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Thomas Storring	Director – Economics and Statistics
Tel: 902-424-2410	Email: thomas.storring@novascotia.ca

April 05, 2019
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY - MARCH 2019

In Nova Scotia March 2019, (seasonally-adjusted, month-over-month and year-over-year):

• Labour Force decreased 0.3 per cent (-1,300) from February 2019 to 497,200 and increased 1.2 per cent (6,100) over March 2018.
• Employment remains unchanged (0) from February 2019 at 466,500 and increased 2.6 per cent (11,800) over March 2018.
• Unemployment decreased 4.4 per cent (-1,400) from February 2019 to 30,700 and decreased 15.7 per cent (-5,700) over March 2018.
• Unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage points from February 2019 to 6.2 per cent.

 

In Canada March 2019, (seasonally-adjusted, month-over-month and year-over-year):

• Labour Force decreased 0.1 per cent (-11,300) from February 2019 to 20,079,700 and increased 1.7 per cent (339,400) over March 2018.
• Employment remains virtually unchanged (-7,200) from February 2019 at 18,922,600 and increased 1.8 per cent (331,600) over March 2018.
• Unemployment decreased 0.4 per cent (-4,100) from February 2019 to 1,157,200 and increased 0.7 per cent (8,000) over March 2018.
• Unemployment rate remains virtually unchanged from February 2019 at 5.8 per cent.

 

In Halifax March 2019, (3 month moving average, seasonally-adjusted):

• Labour Force remains unchanged (0) from February 2019 at 249,800 and increased 0.8 per cent (2,100) over March 2018.
• Employment remains virtually unchanged (100) from February 2019 at 237,700 and increased 2.1 per cent (5,000) over March 2018.
• Unemployment remains unchanged (0) from February 2019 at 12,200 and decreased 18.7 per cent (-2,800) over March 2018.
• Unemployment rate remains unchanged from February 2019 at 4.9%.

 

References

Statistics Canada Cat. No. 71-001-X

Table  14-10-0287-01   Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle, last 5 months

Table  14-10-0294-01   Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, last 5 months

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