Table 4-2
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Prince Edward Island

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Prince Edward Island
  February 2011 March 2011 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 118.5 118.6 ... 0.1 0.7 2.0 0.1 0.6 1.7
Labour force 79.6 80.6 0.6 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.1
Employment 70.2 71.6 0.7 1.4 1.7 0.3 2.0 2.4 0.4
Employment full-time 59.1 59.4 0.9 0.3 1.5 0.9 0.5 2.6 1.5
Unemployment 9.3 9.0 0.6 -0.3 -0.4 0.6 -3.2 -4.3 7.1
Participation rate 67.2 68.0 0.5 0.8 0.7 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.7 11.2 0.8 -0.5 -0.6 0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.2 60.4 0.6 1.2 1.1 -0.7 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 16.0 17.0 1.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.8 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 19.7 19.8 ... 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.5
Labour force 13.9 13.9 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.0 4.5 0.7
Employment 11.8 11.7 0.4 -0.1 0.8 0.2 -0.8 7.3 1.7
Unemployment 2.1 2.1 0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 -12.5 -8.7
Participation rate 70.6 70.2 2.0 -0.4 2.3 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.1 15.1 2.4 0.0 -2.9 -1.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.9 59.1 2.0 -0.8 3.5 0.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 38.1 39.3 3.4 1.2 0.8 -2.4 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 47.7 47.7 ... 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.0 0.6 1.9
Labour force 34.5 35.0 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.4 2.3 3.2
Employment 30.0 31.1 0.4 1.1 1.1 0.8 3.7 3.7 2.6
Unemployment 4.5 3.9 0.4 -0.6 -0.2 0.3 -13.3 -4.9 8.3
Participation rate 72.3 73.4 0.7 1.1 1.2 1.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.0 11.1 1.1 -1.9 -0.9 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.9 65.2 0.8 2.3 1.9 0.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 9.7 9.3 1.1 -0.3 0.3 2.1 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 51.1 51.1 ... 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.0 0.6 1.8
Labour force 31.1 31.8 0.3 0.7 -0.1 -0.2 2.3 -0.3 -0.6
Employment 28.4 28.8 0.4 0.4 -0.2 -0.7 1.4 -0.7 -2.4
Unemployment 2.7 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 11.1 3.4 20.0
Participation rate 60.9 62.2 0.7 1.3 -0.6 -1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 9.4 1.0 0.7 0.3 1.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.6 56.4 0.8 0.8 -0.7 -2.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 13.0 16.7 1.5 3.6 -0.9 -3.0 ... ... ...
Industry 70.2 71.6 0.7 1.4 1.7 0.3 2.0 2.4 0.4
Goods-producing sector 16.9 17.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 3.6 3.6 2.9
Agriculture 3.6 3.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 9.1 2.9
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2.8 3.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 10.7 3.3 19.2
Utilities 0.4 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -25.0 -25.0 0.0
Construction 5.0 5.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 -0.1 6.0 10.4 -1.9
Manufacturing 5.2 5.2 0.3 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.0 -3.7 2.0
Services-producing sector 53.3 54.1 0.7 0.8 1.0 -0.2 1.5 1.9 -0.4
Trade 9.7 10.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 -0.5 6.2 7.3 -4.6
Transportation and warehousing 2.0 2.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.1 5.0 10.5 -4.5
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 2.4 2.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 -0.1 0.0 20.0 -4.0
Professional, scientific and technical services 2.7 3.3 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.7 22.2 13.8 26.9
Business, building and other support services 2.7 2.5 0.3 -0.2 -0.5 0.2 -7.4 -16.7 8.7
Educational services 6.3 6.1 0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -3.2 0.0 0.0
Health care and social assistance 8.7 8.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0
Information, culture and recreation 2.9 2.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 26.1
Accommodation and food services 5.0 5.8 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 16.0 9.4 9.4
Other services 2.9 2.6 0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.9 -10.3 -10.3 -25.7
Public administration 7.9 7.5 0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -5.1 -5.1 -5.1
1.
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.