Table 4-3
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Nova Scotia

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Nova Scotia
Table summary
This table displays selected labour force characteristics for Nova Scotia. 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 787.1 787.4 ... 0.3 0.4 3.2 0.0 0.1 0.4
Labour force 484.8 488.8 2.7 4.0 0.7 -2.6 0.8 0.1 -0.5
Employment 443.5 444.3 2.7 0.8 -1.6 -2.7 0.2 -0.4 -0.6
Employment full-time 365.5 364.8 3.8 -0.7 -3.6 -2.3 -0.2 -1.0 -0.6
Unemployment 41.4 44.5 2.5 3.1 2.3 0.1 7.5 5.5 0.2
Participation rate 61.6 62.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 9.1 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.3 56.4 0.3 0.1 -0.3 -0.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 17.6 17.9 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.0 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 110.4 110.4 ... 0.0 -0.2 -2.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.8
Labour force 71.3 72.0 1.5 0.7 1.2 -3.0 1.0 1.7 -4.0
Employment 60.6 61.9 1.4 1.3 1.9 -2.2 2.1 3.2 -3.4
Unemployment 10.7 10.1 1.4 -0.6 -0.8 -0.8 -5.6 -7.3 -7.3
Participation rate 64.6 65.2 1.4 0.6 1.2 -1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.0 14.0 1.7 -1.0 -1.4 -0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 54.9 56.1 1.3 1.2 1.9 -0.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 43.1 44.3 2.8 1.2 0.8 -1.6 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 324.0 324.2 ... 0.2 0.3 2.6 0.1 0.1 0.8
Labour force 209.5 212.9 1.5 3.4 1.1 0.6 1.6 0.5 0.3
Employment 191.1 191.7 1.7 0.6 -1.6 -0.1 0.3 -0.8 -0.1
Unemployment 18.3 21.2 1.6 2.9 2.7 0.8 15.8 14.6 3.9
Participation rate 64.7 65.7 0.5 1.0 0.3 -0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 10.0 0.7 1.3 1.3 0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.0 59.1 0.5 0.1 -0.6 -0.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 7.7 6.7 0.8 -1.0 -0.7 -0.7 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 352.7 352.8 ... 0.1 0.3 2.5 0.0 0.1 0.7
Labour force 204.1 203.9 1.5 -0.2 -1.6 -0.3 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1
Employment 191.7 190.7 1.5 -1.0 -1.9 -0.4 -0.5 -1.0 -0.2
Unemployment 12.4 13.2 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.1 6.5 2.3 0.8
Participation rate 57.9 57.8 0.4 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 54.4 54.1 0.4 -0.3 -0.5 -0.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.4 20.6 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.6 ... ... ...
Industry 443.5 444.3 2.7 0.8 -1.6 -2.7 0.2 -0.4 -0.6
Goods-producing sector 82.2 83.1 1.7 0.9 -1.7 3.9 1.1 -2.0 4.9
Agriculture 3.8 5.4 0.6 1.6 -0.6 0.2 42.1 -10.0 3.8
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 11.8 12.3 0.9 0.5 1.5 1.7 4.2 13.9 16.0
Utilities 3.3 3.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.7 -0.5 -6.1 -18.4 -13.9
Construction 32.5 32.3 1.2 -0.2 -1.2 0.3 -0.6 -3.6 0.9
Manufacturing 30.9 30.0 0.8 -0.9 -0.8 2.2 -2.9 -2.6 7.9
Services-producing sector 361.3 361.1 2.6 -0.2 0.1 -6.7 -0.1 0.0 -1.8
Wholesale and retail trade 68.8 69.0 1.4 0.2 -2.2 -3.6 0.3 -3.1 -5.0
Transportation and warehousing 20.6 20.6 0.8 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.5 -0.5
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 24.0 24.2 0.6 0.2 -0.4 1.6 0.8 -1.6 7.1
Professional, scientific and technical services 26.9 26.1 0.8 -0.8 0.2 -1.7 -3.0 0.8 -6.1
Business, building and other support services 16.5 16.9 0.8 0.4 -1.0 -4.9 2.4 -5.6 -22.5
Educational services 37.8 38.0 1.1 0.2 1.4 1.8 0.5 3.8 5.0
Health care and social assistance 73.1 74.4 1.0 1.3 2.3 3.4 1.8 3.2 4.8
Information, culture and recreation 15.5 16.1 0.8 0.6 0.0 -3.1 3.9 0.0 -16.1
Accommodation and food services 31.1 30.7 1.1 -0.4 0.7 -2.0 -1.3 2.3 -6.1
Other services (except public administration) 19.1 18.9 0.8 -0.2 0.2 2.4 -1.0 1.1 14.5
Public administration 27.7 26.1 0.7 -1.6 -1.5 -0.7 -5.8 -5.4 -2.6
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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