Our friends from Stats Canada announced a slowly improving picture of jobs in Canada for November 2013. The trend for this year has been slow and steady job growth, which is much better than job loss, but employment levels are still much lower (as a percentage) than before 2008 (will we ever get back to those numbers, is the question, I suppose).
Unemployment held true at 6.9% as well.
Stats Canada did have a telling comment:
So far this year, employment growth has averaged 13,400 per month, compared with an average of 25,400 over the same period in 2012.
So the economy is not creating jobs as well as it did last year? That’s not very encouraging.
Also job creation is working better for those over 25, than those under 25 (not a good thing either).
The Big Table
I include the big table showing the job situation by age group, look at the others, they are all very interesting.
Labour force characteristics by age and sex: Seasonally adjusted
|
October |
November |
Std error1 |
Oct to |
Nov 2012 |
Oct to |
Nov 2012 | |
|
thousands (except rates) |
change in thousands |
% change | |||||
| Both sexes, 15 years and over | |||||||
| Population |
28,791.6 |
28,816.7 |
… |
25.1 |
373.8 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
| Labour force |
19,118.9 |
19,131.3 |
29.2 |
12.4 |
130.9 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
| Employment |
17,793.9 |
17,815.5 |
28.9 |
21.6 |
179.1 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
| Full-time |
14,437.8 |
14,439.2 |
39.0 |
1.4 |
111.4 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
| Part-time |
3,356.2 |
3,376.2 |
35.7 |
20.0 |
67.6 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
| Unemployment |
1,325.0 |
1,315.8 |
25.1 |
-9.2 |
-48.3 |
-0.7 |
-3.5 |
| Participation rate |
66.4 |
66.4 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
-0.4 |
… |
… |
| Unemployment rate |
6.9 |
6.9 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
-0.3 |
… |
… |
| Employment rate |
61.8 |
61.8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
… |
… |
| Part-time rate |
18.9 |
19.0 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
… |
… |
| Youths, 15 to 24 years | |||||||
| Population |
4,445.0 |
4,442.1 |
… |
-2.9 |
-14.4 |
-0.1 |
-0.3 |
| Labour force |
2,840.2 |
2,809.4 |
17.3 |
-30.8 |
-23.7 |
-1.1 |
-0.8 |
| Employment |
2,459.9 |
2,433.5 |
15.8 |
-26.4 |
-1.8 |
-1.1 |
-0.1 |
| Full-time |
1,284.7 |
1,274.1 |
18.6 |
-10.6 |
-3.2 |
-0.8 |
-0.3 |
| Part-time |
1,175.2 |
1,159.5 |
19.5 |
-15.7 |
1.5 |
-1.3 |
0.1 |
| Unemployment |
380.3 |
375.9 |
14.9 |
-4.4 |
-21.9 |
-1.2 |
-5.5 |
| Participation rate |
63.9 |
63.2 |
0.4 |
-0.7 |
-0.4 |
… |
… |
| Unemployment rate |
13.4 |
13.4 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
-0.6 |
… |
… |
| Employment rate |
55.3 |
54.8 |
0.4 |
-0.5 |
0.2 |
… |
… |
| Part-time rate |
47.8 |
47.6 |
0.7 |
-0.2 |
0.0 |
… |
… |
| Men, 25 years and over | |||||||
| Population |
11,921.5 |
11,936.1 |
… |
14.6 |
195.5 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
| Labour force |
8,627.1 |
8,647.9 |
15.1 |
20.8 |
89.0 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
| Employment |
8,083.8 |
8,112.7 |
16.3 |
28.9 |
90.6 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
| Full-time |
7,460.4 |
7,474.7 |
22.0 |
14.3 |
63.8 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
| Part-time |
623.4 |
638.0 |
17.7 |
14.6 |
26.8 |
2.3 |
4.4 |
| Unemployment |
543.4 |
535.2 |
14.5 |
-8.2 |
-1.6 |
-1.5 |
-0.3 |
| Participation rate |
72.4 |
72.5 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-0.4 |
… |
… |
| Unemployment rate |
6.3 |
6.2 |
0.2 |
-0.1 |
-0.1 |
… |
… |
| Employment rate |
67.8 |
68.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
-0.3 |
… |
… |
| Part-time rate |
7.7 |
7.9 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
… |
… |
| Women, 25 years and over | |||||||
| Population |
12,425.1 |
12,438.5 |
… |
13.4 |
192.7 |
0.1 |
1.6 |
| Labour force |
7,651.6 |
7,674.0 |
16.6 |
22.4 |
65.5 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
| Employment |
7,250.3 |
7,269.2 |
16.5 |
18.9 |
90.2 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
| Full-time |
5,692.7 |
5,690.5 |
25.4 |
-2.2 |
50.9 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
| Part-time |
1,557.6 |
1,578.8 |
23.8 |
21.2 |
39.4 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
| Unemployment |
401.3 |
404.8 |
13.4 |
3.5 |
-24.7 |
0.9 |
-5.8 |
| Participation rate |
61.6 |
61.7 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-0.4 |
… |
… |
| Unemployment rate |
5.2 |
5.3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
-0.3 |
… |
… |
| Employment rate |
58.4 |
58.4 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
… |
… |
| Part-time rate |
21.5 |
21.7 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
… |
… |
…
not applicable
1. Average standard error for change in two consecutive months. See “Sampling variability of estimates” 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 up to the total as a result of rounding.
The 2013 Job Picture
- Less Jobs in January in Canada not a good start to 2013.
- More Jobs in February in Canada which is better than January.
- Job Picture Less Rosey in March for Canada 2013 seems to have had it’s ups and downs.
- Employment Hovers for April in Canada better than down.
- More Jobs for May in Canada never a bad thing.
- Employment Unchanged for June in Canada, swooning in the summer.
- 39000 Less Jobs in July in Canada ? Oh dear…
- More Part-time Jobs in Canada in August which isn’t a bad thing, but full-time would be better.
- More Working in September in Canada ? Good!
- Some More Jobs in Canada (but not a lot more) for October in 2013
- Better Job News in Canada for November ’tis the season.
- Ugly Job Numbers to End 2013 not the best way to end the year.
