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

January 10, 2020
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY - DECEMBER 2019

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

• Labour force decreased 0.2 per cent (1,000) from November 2019 to 505,400 and increased 2.3 per cent (11,600) over December 2018
• Employment decreased 0.2 per cent (1,100) from November 2019 to 465,700 and increased 1.5 per cent (6,700) over December 2018
• Unemployment increased 0.3 per cent (100) from November 2019 to 39,700 and increased 14.1 per cent (4,900) over December 2018
• Unemployment Rate increased 0.1 percentage points from November 2019 to 7.9 per cent.

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

• Labour force decreased 0.1 per cent (16,400) from November 2019 to 20,270,100 and increased 1.7 per cent (337,900) over December 2018
• Employment increased 0.2 per cent (35,200) from November 2019 to 19,127,400 and increased 1.7 per cent (320,300) over December 2018
• Unemployment decreased 4.3 per cent (51,500) from November 2019 to 1,142,800 and increased 1.6 per cent (17,700) over December 2018
• Unemployment Rate decreased 0.3 percentage points from November 2019 to 5.6 per cent.

In Halifax December 2019, (seasonally adjusted, month-over-month and year-over-year):

• Labour force decreased 0.2 per cent (400) from November 2019 to 256,800 and increased 2.5 per cent (6,300) over December 2018
• Employment decreased 0.7 per cent (1,700) from November 2019 to 240,100 and increased 1.5 per cent (3,600) over December 2018
• Unemployment increased 9.2 per cent (1,400) from November 2019 to 16,700 and increased 19.3 per cent (2,700) over December 2018
• Unemployment Rate increased 0.6 percentage points from November 2019 to 6.5 per cent

 

 

 

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

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