Table 4 
Labour force characteristics by province, age group and sex, seasonally adjusted (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick) 

Labour force characteristics by province, age group and sex, seasonally adjusted (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick)
  May
2020
June
2020
Standard error1 May to June 2020 June 2019 to June 2020 May to June 2020 June 2019 to June 2020
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Newfoundland and Labrador              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 439.4 439.3 ... -0.1 -1.1 0.0 -0.2
Labour force 236.9 244.3 2.0 7.4 -14.1 3.1 -5.5
Employment 198.2 204.2 2.1 6.0 -20.3 3.0 -9.0
Full-time employment 168.7 168.5 2.5 -0.2 -25.4 -0.1 -13.1
Unemployment 38.7 40.2 1.9 1.5 6.3 3.9 18.6
Participation rate 53.9 55.6 0.4 1.7 -3.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.3 16.5 0.7 0.2 3.4 ... ...
Employment rate 45.1 46.5 0.5 1.4 -4.5 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 53.2 53.2 ... 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.4
Labour force 27.9 34.8 0.9 6.9 1.6 24.7 4.8
Employment 21.3 23.3 0.8 2.0 -2.7 9.4 -10.4
Unemployment 6.6 11.5 0.8 4.9 4.3 74.2 59.7
Participation rate 52.4 65.4 1.7 13.0 3.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 23.7 33.0 2.4 9.3 11.3 ... ...
Employment rate 40.0 43.8 1.5 3.8 -4.9 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 187.5 187.4 ... -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.4
Labour force 108.3 111.0 1.2 2.7 -8.3 2.5 -7.0
Employment 85.3 91.8 1.4 6.5 -11.0 7.6 -10.7
Unemployment 23.0 19.1 1.3 -3.9 2.5 -17.0 15.1
Participation rate 57.8 59.2 0.6 1.4 -4.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 21.2 17.2 1.0 -4.0 3.3 ... ...
Employment rate 45.5 49.0 0.7 3.5 -5.7 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 198.8 198.7 ... -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1
Labour force 100.8 98.5 1.1 -2.3 -7.4 -2.3 -7.0
Employment 91.6 89.0 1.1 -2.6 -6.7 -2.8 -7.0
Unemployment 9.2 9.5 0.9 0.3 -0.6 3.3 -5.9
Participation rate 50.7 49.6 0.5 -1.1 -3.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.1 9.6 0.9 0.5 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 46.1 44.8 0.6 -1.3 -3.3 ... ...
Prince Edward Island              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 131.1 131.3 ... 0.2 2.7 0.2 2.1
Labour force 83.5 86.7 0.6 3.2 1.1 3.8 1.3
Employment 71.9 73.6 0.6 1.7 -4.1 2.4 -5.3
Full-time employment 62.1 63.1 0.8 1.0 -2.3 1.6 -3.5
Unemployment 11.6 13.2 0.6 1.6 5.4 13.8 69.2
Participation rate 63.7 66.0 0.5 2.3 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.9 15.2 0.7 1.3 6.1 ... ...
Employment rate 54.8 56.1 0.5 1.3 -4.3 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 19.2 19.3 ... 0.1 0.7 0.5 3.8
Labour force 12.2 13.7 0.3 1.5 0.9 12.3 7.0
Employment 10.1 9.6 0.3 -0.5 -1.8 -5.0 -15.8
Unemployment 2.1 4.0 0.3 1.9 2.6 90.5 185.7
Participation rate 63.5 71.0 1.8 7.5 2.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 17.2 29.2 2.1 12.0 18.3 ... ...
Employment rate 52.6 49.7 1.8 -2.9 -11.6 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 54.1 54.2 ... 0.1 1.1 0.2 2.1
Labour force 37.1 36.9 0.4 -0.2 -1.0 -0.5 -2.6
Employment 33.0 33.4 0.4 0.4 -0.2 1.2 -0.6
Unemployment 4.2 3.5 0.4 -0.7 -0.9 -16.7 -20.5
Participation rate 68.6 68.1 0.7 -0.5 -3.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.3 9.5 1.0 -1.8 -2.1 ... ...
Employment rate 61.0 61.6 0.7 0.6 -1.7 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 57.7 57.8 ... 0.1 0.9 0.2 1.6
Labour force 34.2 36.1 0.3 1.9 1.3 5.6 3.7
Employment 28.9 30.5 0.4 1.6 -2.2 5.5 -6.7
Unemployment 5.3 5.6 0.3 0.3 3.5 5.7 166.7
Participation rate 59.3 62.5 0.6 3.2 1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.5 15.5 0.9 0.0 9.5 ... ...
