Table 4 
Labour force characteristics by province, age group and gender2, 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)
  May
2025
June
2025
Standard error1 May to June 2025 June 2024 to June 2025 May to June 2025 June 2024 to June 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 470.9 471.1 ... 0.2 4.6 0.0 1.0
Labour force 275.2 272.0 1.9 -3.2 -0.3 -1.2 -0.1
Employment 248.5 245.0 2.0 -3.5 -1.6 -1.4 -0.6
Full-time employment 208.3 207.9 2.4 -0.4 -2.9 -0.2 -1.4
Unemployment 26.7 27.0 1.8 0.3 1.3 1.1 5.1
Participation rate 58.4 57.7 0.4 -0.7 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.7 9.9 0.6 0.2 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 52.8 52.0 0.4 -0.8 -0.9 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 57.7 57.7 ... 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.9
Labour force 36.3 35.0 0.9 -1.3 0.0 -3.6 0.0
Employment 30.6 28.9 0.9 -1.7 -1.4 -5.6 -4.6
Unemployment 5.7 6.1 0.8 0.4 1.4 7.0 29.8
Participation rate 62.9 60.7 1.6 -2.2 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.7 17.4 2.1 1.7 4.0 ... ...
Employment rate 53.0 50.1 1.5 -2.9 -2.9 ... ...
Men+, 25 years and over              
Population 201.3 201.4 ... 0.1 1.7 0.0 0.9
Labour force 124.1 121.6 1.2 -2.5 0.2 -2.0 0.2
Employment 109.2 109.3 1.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.4
Unemployment 14.9 12.4 1.2 -2.5 -0.1 -16.8 -0.8
Participation rate 61.6 60.4 0.6 -1.2 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.0 10.2 0.9 -1.8 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 54.2 54.3 0.6 0.1 -0.2 ... ...
Women+, 25 years and over              
Population 211.9 212.1 ... 0.2 2.5 0.1 1.2
Labour force 114.8 115.4 1.1 0.6 -0.6 0.5 -0.5
Employment 108.7 106.8 1.1 -1.9 -0.6 -1.7 -0.6
Unemployment 6.1 8.5 0.9 2.4 -0.1 39.3 -1.2
Participation rate 54.2 54.4 0.5 0.2 -0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 7.4 0.8 2.1 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 51.3 50.4 0.5 -0.9 -0.8 ... ...
Prince Edward Island              
Total - gender, 15 years and over              
Population 153.4 154.0 ... 0.6 2.9 0.4 1.9
Labour force 99.8 100.4 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.1
Employment 91.6 91.8 0.9 0.2 -0.3 0.2 -0.3
Full-time employment 79.1 80.5 1.1 1.4 0.3 1.8 0.4
Unemployment 8.2 8.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 4.9 4.9
Participation rate 65.1 65.2 0.5 0.1 -1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.2 8.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 59.7 59.6 0.6 -0.1 -1.4 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 24.0 24.1 ... 0.1 -0.3 0.4 -1.2
Labour force 16.7 16.0 0.5 -0.7 -0.2 -4.2 -1.2
Employment 14.7 14.5 0.5 -0.2 0.4 -1.4 2.8
Unemployment 2.0 1.5 0.4 -0.5 -0.6 -25.0 -28.6
Participation rate 69.6 66.4 2.0 -3.2 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.0 9.4 2.3 -2.6 -3.6 ... ...
Employment rate 61.3 60.2 2.0 -1.1 2.4 ... ...
Men+, 25 years and over              
Population 62.7 63.0 ... 0.3 1.6 0.5 2.6
Labour force 43.3 43.9 0.4 0.6 -0.3 1.4 -0.7
Employment 39.6 40.1 0.5 0.5 -0.4 1.3 -1.0
Unemployment 3.7 3.8 0.4 0.1 0.1 2.7 2.7
Participation rate 69.1 69.7 0.7 0.6 -2.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 8.7 1.0 0.2 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 63.2 63.7 0.8 0.5 -2.3 ... ...
Women+, 25 years and over              
Population 66.7 66.9 ... 0.2 1.6 0.3 2.5
Labour force 39.8 40.5 0.4 0.7 0.6 1.8 1.5
Employment 37.4 37.2 0.5 -0.2 -0.3 -0.5 -0.8
Unemployment 2.5 3.3 0.4 0.8 0.9 32.0 37.5
Participation rate 59.7 60.5 0.6 0.8 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 8.1 1.0 1.8 2.1 ... ...
