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Employment Unchanged for June in Canada

Last Friday Stats Canada published their monthly Labour Force survey, and their numbers showed no change in the Unemployment rate, however there are 14,000 more jobs, so not bad news either (that is from last month). If you look at the long view, there are 242,000 more Canadians working from this time last year (so optimistic news there too).

The quick review from Stats Canada stated:


In June, employment increased in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, while it declined in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Employment rose in professional, scientific and technical services, and declined in accommodation and food services as well as information, culture and recreation.

In June, employment was little changed among the major demographic groups.

All in all an OK monthly view on things, although, the increase in Scientific and Technical services is a good thing (my hope is that the Food Services folks found jobs in that area, but that is me being optimistic).

Employment Graph for the Past Little While

The graph shows optimism, but also a flattening, I guess the numbers to look at will be September when all the part time students go back to school.

Unemployment for the Past Little While

The Big Table

My love of numbers continues, so here are the employment numbers by the Age Demographic:

Labour force characteristics by age and sex – Seasonally adjusted

May 2013 June 2013 Standard error1 May to June 2013 June 2012 to June 2013 May to June 2013 June 2012 to June 2013
thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates) % change
Both sexes, 15 years and over
Population 28,619.6 28,656.6 37.0 355.3 0.1 1.3
Labour force 19,097.0 19,104.1 29.1 7.1 245.0 0.0 1.3
Employment 17,749.4 17,749.0 28.7 -0.4 242.3 0.0 1.4
Full-time 14,431.7 14,399.3 38.2 -32.4 188.4 -0.2 1.3
Part-time 3,317.6 3,349.8 35.1 32.2 53.9 1.0 1.6
Unemployment 1,347.6 1,355.1 25.2 7.5 2.7 0.6 0.2
Participation rate 66.7 66.7 0.1 0.0 0.1
Unemployment rate 7.1 7.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1
Employment rate 62.0 61.9 0.1 -0.1 0.0
Part-time rate 18.7 18.9 0.2 0.2 0.1
Youths, 15 to 24 years
Population 4,450.1 4,450.4 0.3 -7.1 0.0 -0.2
Labour force 2,873.4 2,883.5 17.2 10.1 28.1 0.4 1.0
Employment 2,482.5 2,485.8 15.9 3.3 52.6 0.1 2.2
Full-time 1,338.0 1,292.1 18.5 -45.9 7.7 -3.4 0.6
Part-time 1,144.6 1,193.7 19.4 49.1 44.9 4.3 3.9
Unemployment 390.9 397.6 15.1 6.7 -24.6 1.7 -5.8
Participation rate 64.6 64.8 0.4 0.2 0.7
Unemployment rate 13.6 13.8 0.5 0.2 -1.0
Employment rate 55.8 55.9 0.4 0.1 1.3
Part-time rate 46.1 48.0 0.7 1.9 0.8
Men, 25 years and over
Population 11,831.8 11,850.2 18.4 181.4 0.2 1.6
Labour force 8,593.7 8,577.2 15.1 -16.5 98.0 -0.2 1.2
Employment 8,058.4 8,048.8 16.3 -9.6 86.2 -0.1 1.1
Full-time 7,442.2 7,428.3 21.6 -13.9 66.4 -0.2 0.9
Part-time 616.3 620.4 17.4 4.1 19.8 0.7 3.3
Unemployment 535.3 528.4 14.7 -6.9 11.8 -1.3 2.3
Participation rate 72.6 72.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.3
Unemployment rate 6.2 6.2 0.2 0.0 0.1
Employment rate 68.1 67.9 0.1 -0.2 -0.3
Part-time rate 7.6 7.7 0.2 0.1 0.2
Women, 25 years and over
Population 12,337.6 12,355.9 18.3 180.9 0.1 1.5
Labour force 7,629.8 7,643.5 16.5 13.7 118.9 0.2 1.6
Employment 7,208.4 7,214.4 16.4 6.0 103.4 0.1 1.5
Full-time 5,651.6 5,678.9 25.0 27.3 114.4 0.5 2.1
Part-time 1,556.8 1,535.6 23.6 -21.2 -10.9 -1.4 -0.7
Unemployment 421.4 429.0 13.4 7.6 15.4 1.8 3.7
Participation rate 61.8 61.9 0.1 0.1 0.1
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.6 0.2 0.1 0.1
Employment rate 58.4 58.4 0.1 0.0 0.0
Part-time rate 21.6 21.3 0.3 -0.3 -0.4
not applicable
1. Average standard error for change in two consecutive months. See “Sampling Errors” in the section “About the Labour Force Survey” at the end of the publication Labour Force Information (Catalogue number71-001-X) for further explanations.
Note(s): 
Related CANSIM table 282-0087. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.

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