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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 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 4-8 Note 1}	last month	last December	twelve months ago	last month	last December	twelve months ago
	August 2017	September 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	878.0	878.8	Note ...: not applicable	0.8	6.3	7.8	0.1	0.7	0.9
Labour force	607.0	605.7	2.5	-1.3	-2.4	-5.9	-0.2	-0.4	-1.0
Employment	568.1	568.1	2.5	0.0	-0.1	-1.4	0.0	0.0	-0.2
Employment full-time	464.8	468.1	3.5	3.3	1.5	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.3
Unemployment	39.0	37.6	2.1	-1.4	-2.3	-4.4	-3.6	-5.8	-10.5
Participation rate	69.1	68.9	0.3	-0.2	-0.8	-1.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	6.4	6.2	0.3	-0.2	-0.4	-0.7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	64.7	64.6	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	18.2	17.6	0.5	-0.6	-0.3	-0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years
Population	133.7	133.7	Note ...: not applicable	0.0	-0.6	-0.9	0.0	-0.4	-0.7
Labour force	87.5	84.6	1.3	-2.9	-2.0	-6.3	-3.3	-2.3	-6.9
Employment	76.2	74.4	1.3	-1.8	-3.5	-4.8	-2.4	-4.5	-6.1
Unemployment	11.3	10.1	1.2	-1.2	1.4	-1.6	-10.6	16.1	-13.7
Participation rate	65.4	63.3	1.0	-2.1	-1.2	-4.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	12.9	11.9	1.3	-1.0	1.9	-1.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	57.0	55.6	1.0	-1.4	-2.4	-3.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	45.1	44.2	2.0	-0.9	5.1	7.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Men, 25 years and over
Population	372.6	373.0	Note ...: not applicable	0.4	3.6	4.4	0.1	1.0	1.2
Labour force	283.9	285.0	1.3	1.1	-2.3	-0.7	0.4	-0.8	-0.2
Employment	269.5	269.2	1.5	-0.3	1.0	1.1	-0.1	0.4	0.4
Unemployment	14.4	15.8	1.3	1.4	-3.3	-1.7	9.7	-17.3	-9.7
Participation rate	76.2	76.4	0.4	0.2	-1.4	-1.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	5.1	5.5	0.4	0.4	-1.1	-0.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	72.3	72.2	0.4	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	7.4	6.9	0.6	-0.4	0.1	-0.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Women, 25 years and over
Population	371.8	372.1	Note ...: not applicable	0.3	3.3	4.3	0.1	0.9	1.2
Labour force	235.7	236.2	1.5	0.5	2.0	1.2	0.2	0.9	0.5
Employment	222.4	224.5	1.5	2.1	2.4	2.3	0.9	1.1	1.0
Unemployment	13.2	11.7	1.1	-1.5	-0.4	-1.1	-11.4	-3.3	-8.6
Participation rate	63.4	63.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	5.6	5.0	0.4	-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	59.8	60.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	-0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	22.0	21.6	0.9	-0.4	-2.1	-2.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Industry	568.1	568.1	2.5	0.0	-0.1	-1.4	0.0	0.0	-0.2
Goods-producing sector	148.9	146.8	1.8	-2.1	-2.7	-3.9	-1.4	-1.8	-2.6
Agriculture	37.0	35.6	1.2	-1.4	-4.2	-5.0	-3.8	-10.6	-12.3
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction^{Table 4-8 Note 2}	24.5	24.0	0.7	-0.5	-0.9	-0.6	-2.0	-3.6	-2.4
Utilities	6.9	7.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	1.4	2.9	2.9
Construction	52.1	52.7	1.1	0.6	1.9	0.7	1.2	3.7	1.3
Manufacturing	28.5	27.5	0.7	-1.0	0.4	0.7	-3.5	1.5	2.6
Services-producing sector	419.2	421.3	2.3	2.1	2.5	2.5	0.5	0.6	0.6
Wholesale and retail trade	91.8	92.2	1.3	0.4	1.4	3.5	0.4	1.5	3.9
Transportation and warehousing	28.3	29.2	0.8	0.9	0.8	1.2	3.2	2.8	4.3
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing	27.7	27.8	0.6	0.1	1.0	0.6	0.4	3.7	2.2
Professional, scientific and technical services	29.6	29.6	0.8	0.0	-1.4	0.8	0.0	-4.5	2.8
Business, building and other support services	14.2	13.9	0.6	-0.3	0.8	1.1	-2.1	6.1	8.6
Educational services	40.1	40.7	1.0	0.6	-0.4	-0.6	1.5	-1.0	-1.5
Health care and social assistance	74.8	75.6	1.1	0.8	-1.4	-3.8	1.1	-1.8	-4.8
Information, culture and recreation	21.1	20.8	0.8	-0.3	0.2	0.7	-1.4	1.0	3.5
Accommodation and food services	37.6	35.7	0.9	-1.9	-0.9	-2.5	-5.1	-2.5	-6.5
Other services (except public administration)	24.7	25.9	0.7	1.2	2.4	1.7	4.9	10.2	7.0
Public administration	29.4	29.8	0.6	0.4	-0.1	-0.4	1.4	-0.3	-1.3
... 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