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New Brunswick Labour Force Statistics
• Underemployed Workers
• Employment by Industry
• Regional Labour Statistics
Vital Statistics - as of January, 2010
* Fields updated monthly
*Population (15 years and over) |
623,000 |
*Participation Rate |
64.5% |
*Unemployment Rate |
9.3% |
*Unemployment Rate for 15-24 yrs old |
19.7% |
*Employment Rate |
58.5% |
EI Beneficiaries |
30,100 |
*Unemployed |
37,000 |
*Employed |
365,000 |
Part-time workers (<30 hrs/week) |
57,000 |
Involuntary Part-time (visible underemployed) |
5,200 |
Underemployed (invisible) |
50,900 |
*Not in labour force |
221,000 |
Waiting |
7,000 |
Discouraged |
1,300+ |
Students - College |
5,198 |
Students - University |
24,733 |
Income assistance (with high school+) |
9,521 |
Annual high school graduates |
8,258 |
Annual college graduates |
2,219 |
Annual university graduates |
5,130 |
Annual private training enrolled |
3,568 |
Military population |
4,000+ |
% Population under 45 years |
56% |
% Population of working age |
63% |
% Population bilingual English/French |
33% |
% Population with at least some post-secondary |
59% |
Sources : Statistics Canada, Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, HRDC.
Access current labour market reports and information from the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour.
View the latest Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey of Canadian workers.
Our underemployed represents a good pool of workers. According to Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey 2006 annual average, 50,900 New Brunswickers were underemployed. This group is comprised of discouraged searchers, those waiting for work (recall, replies and long-term future starts), and involuntary part-timers (would prefer full-time work).
Discouraged searchers (1,300+) are people not looking for work because they believe that there are no jobs available. The Waiting group (7,000) is not looking for work because they are awaiting replies from prospective employers or because they were waiting to be recalled to a former job. Involuntary part-timers (5,200) represent the group that would like to work full-time, but can only find part-time employment.
Source: Service Canada
