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)
  February
2021
March
2021
Standard error1 February to March 2021 March 2020 to March 2021 February to March 2021 March 2020 to March 2021
  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 445.1 445.1 ... 0.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.2
Labour force 244.4 251.6 2.6 7.2 4.9 2.9 2.0
Employment 207.1 220.5 2.6 13.4 2.5 6.5 1.1
Full-time employment 174.8 186.4 3.0 11.6 -1.9 6.6 -1.0
Unemployment 37.3 31.2 2.4 -6.1 2.5 -16.4 8.7
Participation rate 54.9 56.5 0.6 1.6 1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.3 12.4 0.9 -2.9 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 46.5 49.5 0.6 3.0 0.6 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 55.0 54.9 ... -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.7
Labour force 30.5 35.3 1.2 4.8 7.1 15.7 25.2
Employment 23.9 29.4 1.2 5.5 5.8 23.0 24.6
Unemployment 6.5 5.9 1.2 -0.6 1.4 -9.2 31.1
Participation rate 55.5 64.3 2.2 8.8 13.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 21.3 16.7 3.3 -4.6 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 43.5 53.6 2.1 10.1 10.9 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 189.9 189.9 ... 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.2
Labour force 113.6 112.4 1.6 -1.2 -2.2 -1.1 -1.9
Employment 93.9 96.6 1.6 2.7 -1.8 2.9 -1.8
Unemployment 19.7 15.8 1.6 -3.9 -0.4 -19.8 -2.5
Participation rate 59.8 59.2 0.8 -0.6 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 17.3 14.1 1.3 -3.2 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 49.4 50.9 0.8 1.5 -0.8 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 200.3 200.3 ... 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Labour force 100.4 103.9 1.4 3.5 0.0 3.5 0.0
Employment 89.3 94.5 1.4 5.2 -1.4 5.8 -1.5
Unemployment 11.1 9.4 1.2 -1.7 1.4 -15.3 17.5
Participation rate 50.1 51.9 0.7 1.8 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.1 9.0 1.2 -2.1 1.3 ... ...
Employment rate 44.6 47.2 0.7 2.6 -0.7 ... ...
Prince Edward Island              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 133.2 133.4 ... 0.2 1.4 0.2 1.1
Labour force 85.8 86.2 0.8 0.4 -0.1 0.5 -0.1
Employment 77.9 79.2 0.8 1.3 0.6 1.7 0.8
Full-time employment 65.5 65.8 1.0 0.3 -1.4 0.5 -2.1
Unemployment 7.9 7.0 0.8 -0.9 -0.7 -11.4 -9.1
Participation rate 64.4 64.6 0.6 0.2 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 8.1 0.8 -1.1 -0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 58.5 59.4 0.6 0.9 -0.1 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 20.7 20.7 ... 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5
Labour force 12.8 13.1 0.5 0.3 -0.3 2.3 -2.2
Employment 11.2 11.5 0.5 0.3 -0.2 2.7 -1.7
Unemployment 1.6 1.7 0.5 0.1 0.1 6.3 6.3
Participation rate 61.8 63.3 2.3 1.5 -1.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.5 13.0 3.2 0.5 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 54.1 55.6 2.3 1.5 -1.2 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 54.5 54.6 ... 0.1 0.7 0.2 1.3
Labour force 38.5 38.8 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.8 3.2
Employment 35.1 35.5 0.5 0.4 1.4 1.1 4.1
Unemployment 3.4 3.2 0.4 -0.2 -0.3 -5.9 -8.6
Participation rate 70.6 71.1 0.8 0.5 1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 8.2 1.1 -0.6 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 64.4 65.0 0.9 0.6 1.7 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 58.0 58.1 ... 0.1 0.6 0.2 1.0
Labour force 34.4 34.3 0.4 -0.1 -1.0 -0.3 -2.8
Employment 31.6 32.2 0.5 0.6 -0.6 1.9 -1.8
Unemployment 2.9 2.1 0.4 -0.8 -0.4 -27.6 -16.0
Participation rate 59.3 59.0 0.7 -0.3 -2.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.4 6.1 1.1 -2.3 -1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 54.5 55.4 0.8 0.9 -1.6 ... ...
