Labour Force Statistics Aboriginal Population Off-Reserve Package Package Includes: - Information for all Aboriginal people, First Nations and Métis - Working age population, labour force, employment, unemployment and corresponding rates - Full-time, part-time, public and private sector and self-employed breakdowns - Gender and age breakdowns - Edmonton, Calgary and rest of Alberta breakdowns - Industry, occupational and educational attainment information Release Date: September 4, Next Release Date: October 9,
Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Unemployment Rate, Canada and Provinces Alberta +10.2% +10.7% -0.5 +8.8% +1.4 British Columbia +15.4% +16.1% -0.7 +13.5% +1.9 Saskatchewan +13.8% +12.5% +1.3 +11.8% +2.0 Manitoba +11.8% +11.7% +0.1 +11.4% +0.4 Ontario +11.9% +12.9% -1.0 +11.5% +0.4 Québec +12.8% +12.6% +0.2 +11.3% +1.5 New Brunswick +14.0% +13.5% +0.5 +15.1% -1.1 Nova Scotia +9.2% +6.1% +3.1 +13.1% -3.9 Prince Edward Island n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Nfld. Lab. +11.0% +15.3% -4.3 +14.8% -3.8 Canada +12.4% +12.7% -0.3 +11.6% +0.8 "n/a" is reported in instances of insufficient response. Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Unemployment Rate, Canada and Provinces Page 1 of 10
Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Labour Force Statistics Working Age Population (000s) 151.6 151.1 +0.5 146.1 +5.5 Labour Force (000s) 107.4 109.2-1.8 104.8 +2.6 Employed (000s) 96.4 97.5-1.1 95.6 +0.8 Unemployed (000s) 11.0 11.7-0.7 9.2 +1.8 Participation Rate (%) 70.8% 72.3% -1.5 71.8% -1.0 Employment Rate (%) 63.6% 64.5% -0.9 65.4% -1.8 Unemployment Rate (%) 10.2% 10.7% -0.5 8.8% +1.4 First Nations Working Age Population (000s) 58.2 58.1 +0.1 56.2 +2.0 Labour Force (000s) 39.9 41.7-1.8 37.4 +2.5 Employed (000s) 33.8 35.6-1.8 33.8 0.0 Unemployed (000s) 6.2 6.1 +0.1 3.6 +2.6 Participation Rate (%) 68.5% 71.8% -3.3 66.6% +1.9 Employment Rate (%) 58.0% 61.3% -3.3 60.2% -2.2 Unemployment Rate (%) 15.4% 14.6% +0.8 9.6% +5.8 Métis Working Age Population (000s) 91.6 91.2 +0.4 86.3 +5.3 Labour Force (000s) 66.4 66.3 +0.1 64.7 +1.7 Employed (000s) 61.7 60.8 +0.9 59.2 +2.5 Unemployed (000s) 4.7 5.5-0.8 5.5-0.8 Participation Rate (%) 72.5% 72.7% -0.2 75.0% -2.5 Employment Rate (%) 67.3% 66.6% +0.7 68.7% -1.4 Unemployment Rate (%) 7.1% 8.3% -1.2 8.5% -1.4 Unemployment Rate by Population Group, Labour Force Survey Page 2 of 10
Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Employment Characteristics Employed 96.4 97.5-1.1 95.6 +0.8 Full-Time Employment 86.3 85.7 +0.6 81.1 +5.2 Part-Time Employment 10.1 11.8-1.7 14.4-4.3 Unemployed 11.0 11.7-0.7 9.2 +1.8 Employees 84.7 86.2-1.5 86.7-2.0 Private Sector Employees 70.3 70.1 +0.2 71.2-0.9 Public Sector Employees 14.4 16.1-1.7 15.5-1.1 Self-Employed 11.7 11.3 +0.4 8.9 +2.8 First Nations Employed 33.8 35.6-1.8 33.8 0.0 Full-Time Employment 30.0 31.3-1.3 27.9 +2.1 Part-Time Employment 3.8 4.3-0.5 5.9-2.1 Unemployed 6.2 6.1 +0.1 3.6 +2.6 Employees 31.0 32.9-1.9 30.3 +0.7 Private Sector Employees 26.4 27.1-0.7 25.1 +1.3 Public Sector Employees 4.6 5.7-1.1 5.1-0.5 Self-Employed 2.8 2.7 +0.1 3.6-0.8 Métis Employed 61.7 60.8 +0.9 59.2 +2.5 Full-Time Employment 55.5 53.6 +1.9 50.9 +4.6 Part-Time Employment 6.2 7.2-1.0 8.3-2.1 Unemployed 4.7 5.5-0.8 5.5-0.8 Employees 52.8 52.2 +0.6 54.1-1.3 Private Sector Employees 43.0 41.8 +1.2 44.2-1.2 Public Sector Employees 9.8 10.4-0.6 10.0-0.2 Self-Employed 8.9 8.6 +0.3 5.1 +3.8, Labour Force Survey Page 3 of 10
Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Unemployment Rates by Age and Gender All (Ages 15+) 10.2% 10.7% -0.5 8.8% +1.4 Men 9.2% 11.3% -2.1 6.5% +2.7 Women 11.4% 10.0% +1.4 11.4% 0.0 First Nations 15.4% 14.6% +0.8 9.6% +5.8 Men 13.6% 14.5% -0.9 8.4% -0.9 Women 17.4% 14.7% +2.7 11.2% +6.2 Métis 7.1% 8.3% -1.2 8.5% -1.4 Men 6.3% 9.2% -2.9 5.4% +0.9 Women 8.0% 7.4% +0.6 11.7% -3.7 Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Employment Rates by Age and Gender Youth (Ages 15-24) 61.0% 58.6% +2.4 60.8% +0.2 Men 62.3% 59.1% +3.2 70.0% -7.7 Women 59.4% 58.1% +1.3 52.3% +7.1 First Nations 56.3% 56.5% -0.2 54.4% +1.9 Métis 64.3% 59.7% +4.6 64.7% -0.4 Adults (Ages 25+) 64.4% 66.3% -0.9 67.0% -2.6 Men 72.6% 73.0% -0.4 75.7% -3.1 Women 57.2% 60.3% -3.1 58.8% -1.6 First Nations 58.4% 62.5% -4.1 62.0% -3.6 Métis 68.3% 68.9% -0.6 70.1% -1.8, Labour Force Survey Page 4 of 10
Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Working Age Population by Age and Gender All (Ages 15+) 151.6 151.1 +0.5 146.1 +5.5 Men 73.6 73.4 +0.2 70.7 +2.9 Women 78.0 77.7 +0.3 75.4 +2.6 First Nations 58.2 58.1 +0.1 56.2 +2.0 Men 27.3 27.2 +0.1 26.1 +1.2 Women 30.9 30.8 +0.1 30.0 +0.9 Métis 91.6 91.2 +0.4 86.3 +5.3 Men 46.1 45.7 +0.4 42.1 +4.0 Women 45.5 45.5 0.0 44.1 +1.4 Youth (Ages 15-24) 35.5 34.8 +0.7 37.3-1.8 Men 19.6 18.5 +1.1 17.9 +1.7 Women 15.9 16.3-0.4 19.4-3.5 First Nations 12.5 11.9 +0.6 13.2-0.7 Men 7.0 6.4 +0.6 6.3 +0.7 Women 5.5 5.5 0.0 7.0-1.5 Métis 22.5 22.4 +0.1 23.0-0.5 Men 12.5 12.0 +0.5 10.9 +1.6 Women 10.0 10.4-0.4 12.1-2.1 Adults (Ages 25+) 116.1 116.3-0.2 108.8 +7.3 Men 54.0 54.9-0.9 52.8 +1.2 Women 62.1 61.4 +0.7 56.0 +6.1 First Nations 45.7 46.1-0.4 42.9 +2.8 Men 20.3 20.8-0.5 19.9 +0.4 Women 25.4 25.4 0.0 23.1 +2.3 Métis 69.1 68.9 +0.2 63.3 +5.8 Men 33.6 33.7-0.1 31.3 +2.3 Women 35.5 35.2 +0.3 32.0 +3.5, Labour Force Survey Page 5 of 10
Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Employment Rates by Gender 63.6% 64.5% -0.9 65.4% -1.8 Men 69.9% 69.5% +0.4 74.3% -4.4 Women 57.7% 59.8% -2.1 57.1% +0.6 First Nations 58.0% 61.3% -3.3 60.2% -2.2 Men 66.7% 69.8% -3.1 72.9% -6.2 Women 50.3% 53.8% -3.5 49.2% +1.1 Métis 67.3% 66.6% +0.7 68.7% -1.4 Men 71.8% 69.2% +2.6 74.1% -2.3 Women 62.8% 64.1% -1.3 63.5% -0.7 Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Employment Rates by Gender,, Labour Force Survey Page 6 of 10
Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Participation Rates by Gender 70.8% 72.3% -1.5 71.8% -1.0 Men 77.0% 78.4% -1.4 79.5% -2.5 Women 65.1% 66.5% -1.4 64.5% +0.6 First Nations 68.5% 71.8% -3.3 66.6% +1.9 Men 77.3% 81.7% -4.4 79.6% -2.3 Women 60.8% 63.0% -2.2 55.4% +5.4 Métis 72.5% 72.7% -0.2 75.0% -2.5 Men 76.7% 76.2% +0.5 78.3% -1.6 Women 68.3% 69.2% -0.9 71.9% -3.6 Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Participation Rates by Gender,, Labour Force Survey Page 7 of 10
Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Employment Alberta Economic Regions Employment (000s) Edmonton Calgary Rest Of Alberta 39.4 15.0 41.9 40.3 14.5 42.7 37.3 18.2 40.1 First Nations Employment (000s) Edmonton Calgary Rest Of Alberta 14.7 5.3 13.7 14.2 5.9 15.5 13.5 5.5 14.8 Métis Employment (000s) Edmonton Calgary Rest Of Alberta 24.7 9.2 27.8 26.1 7.9 26.8 22.8 11.8 24.6 Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Unemployment Rates Alberta Economic Regions Unemployment Rate Edmonton Calgary Rest of Alberta 8.8% n/a 9.9% 8.4% n/a 11.0% 6.2% n/a 11.9%, Labour Force Survey Page 8 of 10
Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Employment by Industry All Industries 96.4 97.5-1.1 95.6 +0.8 Goods-Producing Sector 32.1 30.9 +1.2 29.0 +3.1 Agriculture n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 Forestry, Fishing, Mining, Oil and Gas 9.8 8.3 +1.5 9.5 +0.3 Utilities n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 Construction 16.6 16.3 +0.3 13.5 +3.1 Manufacturing 4.0 4.6-0.6 5.1-1.1 Services-Producing Sector 64.3 66.6-2.3 66.6-2.3 Retail and Wholesale Trade 12.6 11.8 +0.8 14.9-2.3 Transportation and Warehousing 4.2 5.2-1.0 6.0-1.8 Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Leasing 4.6 4.5 +0.1 3.7 +0.9 Professional, Scientific and Technical Services 1.9 2.3-0.4 3.2-1.3 Management, Administrative and Other Support 5.0 6.0-1.0 3.6 +1.4 Educational Services 4.5 5.4-0.9 4.8-0.3 Health Care and Social Assistance 8.5 8.6-0.1 9.5-1.0 Information, Culture and Recreation 4.2 3.9 +0.3 3.5 +0.7 Accommodation and Food Services 8.1 7.2 +0.9 7.6 +0.5 Other Services 6.5 6.7-0.2 3.8 +2.7 Public Administration 4.3 4.9-0.6 6.0-1.7 Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve Employment by Occupation All Occupations 96.4 97.5-1.1 95.6 +0.8 Management Occupations 6.9 5.8 +1.1 5.2 +1.7 Business, Finance and Administrative Occupations 17.0 19.2-2.2 14.9 +2.1 Natural and Applied Sciences and Related Occupations 4.0 3.9 +0.1 3.7 +0.3 Health Occupations 3.2 3.1 +0.1 3.9-0.7 Social Science, Education, Government and Religion 7.3 7.8-0.5 8.1-0.8 Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport 1.6 1.8-0.2 1.6 0.0 Sales and Service Occupations 22.6 22.5 +0.1 24.1-1.5 Trades, Transportation, Operators and Related 25.0 24.5 +0.5 27.8-2.8 Occupations Unique to Primary Industry 6.9 6.7 +0.2 5.4 +1.5 Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities 2.0 2.2-0.2 0.9 +1.1, Labour Force Survey "n/a" is reported in instances of insufficient response Page 9 of 10
Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve (ages 15-64) Labour Force by Educational Attainment Some post-secondary education or less 53.6 52.1 +1.5 47.0 +6.6 Completed post-secondary education 50.3 50.9-0.6 51.4-1.1 First Nations Some post-secondary education or less 20.8 20.8 0.0 16.6 +4.2 Completed post-secondary education 17.6 17.7-0.1 18.7-1.1 Métis Some post-secondary education or less 32.3 31.0 +1.3 28.2 +4.1 Completed post-secondary education 32.1 32.5-0.4 32.3-0.2 Alberta Aboriginal People Off-Reserve (ages 15-64) Employment Rates by Educational Attainment Some post-secondary education or less 60.9% 63.9% -3.0 57.6% +3.3 Completed post-secondary education 76.7% 77.1% -0.4 83.8% -7.1 First Nations Some post-secondary education or less 52.1% 56.7% -4.6 50.5% +1.6 Completed post-secondary education 76.1% 77.1% -1.0 80.7% -4.6 Métis Some post-secondary education or less 67.8% 69.3% -1.5 61.6% +6.2 Completed post-secondary education 76.7% 76.7% 0.0 85.4% -8.7 Data in these tables are for people ages 15-64 who are no longer in school (non-students). Page 10 of 10