Table 4-5
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Quebec

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Quebec
Table summary
This table displays the selected labour force characteristics for Quebec. 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 since from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  October 2014 November  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 6,759.6 6,762.1 ... 2.5 48.1 51.9 0.0 0.7 0.8
Labour force 4,353.8 4,369.3 15.0 15.5 -14.7 -9.8 0.4 -0.3 -0.2
Employment 4,016.8 4,036.4 14.9 19.6 -9.1 -25.2 0.5 -0.2 -0.6
Employment full-time 3,184.1 3,213.3 19.8 29.2 -26.6 -41.3 0.9 -0.8 -1.3
Unemployment 337.0 332.9 12.9 -4.1 -5.7 15.4 -1.2 -1.7 4.9
Participation rate 64.4 64.6 0.2 0.2 -0.7 -0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 7.6 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.4 59.7 0.2 0.3 -0.6 -0.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 20.7 20.4 0.4 -0.3 0.5 0.5 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 963.2 961.5 ... -1.7 -13.1 -13.7 -0.2 -1.3 -1.4
Labour force 648.8 650.1 8.5 1.3 1.8 5.8 0.2 0.3 0.9
Employment 557.4 564.1 8.0 6.7 -0.5 4.1 1.2 -0.1 0.7
Unemployment 91.4 86.0 7.2 -5.4 2.3 1.7 -5.9 2.7 2.0
Participation rate 67.4 67.6 0.9 0.2 1.1 1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.1 13.2 1.0 -0.9 0.3 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 57.9 58.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 56.0 55.8 1.6 -0.2 2.1 2.9 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 2,855.5 2,857.7 ... 2.2 32.2 34.6 0.1 1.1 1.2
Labour force 1,962.8 1,966.4 8.3 3.6 -12.3 -13.0 0.2 -0.6 -0.7
Employment 1,812.9 1,822.3 8.9 9.4 -8.7 -23.0 0.5 -0.5 -1.2
Unemployment 149.9 144.1 7.7 -5.8 -3.6 10.0 -3.9 -2.4 7.5
Participation rate 68.7 68.8 0.3 0.1 -1.2 -1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 7.3 0.4 -0.3 -0.2 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.5 63.8 0.3 0.3 -1.0 -1.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 8.9 8.8 0.5 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 2,940.8 2,943.0 ... 2.2 29.1 31.2 0.1 1.0 1.1
Labour force 1,742.2 1,752.9 8.3 10.7 -4.1 -2.5 0.6 -0.2 -0.1
Employment 1,646.5 1,650.1 8.4 3.6 0.2 -6.1 0.2 0.0 -0.4
Unemployment 95.7 102.8 7.1 7.1 -4.3 3.7 7.4 -4.0 3.7
Participation rate 59.2 59.6 0.3 0.4 -0.7 -0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.9 0.4 0.4 -0.2 0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.0 56.1 0.3 0.1 -0.5 -0.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 21.8 21.1 0.7 -0.7 0.7 0.5 ... ... ...
Industry 4,016.8 4,036.4 14.9 19.6 -9.1 -25.2 0.5 -0.2 -0.6
Goods-producing sector 867.5 864.0 13.0 -3.5 4.5 -3.7 -0.4 0.5 -0.4
Agriculture 51.9 51.2 3.5 -0.7 -1.5 -3.0 -1.3 -2.8 -5.5
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 30.7 36.0 2.4 5.3 8.6 3.7 17.3 31.4 11.5
Utilities 34.6 35.5 2.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 2.6 2.9 2.3
Construction 264.5 265.3 7.9 0.8 13.5 9.5 0.3 5.4 3.7
Manufacturing 485.8 475.9 10.2 -9.9 -17.3 -14.9 -2.0 -3.5 -3.0
Services-producing sector 3,149.3 3,172.5 17.3 23.2 -13.4 -21.4 0.7 -0.4 -0.7
Trade 642.0 642.6 12.3 0.6 9.0 9.3 0.1 1.4 1.5
Transportation and warehousing 174.1 181.4 6.9 7.3 -11.4 -11.6 4.2 -5.9 -6.0
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 225.4 216.0 7.6 -9.4 -13.2 -13.5 -4.2 -5.8 -5.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 294.3 283.8 9.3 -10.5 -25.5 -29.5 -3.6 -8.2 -9.4
Business, building and other support services 155.1 153.2 6.7 -1.9 4.3 1.3 -1.2 2.9 0.9
Educational services 279.8 281.7 8.3 1.9 -6.3 -10.4 0.7 -2.2 -3.6
Health care and social assistance 550.0 552.7 10.9 2.7 -10.0 -4.1 0.5 -1.8 -0.7
Information, culture and recreation 180.6 184.4 7.8 3.8 -6.1 -6.0 2.1 -3.2 -3.2
Accommodation and food services 258.1 278.9 8.8 20.8 27.8 28.2 8.1 11.1 11.2
Other services 154.0 159.7 7.0 5.7 -8.9 -7.6 3.7 -5.3 -4.5
Public administration 235.9 238.0 6.3 2.1 26.7 22.5 0.9 12.6 10.4
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. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.
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