Employment rate 50.1 52.8 0.6 2.7 -4.7 ... ...
Nova Scotia              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 815.2 816.1 ... 0.9 10.0 0.1 1.2
Labour force 467.5 497.7 2.6 30.2 -4.2 6.5 -0.8
Employment 404.2 433.1 2.7 28.9 -35.0 7.1 -7.5
Full-time employment 334.2 358.2 3.5 24.0 -20.6 7.2 -5.4
Unemployment 63.4 64.6 2.3 1.2 30.8 1.9 91.1
Participation rate 57.3 61.0 0.3 3.7 -1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.6 13.0 0.4 -0.6 6.3 ... ...
Employment rate 49.6 53.1 0.3 3.5 -5.0 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 108.7 108.7 ... 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.6
Labour force 61.2 72.9 1.5 11.7 -0.3 19.1 -0.4
Employment 46.6 53.8 1.4 7.2 -11.8 15.5 -18.0
Unemployment 14.6 19.1 1.3 4.5 11.5 30.8 151.3
Participation rate 56.3 67.1 1.4 10.8 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 23.9 26.2 1.7 2.3 15.8 ... ...
Employment rate 42.9 49.5 1.3 6.6 -11.2 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 339.9 340.3 ... 0.4 4.5 0.1 1.3
Labour force 207.0 216.8 1.5 9.8 -2.1 4.7 -1.0
Employment 184.2 193.6 1.6 9.4 -8.3 5.1 -4.1
Unemployment 22.8 23.3 1.4 0.5 6.3 2.2 37.1
Participation rate 60.9 63.7 0.4 2.8 -1.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.0 10.7 0.6 -0.3 2.9 ... ...
Employment rate 54.2 56.9 0.5 2.7 -3.2 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 366.6 367.1 ... 0.5 4.8 0.1 1.3
Labour force 199.4 207.9 1.5 8.5 -1.9 4.3 -0.9
Employment 173.4 185.7 1.5 12.3 -14.9 7.1 -7.4
Unemployment 26.0 22.2 1.2 -3.8 13.0 -14.6 141.3
Participation rate 54.4 56.6 0.4 2.2 -1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.0 10.7 0.6 -2.3 6.3 ... ...
Employment rate 47.3 50.6 0.4 3.3 -4.8 ... ...
New Brunswick              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 636.0 636.4 ... 0.4 5.5 0.1 0.9
Labour force 376.3 389.1 2.2 12.8 -0.8 3.4 -0.2
Employment 328.2 350.4 2.3 22.2 -8.7 6.8 -2.4
Full-time employment 282.9 296.4 2.9 13.5 -9.2 4.8 -3.0
Unemployment 48.2 38.7 2.0 -9.5 7.9 -19.7 25.6
Participation rate 59.2 61.1 0.4 1.9 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.8 9.9 0.5 -2.9 2.0 ... ...
Employment rate 51.6 55.1 0.4 3.5 -1.8 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 80.2 80.2 ... 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3
Labour force 48.9 53.7 1.2 4.8 -0.2 9.8 -0.4
Employment 35.9 43.2 1.2 7.3 -3.8 20.3 -8.1
Unemployment 13.0 10.5 1.0 -2.5 3.6 -19.2 52.2
Participation rate 61.0 67.0 1.5 6.0 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 26.6 19.6 1.8 -7.0 6.8 ... ...
Employment rate 44.8 53.9 1.5 9.1 -4.9 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 269.7 269.9 ... 0.2 2.8 0.1 1.0
Labour force 170.3 173.9 1.3 3.6 0.3 2.1 0.2
Employment 151.6 156.2 1.5 4.6 -2.9 3.0 -1.8
Unemployment 18.8 17.7 1.3 -1.1 3.2 -5.9 22.1
Participation rate 63.1 64.4 0.5 1.3 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.0 10.2 0.7 -0.8 1.8 ... ...
Employment rate 56.2 57.9 0.5 1.7 -1.7 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 286.1 286.3 ... 0.2 2.5 0.1 0.9
Labour force 157.1 161.5 1.2 4.4 -0.9 2.8 -0.6
Employment 140.6 151.0 1.2 10.4 -2.0 7.4 -1.3
Unemployment 16.5 10.4 1.1 -6.1 0.9 -37.0 9.5
Participation rate 54.9 56.4 0.4 1.5 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.5 6.4 0.7 -4.1 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 49.1 52.7 0.4 3.6 -1.2 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0287-03 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0087).
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