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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY - JANUARY 2018
In Nova Scotia January 2018, (seasonally-adjusted, month-over-month and year-over-year):
- Labour force remains virtually unchanged (200) from December 2017 at 494,000 and increased 0.9% (4,400) over January 2017.
- Employment decreased -0.2% (-700) from December 2017 to 453,500 and increased 0.4% (2,000) over January 2017.
- Unemployment increased 2.3% (900) from December 2017 to 40,500 and increased 6.3% (2,400) over January 2017.
- Unemployment rate inc...
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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY - SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT REVISIONS
Statistics Canada has made their annual revisions to past Labour Force Survey's seasonal adjustment factors, affecting the last three years of seasonally adjusted data (2015-2017). Population data remain unrevised.
Nova Scotia's revised seasonally adjusted labour force survey results for December:
- Labour force was 493,800 (revised down 700)
- Employment was 454,200 (revised down 600)
- The unemployment rate was 8.0 per cent (unchange...
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LABOUR MARKET TRENDS - JANUARY 2018
Nova Scotia's seasonally adjusted employment decreased by 700 to 453,500 in January 2018. This is the first decline reported since August.
Compared to December, Nova Scotia’s labour force increased slightly by 200 to 494,000 in December. With marginal growth in labour supply and a slight decline in labour demand, the net result was a 0.2 percentage point increase in the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to 8.2 per cent in January.
With labour supply incr...
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JOB VACANCIES AND WAGES, Q4 2023
Nova Scotia's job vacancy rate (seasonally adjusted) was 3.6% in Q4 2023, representing 15,940 job vacancies. Nova Scotia's job vacancy rate declined from 4.0% in Q3 2023.
Nationally, the job vacancy rate was 3.8%, down 0.1 percentage points from Q3. The highest job vacancy rate was reported in Saskatchewan while the lowest job vacancy rates were in Newfoundland and Labrador. &nb...
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EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FEBRUARY 2015
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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EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS AND HOURS, FEBRUARY 2015
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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