Atlantic Labour Market Brief: April 2024

Canada

• More people were working in April, with the addition of 90,400 jobs.
• The growth occurred in both full-time and part-time positions.
• The rate of unemployment saw no change from last month, remaining at 6.1%.
• The goods-producing sector lost jobs in April (-10,400), while the services-producing sector saw growth of 100,700 jobs.

Labour force: 21,828,500 (+107,500) Employment: 20,491,100 (+90,400)

Atlantic Canada

• Employment grew at a strong pace in April, up from the prior month by 8,000 jobs.
• The growth occurred in both full-time and part-time positions, though primarily full-time.
• The rate of unemployment fell sharply, going from 7.6% to 7.1%, influenced by the solid job gains.The goods-producing sector added jobs (+5,800), while the services-producing sector saw growth of 2,200 jobs.

Labour Force: 1,346,000 (+1,400) Employment: 1,250,900 (+8,000)

Nova Scotia

• Labour Force: 549,300
• Employment: 515,500
• Unemployment Rate: 6.1%
• Labour Force Change: -1,100
• Employment Change: -900
• Unemployment Rate Change: -0.1

Download the Full Report

[button link="https://digitalnovascotia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LmiBrief-MTEnBref-AT-2024-04-EN-Final.pdf" label="English"] [button link="https://digitalnovascotia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LmiBrief-MTEnBref-AT-2024-04-FR-Final.pdf" label="Français"]