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Table 4-2
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Prince Edward Island
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Prince Edward Island April 2017, May 2017, S.E., Change from, Percent change from, last month, last December and twelve months ago, calculated using in thousands (except rates) and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	April 2017	May 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-2 Note 1}	last month	last December	twelve months ago	last month	last December	twelve months ago
	April 2017	May 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-2 Note 1}	Change from			Percent change from
	in thousands (except rates)						percent
Both sexes, 15 years and over
Population	123.3	123.7	Note ...: not applicable	0.4	1.3	2.0	0.3	1.1	1.6
Labour force	81.9	83.3	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.3	1.7	3.3	4.1
Employment	73.5	75.0	0.7	1.5	2.9	3.4	2.0	4.0	4.7
Employment full-time	62.3	62.8	0.8	0.5	3.8	2.8	0.8	6.4	4.7
Unemployment	8.4	8.3	0.6	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-1.2	-2.4	-1.2
Participation rate	66.4	67.3	0.5	0.9	1.5	1.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	10.3	10.0	0.7	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	59.6	60.6	0.5	1.0	1.7	1.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	15.2	16.3	1.0	1.0	-1.9	0.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years
Population	17.7	17.8	Note ...: not applicable	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.6	0.6	-0.6
Labour force	13.0	13.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.7	0.0	4.8	5.7
Employment	10.9	11.3	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	3.7	5.6	7.6
Unemployment	2.1	1.6	0.3	-0.5	-0.1	-0.3	-23.8	-5.9	-15.8
Participation rate	73.4	73.0	1.9	-0.4	2.9	4.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	16.2	12.3	2.5	-3.9	-1.4	-3.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	61.6	63.5	2.0	1.9	3.0	4.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	44.0	41.6	3.6	-2.4	-5.1	1.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Men, 25 years and over
Population	50.7	50.8	Note ...: not applicable	0.1	0.6	1.1	0.2	1.2	2.2
Labour force	35.6	36.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	2.8	3.7	5.2
Employment	31.3	32.6	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.8	4.2	5.5	5.8
Unemployment	4.3	3.9	0.4	-0.4	-0.5	-0.1	-9.3	-11.4	-2.5
Participation rate	70.2	72.0	0.7	1.8	1.7	2.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	12.1	10.7	1.1	-1.4	-1.8	-0.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	61.7	64.2	0.8	2.5	2.6	2.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	5.8	7.7	1.1	1.9	-0.7	0.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Women, 25 years and over
Population	54.9	55.1	Note ...: not applicable	0.2	0.6	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0
Labour force	33.2	33.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.7	3.0
Employment	31.2	31.0	0.4	-0.2	0.5	0.7	-0.6	1.6	2.3
Unemployment	2.0	2.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	35.0	12.5	8.0
Participation rate	60.5	61.3	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.6	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	6.0	8.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	0.4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	56.8	56.3	0.7	-0.5	0.3	0.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	14.7	16.1	1.5	1.4	-1.9	-0.7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Industry	73.5	75.0	0.7	1.5	2.9	3.4	2.0	4.0	4.7
Goods-producing sector	16.8	17.9	0.5	1.1	1.7	1.2	6.5	10.5	7.2
Agriculture	2.8	2.9	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction^{Table 4-2 Note 2}	2.3	2.9	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.2	26.1	26.1	7.4
Utilities	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-33.3	-33.3
Construction	5.1	5.2	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.0	8.3	13.0
Manufacturing	6.3	6.7	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.5	6.3	11.7	8.1
Services-producing sector	56.7	57.1	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.2	0.7	2.1	4.0
Wholesale and retail trade	10.7	11.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.4	7.5	10.6	13.9
Transportation and warehousing	2.5	2.7	0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.3	8.0	-3.6	12.5
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing	2.6	2.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.2	-3.8	-10.7	-7.4
Professional, scientific and technical services	3.3	3.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	-0.1	6.1	6.1	-2.8
Business, building and other support services	2.1	1.9	0.2	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-9.5	-17.4	-20.8
Educational services	5.2	5.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	0.2	-1.9	-7.3	4.1
Health care and social assistance	10.8	10.5	0.3	-0.3	0.4	0.4	-2.8	4.0	4.0
Information, culture and recreation	3.3	2.9	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.4	-12.1	0.0	16.0
Accommodation and food services	6.1	6.1	0.3	0.0	0.5	-0.2	0.0	8.9	-3.2
Other services (except public administration)	3.2	3.3	0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.3	3.1	-5.7	10.0
Public administration	7.1	7.1	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	6.0	2.9
... not applicable Note 1 Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in the Data Quality section for further explanations). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Also referred to as "Natural resources". Return to note 2 referrer Note: Related CANSIM tables 282-0087 and 282-0088. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.

Date modified:: 2017-06-09