Table 4-4
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — New Brunswick

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — New Brunswick
Table summary
This table displays selected labour force characteristics for New Brunswick. 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 622.2 622.6 ... 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1
Labour force 387.5 383.9 2.2 -3.6 -3.4 -9.3 -0.9 -0.9 -2.4
Employment 351.7 346.0 2.3 -5.7 -6.8 -6.0 -1.6 -1.9 -1.7
Employment full-time 296.7 292.7 3.0 -4.0 -8.6 -3.9 -1.3 -2.9 -1.3
Unemployment 35.9 37.9 2.1 2.0 3.4 -3.3 5.6 9.9 -8.0
Participation rate 62.3 61.7 0.4 -0.6 -0.6 -1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.3 9.9 0.5 0.6 1.0 -0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.5 55.6 0.4 -0.9 -1.1 -1.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 15.6 15.4 0.7 -0.2 0.8 -0.4 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 83.6 83.6 ... 0.0 0.0 -1.7 0.0 0.0 -2.0
Labour force 52.9 49.6 1.2 -3.3 -2.2 -5.8 -6.2 -4.2 -10.5
Employment 43.9 41.1 1.1 -2.8 -1.8 -4.1 -6.4 -4.2 -9.1
Unemployment 8.9 8.4 1.2 -0.5 -0.5 -1.8 -5.6 -5.6 -17.6
Participation rate 63.3 59.3 1.4 -4.0 -2.7 -5.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.8 16.9 2.0 0.1 -0.3 -1.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 52.5 49.2 1.3 -3.3 -2.1 -3.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 43.5 44.5 3.0 1.0 0.2 2.7 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 260.8 261.0 ... 0.2 0.4 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.4
Labour force 173.5 172.8 1.2 -0.7 -0.1 -3.1 -0.4 -0.1 -1.8
Employment 155.4 152.6 1.5 -2.8 -4.1 -4.4 -1.8 -2.6 -2.8
Unemployment 18.1 20.2 1.4 2.1 4.0 1.3 11.6 24.7 6.9
Participation rate 66.5 66.2 0.5 -0.3 -0.1 -1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.4 11.7 0.8 1.3 2.3 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.6 58.5 0.6 -1.1 -1.6 -1.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 7.5 6.6 0.8 -0.8 0.7 0.0 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 277.8 278.0 ... 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.4
Labour force 161.2 161.6 1.2 0.4 -1.0 -0.3 0.2 -0.6 -0.2
Employment 152.4 152.3 1.2 -0.1 -0.9 2.5 -0.1 -0.6 1.7
Unemployment 8.8 9.3 1.1 0.5 -0.1 -2.8 5.7 -1.1 -23.1
Participation rate 58.0 58.1 0.4 0.1 -0.5 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.8 0.7 0.3 0.0 -1.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 54.9 54.8 0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.7 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 15.9 16.4 1.1 0.5 1.3 -1.0 ... ... ...
Industry 351.7 346.0 2.3 -5.7 -6.8 -6.0 -1.6 -1.9 -1.7
Goods-producing sector 75.2 73.4 1.5 -1.8 -2.4 0.7 -2.4 -3.2 1.0
Agriculture 4.0 4.3 0.5 0.3 -0.1 0.5 7.5 -2.3 13.2
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 11.2 10.6 0.8 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 -5.4 -5.4 0.0
Utilities 3.3 3.4 0.2 0.1 -0.3 0.1 3.0 -8.1 3.0
Construction 26.3 26.5 1.0 0.2 -0.1 2.0 0.8 -0.4 8.2
Manufacturing 30.3 28.5 0.9 -1.8 -1.5 -2.0 -5.9 -5.0 -6.6
Services-producing sector 276.5 272.6 2.1 -3.9 -4.4 -6.7 -1.4 -1.6 -2.4
Wholesale and retail trade 56.2 54.2 1.1 -2.0 -0.6 -0.9 -3.6 -1.1 -1.6
Transportation and warehousing 20.0 19.0 0.6 -1.0 -1.5 1.4 -5.0 -7.3 8.0
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 15.5 15.7 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.3 1.9 1.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 14.3 15.3 0.6 1.0 0.7 -2.5 7.0 4.8 -14.0
Business, building and other support services 18.0 17.1 0.8 -0.9 -0.7 -4.3 -5.0 -3.9 -20.1
Educational services 24.9 24.9 0.8 0.0 -1.2 -2.4 0.0 -4.6 -8.8
Health care and social assistance 52.5 52.1 0.9 -0.4 -0.6 1.1 -0.8 -1.1 2.2
Information, culture and recreation 11.5 11.6 0.7 0.1 -0.2 0.4 0.9 -1.7 3.6
Accommodation and food services 24.1 23.2 0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -0.3 -3.7 -3.3 -1.3
Other services (except public administration) 16.2 16.1 0.6 -0.1 1.1 0.9 -0.6 7.3 5.9
Public administration 23.2 23.5 0.6 0.3 -0.8 -0.4 1.3 -3.3 -1.7
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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