gov.ns.ca - Nova Scotia Canada - Government of Nova Scotia

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

• Labour Force increased 1.1 per cent (5,400) from December 2018 to 499,200 and increased 1.1 per cent (5,300) over January 2018.
• Employment increased 1.3 per cent (6,100) from December 2018 to 465,100 and increased 2.6 per cent (11,600) over January 2018.
• Unemployment decreased 1.7 per cent (-600) from December 2018 to 34,200 and decreased 15.3 per cent (-6,200) over January 2018.
• Unemployment rate decreased 0.1 percentage points from December 2018 to 6.9 per cent.

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

• Labour Force increased 0.5 per cent (103,700) from December 2018 to 20,035,900 and increased 1.7 per cent (330,900) over January 2018.
• Employment increased 0.4 per cent (66,800) from December 2018 to 18,873,900 and increased 1.8 per cent (327,200) over January 2018.
• Unemployment increased 3.3 per cent (36,900) from December 2018 to 1,162,000 and increased 0.3 per cent (3,800) over January 2018.
• Unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage points from December 2018 to 5.8 per cent.

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

• Labour Force remains virtually unchanged (-100) from December 2018 at 250,400 and increased 2.5% (6,100) over January 2018.
• Employment increased 0.5% (1,100) from December 2018 to 237,600 and increased 4.5% (10,200) over January 2018.
• Unemployment decreased 8.6% (-1,200) from December 2018 to 12,800 and decreased 24.3% (-4,100) over January 2018.
• Unemployment rate decreased 0.5 percentage points from December 2018 to 5.1%.

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