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)
  January
2025
February
2025
Standard error1 January to February 2025 February 2024 to February 2025 January to February 2025 February 2024 to February 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 469.5 470.0 ... 0.5 6.1 0.1 1.3
Labour force 271.8 271.3 1.9 -0.5 -2.1 -0.2 -0.8
Employment 243.1 242.7 2.0 -0.4 -3.2 -0.2 -1.3
Full-time employment 207.7 206.9 2.4 -0.8 -2.5 -0.4 -1.2
Unemployment 28.7 28.6 1.8 -0.1 1.0 -0.3 3.6
Participation rate 57.9 57.7 0.4 -0.2 -1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.6 10.5 0.6 -0.1 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 51.8 51.6 0.4 -0.2 -1.4 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 57.6 57.7 ... 0.1 1.1 0.2 1.9
Labour force 34.3 34.4 0.9 0.1 -1.7 0.3 -4.7
Employment 28.6 28.2 0.9 -0.4 -2.8 -1.4 -9.0
Unemployment 5.7 6.2 0.8 0.5 1.1 8.8 21.6
Participation rate 59.5 59.6 1.6 0.1 -4.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.6 18.0 2.1 1.4 3.9 ... ...
Employment rate 49.7 48.9 1.5 -0.8 -5.9 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 200.8 201.0 ... 0.2 2.4 0.1 1.2
Labour force 123.3 122.5 1.2 -0.8 -0.6 -0.6 -0.5
Employment 107.4 107.9 1.3 0.5 -1.8 0.5 -1.6
Unemployment 15.8 14.6 1.2 -1.2 1.2 -7.6 9.0
Participation rate 61.4 60.9 0.6 -0.5 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.8 11.9 0.9 -0.9 1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 53.5 53.7 0.6 0.2 -1.5 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 211.1 211.4 ... 0.3 2.7 0.1 1.3
Labour force 114.3 114.5 1.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3
Employment 107.0 106.7 1.1 -0.3 1.6 -0.3 1.5
Unemployment 7.2 7.8 0.9 0.6 -1.2 8.3 -13.3
Participation rate 54.1 54.2 0.5 0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 6.8 0.8 0.5 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 50.7 50.5 0.5 -0.2 0.1 ... ...
Prince Edward Island              
Total - gender, 15 years and over              
Population 152.4 152.7 ... 0.3 3.8 0.2 2.6
Labour force 101.6 101.7 0.8 0.1 2.8 0.1 2.8
Employment 94.3 93.8 0.9 -0.5 1.8 -0.5 2.0
Full-time employment 81.2 81.0 1.1 -0.2 2.5 -0.2 3.2
Unemployment 7.3 7.9 0.7 0.6 1.0 8.2 14.5
Participation rate 66.7 66.6 0.5 -0.1 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.2 7.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 61.9 61.4 0.6 -0.5 -0.4 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 24.2 24.1 ... -0.1 0.2 -0.4 0.8
Labour force 16.5 16.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 1.2 0.6
Employment 15.5 14.9 0.5 -0.6 -0.2 -3.9 -1.3
Unemployment 1.0 1.8 0.4 0.8 0.3 80.0 20.0
Participation rate 68.2 69.3 2.0 1.1 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 10.8 2.3 4.7 1.8 ... ...
Employment rate 64.0 61.8 2.0 -2.2 -1.4 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 62.2 62.3 ... 0.1 1.8 0.2 3.0
Labour force 44.7 44.7 0.4 0.0 1.6 0.0 3.7
Employment 41.0 41.3 0.5 0.3 1.6 0.7 4.0
Unemployment 3.7 3.4 0.4 -0.3 0.0 -8.1 0.0
Participation rate 71.9 71.7 0.7 -0.2 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 7.6 1.0 -0.7 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 65.9 66.3 0.8 0.4 0.7 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 66.1 66.2 ... 0.1 1.7 0.2 2.6
Labour force 40.4 40.3 0.4 -0.1 1.1 -0.2 2.8
Employment 37.8 37.6 0.5 -0.2 0.4 -0.5 1.1
Unemployment 2.6 2.7 0.4 0.1 0.7 3.8 35.0
Participation rate 61.1 60.9 0.6 -0.2 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.4 6.7 1.0 0.3 1.6 ... ...
Employment rate 57.2 56.8 0.7 -0.4 -0.9 ... ...
