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.
  January 2014 February 2014 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 429.4 429.2 ... -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.0
Labour force 264.4 263.7 1.9 -0.7 1.3 -1.8 -0.3 0.5 -0.7
Employment 232.7 232.5 2.0 -0.2 -1.5 -1.6 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7
Employment full-time 196.7 198.3 2.4 1.6 -0.5 -1.7 0.8 -0.3 -0.8
Unemployment 31.8 31.2 1.8 -0.6 2.8 -0.2 -1.9 9.9 -0.6
Participation rate 61.6 61.4 0.4 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.0 11.8 0.6 -0.2 1.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 54.2 54.2 0.5 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 15.5 14.7 0.8 -0.8 -0.3 0.1 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 57.7 57.6 ... -0.1 -0.3 -1.5 -0.2 -0.5 -2.5
Labour force 34.6 34.6 1.0 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.0 2.4 -2.3
Employment 27.2 28.4 1.0 1.2 0.6 -1.5 4.4 2.2 -5.0
Unemployment 7.4 6.2 0.9 -1.2 0.2 0.6 -16.2 3.3 10.7
Participation rate 60.0 60.1 1.7 0.1 1.7 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 21.4 17.9 2.4 -3.5 0.1 2.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 47.1 49.3 1.8 2.2 1.3 -1.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 45.2 41.5 3.6 -3.7 0.2 -0.9 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 179.5 179.5 ... 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4
Labour force 119.9 119.7 1.1 -0.2 0.8 -0.7 -0.2 0.7 -0.6
Employment 106.3 106.5 1.2 0.2 0.8 1.4 0.2 0.8 1.3
Unemployment 13.5 13.2 1.1 -0.3 0.0 -2.1 -2.2 0.0 -13.7
Participation rate 66.8 66.7 0.6 -0.1 0.5 -0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.3 11.0 0.9 -0.3 -0.1 -1.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.2 59.3 0.7 0.1 0.4 0.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 4.6 5.2 0.7 0.6 0.2 1.2 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 192.2 192.2 ... 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Labour force 109.9 109.4 1.1 -0.5 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.3
Employment 99.1 97.6 1.0 -1.5 -2.9 -1.5 -1.5 -2.9 -1.5
Unemployment 10.8 11.7 1.0 0.9 2.5 1.1 8.3 27.2 10.4
Participation rate 57.2 56.9 0.6 -0.3 -0.2 -0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.8 10.7 0.9 0.9 2.3 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 51.6 50.8 0.5 -0.8 -1.5 -1.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 18.9 17.3 1.3 -1.6 -1.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Industry 232.7 232.5 2.0 -0.2 -1.5 -1.6 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7
Goods-producing sector 56.9 55.7 1.8 -1.2 -1.2 2.9 -2.1 -2.1 5.5
Agriculture 1.5 1.4 0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 -6.7 -22.2 0.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 18.6 19.5 1.0 0.9 1.4 3.8 4.8 7.7 24.2
Utilities 2.2 2.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.4 4.5 0.0 -14.8
Construction 20.8 19.8 1.2 -1.0 -1.1 -2.2 -4.8 -5.3 -10.0
Manufacturing 13.8 12.7 0.9 -1.1 -1.1 1.7 -8.0 -8.0 15.5
Services-producing sector 175.8 176.9 2.0 1.1 -0.2 -4.4 0.6 -0.1 -2.4
Trade 37.5 37.9 1.4 0.4 -0.2 2.9 1.1 -0.5 8.3
Transportation and warehousing 10.8 12.2 0.7 1.4 1.8 0.8 13.0 17.3 7.0
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 8.5 8.9 0.6 0.4 -0.5 -0.3 4.7 -5.3 -3.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 9.6 9.4 0.8 -0.2 0.2 1.2 -2.1 2.2 14.6
Business, building and other support services 6.0 6.0 0.6 0.0 0.5 -1.2 0.0 9.1 -16.7
Educational services 18.7 17.9 1.0 -0.8 -0.3 1.6 -4.3 -1.6 9.8
Health care and social assistance 35.1 35.0 1.2 -0.1 -1.6 -2.2 -0.3 -4.4 -5.9
Information, culture and recreation 7.9 7.6 0.7 -0.3 0.2 0.4 -3.8 2.7 5.6
Accommodation and food services 14.6 15.2 1.0 0.6 1.4 0.0 4.1 10.1 0.0
Other services 10.5 10.6 0.9 0.1 -0.3 -4.2 1.0 -2.8 -28.4
Public administration 16.6 16.2 0.9 -0.4 -1.3 -3.5 -2.4 -7.4 -17.8
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. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.
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