Labour Market Bulletin - April 2010

While the labour force declined, employment increased on PEI from March to April, 2010.
Compared to this period a year ago, labour market indicators showed significant improvements on the Island.

Note: Totals may not add due to rounding
Source: Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey

The male and female labour force increased since last year. The male labour force increased by 1,300, which was almost twice that for females (+700).
Both full-time and part-time employment levels were up compared to last year, and total employment increased by 5.5%.
Employment for males and females increased by 7.4% and 4.0% respectively over the last year. The increase in employment for males took place exclusively in full-time jobs. Conversely the increase for females occurred only in part-time employment.

The participation rate on the Island continues to rank among the highest in the country. In April 2010, the participation rate was the highest in the Atlantic region and the third highest in the country.
The youth labour force remained stable over the last year, but a decline in employment. Full-time employment for youth decreased by 900, while there was a slight increase (+100) in part-time employment.

There were 17,200 persons employed in the goods-producing sector in April; down by 600 compared to last year.

There were year-over-year employment losses in forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas; construction and; manufacturing while the other two goods-producing industries remained stable.

The level of employment in the services-producing sector was 55,300 in April 2010, up by 4,300 compared to the previous year.

There were job losses in finance, insurance, real estate and leasing (-100); information, culture and recreation (-200); accommodation and food services (-200), and; public administration (-200).
Gains in all other service-producing industries totalled 4,100, more than offsetting employment losses in this sector. Trade showed the largest increase in employment (+2,300).

**Employment By Industry**
				Month/Month Change		Year/Year Change
Seasonally Adjusted Data ('000)	April 2010	March 2010	April 2009	Absolute	%	Absolute	%
Total Employed	72.6	72.0	68.8	0.6	0.8	3.8	5.5
Goods-Producing Sector	17.2	16.8	17.8	0.4	2.4	-0.6	-3.4
Agriculture	3.5	3.5	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas	2.8	2.7	3.0	0.1	3.7	-0.2	-6.7
Utilities	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Construction	5.3	5.1	5.3	0.2	3.9	0.0	0.0
Manufacturing	5.3	5.2	5.6	0.1	1.9	-0.3	-5.4
Services-Producing Sector	55.3	55.2	51.0	0.1	0.2	4.3	8.4
Trade	11.4	11.2	9.1	0.2	1.8	2.3	25.3
Transportation & warehousing	2.3	2.2	2.3	0.1	4.5	0.0	0.0
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing	2.4	2.5	2.5	-0.1	-4.0	-0.1	-4.0
Professional, scientific and technical services	2.7	2.5	2.1	0.2	8.0	0.6	28.6
Management, Administrative & Other Services	2.8	2.4	2.7	0.4	16.7	0.1	3.7
Educational services	6.1	6.2	5.2	-0.1	-1.6	0.9	17.3
Health care & social assistance	8.6	8.8	7.6	-0.2	-2.3	1.0	13.2
Information, culture and recreation	2.4	2.3	2.6	0.1	4.3	-0.2	-7.7
Accommodation and food services	5.4	5.6	5.6	-0.2	-3.6	-0.2	-3.6
Other Services	3.3	3.7	3.2	-0.4	-10.8	0.1	3.1
Public Administration	7.9	7.9	8.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-2.5

Notes: '-' indicates number suppressed due to high sample variance.
Totals may not add due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey

Prepared by: Labour Market and Socio-economic Information Directorate, Maritime Region

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