	47.3	1.1	-1.2	1.8	1.9	-2.5	4.0	4.2
Manufacturing	66.0	64.1	0.9	-1.9	0.1	-0.9	-2.9	0.2	-1.4
Services-producing sector	495.6	493.3	2.4	-2.3	9.5	12.9	-0.5	2.0	2.7
Wholesale and retail trade	92.0	92.0	1.2	0.0	4.9	3.3	0.0	5.6	3.7
Transportation and warehousing	36.3	37.4	0.8	1.1	1.8	1.8	3.0	5.1	5.1
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing	37.7	36.6	0.7	-1.1	0.6	1.8	-2.9	1.7	5.2
Professional, scientific and technical services	27.6	27.9	0.7	0.3	-0.6	0.1	1.1	-2.1	0.4
Business, building and other support services	20.5	20.5	0.7	0.0	1.4	2.2	0.0	7.3	12.0
Educational services	51.2	52.5	1.1	1.3	2.8	5.2	2.5	5.6	11.0
Health care and social assistance	103.2	100.1	1.1	-3.1	-1.8	-3.0	-3.0	-1.8	-2.9
Information, culture and recreation	24.3	23.5	0.8	-0.8	-1.2	1.0	-3.3	-4.9	4.4
Accommodation and food services	42.4	42.7	1.0	0.3	2.8	1.0	0.7	7.0	2.4
Other services (except public administration)	27.8	27.5	0.7	-0.3	-0.3	0.1	-1.1	-1.1	0.4
Public administration	32.8	32.6	0.6	-0.2	-0.9	-0.5	-0.6	-2.7	-1.5
... 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:: 2017-10-06