Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted
| December 2017 |
January 2018 |
Standard error1 | December 2017 to January 2018 | January 2017 to January 2018 | December 2017 to January 2018 | January 2017 to January 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
| Population | 445.1 | 444.9 | ... | -0.2 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Labour force | 264.0 | 262.1 | 2.0 | -1.9 | -2.7 | -0.7 | -1.0 |
| Employment | 225.1 | 225.3 | 2.0 | 0.2 | -2.8 | 0.1 | -1.2 |
| Part-time | 34.2 | 34.0 | 1.9 | -0.2 | -3.3 | -0.6 | -8.8 |
| Unemployment rate | 14.7 | 14.0 | 0.7 | -0.7 | 0.1 | ... | ... |
| Alberta | |||||||
| Population | 3,443.7 | 3,447.3 | ... | 3.6 | 35.9 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Labour force | 2,494.2 | 2,489.2 | 9.8 | -5.0 | 3.2 | -0.2 | 0.1 |
| Employment | 2,320.4 | 2,314.5 | 10.1 | -5.9 | 45.9 | -0.3 | 2.0 |
| Part-time | 430.6 | 397.2 | 12.9 | -33.4 | -42.9 | -7.8 | -9.7 |
| Unemployment rate | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -1.7 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 282-0087.
Table note 1
Average standard error for change in two consecutive months. See "Sampling variability of estimates" in the "Data Quality" section of the Labour Force Information (Catalogue number71-001-X) publication for further explanations.