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

Labour force characteristics by province, age group and gender, seasonally adjusted (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick)
  December
2024
January
2025
Standard error1 December 2024 to January 2025 January 2024 to January 2025 December 2024 to January 2025 January 2024 to January 2025
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Newfoundland and Labrador              
Total - gender, 15 years and over              
Population 469.3 469.5 ... 0.2 6.1 0.0 1.3
Labour force 271.7 271.8 1.9 0.1 -4.1 0.0 -1.5
Employment 243.2 243.1 2.0 -0.1 -4.8 -0.0 -1.9
Full-time employment 208.5 207.7 2.4 -0.8 -2.4 -0.4 -1.1
Unemployment 28.5 28.7 1.8 0.2 0.7 0.7 2.5
Participation rate 57.9 57.9 0.4 0.0 -1.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.5 10.6 0.6 0.1 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 51.8 51.8 0.4 0.0 -1.7 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 57.6 57.6 ... 0.0 1.2 0.0 2.1
Labour force 35.6 34.3 0.9 -1.3 -2.3 -3.7 -6.3
Employment 29.9 28.6 0.9 -1.3 -3.5 -4.3 -10.9
Unemployment 5.8 5.7 0.8 -0.1 1.2 -1.7 26.7
Participation rate 61.8 59.5 1.6 -2.3 -5.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.3 16.6 2.1 0.3 4.3 ... ...
Employment rate 51.9 49.7 1.5 -2.2 -7.2 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 200.7 200.8 ... 0.1 2.4 0.0 1.2
Labour force 121.1 123.3 1.2 2.2 -0.5 1.8 -0.4
Employment 106.8 107.4 1.3 0.6 -3.1 0.6 -2.8
Unemployment 14.3 15.8 1.2 1.5 2.5 10.5 18.8
Participation rate 60.3 61.4 0.6 1.1 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.8 12.8 0.9 1.0 2.1 ... ...
Employment rate 53.2 53.5 0.6 0.3 -2.2 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 211.0 211.1 ... 0.1 2.6 0.0 1.2
Labour force 115.0 114.3 1.1 -0.7 -1.2 -0.6 -1.0
Employment 106.6 107.0 1.1 0.4 1.6 0.4 1.5
Unemployment 8.4 7.2 0.9 -1.2 -3.0 -14.3 -29.4
Participation rate 54.5 54.1 0.5 -0.4 -1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.3 6.3 0.8 -1.0 -2.5 ... ...
Employment rate 50.5 50.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 ... ...
Prince Edward Island              
Total - gender, 15 years and over              
Population 152.4 152.4 ... 0.0 3.9 0.0 2.6
Labour force 103.4 101.6 0.8 -1.8 2.1 -1.7 2.1
Employment 94.6 94.3 0.9 -0.3 1.9 -0.3 2.1
Full-time employment 78.8 81.2 1.1 2.4 1.6 3.0 2.0
Unemployment 8.8 7.3 0.7 -1.5 0.1 -17.0 1.4
Participation rate 67.8 66.7 0.5 -1.1 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 7.2 0.7 -1.3 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 62.1 61.9 0.6 -0.2 -0.3 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 24.3 24.2 ... -0.1 0.4 -0.4 1.7
Labour force 17.0 16.5 0.5 -0.5 -0.7 -2.9 -4.1
Employment 15.4 15.5 0.5 0.1 -0.1 0.6 -0.6
Unemployment 1.7 1.0 0.4 -0.7 -0.6 -41.2 -37.5
Participation rate 70.0 68.2 2.0 -1.8 -4.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.0 6.1 2.3 -3.9 -3.2 ... ...
Employment rate 63.4 64.0 2.0 0.6 -1.5 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 62.1 62.2 ... 0.1 1.9 0.2 3.2
Labour force 45.6 44.7 0.4 -0.9 2.2 -2.0 5.2
Employment 41.7 41.0 0.5 -0.7 1.6 -1.7 4.1
Unemployment 3.9 3.7 0.4 -0.2 0.6 -5.1 19.4
Participation rate 73.4 71.9 0.7 -1.5 1.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.6 8.3 1.0 -0.3 1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 67.1 65.9 0.8 -1.2 0.6 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 66.0 66.1 ... 0.1 1.8 0.2 2.8
Labour force 40.8 40.4 0.4 -0.4 0.5 -1.0 1.3
Employment 37.5 37.8 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.1
Unemployment 3.3 2.6 0.4 -0.7 0.2 -21.2 8.3
Participation rate 61.8 61.1 0.6 -0.7 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 6.4 1.0 -1.7 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 56.8 57.2 0.7 0.4 -1.0 ... ...
