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)
  November
2024
December
2024
Standard error1 November to December 2024 December 2023 to December 2024 November to December 2024 December 2023 to December 2024
  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 463.3 463.6 ... 0.3 5.5 0.1 1.2
Labour force 269.3 269.4 1.9 0.1 3.5 0.0 1.3
Employment 240.2 241.3 2.0 1.1 3.3 0.5 1.4
Full-time employment 206.3 206.3 2.3 0.0 4.0 0.0 2.0
Unemployment 29.1 28.1 1.7 -1.0 0.2 -3.4 0.7
Participation rate 58.1 58.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 10.4 0.6 -0.4 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 51.8 52.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 58.9 58.9 ... 0.0 1.6 0.0 2.8
Labour force 36.0 37.3 1.0 1.3 3.1 3.6 9.1
Employment 30.4 31.3 1.0 0.9 1.9 3.0 6.5
Unemployment 5.6 6.0 0.8 0.4 1.2 7.1 25.0
Participation rate 61.1 63.3 1.7 2.2 3.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.6 16.1 2.2 0.5 2.1 ... ...
Employment rate 51.6 53.1 1.7 1.5 1.8 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 197.2 197.3 ... 0.1 2.0 0.1 1.0
Labour force 119.7 118.5 1.1 -1.2 -1.2 -1.0 -1.0
Employment 103.9 104.8 1.2 0.9 -0.7 0.9 -0.7
Unemployment 15.8 13.7 1.2 -2.1 -0.6 -13.3 -4.2
Participation rate 60.7 60.1 0.6 -0.6 -1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.2 11.6 1.0 -1.6 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 52.7 53.1 0.6 0.4 -0.9 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 207.2 207.3 ... 0.1 1.8 0.0 0.9
Labour force 113.6 113.6 1.1 0.0 1.6 0.0 1.4
Employment 105.9 105.2 1.2 -0.7 2.1 -0.7 2.0
Unemployment 7.6 8.5 0.9 0.9 -0.3 11.8 -3.4
Participation rate 54.8 54.8 0.6 0.0 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 7.5 0.8 0.8 -0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 51.1 50.7 0.6 -0.4 0.5 ... ...
Prince Edward Island              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 152.6 152.7 ... 0.1 5.7 0.1 3.9
Labour force 103.0 103.9 0.8 0.9 4.0 0.9 4.0
Employment 94.8 95.1 0.8 0.3 3.2 0.3 3.5
Full-time employment 81.0 79.3 1.0 -1.7 0.1 -2.1 0.1
Unemployment 8.2 8.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 7.3 8.6
Participation rate 67.5 68.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 8.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 62.1 62.3 0.6 0.2 -0.2 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 26.0 26.0 ... 0.0 1.9 0.0 7.9
Labour force 17.7 18.2 0.5 0.5 0.9 2.8 5.2
Employment 15.6 16.4 0.5 0.8 0.9 5.1 5.8
Unemployment 2.1 1.8 0.4 -0.3 0.0 -14.3 0.0
Participation rate 68.1 70.0 1.9 1.9 -1.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.9 9.9 2.4 -2.0 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 60.0 63.1 1.9 3.1 -1.2 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 62.0 62.1 ... 0.1 2.2 0.2 3.7
Labour force 45.1 45.7 0.4 0.6 2.9 1.3 6.8
Employment 41.3 41.8 0.5 0.5 2.7 1.2 6.9
Unemployment 3.8 3.8 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.7
Participation rate 72.7 73.6 0.7 0.9 2.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.4 8.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 66.6 67.3 0.8 0.7 2.0 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 64.6 64.6 ... 0.0 1.6 0.0 2.5
Labour force 40.2 40.0 0.4 -0.2 0.2 -0.5 0.5
Employment 37.8 36.8 0.4 -1.0 -0.4 -2.6 -1.1
Unemployment 2.3 3.2 0.4 0.9 0.6 39.1 23.1
Participation rate 62.2 61.9 0.6 -0.3 -1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 8.0 0.9 2.3 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 58.5 57.0 0.7 -1.5 -2.0 ... ...
