Following a drop in March, employment was about the same in April and the unemployment rate remained at 7.2%, as well (according to Stats Canada).
The heartening news according to the report is that there were 163,000 more folks working and all full time compared to this time last year.
More interestingly public sector employment increased 2.6% or 94,000 jobs, while growth in self-employment was 2.2% (+59,000), which is not as heartening, it would be better to hear there were more private sector jobs. The Public Sector growth simply means more taxes and bigger government (IMHO (and I am a Civil Servant)) we need to stop growing the government, and get the Private Sector to create more jobs.
Big Table
Our friends at Stats Canada publish a plethora of really useful information with these monthly studies which I strongly urge you to go over and read, however, I like to include one of their really big tables of information:
Labour force characteristics by age and sex – Seasonally adjusted
March 2013 | April 2013 | Std error1 | March to April 2013 |
April 2012 to April 2013 |
March to April 2013 |
April 2012 to April 2013 |
|
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thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | |||||
Both sexes, 15 years and over | |||||||
Population | 28,551.2 | 28,588.7 | … | 37.5 | 346.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
Labour force | 19,016.6 | 19,016.1 | 29.1 | -0.5 | 150.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Employment | 17,641.9 | 17,654.4 | 28.7 | 12.5 | 162.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
Full-time | 14,319.0 | 14,355.0 | 38.2 | 36.0 | 183.9 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
Part-time | 3,323.0 | 3,299.4 | 35.1 | -23.6 | -21.5 | -0.7 | -0.6 |
Unemployment | 1,374.7 | 1,361.7 | 25.2 | -13.0 | -11.7 | -0.9 | -0.9 |
Participation rate | 66.6 | 66.5 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.3 | … | … |
Unemployment rate | 7.2 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | … | … |
Employment rate | 61.8 | 61.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | … | … |
Part-time rate | 18.8 | 18.7 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -0.3 | … | … |
Youths, 15 to 24 years | |||||||
Population | 4,452.5 | 4,451.2 | … | -1.3 | -6.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
Labour force | 2,851.2 | 2,839.5 | 17.2 | -11.7 | -4.9 | -0.4 | -0.2 |
Employment | 2,446.9 | 2,428.1 | 15.9 | -18.8 | -18.2 | -0.8 | -0.7 |
Full-time | 1,285.7 | 1,292.0 | 18.5 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Part-time | 1,161.1 | 1,136.2 | 19.4 | -24.9 | -20.1 | -2.1 | -1.7 |
Unemployment | 404.4 | 411.4 | 15.1 | 7.0 | 13.2 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
Participation rate | 64.0 | 63.8 | 0.4 | -0.2 | 0.0 | … | … |
Unemployment rate | 14.2 | 14.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | … | … |
Employment rate | 55.0 | 54.5 | 0.4 | -0.5 | -0.4 | … | … |
Part-time rate | 47.5 | 46.8 | 0.7 | -0.7 | -0.5 | … | … |
Men, 25 years and over | |||||||
Population | 11,796.8 | 11,815.9 | … | 19.1 | 176.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
Labour force | 8,549.5 | 8,567.0 | 15.1 | 17.5 | 72.8 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
Employment | 8,024.7 | 8,042.6 | 16.3 | 17.9 | 88.6 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
Full-time | 7,414.7 | 7,416.7 | 21.6 | 2.0 | 72.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Part-time | 609.9 | 625.9 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
Unemployment | 524.8 | 524.4 | 14.7 | -0.4 | -15.8 | -0.1 | -2.9 |
Participation rate | 72.5 | 72.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.5 | … | … |
Unemployment rate | 6.1 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.3 | … | … |
Employment rate | 68.0 | 68.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.2 | … | … |
Part-time rate | 7.6 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | … | … |
Women, 25 years and over | |||||||
Population | 12,302.0 | 12,321.5 | … | 19.5 | 175.8 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
Labour force | 7,615.9 | 7,609.6 | 16.5 | -6.3 | 82.9 | -0.1 | 1.1 |
Employment | 7,170.4 | 7,183.7 | 16.4 | 13.3 | 92.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
Full-time | 5,618.5 | 5,646.4 | 25.0 | 27.9 | 109.8 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
Part-time | 1,551.9 | 1,537.4 | 23.6 | -14.5 | -17.7 | -0.9 | -1.1 |
Unemployment | 445.5 | 425.9 | 13.4 | -19.6 | -9.1 | -4.4 | -2.1 |
Participation rate | 61.9 | 61.8 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | … | … |
Unemployment rate | 5.8 | 5.6 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | … | … |
Employment rate | 58.3 | 58.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | … | … |
Part-time rate | 21.6 | 21.4 | 0.3 | -0.2 | -0.5 | … | … |
If I’m reading this correctly, the female part time rate is significantly higher than the male?
Seems that way.