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Table 4-4
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — New Brunswick

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New Brunswick
  April 2009 May 2009 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
                                                    in thousands (except rates)      
Both sexes, 15 years and over  
Population 620.9 621.1 ... 0.2 1.4 3.5 0.0 0.2 0.6
Labour force 399.9 400.6 2.4 0.7 -0.4 2.8 0.2 -0.1 0.7
Employment 364.3 365.5 2.5 1.2 -1.1 2.3 0.3 -0.3 0.6
Employment full-time 306.5 307.5 3.0 1.0 -3.3 2.2 0.3 -1.1 0.7
Unemployment 35.6 35.1 2.2 -0.5 0.7 0.4 -1.4 2.0 1.2
Participation rate 64.4 64.5 0.4 0.1 -0.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 8.8 0.5 -0.1 0.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.7 58.8 0.4 0.1 -0.4 0.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 15.9 15.9 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 94.1 94.0 ... -0.1 -0.3 -0.9 -0.1 -0.3 -0.9
Labour force 61.4 61.8 1.3 0.4 -4.0 -1.8 0.7 -6.1 -2.8
Employment 53.1 53.4 1.3 0.3 -3.1 -1.9 0.6 -5.5 -3.4
Unemployment 8.4 8.3 1.2 -0.1 -1.1 0.0 -1.2 -11.7 0.0
Participation rate 65.2 65.7 1.4 0.5 -4.1 -1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.7 13.4 1.8 -0.3 -0.9 0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.4 56.8 1.4 0.4 -3.1 -1.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 38.2 40.4 2.5 2.2 2.0 -3.0 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 254.2 254.4 ... 0.2 0.8 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.8
Labour force 175.1 176.2 1.4 1.1 2.7 3.7 0.6 1.6 2.1
Employment 159.4 159.6 1.5 0.2 1.3 3.8 0.1 0.8 2.4
Unemployment 15.7 16.6 1.4 0.9 1.5 -0.1 5.7 9.9 -0.6
Participation rate 68.9 69.3 0.6 0.4 0.9 1.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.0 9.4 0.8 0.4 0.7 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.7 62.7 0.6 0.0 0.3 1.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 6.2 6.0 0.6 -0.2 0.7 1.1 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 272.5 272.7 ... 0.2 0.9 2.5 0.1 0.3 0.9
Labour force 163.4 162.7 1.2 -0.7 1.0 1.0 -0.4 0.6 0.6
Employment 151.9 152.5 1.3 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3
Unemployment 11.5 10.2 1.0 -1.3 0.4 0.5 -11.3 4.1 5.2
Participation rate 60.0 59.7 0.4 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.0 6.3 0.6 -0.7 0.2 0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.7 55.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 -0.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 18.2 17.6 1.0 -0.6 0.6 0.4 ... ... ...
Industry 364.3 365.5 2.5 1.2 -1.1 2.3 0.3 -0.3 0.6
Goods-producing sector 81.7 82.6 2.1 0.9 3.5 2.0 1.1 4.4 2.5
Agriculture 8.0 7.1 0.6 -0.9 -0.4 1.8 -11.2 -5.3 34.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 10.5 10.4 0.9 -0.1 0.9 -1.8 -1.0 9.5 -14.8
Utilities 3.8 4.1 0.5 0.3 -0.7 -1.0 7.9 -14.6 -19.6
Construction 26.6 26.2 1.2 -0.4 2.3 3.1 -1.5 9.6 13.4
Manufacturing 32.9 34.8 1.4 1.9 1.3 -0.1 5.8 3.9 -0.3
Services-producing sector 282.6 282.9 2.4 0.3 -4.6 0.4 0.1 -1.6 0.1
Trade 54.6 54.7 1.5 0.1 -2.2 -2.8 0.2 -3.9 -4.9
Transportation and warehousing 18.5 18.8 0.9 0.3 -1.4 -0.6 1.6 -6.9 -3.1
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 15.7 16.0 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.9 1.9 2.6
Professional, scientific and technical services 17.9 17.9 0.9 0.0 0.5 0.7 0.0 2.9 4.1
Business, building and other support services 21.7 20.2 1.1 -1.5 -0.8 0.8 -6.9 -3.8 4.1
Educational services 28.2 28.5 1.1 0.3 -1.0 4.4 1.1 -3.4 18.3
Health care and social assistance 50.1 50.2 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 1.2
Information, culture and recreation 10.4 11.2 0.8 0.8 0.2 -2.5 7.7 1.8 -18.2
Accommodation and food services 22.8 20.6 1.2 -2.2 -2.2 -4.9 -9.6 -9.6 -19.2
Other services 14.2 17.2 0.9 3.0 2.1 1.5 21.1 13.9 9.6
Public administration 28.6 27.6 1.0 -1.0 -0.3 2.8 -3.5 -1.1 11.3
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Tables 282-0087, 282-0088.