Nova Scotia              
Total - gender, 15 years and over              
Population 909.7 910.7 ... 1.0 17.0 0.1 1.9
Labour force 560.4 560.0 3.1 -0.4 0.9 -0.1 0.2
Employment 527.2 522.9 3.2 -4.3 -1.8 -0.8 -0.3
Full-time employment 436.0 437.5 4.2 1.5 6.8 0.3 1.6
Unemployment 33.2 37.2 2.6 4.0 2.8 12.0 8.1
Participation rate 61.6 61.5 0.3 -0.1 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.9 6.6 0.5 0.7 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 58.0 57.4 0.4 -0.6 -1.3 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 118.4 118.2 ... -0.2 1.4 -0.2 1.2
Labour force 79.3 75.9 1.6 -3.4 -3.4 -4.3 -4.3
Employment 69.0 66.9 1.6 -2.1 -4.8 -3.0 -6.7
Unemployment 10.3 9.0 1.4 -1.3 1.4 -12.6 18.4
Participation rate 67.0 64.2 1.3 -2.8 -3.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.0 11.9 1.7 -1.1 2.3 ... ...
Employment rate 58.3 56.6 1.4 -1.7 -4.8 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 384.4 385.0 ... 0.6 8.1 0.2 2.1
Labour force 248.5 251.4 1.8 2.9 6.3 1.2 2.6
Employment 235.5 234.7 1.9 -0.8 4.4 -0.3 1.9
Unemployment 13.0 16.6 1.7 3.6 1.8 27.7 12.2
Participation rate 64.6 65.3 0.5 0.7 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 6.6 0.7 1.4 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 61.3 61.0 0.5 -0.3 -0.1 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 406.9 407.4 ... 0.5 7.5 0.1 1.9
Labour force 232.6 232.8 1.7 0.2 -1.9 0.1 -0.8
Employment 222.8 221.3 1.7 -1.5 -1.4 -0.7 -0.6
Unemployment 9.8 11.5 1.4 1.7 -0.6 17.3 -5.0
Participation rate 57.2 57.1 0.4 -0.1 -1.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.9 0.6 0.7 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 54.8 54.3 0.4 -0.5 -1.4 ... ...
New Brunswick              
Total - gender, 15 years and over              
Population 717.0 717.7 ... 0.7 15.7 0.1 2.2
Labour force 430.3 433.8 2.5 3.5 8.3 0.8 2.0
Employment 402.9 401.4 2.5 -1.5 5.9 -0.4 1.5
Full-time employment 343.3 346.7 3.2 3.4 9.2 1.0 2.7
Unemployment 27.5 32.4 2.1 4.9 2.4 17.8 8.0
Participation rate 60.0 60.4 0.4 0.4 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.4 7.5 0.5 1.1 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 56.2 55.9 0.4 -0.3 -0.4 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 92.5 92.5 ... 0.0 2.5 0.0 2.8
Labour force 57.0 57.3 1.4 0.3 -0.8 0.5 -1.4
Employment 51.0 48.0 1.3 -3.0 -2.9 -5.9 -5.7
Unemployment 6.1 9.3 1.1 3.2 2.1 52.5 29.2
Participation rate 61.6 61.9 1.5 0.3 -2.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.7 16.2 1.8 5.5 3.8 ... ...
Employment rate 55.1 51.9 1.4 -3.2 -4.7 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 304.2 304.5 ... 0.3 6.7 0.1 2.2
Labour force 193.7 196.6 1.5 2.9 6.1 1.5 3.2
Employment 180.3 183.3 1.5 3.0 7.4 1.7 4.2
Unemployment 13.4 13.3 1.4 -0.1 -1.3 -0.7 -8.9
Participation rate 63.7 64.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 6.8 0.7 -0.1 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 59.3 60.2 0.5 0.9 1.1 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 320.3 320.7 ... 0.4 6.5 0.1 2.1
Labour force 179.6 179.9 1.4 0.3 2.9 0.2 1.6
Employment 171.6 170.1 1.4 -1.5 1.4 -0.9 0.8
Unemployment 8.0 9.8 1.0 1.8 1.6 22.5 19.5
Participation rate 56.1 56.1 0.4 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.5 5.4 0.6 0.9 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 53.6 53.0 0.5 -0.6 -0.7 ... ...
...
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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