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Table 8. Selected labour force characteristics, Quebec (in thousands), seasonally adjusted

    Change from % change from
April
2003
May
2003
S.E.¹

last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
Both sexes, 15 years and over                  
Population 6,070.9 6,075.1 ... 4.2 20.0 46.6 0.1 0.3 0.8
  Labour force
4,010.1 4,010.3 16.2 0.2 18.6 78.1 0.0 0.5 2.0
    Employment
3,646.8 3,637.5 16.7 -9.3 -16.6 33.4 -0.3 -0.5 0.9
      Employment full-time
2,981.1 2,970.4 19.0 -10.7 -14.8 7.5 -0.4 -0.5 0.3
    Unemployment
363.4 372.8 13.4 9.4 35.2 44.7 2.6 10.4 13.6
Participation rate 66.1 66.0 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.1 9.3 0.3 0.2 0.8 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 59.9 0.3 -0.2 -0.4 0.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 18.3 18.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.5 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years                  
Population 952.8 952.2 ... -0.6 -2.2 -6.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0.7
  Labour force
642.2 639.9 9.0 -2.3 1.3 -4.5 -0.4 0.2 -0.7
    Employment
553.3 548.9 8.7 -4.4 -7.1 -9.2 -0.8 -1.3 -1.6
    Unemployment
89.0 91.1 7.3 2.1 8.5 4.8 2.4 10.3 5.6
Participation rate 67.4 67.2 0.9 -0.2 0.3 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.9 14.2 1.1 0.3 1.3 0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.1 57.6 0.9 -0.5 -0.7 -0.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 45.4 44.8 1.5 -0.5 0.6 1.0 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over                  
Population 2,495.3 2,497.7 ... 2.4 11.0 26.9 0.1 0.4 1.1
  Labour force
1,836.7 1,837.2 8.9 0.5 3.5 26.4 0.0 0.2 1.5
    Employment
1,689.8 1,682.0 9.6 -7.8 -8.5 8.2 -0.5 -0.5 0.5
    Unemployment
146.9 155.3 8.1 8.4 12.2 18.3 5.7 8.5 13.4
Participation rate 73.6 73.6 0.4 0.0 -0.1 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 8.5 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.7 67.3 0.4 -0.4 -0.7 -0.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 6.9 6.2 0.5 -0.6 -0.2 0.4 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over                  
Population 2,622.8 2,625.2 ... 2.4 11.2 26.0 0.1 0.4 1.0
  Labour force
1,531.2 1,533.1 9.5 1.9 13.7 56.2 0.1 0.9 3.8
    Employment
1,403.7 1,406.6 9.6 2.9 -0.9 34.4 0.2 -0.1 2.5
    Unemployment
127.5 126.5 7.3 -1.0 14.6 21.8 -0.8 13.0 20.8
Participation rate 58.4 58.4 0.4 0.0 0.3 1.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 8.3 0.5 0.0 0.9 1.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 53.5 53.6 0.4 0.1 -0.2 0.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 21.3 22.5 0.7 1.2 0.2 0.6 ... ... ...
Industry 3,646.8 3,637.5 16.7 -9.3 -16.6 33.4 -0.3 -0.5 0.9
Goods-producing sector 937.2 931.2 12.3 -6.0 -31.6 -8.2 -0.6 -3.3 -0.9
Agriculture 53.1 54.5 3.1 1.4 -12.6 -7.3 2.6 -18.8 -11.8
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 41.3 38.6 2.4 -2.7 0.2 1.7 -6.5 0.5 4.6
Utilities 29.3 30.5 2.1 1.2 -0.7 2.5 4.1 -2.2 8.9
Construction 172.4 166.7 5.6 -5.7 6.0 7.3 -3.3 3.7 4.6
Manufacturing 641.0 640.9 10.5 -0.1 -24.4 -12.5 0.0 -3.7 -1.9
Services-producing sector 2,709.6 2,706.3 16.9 -3.3 15.0 41.6 -0.1 0.6 1.6
Trade 601.2 608.4 10.6 7.2 8.4 3.0 1.2 1.4 0.5
Transportation and warehousing 158.8 157.0 5.5 -1.8 0.2 10.7 -1.1 0.1 7.3
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 193.4 185.4 6.0 -8.0 2.3 -10.9 -4.1 1.3 -5.6
Professional, scientific and technical services 213.1 217.0 6.6 3.9 -7.1 6.5 1.8 -3.2 3.1
Management of companies and administrative and other support services 119.7 121.0 5.6 1.3 -2.0 -1.0 1.1 -1.6 -0.8
Educational services 252.8 254.3 6.2 1.5 7.2 5.0 0.6 2.9 2.0
Health care and social assistance 416.1 425.5 7.7 9.4 7.1 24.8 2.3 1.7 6.2
Information, culture and recreation 138.5 152.5 6.3 14.0 -1.2 -10.6 10.1 -0.8 -6.5
Accommodation and food services 230.0 214.0 7.0 -16.0 -0.4 3.3 -7.0 -0.2 1.6
Other services 164.4 161.0 5.5 -3.4 -6.2 7.1 -2.1 -3.7 4.6
Public administration 221.3 210.2 5.5 -11.1 6.7 3.8 -5.0 3.3 1.8

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
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