February Edition of Labour Market Monitor Now Available!
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The February edition of the Labour Market Monitor for the Northwest region is now available. You can download it here or download earlier versions here.
November 2011 Labour Market Monitor Now Available for Download
Join the forum discussion on this postThe kind folks at Service Canada have just released the November 2011 edition of the Labour Market Monitor and here it is for your perusal. The last few monitors have become more scarce in their content but what is provided is usually informative. November’s edition looks at the following sectors: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Utilities; and Construction. Download it by clicking on the image. You can check out earlier editions of the Northwest Labour Market Monitor here.
October 2011 NWO Labour Market Monitor
The October edition of the Northwest Labour Market Monitor has been released through Service Canada. Although a bit late, the report provides a few glimpses into Utilities, Construction, and the Education Sector over the last while throughout Northwestern Ontario. Particular attention has been given to First Nation communities in the north. Admittedly, this edition of the Monitor has significantly less information than earlier reports. Hoping this isn’t going to become a trend! Click the image to download your copy today. You can view earlier editions of the Monitor here.
September Edition of the Labour Market Monitor
From the September edition of the Northwest Ontario Labour Market Monitor:
Employment in the Northwest Ontario economic region increased by 4,600 from September 2010 to September 2011. Gains in full-time employment (+5,600), were partially offset by losses in part-time employment. During this period, more people looked for work leading to an increase in the participation rate and the size of the labour force. The number of unemployed people fell by 1,100, causing the unemployment rate to decline from 7.7% in September 2010 to 6.5% in September 2011. Over the same period, the provincial unemployment rate declined from 9.2% to 8.0%.
Download the September edition of the Monitor here! For earlier editions, check this out.
August 2011 Labour Market Monitor – Employment on the Rise in NWO
The August 2011 edition of Northwest Ontario’s Labour Market Monitor has been released from Service Canada. This month’s focus finds employment in NWO on the rise:
Employment in the Northwest Ontario economic region increased by 2,400 from August 2010 to August 2011 following 12 consecutive months of year-over-year declines. All job gains were in full-time employment (+4,500), reduced by part-time employment losses (-2,200). During this period, more people looked for work leading to an increase in the size of the labour force. The number of unemployed people fell by 1,000, causing the unemployment rate to decline from 8.1% in August 2010 to 7.0% in August 2011. Over the same period, the provincial unemployment rate declined from 9.1% to 8.1%.
Click on the image to the left to read more from the August LMI Monitor. You can also click here to read previous Labour Market Monitors.
July 2011 Northwest Labour Market Monitor
The July 2011 edition of the Labour Market Monitor has just been released through Service Canada. According to the bulletin:
Employment in the Northwest Ontario economic region decreased by 3,100 from July 2010 to July 2011. All job losses were in part-time employment. During this period, fewer people looked for work leading to a decline in the size of the labour force and a drop in the participation rate. A small increase in the number of unemployed people caused the unemployment rate to rise from 7.3% in July 2010 to 7.8% in July 2011. Over the same period, the provincial unemployment rate declined from 9.0% to 8.1%.
Click on the image to read more about the Thunder Bay District’s Labour Market in July. Click here to read earlier editions of the Northwest Labour Market Monitor.
June 2011 Northwest Labour Market Monitor
The June 2011 Labour Market Monitor for the Northwest region is now available. This month’s issue reports the following:
“Employment in the Northwest Ontario economic region decreased by 6,900 from June 2010 to June 2011. The majority of job losses were in part-time employment (-4,000). During this period, fewer people looked for work leading to a decline in the size of the labour force (-7,000) and a drop in the participation rate by 3.7 percentage points to 59.6%. An increase in the number of unemployed people caused the unemployment rate to rise from 7.4% in June 2010 to 7.8% in June 2011. Over the same period, the provincial unemployment rate declined from 8.8% to 7.9%.”
To read more stats and learn about some ground level labour market research, please download the bulletin by clicking on the image! You can find other Labour Market Monitors as well!
Employment Stats in NWO: More job losses; increased unemployment rate
According to the May 2011 edition of the Northwest Labour Market Monitor, produced by Service Canada, “Employment in the Northwest Ontario economic region decreased by 8,800 from May 2010 to May 2011. The majority of job losses were in full-time employment (-5,800). During this period, the labour force participation rate declined to 59.4%, the lowest among the eleven economic regions in Ontario. The decrease in the labour force (-8,300) combined with an increase in the number of unemployed people (+600) caused the unemployment rate to increase from 7.7% in May 2010 to 8.9% in May 2011. Over the same period, the provincial unemployment rate declined from 9.2% to 8.3%.”
For more information and to read other stats pertaining to Forestry, Construction, Health Care, Manufacturing, and other sectors, see the latest edition of Northwest Labour Market Monitor.
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