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 selected labour force characteristics for Quebec. 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.
  February 2016 March  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 6,869.3 6,873.6 ... 4.3 11.4 43.3 0.1 0.2 0.6
Labour force 4,447.4 4,430.1 15.6 -17.3 -29.7 -1.5 -0.4 -0.7 0.0
Employment 4,109.8 4,098.6 15.9 -11.2 -11.0 0.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.0
Employment full-time 3,326.0 3,303.5 22.5 -22.5 -7.0 25.3 -0.7 -0.2 0.8
Unemployment 337.6 331.5 13.7 -6.1 -18.7 -1.8 -1.8 -5.3 -0.5
Participation rate 64.7 64.5 0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 7.5 0.3 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.8 59.6 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.1 19.4 0.5 0.3 0.0 -0.6 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 944.4 942.8 ... -1.6 -5.8 -22.4 -0.2 -0.6 -2.3
Labour force 644.7 638.4 8.7 -6.3 -7.5 -19.7 -1.0 -1.2 -3.0
Employment 562.1 562.3 8.5 0.2 0.0 -11.6 0.0 0.0 -2.0
Unemployment 82.6 76.2 7.8 -6.4 -7.3 -8.0 -7.7 -8.7 -9.5
Participation rate 68.3 67.7 0.9 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.8 11.9 1.1 -0.9 -1.0 -0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.5 59.6 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 51.1 54.7 1.8 3.6 1.5 0.5 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 2,922.3 2,925.2 ... 2.9 8.4 32.6 0.1 0.3 1.1
Labour force 2,034.4 2,019.4 8.6 -15.0 -19.6 23.6 -0.7 -1.0 1.2
Employment 1,871.5 1,864.8 9.5 -6.7 -19.5 11.0 -0.4 -1.0 0.6
Unemployment 162.9 154.6 8.6 -8.3 -0.2 12.6 -5.1 -0.1 8.9
Participation rate 69.6 69.0 0.3 -0.6 -0.9 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 7.7 0.4 -0.3 0.1 0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.0 63.7 0.3 -0.3 -0.9 -0.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 8.3 8.3 0.6 0.0 -0.4 -0.4 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 3,002.6 3,005.6 ... 3.0 8.8 33.0 0.1 0.3 1.1
Labour force 1,768.3 1,772.3 8.7 4.0 -2.7 -5.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.3
Employment 1,676.2 1,671.5 8.6 -4.7 8.5 0.9 -0.3 0.5 0.1
Unemployment 92.1 100.8 7.4 8.7 -11.1 -6.3 9.4 -9.9 -5.9
Participation rate 58.9 59.0 0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 5.7 0.4 0.5 -0.6 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.8 55.6 0.3 -0.2 0.1 -0.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 20.3 19.9 0.8 -0.5 -0.3 -0.9 ... ... ...
Industry 4,109.8 4,098.6 15.9 -11.2 -11.0 0.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.0
Goods-producing sector 859.7 840.6 8.9 -19.1 2.4 -0.3 -2.2 0.3 0.0
Agriculture 56.7 56.9 2.4 0.2 -4.4 4.1 0.4 -7.2 7.8
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 31.4 30.2 1.9 -1.2 -2.1 -0.1 -3.8 -6.5 -0.3
Utilities 29.6 28.8 1.4 -0.8 2.3 2.0 -2.7 8.7 7.5
Construction 243.1 234.6 6.0 -8.5 7.2 -12.3 -3.5 3.2 -5.0
Manufacturing 498.8 490.1 6.0 -8.7 -0.6 6.0 -1.7 -0.1 1.2
Services-producing sector 3,250.1 3,258.0 14.7 7.9 -13.4 0.6 0.2 -0.4 0.0
Wholesale and retail trade 648.5 645.9 7.6 -2.6 -6.9 -21.1 -0.4 -1.1 -3.2
Transportation and warehousing 193.5 190.9 4.2 -2.6 -5.9 -3.4 -1.3 -3.0 -1.7
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 212.0 204.8 4.1 -7.2 -5.3 -13.6 -3.4 -2.5 -6.2
Professional, scientific and technical services 313.6 312.2 5.5 -1.4 -11.7 -0.1 -0.4 -3.6 0.0
Business, building and other support services 180.7 183.5 5.1 2.8 6.8 19.2 1.5 3.8 11.7
Educational services 266.0 272.8 5.2 6.8 0.4 -10.3 2.6 0.1 -3.6
Health care and social assistance 582.0 590.1 6.3 8.1 6.7 11.7 1.4 1.1 2.0
Information, culture and recreation 178.0 175.8 5.5 -2.2 3.8 1.8 -1.2 2.2 1.0
Accommodation and food services 276.4 282.0 6.2 5.6 1.1 3.4 2.0 0.4 1.2
Other services (except public administration) 159.8 166.1 4.4 6.3 5.4 5.3 3.9 3.4 3.3
Public administration 239.6 233.9 4.0 -5.7 -7.8 7.7 -2.4 -3.2 3.4
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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