Nova Scotia              
Total - gender, 15 years and over              
Population 909.4 909.7 ... 0.3 18.5 0.0 2.1
Labour force 563.1 560.4 3.1 -2.7 2.1 -0.5 0.4
Employment 527.7 527.2 3.2 -0.5 7.8 -0.1 1.5
Full-time employment 439.8 436.0 4.2 -3.8 13.3 -0.9 3.1
Unemployment 35.4 33.2 2.6 -2.2 -5.7 -6.2 -14.7
Participation rate 61.9 61.6 0.3 -0.3 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 5.9 0.5 -0.4 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 58.0 58.0 0.4 0.0 -0.3 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 118.7 118.4 ... -0.3 2.1 -0.3 1.8
Labour force 77.7 79.3 1.6 1.6 -1.1 2.1 -1.4
Employment 70.0 69.0 1.6 -1.0 -1.1 -1.4 -1.6
Unemployment 7.7 10.3 1.4 2.6 0.0 33.8 0.0
Participation rate 65.5 67.0 1.3 1.5 -2.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.9 13.0 1.7 3.1 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 59.0 58.3 1.4 -0.7 -2.0 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 384.2 384.4 ... 0.2 8.6 0.1 2.3
Labour force 250.6 248.5 1.8 -2.1 4.0 -0.8 1.6
Employment 233.5 235.5 1.9 2.0 6.0 0.9 2.6
Unemployment 17.2 13.0 1.7 -4.2 -2.0 -24.4 -13.3
Participation rate 65.2 64.6 0.5 -0.6 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 5.2 0.7 -1.7 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 60.8 61.3 0.5 0.5 0.2 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 406.6 406.9 ... 0.3 7.9 0.1 2.0
Labour force 234.7 232.6 1.7 -2.1 -0.8 -0.9 -0.3
Employment 224.2 222.8 1.7 -1.4 3.0 -0.6 1.4
Unemployment 10.5 9.8 1.4 -0.7 -3.8 -6.7 -27.9
Participation rate 57.7 57.2 0.4 -0.5 -1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.2 0.6 -0.3 -1.6 ... ...
Employment rate 55.1 54.8 0.4 -0.3 -0.3 ... ...
New Brunswick              
Total - gender, 15 years and over              
Population 716.7 717.0 ... 0.3 16.9 0.0 2.4
Labour force 433.2 430.3 2.5 -2.9 5.6 -0.7 1.3
Employment 400.0 402.9 2.5 2.9 7.3 0.7 1.8
Full-time employment 336.8 343.3 3.2 6.5 6.9 1.9 2.1
Unemployment 33.2 27.5 2.1 -5.7 -1.7 -17.2 -5.8
Participation rate 60.4 60.0 0.4 -0.4 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 6.4 0.5 -1.3 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 55.8 56.2 0.4 0.4 -0.3 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 92.5 92.5 ... 0.0 3.0 0.0 3.4
Labour force 57.7 57.0 1.4 -0.7 -0.6 -1.2 -1.0
Employment 49.9 51.0 1.3 1.1 0.0 2.2 0.0
Unemployment 7.8 6.1 1.1 -1.7 -0.5 -21.8 -7.6
Participation rate 62.4 61.6 1.5 -0.8 -2.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.5 10.7 1.8 -2.8 -0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 53.9 55.1 1.4 1.2 -1.9 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 304.0 304.2 ... 0.2 7.2 0.1 2.4
Labour force 195.0 193.7 1.5 -1.3 4.0 -0.7 2.1
Employment 179.4 180.3 1.5 0.9 4.4 0.5 2.5
Unemployment 15.6 13.4 1.4 -2.2 -0.4 -14.1 -2.9
Participation rate 64.1 63.7 0.5 -0.4 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 6.9 0.7 -1.1 -0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 59.0 59.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 320.2 320.3 ... 0.1 6.8 0.0 2.2
Labour force 180.6 179.6 1.4 -1.0 2.2 -0.6 1.2
Employment 170.7 171.6 1.4 0.9 2.9 0.5 1.7
Unemployment 9.8 8.0 1.0 -1.8 -0.7 -18.4 -8.0
Participation rate 56.4 56.1 0.4 -0.3 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 4.5 0.6 -0.9 -0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 53.3 53.6 0.5 0.3 -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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