Table 4-7
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Manitoba

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Manitoba
Table summary
This table displays the selected labour force characteristics for Manitoba. 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 969.1 969.8 ... 0.7 2.5 9.2 0.1 0.3 1.0
Labour force 669.3 672.3 2.6 3.0 -1.2 6.0 0.4 -0.2 0.9
Employment 636.8 638.8 2.7 2.0 0.4 7.7 0.3 0.1 1.2
Employment full-time 512.0 511.1 3.6 -0.9 -4.8 1.7 -0.2 -0.9 0.3
Unemployment 32.5 33.5 2.2 1.0 -1.7 -1.7 3.1 -4.8 -4.8
Participation rate 69.1 69.3 0.3 0.2 -0.3 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.9 5.0 0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 65.9 0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.6 20.0 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.7 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 164.8 164.8 ... 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Labour force 115.9 114.0 1.6 -1.9 -1.4 -0.3 -1.6 -1.2 -0.3
Employment 104.3 103.2 1.5 -1.1 -0.5 2.2 -1.1 -0.5 2.2
Unemployment 11.6 10.7 1.4 -0.9 -0.9 -2.6 -7.8 -7.8 -19.5
Participation rate 70.3 69.2 0.9 -1.1 -0.8 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.0 9.4 1.2 -0.6 -0.7 -2.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.3 62.6 0.9 -0.7 -0.3 1.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 44.5 44.9 1.8 0.4 4.1 2.8 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 394.2 394.5 ... 0.3 1.2 4.6 0.1 0.3 1.2
Labour force 299.2 300.2 1.3 1.0 -1.4 1.9 0.3 -0.5 0.6
Employment 288.1 288.6 1.4 0.5 -0.8 1.4 0.2 -0.3 0.5
Unemployment 11.1 11.6 1.2 0.5 -0.5 0.5 4.5 -4.1 4.5
Participation rate 75.9 76.1 0.3 0.2 -0.6 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.9 0.4 0.2 -0.1 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 73.1 73.2 0.4 0.1 -0.4 -0.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 7.1 6.9 0.6 -0.2 -1.2 -0.4 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 410.1 410.5 ... 0.4 1.3 4.8 0.1 0.3 1.2
Labour force 254.2 258.1 1.5 3.9 1.5 4.4 1.5 0.6 1.7
Employment 244.4 246.9 1.6 2.5 1.7 4.1 1.0 0.7 1.7
Unemployment 9.8 11.2 1.1 1.4 -0.2 0.4 14.3 -1.8 3.7
Participation rate 62.0 62.9 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.9 4.3 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.6 60.1 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 23.7 24.9 0.9 1.2 1.7 0.9 ... ... ...
Industry 636.8 638.8 2.7 2.0 0.5 7.7 0.3 0.1 1.2
Goods-producing sector 155.6 154.3 2.4 -1.3 5.0 13.9 -0.8 3.3 9.9
Agriculture 24.8 25.8 1.2 1.0 2.2 6.7 4.0 9.3 35.1
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 7.5 7.0 0.5 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 -6.7 -6.7 0.0
Utilities 8.1 8.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 1.2 0.0 1.2 17.4
Construction 54.1 51.8 1.5 -2.3 3.1 8.1 -4.3 6.4 18.5
Manufacturing 61.1 61.6 1.7 0.5 0.2 -2.0 0.8 0.3 -3.1
Services-producing sector 481.2 484.5 3.2 3.3 -4.6 -6.2 0.7 -0.9 -1.3
Trade 89.0 91.0 2.1 2.0 -1.6 -3.9 2.2 -1.7 -4.1
Transportation and warehousing 36.0 33.9 1.3 -2.1 -2.5 -3.1 -5.8 -6.9 -8.4
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 33.7 34.3 1.2 0.6 -0.8 0.0 1.8 -2.3 0.0
Professional, scientific and technical services 27.4 28.2 1.2 0.8 -1.2 0.0 2.9 -4.1 0.0
Business, building and other support services 18.8 18.6 1.2 -0.2 -1.9 -1.2 -1.1 -9.3 -6.1
Educational services 49.2 48.1 1.6 -1.1 -2.0 0.4 -2.2 -4.0 0.8
Health care and social assistance 93.2 94.8 1.8 1.6 0.6 -1.3 1.7 0.6 -1.4
Information, culture and recreation 26.2 25.9 1.2 -0.3 0.3 2.9 -1.1 1.2 12.6
Accommodation and food services 43.0 40.8 1.5 -2.2 -0.2 0.4 -5.1 -0.5 1.0
Other services 27.8 30.9 1.2 3.1 2.5 2.0 11.2 8.8 6.9
Public administration 37.1 37.8 1.3 0.7 1.9 -2.6 1.9 5.3 -6.4
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.