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).
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.
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 | … | … |