Employment rate 56.1 55.6 0.7 -0.5 -1.8 ... ...
Nova Scotia              
Total - gender, 15 years and over              
Population 912.5 913.2 ... 0.7 11.1 0.1 1.2
Labour force 563.9 561.2 3.1 -2.7 5.4 -0.5 1.0
Employment 527.0 523.6 3.2 -3.4 4.0 -0.6 0.8
Full-time employment 439.1 437.2 4.2 -1.9 6.7 -0.4 1.6
Unemployment 36.9 37.6 2.6 0.7 1.4 1.9 3.9
Participation rate 61.8 61.5 0.3 -0.3 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 57.8 57.3 0.4 -0.5 -0.3 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 117.6 117.3 ... -0.3 -1.1 -0.3 -0.9
Labour force 78.7 77.8 1.6 -0.9 1.7 -1.1 2.2
Employment 69.5 67.6 1.6 -1.9 1.2 -2.7 1.8
Unemployment 9.2 10.2 1.4 1.0 0.5 10.9 5.2
Participation rate 66.9 66.3 1.3 -0.6 2.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.7 13.1 1.7 1.4 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 59.1 57.6 1.4 -1.5 1.5 ... ...
Men+, 25 years and over              
Population 386.2 386.6 ... 0.4 6.0 0.1 1.6
Labour force 251.8 251.5 1.8 -0.3 5.0 -0.1 2.0
Employment 235.2 235.3 1.9 0.1 4.0 0.0 1.7
Unemployment 16.6 16.2 1.7 -0.4 1.0 -2.4 6.6
Participation rate 65.2 65.1 0.5 -0.1 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 6.4 0.7 -0.2 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 60.9 60.9 0.5 0.0 0.1 ... ...
Women+, 25 years and over              
Population 408.8 409.3 ... 0.5 6.2 0.1 1.5
Labour force 233.4 231.8 1.7 -1.6 -1.5 -0.7 -0.6
Employment 222.3 220.7 1.7 -1.6 -1.3 -0.7 -0.6
Unemployment 11.1 11.1 1.4 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -1.8
Participation rate 57.1 56.6 0.4 -0.5 -1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 54.4 53.9 0.4 -0.5 -1.2 ... ...
New Brunswick              
Total - gender, 15 years and over              
Population 719.7 720.5 ... 0.8 10.0 0.1 1.4
Labour force 435.6 438.9 2.5 3.3 4.4 0.8 1.0
Employment 408.0 406.8 2.5 -1.2 4.9 -0.3 1.2
Full-time employment 347.2 347.5 3.2 0.3 7.1 0.1 2.1
Unemployment 27.6 32.1 2.1 4.5 -0.5 16.3 -1.5
Participation rate 60.5 60.9 0.4 0.4 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 7.3 0.5 1.0 -0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 56.7 56.5 0.4 -0.2 -0.1 ... ...
Total - gender, 15 to 24 years               
Population 92.6 92.6 ... 0.0 0.9 0.0 1.0
Labour force 58.7 59.9 1.4 1.2 -0.2 2.0 -0.3
Employment 50.3 50.6 1.3 0.3 -0.6 0.6 -1.2
Unemployment 8.4 9.3 1.1 0.9 0.4 10.7 4.5
Participation rate 63.4 64.7 1.5 1.3 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.3 15.5 1.8 1.2 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 54.3 54.6 1.4 0.3 -1.2 ... ...
Men+, 25 years and over              
Population 305.4 305.8 ... 0.4 4.5 0.1 1.5
Labour force 196.3 196.4 1.5 0.1 2.5 0.1 1.3
Employment 182.5 182.6 1.5 0.1 4.6 0.1 2.6
Unemployment 13.8 13.8 1.4 0.0 -2.0 0.0 -12.7
Participation rate 64.3 64.2 0.5 -0.1 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.0 7.0 0.7 0.0 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 59.8 59.7 0.5 -0.1 0.6 ... ...
Women+, 25 years and over              
Population 321.7 322.1 ... 0.4 4.6 0.1 1.4
Labour force 180.7 182.7 1.4 2.0 2.1 1.1 1.2
Employment 175.2 173.7 1.4 -1.5 1.1 -0.9 0.6
Unemployment 5.5 9.0 1.0 3.5 1.1 63.6 13.9
Participation rate 56.2 56.7 0.4 0.5 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.0 4.9 0.6 1.9 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 54.5 53.9 0.5 -0.6 -0.5 ... ...
...
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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