Table 1
Labour force characteristics by age and sex, Canada, seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by age and sex, Canada, seasonally adjusted
Table summary
This table displays the labour force characteristics by age and sex for Canada. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted. The row headers provide information on the labour force characteristics for each selected age group and sex. The column headers provide information on the current and last month (in thousands, except rates), the standard error, as well as the change (in thousands and in percent) from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  June 2016 July 2016 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
  in thousands (except rates)      
15 years and over, both sexes  
Population 29,574.1 29,610.0 ... 35.9 191.0 313.9 0.1 0.6 1.1
Labour force 19,380.8 19,368.0 30.3 -12.8 -29.3 98.8 -0.1 -0.2 0.5
Employment 18,054.5 18,023.3 29.9 -31.2 12.4 71.4 -0.2 0.1 0.4
Employment full-time 14,624.9 14,553.5 41.1 -71.4 -64.3 -33.1 -0.5 -0.4 -0.2
Employment part-time 3,429.6 3,469.8 38.2 40.2 76.7 104.5 1.2 2.3 3.1
Unemployment 1,326.3 1,344.8 25.3 18.5 -41.6 27.5 1.4 -3.0 2.1
Participation rate 65.5 65.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.8 6.9 0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.0 60.9 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.0 19.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 ... ... ...
15 to 24 years, both sexes  
Population 4,387.3 4,387.0 ... -0.3 -25.0 -44.9 0.0 -0.6 -1.0
Labour force 2,785.5 2,762.0 17.5 -23.5 -46.3 -73.1 -0.8 -1.6 -2.6
Employment 2,422.7 2,394.3 16.3 -28.4 -48.2 -66.4 -1.2 -2.0 -2.7
Employment full-time 1,231.2 1,234.7 20.4 3.5 -54.1 -36.8 0.3 -4.2 -2.9
Employment part-time 1,191.5 1,159.7 21.1 -31.8 6.0 -29.5 -2.7 0.5 -2.5
Unemployment 362.9 367.7 14.7 4.8 1.9 -6.7 1.3 0.5 -1.8
Participation rate 63.5 63.0 0.4 -0.5 -0.7 -1.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.0 13.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.2 54.6 0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -0.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 49.2 48.4 0.8 -0.7 1.2 0.1 ... ... ...
25 years and over, men  
Population 12,320.1 12,337.8 ... 17.7 105.2 175.3 0.1 0.9 1.4
Labour force 8,779.8 8,778.1 15.8 -1.7 -34.3 27.2 0.0 -0.4 0.3
Employment 8,228.9 8,221.5 16.8 -7.4 -6.7 6.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.1
Employment full-time 7,553.7 7,537.6 23.0 -16.1 -39.4 -60.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.8
Employment part-time 675.2 683.9 18.4 8.7 32.7 67.1 1.3 5.0 10.9
Unemployment 550.9 556.5 15.1 5.6 -27.7 20.3 1.0 -4.7 3.8
Participation rate 71.3 71.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.9 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 6.3 0.2 0.0 -0.3 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.8 66.6 0.1 -0.2 -0.7 -0.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 8.2 8.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.8 ... ... ...
25 years and over, women  
Population 12,866.7 12,885.3 ... 18.6 110.9 183.6 0.1 0.9 1.4
Labour force 7,815.5 7,828.0 17.4 12.5 51.5 144.7 0.2 0.7 1.9
Employment 7,402.9 7,407.4 17.0 4.5 67.2 130.8 0.1 0.9 1.8
Employment full-time 5,840.0 5,781.2 26.4 -58.8 29.2 63.9 -1.0 0.5 1.1
Employment part-time 1,562.9 1,626.3 25.1 63.4 38.1 67.0 4.1 2.4 4.3
Unemployment 412.6 420.5 13.9 7.9 -15.8 13.8 1.9 -3.6 3.4
Participation rate 60.7 60.8 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.4 0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 57.5 57.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 21.1 22.0 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.5 ... ... ...
25 to 54 years, both sexes  
Population 14,630.4 14,640.7 ... 10.3 36.0 50.5 0.1 0.2 0.3
Labour force 12,640.8 12,643.0 23.2 2.2 -9.7 21.3 0.0 -0.1 0.2
Employment 11,911.2 11,901.8 24.7 -9.4 40.0 -3.6 -0.1 0.3 0.0
Unemployment 729.6 741.2 18.9 11.6 -49.7 24.8 1.6 -6.3 3.5
Participation rate 86.4 86.4 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 5.9 0.1 0.1 -0.4 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 81.4 81.3 0.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 ... ... ...
25 to 54 years, men  
Population 7,283.8 7,288.6 ... 4.8 16.1 22.3 0.1 0.2 0.3
Labour force 6,600.6 6,602.7 14.6 2.1 -34.9 -9.9 0.0 -0.5 -0.1
Employment 6,192.1 6,184.0 16.6 -8.1 -5.8 -29.6 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5
Unemployment 408.5 418.8 13.6 10.3 -29.0 19.8 2.5 -6.5 5.0
Participation rate 90.6 90.6 0.2 0.0 -0.7 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 6.3 0.2 0.1 -0.4 0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 85.0 84.8 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.7 ... ... ...
25 to 54 years, women  
Population 7,346.6 7,352.2 ... 5.6 20.0 28.2 0.1 0.3 0.4
Labour force 6,040.1 6,040.3 17.0 0.2 25.2 31.2 0.0 0.4 0.5
Employment 5,719.1 5,717.8 17.3 -1.3 45.7 26.0 0.0 0.8 0.5
Unemployment 321.1 322.4 12.8 1.3 -20.6 5.1 0.4 -6.0 1.6
Participation rate 82.2 82.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.3 0.2 0.0 -0.4 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 77.8 77.8 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1 ... ... ...
55 years and over, both sexes  
Population 10,556.4 10,582.3 ... 25.9 180.0 308.3 0.2 1.7 3.0
Labour force 3,954.5 3,963.0 18.8 8.5 26.7 150.6 0.2 0.7 4.0
Employment 3,720.6 3,727.2 18.8 6.6 20.6 141.3 0.2 0.6 3.9
Unemployment 233.8 235.9 10.2 2.1 6.2 9.3 0.9 2.7 4.1
Participation rate 37.5 37.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.9 6.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 35.2 35.2 0.2 0.0 -0.4 0.3 ... ... ...
55 years and over, men  
Population 5,036.3 5,049.2 ... 12.9 89.1 153.0 0.3 1.8 3.1
Labour force 2,179.1 2,175.3 12.5 -3.8 0.5 37.0 -0.2 0.0 1.7
Employment 2,036.7 2,037.6 12.7 0.9 -0.8 36.6 0.0 0.0 1.8
Unemployment 142.4 137.8 7.6 -4.6 1.4 0.6 -3.2 1.0 0.4
Participation rate 43.3 43.1 0.3 -0.2 -0.7 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.3 0.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 40.4 40.4 0.3 0.0 -0.7 -0.5 ... ... ...
55 years and over, women  
Population 5,520.1 5,533.1 ... 13.0 90.9 155.4 0.2 1.7 2.9
Labour force 1,775.3 1,787.7 13.1 12.4 26.3 113.5 0.7 1.5 6.8
Employment 1,683.9 1,689.6 13.0 5.7 21.5 104.8 0.3 1.3 6.6
Unemployment 91.5 98.1 6.6 6.6 4.8 8.8 7.2 5.1 9.9
Participation rate 32.2 32.3 0.2 0.1 -0.1 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 5.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 30.5 30.5 0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.0 ... ... ...
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.
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