Table 4-1
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Newfoundland and Labrador

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Newfoundland and Labrador
Table summary
This table displays the selected labour force characteristics for Newfoundland and Labrador. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted. The row headers provide information for the selected labour force characteristics for each selected age group and sex, as well as the selected industries. The column headers provide information on the current and last month in thousands, the standard error, as well as the number change (in thousands) and the percentage change from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  February 2013 March  2013 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 429.0 429.4 ... 0.4 1.3 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.2
Labour force 265.4 268.0 2.0 2.6 1.2 5.9 1.0 0.4 2.3
Employment 234.4 235.1 2.1 0.7 -0.6 6.9 0.3 -0.3 3.0
Employment full-time 200.5 202.2 2.4 1.7 1.7 5.0 0.8 0.8 2.5
Unemployment 31.0 32.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 -1.0 6.1 6.1 -2.9
Participation rate 61.9 62.4 0.5 0.5 0.1 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.7 12.3 0.7 0.6 0.7 -0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 54.6 54.8 0.5 0.2 -0.3 1.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 14.5 14.0 0.8 -0.5 -0.9 0.4 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 59.1 59.1 ... 0.0 0.0 -1.1 0.0 0.0 -1.8
Labour force 35.4 35.7 1.1 0.3 -2.4 -0.8 0.8 -6.3 -2.2
Employment 30.0 30.1 1.0 0.1 -1.5 0.6 0.3 -4.7 2.0
Unemployment 5.4 5.6 1.0 0.2 -0.9 -1.4 3.7 -13.8 -20.0
Participation rate 59.9 60.4 1.8 0.5 -4.1 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.3 15.7 2.5 0.4 -1.4 -3.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 50.8 50.9 1.7 0.1 -2.6 1.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 42.0 40.9 3.5 -1.1 2.9 -0.8 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 178.7 178.9 ... 0.2 0.6 1.0 0.1 0.3 0.6
Labour force 120.4 119.9 1.1 -0.5 0.7 2.4 -0.4 0.6 2.0
Employment 105.4 104.3 1.2 -1.1 -1.7 2.8 -1.0 -1.6 2.8
Unemployment 15.0 15.6 1.2 0.6 2.4 -0.4 4.0 18.2 -2.5
Participation rate 67.4 67.0 0.6 -0.4 0.1 1.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.5 13.0 1.0 0.5 1.9 -0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.0 58.3 0.7 -0.7 -1.2 1.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 4.0 4.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 191.2 191.4 ... 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.5
Labour force 109.6 112.4 1.1 2.8 3.0 4.3 2.6 2.7 4.0
Employment 99.1 100.7 1.1 1.6 2.6 3.4 1.6 2.7 3.5
Unemployment 10.5 11.7 1.0 1.2 0.3 0.9 11.4 2.6 8.3
Participation rate 57.3 58.7 0.6 1.4 1.4 2.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 10.4 0.9 0.8 0.0 0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 51.8 52.6 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 17.3 16.0 1.2 -1.3 -3.1 1.3 ... ... ...
Industry 234.4 235.1 2.1 0.7 -0.6 6.9 0.3 -0.3 3.0
Goods-producing sector 52.7 53.0 1.6 0.3 3.0 3.3 0.6 6.0 6.6
Agriculture 1.4 1.2 0.3 -0.2 -0.7 0.0 -14.3 -36.8 0.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 15.6 15.5 0.9 -0.1 0.9 1.3 -0.6 6.2 9.2
Utilities 2.9 2.8 0.4 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -3.4 -15.2 0.0
Construction 22.1 21.1 1.1 -1.0 1.1 0.6 -4.5 5.5 2.9
Manufacturing 10.7 12.5 0.9 1.8 2.3 1.5 16.8 22.5 13.6
Services-producing sector 181.8 182.0 2.0 0.2 -3.7 3.6 0.1 -2.0 2.0
Trade 34.6 36.4 1.3 1.8 3.2 0.2 5.2 9.6 0.6
Transportation and warehousing 11.6 10.7 0.8 -0.9 -1.9 0.5 -7.8 -15.1 4.9
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 9.2 8.9 0.6 -0.3 -1.2 0.2 -3.3 -11.9 2.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 8.1 8.4 0.8 0.3 -0.6 -1.9 3.7 -6.7 -18.4
Business, building and other support services 7.1 6.7 0.7 -0.4 -0.2 0.3 -5.6 -2.9 4.7
Educational services 16.6 17.4 1.0 0.8 -2.3 -0.7 4.8 -11.7 -3.9
Health care and social assistance 37.1 37.9 1.2 0.8 0.2 2.7 2.2 0.5 7.7
Information, culture and recreation 7.4 6.4 0.6 -1.0 -1.0 -1.3 -13.5 -13.5 -16.9
Accommodation and food services 15.3 14.6 0.9 -0.7 -0.3 0.5 -4.6 -2.0 3.5
Other services 14.7 15.2 0.9 0.5 0.3 3.2 3.4 2.0 26.7
Public administration 19.9 19.3 0.9 -0.6 -0.1 -0.3 -3.0 -0.5 -1.5
1.
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
2.
Also referred to as Natural resources.
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Tables 282-0087, 282-0088.