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Table 4-1
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Newfoundland and Labrador
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Newfoundland and Labrador May 2017, June 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).
	May 2017	June 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-1 Note 1}	last month	last December	twelve months ago	last month	last December	twelve months ago
	May 2017	June 2017	S.E.^{Table 4-1 Note 1}	Change from			Percent change from
	in thousands (except rates)						percent
Both sexes, 15 years and over
Population	445.8	445.8	Note ...: not applicable	0.0	0.8	1.3	0.0	0.2	0.3
Labour force	264.9	263.5	2.1	-1.4	-4.1	-5.0	-0.5	-1.5	-1.9
Employment	225.7	224.3	2.2	-1.4	-2.8	-11.9	-0.6	-1.2	-5.0
Employment full-time	193.1	192.9	2.6	-0.2	4.0	-6.8	-0.1	2.1	-3.4
Unemployment	39.2	39.2	2.1	0.0	-1.3	6.9	0.0	-3.2	21.4
Participation rate	59.4	59.1	0.5	-0.3	-1.0	-1.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	14.8	14.9	0.7	0.1	-0.2	2.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	50.6	50.3	0.5	-0.3	-0.7	-2.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	14.4	14.0	0.9	-0.4	-2.8	-1.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years
Population	54.9	54.8	Note ...: not applicable	-0.1	-0.2	-0.7	-0.2	-0.4	-1.3
Labour force	35.1	34.3	1.0	-0.8	-2.7	0.1	-2.3	-7.3	0.3
Employment	28.9	29.2	1.0	0.3	0.5	-1.1	1.0	1.7	-3.6
Unemployment	6.3	5.1	0.9	-1.2	-3.2	1.2	-19.0	-38.6	30.8
Participation rate	63.9	62.6	1.8	-1.3	-4.7	1.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	17.9	14.9	2.5	-3.0	-7.5	3.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	52.6	53.3	1.7	0.7	1.1	-1.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	46.7	47.9	3.5	1.2	-1.2	7.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Men, 25 years and over
Population	190.4	190.5	Note ...: not applicable	0.1	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.5
Labour force	119.1	119.7	1.2	0.6	0.3	-3.2	0.5	0.3	-2.6
Employment	97.4	97.3	1.4	-0.1	-1.5	-7.8	-0.1	-1.5	-7.4
Unemployment	21.7	22.4	1.4	0.7	1.8	4.6	3.2	8.7	25.8
Participation rate	62.6	62.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	-2.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	18.2	18.7	1.1	0.5	1.4	4.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	51.2	51.1	0.8	-0.1	-0.9	-4.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	5.7	3.9	1.0	-1.8	-2.8	-2.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Women, 25 years and over
Population	200.4	200.5	Note ...: not applicable	0.1	0.6	1.1	0.0	0.3	0.6
Labour force	110.6	109.5	1.2	-1.1	-1.7	-1.9	-1.0	-1.5	-1.7
Employment	99.5	97.8	1.2	-1.7	-1.8	-3.0	-1.7	-1.8	-3.0
Unemployment	11.2	11.7	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.1	4.5	0.9	10.4
Participation rate	55.2	54.6	0.6	-0.6	-1.0	-1.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate	10.1	10.7	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.2	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate	49.7	48.8	0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-1.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate	13.6	14.0	1.4	0.4	-3.7	-3.5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Industry	225.7	224.3	2.2	-1.4	-2.8	-11.9	-0.6	-1.2	-5.0
Goods-producing sector	46.3	46.8	1.5	0.5	0.3	-5.0	1.1	0.6	-9.7
Agriculture	1.7	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	54.5	13.3
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction^{Table 4-1 Note 2}	12.6	13.3	0.8	0.7	0.9	-0.9	5.6	7.3	-6.3
Utilities	2.7	2.3	0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.8	-14.8	-14.8	-25.8
Construction	19.9	20.9	1.0	1.0	-0.3	-2.2	5.0	-1.4	-9.5
Manufacturing	9.4	8.6	0.8	-0.8	-0.4	-1.2	-8.5	-4.4	-12.2
Services-producing sector	179.4	177.5	1.8	-1.9	-3.1	-7.0	-1.1	-1.7	-3.8
Wholesale and retail trade	42.0	41.4	1.0	-0.6	0.1	-2.5	-1.4	0.2	-5.7
Transportation and warehousing	10.8	11.1	0.5	0.3	1.1	0.9	2.8	11.0	8.8
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing	6.0	6.5	0.4	0.5	-1.1	-1.4	8.3	-14.5	-17.7
Professional, scientific and technical services	10.3	9.9	0.4	-0.4	-1.0	-0.3	-3.9	-9.2	-2.9
Business, building and other support services	7.0	7.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	7.7	1.4
Educational services	15.0	14.4	0.6	-0.6	-0.7	0.2	-4.0	-4.6	1.4
Health care and social assistance	40.8	40.1	0.8	-0.7	0.3	0.8	-1.7	0.8	2.0
Information, culture and recreation	5.9	6.3	0.6	0.4	-1.1	-0.5	6.8	-14.9	-7.4
Accommodation and food services	14.3	15.1	0.8	0.8	0.2	-2.0	5.6	1.3	-11.7
Other services (except public administration)	11.7	10.6	0.6	-1.1	-1.1	-1.5	-9.4	-9.4	-12.4
Public administration	15.6	15.2	0.6	-0.4	-0.2	-0.7	-2.6	-1.3	-4.4
... 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:: 2017-07-07