Table 4-2
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Prince Edward Island

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Prince Edward Island
Table summary
This table displays selected labour force characteristics for Prince Edward Island. 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.
  September 2016 October 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 122.2 122.2 ... 0.0 1.0 1.1 0.0 0.8 0.9
Labour force 80.0 80.6 0.6 0.6 0.0 -1.9 0.8 0.0 -2.3
Employment 71.4 71.2 0.7 -0.2 -1.6 -3.1 -0.3 -2.2 -4.2
Employment full-time 58.4 57.6 0.8 -0.8 -3.1 -4.3 -1.4 -5.1 -6.9
Unemployment 8.6 9.4 0.6 0.8 1.5 1.2 9.3 19.0 14.6
Participation rate 65.5 66.0 0.5 0.5 -0.5 -2.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 11.7 0.7 0.9 1.9 1.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.4 58.3 0.5 -0.1 -1.8 -3.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 18.2 19.2 0.9 1.0 2.6 2.7 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 17.8 17.7 ... -0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -0.6 -2.2 -2.2
Labour force 12.3 12.7 0.3 0.4 -0.1 -0.8 3.3 -0.8 -5.9
Employment 10.3 10.5 0.3 0.2 -0.6 -1.0 1.9 -5.4 -8.7
Unemployment 2.0 2.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 5.0 16.7 5.0
Participation rate 69.1 71.8 1.7 2.7 1.1 -2.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.3 16.5 2.3 0.2 2.4 1.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 57.9 59.3 1.9 1.4 -2.0 -4.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 46.6 51.4 3.6 4.8 9.1 13.2 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 50.1 50.1 ... 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.0 1.4 1.6
Labour force 35.0 35.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.9 -0.8
Employment 30.6 30.6 0.4 0.0 -0.8 -1.3 0.0 -2.5 -4.1
Unemployment 4.4 4.3 0.4 -0.1 1.0 0.9 -2.3 30.3 26.5
Participation rate 69.9 69.9 0.7 0.0 -0.3 -1.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.6 12.3 1.0 -0.3 2.8 2.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 61.1 0.8 0.0 -2.5 -3.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 8.5 8.8 1.0 0.3 1.2 0.0 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 54.3 54.4 ... 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.2 1.3 1.5
Labour force 32.7 33.0 0.3 0.3 -0.1 -0.7 0.9 -0.3 -2.1
Employment 30.5 30.1 0.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.8 -1.3 -0.7 -2.6
Unemployment 2.2 2.9 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.1 31.8 3.6 3.6
Participation rate 60.2 60.7 0.6 0.5 -0.9 -2.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 8.8 1.0 2.1 0.3 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.2 55.3 0.7 -0.9 -1.1 -2.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 18.4 18.6 1.4 0.2 2.1 2.1 ... ... ...
Industry 71.4 71.2 0.7 -0.2 -1.6 -3.1 -0.3 -2.2 -4.2
Goods-producing sector 16.7 16.2 0.5 -0.5 -0.6 -1.2 -3.0 -3.6 -6.9
Agriculture 3.5 3.3 0.3 -0.2 0.3 0.2 -5.7 10.0 6.5
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 2.3 2.0 0.3 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -13.0 -16.7 -16.7
Utilities 0.4 0.3 0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -25.0 0.0 -25.0
Construction 4.8 4.8 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -2.0 -9.4
Manufacturing 5.8 5.8 0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 0.0 -4.9 -6.5
Services-producing sector 54.7 55.0 0.6 0.3 -1.0 -1.9 0.5 -1.8 -3.3
Wholesale and retail trade 10.1 10.3 0.3 0.2 -0.5 -0.7 2.0 -4.6 -6.4
Transportation and warehousing 2.4 2.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -4.2 -4.2 -4.2
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 2.7 2.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 12.5
Professional, scientific and technical services 3.5 3.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.5 2.9 9.1 16.1
Business, building and other support services 2.4 2.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.1 4.2 0.0 -3.8
Educational services 5.1 5.4 0.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 5.9 -1.8 -3.6
Health care and social assistance 10.0 9.7 0.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 -3.0 1.0 -4.9
Information, culture and recreation 2.8 2.9 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.7 3.6 31.8 31.8
Accommodation and food services 5.8 5.7 0.3 -0.1 -1.0 -1.0 -1.7 -14.9 -14.9
Other services (except public administration) 3.2 3.2 0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -5.9 0.0
Public administration 6.6 6.8 0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.7 3.0 -1.4 -9.3
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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