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 selected labour force characteristics for Newfoundland and Labrador. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted. The row headers provide information on 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, except rates), the standard error, as well as the change (in thousands and in percent) from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  January 2016 February 2016 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 443.3 443.5 ... 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1
Labour force 269.2 269.6 2.0 0.4 -2.5 -0.3 0.1 -0.9 -0.1
Employment 230.4 231.5 2.1 1.1 -1.3 -4.2 0.5 -0.6 -1.8
Employment full-time 193.8 194.6 2.7 0.8 -0.1 -6.6 0.4 -0.1 -3.3
Unemployment 38.8 38.1 2.1 -0.7 -1.2 3.9 -1.8 -3.1 11.4
Participation rate 60.7 60.8 0.5 0.1 -0.6 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.4 14.1 0.7 -0.3 -0.3 1.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 52.0 52.2 0.5 0.2 -0.4 -1.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 15.9 15.9 0.9 0.0 -0.4 1.3 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 55.6 55.6 ... 0.0 -0.1 -1.4 0.0 -0.2 -2.5
Labour force 37.8 37.0 1.0 -0.8 -0.5 0.6 -2.1 -1.3 1.6
Employment 30.9 31.6 1.0 0.7 0.4 1.2 2.3 1.3 3.9
Unemployment 6.8 5.4 0.9 -1.4 -0.9 -0.6 -20.6 -14.3 -10.0
Participation rate 68.0 66.5 1.7 -1.5 -0.8 2.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 18.0 14.6 2.3 -3.4 -2.2 -1.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.6 56.8 1.7 1.2 0.8 3.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 51.1 46.5 3.8 -4.6 -2.2 5.1 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 189.0 189.1 ... 0.1 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.5
Labour force 121.7 122.4 1.3 0.7 -1.4 -1.7 0.6 -1.1 -1.4
Employment 101.4 101.3 1.4 -0.1 -1.1 -5.0 -0.1 -1.1 -4.7
Unemployment 20.3 21.1 1.4 0.8 -0.3 3.2 3.9 -1.4 17.9
Participation rate 64.4 64.7 0.7 0.3 -0.9 -1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.7 17.2 1.1 0.5 -0.1 2.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 53.7 53.6 0.7 -0.1 -0.6 -2.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 4.0 4.4 0.9 0.4 1.2 -1.0 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 198.7 198.8 ... 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.4
Labour force 109.8 110.2 1.1 0.4 -0.6 0.8 0.4 -0.5 0.7
Employment 98.1 98.6 1.2 0.5 -0.6 -0.4 0.5 -0.6 -0.4
Unemployment 11.7 11.6 1.1 -0.1 0.0 1.3 -0.9 0.0 12.6
Participation rate 55.3 55.4 0.6 0.1 -0.4 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.7 10.5 1.0 -0.2 0.0 1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 49.4 49.6 0.6 0.2 -0.3 -0.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 17.0 18.1 1.5 1.0 -1.7 1.7 ... ... ...
Industry 230.4 231.5 2.1 1.1 -1.3 -4.2 0.5 -0.6 -1.8
Goods-producing sector 50.2 50.7 1.5 0.5 -1.0 -3.8 1.0 -1.9 -7.0
Agriculture 1.1 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 -0.1 18.2 8.3 -7.1
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 15.1 14.9 0.8 -0.2 -0.4 -2.0 -1.3 -2.6 -11.8
Utilities 2.5 2.4 0.3 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 -4.0 4.3 -7.7
Construction 20.6 21.3 1.1 0.7 -0.6 -1.5 3.4 -2.7 -6.6
Manufacturing 10.9 10.7 0.8 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -1.8 -2.7 -0.9
Services-producing sector 180.3 180.8 1.8 0.5 -0.3 -0.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.2
Wholesale and retail trade 43.5 44.2 0.9 0.7 1.0 3.2 1.6 2.3 7.8
Transportation and warehousing 9.5 8.8 0.6 -0.7 -0.3 -1.7 -7.4 -3.3 -16.2
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 8.7 8.5 0.4 -0.2 -0.3 0.9 -2.3 -3.4 11.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 10.8 10.8 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 -4.4 -4.4
Business, building and other support services 7.9 7.1 0.5 -0.8 -1.2 0.4 -10.1 -14.5 6.0
Educational services 14.1 14.2 0.7 0.1 -0.7 -2.1 0.7 -4.7 -12.9
Health care and social assistance 38.5 38.2 0.8 -0.3 -0.7 1.4 -0.8 -1.8 3.8
Information, culture and recreation 6.8 7.3 0.6 0.5 1.4 -0.2 7.4 23.7 -2.7
Accommodation and food services 14.6 15.1 0.8 0.5 0.9 -0.7 3.4 6.3 -4.4
Other services (except public administration) 12.5 12.5 0.6 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.8 8.7
Public administration 13.4 14.2 0.6 0.8 0.0 -2.0 6.0 0.0 -12.3
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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