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Table 4-8
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan
  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 777.1 778.0 ... 0.9 4.0 12.8 0.1 0.5 1.7
Labour force 547.4 550.2 2.3 2.8 7.2 18.7 0.5 1.3 3.5
Employment 520.1 523.2 2.4 3.1 2.9 13.4 0.6 0.6 2.6
Employment full-time 421.2 425.2 3.2 4.0 -1.2 8.6 0.9 -0.3 2.1
Unemployment 27.3 27.1 1.8 -0.2 4.4 5.4 -0.7 19.4 24.9
Participation rate 70.4 70.7 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 4.9 0.3 -0.1 0.7 0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.9 67.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.0 18.7 0.6 -0.3 0.7 0.4 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 139.5 139.4 ... -0.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.0
Labour force 102.4 101.5 1.5 -0.9 0.1 0.8 -0.9 0.1 0.8
Employment 91.4 91.0 1.5 -0.4 -2.5 -1.5 -0.4 -2.7 -1.6
Unemployment 11.0 10.4 1.2 -0.6 2.5 2.3 -5.5 31.6 28.4
Participation rate 73.4 72.8 1.1 -0.6 0.2 0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.7 10.2 1.1 -0.5 2.4 2.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.5 65.3 1.1 -0.2 -1.6 -1.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 37.7 39.2 1.7 1.5 2.1 5.4 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 311.6 312.1 ... 0.5 2.2 6.3 0.2 0.7 2.1
Labour force 236.5 238.7 1.2 2.2 3.4 7.0 0.9 1.4 3.0
Employment 227.6 229.0 1.2 1.4 1.4 3.9 0.6 0.6 1.7
Unemployment 8.9 9.8 0.9 0.9 2.1 3.2 10.1 27.3 48.5
Participation rate 75.9 76.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.8 4.1 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 73.0 73.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 -0.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 7.3 6.9 0.6 -0.4 0.1 0.1 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 326.0 326.5 ... 0.5 2.1 6.5 0.2 0.6 2.0
Labour force 208.5 210.0 1.3 1.5 3.8 10.9 0.7 1.8 5.5
Employment 201.1 203.2 1.4 2.1 4.0 11.0 1.0 2.0 5.7
Unemployment 7.4 6.9 0.9 -0.5 -0.1 0.0 -6.8 -1.4 0.0
Participation rate 64.0 64.3 0.4 0.3 0.7 2.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.5 3.3 0.5 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.7 62.2 0.4 0.5 0.8 2.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 23.8 22.9 1.0 -0.9 0.9 -1.5 ... ... ...
Industry 520.1 523.2 2.4 3.1 2.9 13.4 0.6 0.6 2.6
Goods-producing sector 142.0 138.0 2.3 -4.0 -4.6 0.3 -2.8 -3.2 0.2
Agriculture 45.9 42.3 1.5 -3.6 3.1 1.2 -7.8 7.9 2.9
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 24.2 22.5 1.1 -1.7 -2.7 -2.6 -7.0 -10.7 -10.4
Utilities 4.5 4.7 0.4 0.2 -1.5 -1.4 4.4 -24.2 -23.0
Construction 36.7 39.2 1.3 2.5 -1.4 4.7 6.8 -3.4 13.6
Manufacturing 30.7 29.2 1.2 -1.5 -2.1 -1.6 -4.9 -6.7 -5.2
Services-producing sector 378.1 385.2 2.8 7.1 7.5 13.0 1.9 2.0 3.5
Trade 80.7 81.1 1.8 0.4 -2.2 -2.3 0.5 -2.6 -2.8
Transportation and warehousing 23.0 23.6 1.0 0.6 0.3 -1.1 2.6 1.3 -4.5
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 30.7 30.1 1.0 -0.6 1.2 1.5 -2.0 4.2 5.2
Professional, scientific and technical services 20.9 22.9 0.9 2.0 2.4 2.9 9.6 11.7 14.5
Business, building and other support services 11.4 11.6 0.8 0.2 -1.1 0.6 1.8 -8.7 5.5
Educational services 38.9 40.3 1.3 1.4 1.7 4.3 3.6 4.4 11.9
Health care and social assistance 64.6 64.8 1.3 0.2 1.8 0.1 0.3 2.9 0.2
Information, culture and recreation 20.1 21.2 1.0 1.1 0.4 0.4 5.5 1.9 1.9
Accommodation and food services 31.5 32.8 1.4 1.3 0.4 1.1 4.1 1.2 3.5
Other services 25.1 24.3 1.0 -0.8 0.2 1.5 -3.2 0.8 6.6
Public administration 31.3 32.5 1.0 1.2 2.4 4.0 3.8 8.0 14.0
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.