Nova Scotia              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 898.4 899.1 ... 0.7 24.0 0.1 2.7
Labour force 548.3 557.2 3.0 8.9 17.6 1.6 3.3
Employment 514.6 522.0 3.0 7.4 14.1 1.4 2.8
Full-time employment 418.4 434.3 4.2 15.9 19.1 3.8 4.6
Unemployment 33.6 35.2 2.6 1.6 3.5 4.8 11.0
Participation rate 61.0 62.0 0.3 1.0 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.3 0.5 0.2 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 57.3 58.1 0.3 0.8 0.1 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 125.5 125.7 ... 0.2 7.8 0.2 6.6
Labour force 77.4 83.6 1.7 6.2 6.5 8.0 8.4
Employment 69.1 75.2 1.7 6.1 7.4 8.8 10.9
Unemployment 8.3 8.4 1.5 0.1 -0.9 1.2 -9.7
Participation rate 61.7 66.5 1.4 4.8 1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.7 10.0 1.8 -0.7 -2.1 ... ...
Employment rate 55.1 59.8 1.4 4.7 2.3 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 372.3 372.6 ... 0.3 8.7 0.1 2.4
Labour force 239.5 242.4 1.5 2.9 8.4 1.2 3.6
Employment 224.5 225.9 1.7 1.4 4.3 0.6 1.9
Unemployment 15.1 16.5 1.5 1.4 4.1 9.3 33.1
Participation rate 64.3 65.1 0.4 0.8 0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 6.8 0.6 0.5 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 60.3 60.6 0.5 0.3 -0.3 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 400.6 400.9 ... 0.3 7.6 0.1 1.9
Labour force 231.4 231.2 1.7 -0.2 2.7 -0.1 1.2
Employment 221.1 220.9 1.8 -0.2 2.4 -0.1 1.1
Unemployment 10.3 10.3 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 3.0
Participation rate 57.8 57.7 0.4 -0.1 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.5 0.6 0.0 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 55.2 55.1 0.5 -0.1 -0.5 ... ...
New Brunswick              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 713.6 714.2 ... 0.6 21.9 0.1 3.2
Labour force 430.1 432.2 2.4 2.1 15.4 0.5 3.7
Employment 400.4 398.6 2.5 -1.8 7.8 -0.4 2.0
Full-time employment 338.7 335.3 3.1 -3.4 -0.1 -1.0 -0.0
Unemployment 29.7 33.6 2.1 3.9 7.5 13.1 28.7
Participation rate 60.3 60.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 7.8 0.5 0.9 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 56.1 55.8 0.4 -0.3 -0.6 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 96.1 96.3 ... 0.2 6.0 0.2 6.6
Labour force 60.2 59.9 1.3 -0.3 0.5 -0.5 0.8
Employment 53.9 51.4 1.3 -2.5 -2.6 -4.6 -4.8
Unemployment 6.4 8.5 1.2 2.1 3.1 32.8 57.4
Participation rate 62.6 62.2 1.5 -0.4 -3.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.6 14.2 1.8 3.6 5.1 ... ...
Employment rate 56.1 53.4 1.4 -2.7 -6.4 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 303.7 304.0 ... 0.3 9.0 0.1 3.1
Labour force 194.1 195.4 1.4 1.3 9.4 0.7 5.1
Employment 178.8 180.0 1.5 1.2 7.3 0.7 4.2
Unemployment 15.2 15.5 1.3 0.3 2.3 2.0 17.4
Participation rate 63.9 64.3 0.5 0.4 1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.8 7.9 0.7 0.1 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 58.9 59.2 0.5 0.3 0.7 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 313.8 314.0 ... 0.2 7.1 0.1 2.3
Labour force 175.8 176.8 1.3 1.0 5.3 0.6 3.1
Employment 167.7 167.2 1.3 -0.5 3.2 -0.3 2.0
Unemployment 8.1 9.6 1.0 1.5 2.1 18.5 28.0
Participation rate 56.0 56.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.6 5.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 53.4 53.2 0.4 -0.2 -0.2 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
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