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

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New Brunswick
  October 2009 November 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 622.3 622.6 ... 0.3 2.9 3.2 0.0 0.5 0.5
Labour force 403.6 403.3 2.5 -0.3 2.3 1.4 -0.1 0.6 0.3
Employment 369.4 367.8 2.6 -1.6 1.2 1.0 -0.4 0.3 0.3
Employment full-time 312.0 311.9 3.0 -0.1 1.1 2.7 0.0 0.4 0.9
Unemployment 34.2 35.5 2.3 1.3 1.1 0.5 3.8 3.2 1.4
Participation rate 64.9 64.8 0.4 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 8.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.4 59.1 0.4 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 15.5 15.2 0.7 -0.3 0.0 -0.5 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 93.2 93.1 ... -0.1 -1.2 -1.3 -0.1 -1.3 -1.4
Labour force 60.5 61.6 1.3 1.1 -4.2 -5.6 1.8 -6.4 -8.3
Employment 52.2 51.6 1.3 -0.6 -4.9 -6.0 -1.1 -8.7 -10.4
Unemployment 8.4 10.0 1.2 1.6 0.6 0.4 19.0 6.4 4.2
Participation rate 64.9 66.2 1.4 1.3 -3.6 -5.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.9 16.2 1.8 2.3 1.9 1.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.0 55.4 1.4 -0.6 -4.5 -5.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 38.7 35.9 2.4 -2.8 -2.6 -5.8 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 255.3 255.5 ... 0.2 1.9 2.0 0.1 0.7 0.8
Labour force 178.7 177.3 1.4 -1.4 3.8 1.7 -0.8 2.2 1.0
Employment 162.8 161.5 1.5 -1.3 3.2 2.1 -0.8 2.0 1.3
Unemployment 15.9 15.8 1.4 -0.1 0.7 -0.4 -0.6 4.6 -2.5
Participation rate 70.0 69.4 0.6 -0.6 1.0 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 8.9 0.8 0.0 0.2 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.8 63.2 0.6 -0.6 0.8 0.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 6.3 5.8 0.7 -0.5 0.5 0.6 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 273.8 274.0 ... 0.2 2.2 2.4 0.1 0.8 0.9
Labour force 164.4 164.4 1.3 0.0 2.7 5.4 0.0 1.7 3.4
Employment 154.4 154.7 1.4 0.3 2.9 4.8 0.2 1.9 3.2
Unemployment 9.9 9.7 1.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.5 -2.0 -1.0 5.4
Participation rate 60.0 60.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 5.9 0.7 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.4 56.5 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 17.5 18.2 1.0 0.7 1.3 1.4 ... ... ...
Industry 369.4 367.8 2.6 -1.6 1.2 1.0 -0.4 0.3 0.3
Goods-producing sector 83.8 84.4 2.1 0.6 5.3 2.2 0.7 6.7 2.7
Agriculture 6.8 7.4 0.6 0.6 -0.1 0.8 8.8 -1.3 12.1
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 11.2 11.2 0.8 0.0 1.7 0.4 0.0 17.9 3.7
Utilities 4.3 3.9 0.5 -0.4 -0.9 -1.4 -9.3 -18.8 -26.4
Construction 29.0 28.1 1.3 -0.9 4.2 2.8 -3.1 17.6 11.1
Manufacturing 32.6 33.8 1.4 1.2 0.3 -0.4 3.7 0.9 -1.2
Services-producing sector 285.6 283.4 2.5 -2.2 -4.1 -1.3 -0.8 -1.4 -0.5
Trade 54.9 54.2 1.6 -0.7 -2.7 -1.4 -1.3 -4.7 -2.5
Transportation and warehousing 18.4 20.1 1.0 1.7 -0.1 -1.0 9.2 -0.5 -4.7
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 18.5 17.6 0.9 -0.9 1.9 2.6 -4.9 12.1 17.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 16.7 17.1 1.0 0.4 -0.3 -0.3 2.4 -1.7 -1.7
Business, building and other support services 18.1 20.9 1.0 2.8 -0.1 0.5 15.5 -0.5 2.5
Educational services 27.8 26.1 1.2 -1.7 -3.4 -1.4 -6.1 -11.5 -5.1
Health care and social assistance 49.2 48.0 1.3 -1.2 -2.0 -3.1 -2.4 -4.0 -6.1
Information, culture and recreation 11.7 11.0 0.7 -0.7 0.0 0.4 -6.0 0.0 3.8
Accommodation and food services 26.1 26.1 1.1 0.0 3.3 3.6 0.0 14.5 16.0
Other services 16.7 15.8 0.9 -0.9 0.7 0.0 -5.4 4.6 0.0
Public administration 27.4 26.6 1.1 -0.8 -1.3 -0.9 -2.9 -4.7 -3.3
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.