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

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — New Brunswick
Table summary
This table displays the selected labour force characteristics for New Brunswick. 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 619.9 619.8 ... -0.1 -0.2 -0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Labour force 393.0 392.6 2.2 -0.4 2.8 5.9 -0.1 0.7 1.5
Employment 353.3 351.2 2.3 -2.1 3.5 4.2 -0.6 1.0 1.2
Employment full-time 297.6 294.9 2.8 -2.7 1.5 0.6 -0.9 0.5 0.2
Unemployment 39.7 41.3 2.2 1.6 -0.8 1.5 4.0 -1.9 3.8
Participation rate 63.4 63.3 0.4 -0.1 0.4 1.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.1 10.5 0.5 0.4 -0.3 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 57.0 56.7 0.4 -0.3 0.6 0.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 15.8 16.1 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.9 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 89.2 89.1 ... -0.1 -0.4 -1.6 -0.1 -0.4 -1.8
Labour force 53.6 54.3 1.3 0.7 -0.9 -3.3 1.3 -1.6 -5.7
Employment 45.0 44.8 1.2 -0.2 -0.4 -2.7 -0.4 -0.9 -5.7
Unemployment 8.6 9.5 1.2 0.9 -0.5 -0.6 10.5 -5.0 -5.9
Participation rate 60.1 60.9 1.5 0.8 -0.8 -2.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.0 17.5 1.9 1.5 -0.6 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 50.4 50.3 1.4 -0.1 -0.2 -2.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 40.9 41.7 2.6 0.9 5.2 3.4 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 254.5 254.5 ... 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2
Labour force 174.0 172.2 1.3 -1.8 0.6 2.4 -1.0 0.3 1.4
Employment 153.3 152.5 1.4 -0.8 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.1
Unemployment 20.6 19.7 1.4 -0.9 0.6 2.5 -4.4 3.1 14.5
Participation rate 68.4 67.7 0.5 -0.7 0.2 0.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.8 11.4 0.8 -0.4 0.3 1.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.2 59.9 0.6 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 6.5 6.3 0.7 -0.2 -0.3 0.5 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 276.2 276.2 ... 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.2
Labour force 165.4 166.0 1.2 0.6 2.9 6.7 0.4 1.8 4.2
Employment 155.0 154.0 1.2 -1.0 3.9 7.1 -0.6 2.6 4.8
Unemployment 10.4 12.1 1.1 1.7 -0.9 -0.4 16.3 -6.9 -3.2
Participation rate 59.9 60.1 0.4 0.2 1.0 2.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 7.3 0.7 1.0 -0.7 -0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.1 55.8 0.4 -0.3 1.4 2.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 17.7 18.2 1.0 0.5 -0.3 0.8 ... ... ...
Industry 353.3 351.2 2.3 -2.1 3.5 4.2 -0.6 1.0 1.2
Goods-producing sector 76.6 75.8 1.9 -0.8 2.9 2.3 -1.0 4.0 3.1
Agriculture 4.7 4.9 0.5 0.2 0.0 1.1 4.3 0.0 28.9
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 12.6 13.4 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.9 6.3 4.7 16.5
Utilities 3.6 4.1 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.0 13.9 7.9 0.0
Construction 25.9 25.0 1.3 -0.9 1.9 -0.3 -3.5 8.2 -1.2
Manufacturing 29.7 28.4 1.3 -1.3 0.1 -0.4 -4.4 0.4 -1.4
Services-producing sector 276.7 275.4 2.4 -1.3 0.5 1.9 -0.5 0.2 0.7
Trade 56.8 54.2 1.6 -2.6 -1.8 1.3 -4.6 -3.2 2.5
Transportation and warehousing 17.8 18.4 0.9 0.6 1.9 1.8 3.4 11.5 10.8
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 16.2 15.4 0.8 -0.8 -1.6 -0.6 -4.9 -9.4 -3.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 13.1 13.5 0.9 0.4 -1.1 -1.4 3.1 -7.5 -9.4
Business, building and other support services 15.4 14.7 1.0 -0.7 -2.8 -1.0 -4.5 -16.0 -6.4
Educational services 26.1 27.1 1.2 1.0 0.3 0.1 3.8 1.1 0.4
Health care and social assistance 55.1 55.8 1.3 0.7 0.9 3.4 1.3 1.6 6.5
Information, culture and recreation 15.1 14.1 0.9 -1.0 1.1 2.1 -6.6 8.5 17.5
Accommodation and food services 22.8 23.5 1.2 0.7 1.6 1.3 3.1 7.3 5.9
Other services 15.4 15.7 0.9 0.3 0.8 -1.0 1.9 5.4 -6.0
Public administration 23.1 23.1 1.0 0.0 1.3 -4.0 0.0 6.0 -14.8
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Also referred to as Natural resources.
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Tables 282-0087, 282-0088.