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Reason | Total, 16 years and over | Men, 20 years and over | Women, 20 years and over | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | ||||
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2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | |
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | ||||||||
Total unemployed | 6,982 | 6,314 | 3,287 | 2,976 | 2,868 | 2,578 | 827 | 759 |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs | 3,434 | 2,990 | 1,970 | 1,706 | 1,348 | 1,173 | 116 | 111 |
On temporary layoff | 956 | 852 | 531 | 472 | 378 | 332 | 47 | 49 |
Not on temporary layoff | 2,479 | 2,138 | 1,439 | 1,234 | 970 | 841 | 70 | 62 |
Permanent job losers | 1,768 | 1,455 | 1,013 | 826 | 715 | 595 | 40 | 34 |
Persons who completed temporary jobs | 711 | 683 | 426 | 408 | 255 | 246 | 30 | 28 |
Job leavers | 778 | 794 | 359 | 381 | 375 | 361 | 44 | 52 |
Reentrants | 2,079 | 1,928 | 815 | 759 | 996 | 912 | 267 | 256 |
New entrants | 690 | 602 | 142 | 130 | 149 | 132 | 399 | 340 |
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | ||||||||
Total unemployed | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs | 49.2 | 47.4 | 59.9 | 57.3 | 47.0 | 45.5 | 14.1 | 14.7 |
On temporary layoff | 13.7 | 13.5 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 5.7 | 6.4 |
Not on temporary layoff | 35.5 | 33.9 | 43.8 | 41.4 | 33.8 | 32.6 | 8.4 | 8.2 |
Job leavers | 11.1 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 5.3 | 6.8 |
Reentrants | 29.8 | 30.5 | 24.8 | 25.5 | 34.7 | 35.4 | 32.3 | 33.7 |
New entrants | 9.9 | 9.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 48.3 | 44.8 |
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | ||||||||
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
Job leavers | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
Reentrants | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
New entrants | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Last Modified Date: January 18, 2019