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November labour force survey results reflect the period from November 9 to 15, 2025.

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

Nova Scotia's seasonally adjusted employment grew 2,600 (+0.5%) to 523,600 in November, following a decline of 4,400 (-0.8%) in the previous month.

The change in employment reflected an increase for full-time (+1,300) as well as in part-time (+1,200) employment. Note that changes in full...

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Quarter-over-quarter (Q3 2025 vs Q2 2025)

Nova Scotia's job vacancy rate (seasonally adjusted) increased 0.2 percentage points to 3.4% in Q3 2025, representing 15,215 job vacancies.

Nationally, the job vacancy rate was 2.8%, unchanged from Q2 2025. The highest job vacancy rates were reported in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia, while the lowest job vacancy rate was in Newfoundland and Labrador.           &nb...

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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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