Nova Scotia              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 817.4 817.7 ... 0.3 5.6 0.0 0.7
Labour force 506.2 510.7 3.5 4.5 24.2 0.9 5.0
Employment 465.2 466.8 3.5 1.6 26.0 0.3 5.9
Full-time employment 379.9 382.1 4.3 2.2 14.2 0.6 3.9
Unemployment 41.0 43.9 3.2 2.9 -1.9 7.1 -4.1
Participation rate 61.9 62.5 0.4 0.6 2.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 8.6 0.6 0.5 -0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 56.9 57.1 0.4 0.2 2.8 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 109.2 109.0 ... -0.2 -1.1 -0.2 -1.0
Labour force 73.4 76.8 2.0 3.4 7.9 4.6 11.5
Employment 64.1 66.2 2.0 2.1 9.5 3.3 16.8
Unemployment 9.2 10.6 1.8 1.4 -1.6 15.2 -13.1
Participation rate 67.2 70.5 1.8 3.3 7.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.5 13.8 2.4 1.3 -3.9 ... ...
Employment rate 58.7 60.7 1.8 2.0 9.2 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 338.7 338.9 ... 0.2 3.2 0.1 1.0
Labour force 219.1 220.9 2.0 1.8 10.3 0.8 4.9
Employment 199.4 201.3 2.1 1.9 7.9 1.0 4.1
Unemployment 19.6 19.6 1.9 0.0 2.4 0.0 14.0
Participation rate 64.7 65.2 0.6 0.5 2.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 8.9 0.9 0.0 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 58.9 59.4 0.6 0.5 1.8 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 369.6 369.8 ... 0.2 3.4 0.1 0.9
Labour force 213.8 212.9 1.9 -0.9 5.9 -0.4 2.9
Employment 201.7 199.2 2.0 -2.5 8.6 -1.2 4.5
Unemployment 12.2 13.7 1.8 1.5 -2.7 12.3 -16.5
Participation rate 57.8 57.6 0.5 -0.2 1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 6.4 0.8 0.7 -1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 54.6 53.9 0.5 -0.7 1.9 ... ...
New Brunswick              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 648.4 648.7 ... 0.3 2.6 0.0 0.4
Labour force 394.2 396.2 2.7 2.0 12.5 0.5 3.3
Employment 359.2 359.6 2.8 0.4 10.6 0.1 3.0
Full-time employment 302.2 301.2 3.3 -1.0 -1.4 -0.3 -0.5
Unemployment 35.0 36.6 2.6 1.6 1.8 4.6 5.2
Participation rate 60.8 61.1 0.4 0.3 1.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 9.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 55.4 55.4 0.4 0.0 1.4 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 82.1 82.0 ... -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.4
Labour force 58.2 59.2 1.3 1.0 8.9 1.7 17.7
Employment 51.1 49.5 1.4 -1.6 7.0 -3.1 16.5
Unemployment 7.1 9.7 1.4 2.6 2.0 36.6 26.0
Participation rate 70.9 72.2 1.6 1.3 11.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.2 16.4 2.5 4.2 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 62.2 60.4 1.7 -1.8 8.8 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 275.7 275.8 ... 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.6
Labour force 172.0 173.0 1.6 1.0 -0.5 0.6 -0.3
Employment 154.0 157.2 1.7 3.2 -1.6 2.1 -1.0
Unemployment 18.0 15.8 1.6 -2.2 1.0 -12.2 6.8
Participation rate 62.4 62.7 0.6 0.3 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.5 9.1 0.9 -1.4 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 55.9 57.0 0.6 1.1 -0.9 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 290.7 290.8 ... 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.4
Labour force 164.0 164.0 1.5 0.0 4.1 0.0 2.6
Employment 154.1 152.9 1.5 -1.2 5.2 -0.8 3.5
Unemployment 10.0 11.1 1.3 1.1 -1.2 11.0 -9.8
Participation rate 56.4 56.4 0.5 0.0 1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.8 0.8 0.7 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 53.0 52.6 0.5 -0.4 1.6 ... ...
...
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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