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Table 13. Selected labour force characteristics, British Columbia (in thousands), seasonally adjusted

    Change from % change from
March
2005
April
2005
S.E.¹

last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
Both sexes, 15 years and over                  
Population 3,429.1 3,433.4 ... 4.3 19.3 55.8 0.1 0.6 1.7
  Labour force
2,248.2 2,251.0 10.9 2.8 22.8 51.9 0.1 1.0 2.4
    Employment
2,101.0 2,114.3 11.4 13.3 24.8 81.1 0.6 1.2 4.0
      Employment full-time
1,671.2 1,681.3 13.8 10.1 17.4 81.0 0.6 1.0 5.1
    Unemployment
147.2 136.8 9.0 -10.4 -2.0 -29.1 -7.1 -1.4 -17.5
Participation rate 65.6 65.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.1 0.4 -0.4 -0.1 -1.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.3 61.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 20.5 20.5 0.6 0.0 0.1 -0.8 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years                  
Population 567.5 568.0 ... 0.5 2.9 8.8 0.1 0.5 1.6
  Labour force
360.3 353.8 6.3 -6.5 -4.8 5.3 -1.8 -1.3 1.5
    Employment
316.7 313.4 6.4 -3.3 -5.1 15.8 -1.0 -1.6 5.3
    Unemployment
43.6 40.4 5.3 -3.2 0.3 -10.5 -7.3 0.7 -20.6
Participation rate 63.5 62.3 1.1 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.1 11.4 1.4 -0.7 0.2 -3.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.8 55.2 1.1 -0.6 -1.2 2.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 43.2 42.9 2.0 -0.3 0.2 -5.3 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over                  
Population 1,396.7 1,398.5 ... 1.8 8.0 22.2 0.1 0.6 1.6
  Labour force
1,011.0 1,014.0 5.7 3.0 6.3 26.0 0.3 0.6 2.6
    Employment
958.6 966.6 6.2 8.0 14.4 40.2 0.8 1.5 4.3
    Unemployment
52.4 47.4 5.3 -5.0 -8.1 -14.2 -9.5 -14.6 -23.1
Participation rate 72.4 72.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 4.7 0.5 -0.5 -0.8 -1.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 68.6 69.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 7.8 7.1 0.6 -0.7 -0.8 -0.5 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over                  
Population 1,464.9 1,466.8 ... 1.9 8.2 24.7 0.1 0.6 1.7
  Labour force
877.0 883.2 6.2 6.2 21.3 20.6 0.7 2.5 2.4
    Employment
825.7 834.2 6.5 8.5 15.4 25.0 1.0 1.9 3.1
    Unemployment
51.3 49.0 4.7 -2.3 5.8 -4.4 -4.5 13.4 -8.2
Participation rate 59.9 60.2 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 5.5 0.5 -0.3 0.5 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.4 56.9 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 26.4 27.5 1.0 1.1 1.4 0.4 ... ... ...
Industry 2,101.0 2,114.3 11.4 13.3 24.8 81.1 0.6 1.2 4.0
Goods-producing sector 454.0 459.9 8.2 5.9 11.8 37.2 1.3 2.6 8.8
Agriculture 41.3 42.6 2.7 1.3 3.8 5.6 3.1 9.8 15.1
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 35.8 40.0 2.5 4.2 3.1 6.4 11.7 8.4 19.0
Utilities 10.1 10.3 1.1 0.2 2.8 0.3 2.0 37.3 3.0
Construction 168.2 173.0 5.3 4.8 16.2 38.4 2.9 10.3 28.5
Manufacturing 198.5 194.1 5.6 -4.4 -14.1 -13.4 -2.2 -6.8 -6.5
Services-producing sector 1,647.0 1,654.3 11.3 7.3 13.0 43.9 0.4 0.8 2.7
Trade 327.6 322.3 7.1 -5.3 10.4 2.3 -1.6 3.3 0.7
Transportation and warehousing 114.9 111.5 4.0 -3.4 -1.5 -5.5 -3.0 -1.3 -4.7
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 139.9 136.5 4.4 -3.4 0.4 4.8 -2.4 0.3 3.6
Professional, scientific and technical services 161.9 166.3 4.8 4.4 12.0 23.9 2.7 7.8 16.8
Business, building and other support services 96.7 94.5 4.3 -2.2 10.7 15.8 -2.3 12.8 20.1
Educational services 138.7 146.2 4.8 7.5 13.0 13.8 5.4 9.8 10.4
Health care and social assistance 212.6 210.5 5.0 -2.1 -12.2 -8.1 -1.0 -5.5 -3.7
Information, culture and recreation 98.6 99.7 4.6 1.1 -13.1 -5.7 1.1 -11.6 -5.4
Accommodation and food services 166.9 178.1 5.4 11.2 -4.6 4.8 6.7 -2.5 2.8
Other services 92.6 91.8 4.1 -0.8 -2.3 -0.8 -0.9 -2.4 -0.9
Public administration 96.6 96.9 3.3 0.3 0.2 -1.4 0.3 0.2 -1.4

1 Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).

Related CANSIM tables 282-0087, 282-0088