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October labour force survey results reflect the period from October 12 to 18, 2025.

Ages 15+ (October 2025 vs September 2025, seasonally adjusted)

Nova Scotia's seasonally adjusted employment declined 4,400 (-0.8%) to 521,000 in October, following an increase of 1,300 (+0.2%) in the previous month.

The change in employment reflected a decline for full-time (-800) as well as in part-time (-3,500) employment. Note that changes in ful...

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Quarter-over-quarter (Q2 2025 vs Q1 2025)

Nova Scotia's job vacancy rate (seasonally adjusted) was unchanged at 3.2% in Q2 2025, representing 14,185 job vacancies.

Nationally, the job vacancy rate was 2.8%, down 0.1 percentage points from Q1 2025. The highest job vacancy rates were reported in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia, while the lowest job vacancy rate was in Newfoundland and Labrador.            ...

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In February 2015, the number (seasonally adjusted) of Nova Scotians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits increased by 580 persons (2.2%) from the previous month to 27,190 and increased by 160 persons (0.6%) over February 2014.

In February 2015, the number (seasonally adjusted) of Canadians receiving regular EI benefits increased by 9,940 persons (2.0%) from the previous month to 509,780 and declined by 3,470 (-0.7%) over February ...

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Nova Scotians' average weekly earnings (including overtime, seasonally adjusted) decreased $3.98 per week (-0.5%) from January to $831.80 in February 2015.  This is 1.9 per cent above the level in February of last year. Canadians' average weekly wages increased 0.3 per cent from January to $951.40 in February 2015, a 2.7 percent increase over February 2014.



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