Table 4-8
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Saskatchewan

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Saskatchewan
Table summary
This table displays the selected labour force characteristics for Saskatchewan. 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 819.7 820.6 ... 0.9 3.0 14.0 0.1 0.4 1.7
Labour force 574.1 577.3 2.5 3.2 6.7 20.5 0.6 1.2 3.7
Employment 552.3 554.7 2.6 2.4 10.4 24.5 0.4 1.9 4.6
Employment full-time 456.8 458.1 3.3 1.3 11.0 19.4 0.3 2.5 4.4
Unemployment 21.8 22.6 1.9 0.8 -3.7 -4.1 3.7 -14.1 -15.4
Participation rate 70.0 70.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.9 0.3 0.1 -0.7 -0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.4 67.6 0.3 0.2 1.0 1.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 17.3 17.4 0.6 0.1 -0.4 0.2 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 136.6 136.6 ... 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.1
Labour force 94.9 95.5 1.4 0.6 1.3 1.3 0.6 1.4 1.4
Employment 86.2 86.5 1.5 0.3 1.6 0.3 0.3 1.9 0.3
Unemployment 8.7 9.0 1.2 0.3 -0.3 1.1 3.4 -3.2 13.9
Participation rate 69.5 69.9 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 9.4 1.2 0.2 -0.5 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.1 63.3 1.1 0.2 1.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 31.2 33.9 1.8 2.7 -2.5 -0.5 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 337.1 337.6 ... 0.5 1.6 7.6 0.1 0.5 2.3
Labour force 258.0 260.0 1.2 2.0 2.6 9.8 0.8 1.0 3.9
Employment 252.2 253.3 1.3 1.1 4.4 12.8 0.4 1.8 5.3
Unemployment 5.9 6.6 1.0 0.7 -1.9 -3.1 11.9 -22.4 -32.0
Participation rate 76.5 77.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 2.3 2.5 0.4 0.2 -0.8 -1.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 74.8 75.0 0.4 0.2 0.9 2.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 7.8 7.1 0.6 -0.6 0.7 -0.2 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 345.9 346.3 ... 0.4 1.4 6.1 0.1 0.4 1.8
Labour force 221.2 221.9 1.6 0.7 3.0 9.4 0.3 1.4 4.4
Employment 214.0 214.9 1.5 0.9 4.4 11.4 0.4 2.1 5.6
Unemployment 7.2 7.0 1.0 -0.2 -1.5 -2.1 -2.8 -17.6 -23.1
Participation rate 63.9 64.1 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.3 3.2 0.5 -0.1 -0.7 -1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.9 62.1 0.4 0.2 1.1 2.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 22.9 22.9 1.0 0.0 -1.0 1.1 ... ... ...
Industry 552.3 554.7 2.6 2.4 10.4 24.5 0.4 1.9 4.6
Goods-producing sector 151.1 150.8 2.4 -0.3 0.7 13.8 -0.2 0.5 10.1
Agriculture 44.1 44.7 1.6 0.6 2.8 7.9 1.4 6.7 21.5
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 25.5 24.6 1.2 -0.9 -1.4 -1.1 -3.5 -5.4 -4.3
Utilities 5.2 5.1 0.4 -0.1 0.3 -0.3 -1.9 6.2 -5.6
Construction 48.5 49.2 1.6 0.7 1.9 7.2 1.4 4.0 17.1
Manufacturing 27.8 27.1 1.1 -0.7 -3.0 -0.1 -2.5 -10.0 -0.4
Services-producing sector 401.2 403.9 3.0 2.7 9.7 10.8 0.7 2.5 2.7
Trade 85.2 85.9 1.9 0.7 4.0 6.3 0.8 4.9 7.9
Transportation and warehousing 25.4 26.1 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.2 2.8 2.4 0.8
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 28.8 28.1 1.0 -0.7 -0.1 -2.5 -2.4 -0.4 -8.2
Professional, scientific and technical services 25.8 26.8 1.2 1.0 1.9 1.4 3.9 7.6 5.5
Business, building and other support services 11.4 11.5 0.9 0.1 -1.4 -1.0 0.9 -10.9 -8.0
Educational services 44.9 44.5 1.4 -0.4 0.9 1.7 -0.9 2.1 4.0
Health care and social assistance 74.1 75.4 1.7 1.3 3.2 6.4 1.8 4.4 9.3
Information, culture and recreation 18.8 18.0 1.1 -0.8 -1.3 0.4 -4.3 -6.7 2.3
Accommodation and food services 30.3 30.3 1.5 0.0 2.0 -3.2 0.0 7.1 -9.6
Other services 27.5 27.3 1.2 -0.2 2.8 1.7 -0.7 11.4 6.6
Public administration 28.9 29.9 1.1 1.0 -3.0 -0.6 3.5 -9.1 -2.0
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.