More people were employed in Yukon
There were 600 more people working in the Yukon last month over a year earlier.
There were 600 more people working in the Yukon last month over a year earlier.
The Yukon Bureau of Statistics released the most recent labour stats last Friday.
They show that 20,900 people worked in the territory in November. That’s up three per cent over November 2015, when 20,300 were employed.
Nationally, employment rose one per cent between November 2015 and November 2016.
On a month-to-month basis, it’s an increase of 100 over October’s figures.
The total labour force for November was 22,000.
“This is an increase of 800, or 3.8 per cent compared to November 2015 and (a decrease) of 200, or 0.9 per cent compared to October 2016,” it was noted in a statement.
That left a total of 1,100 unemployed in the Yukon last month, an increase of 100 or 10 per cent compared to November 2015.
On a monthly basis though, unemployment was down by 100 compared to October, taking the unemployment rate from 5.4 per cent to five per cent.
“Yukon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November was five per cent,” the bureau stated. “This is an increase of 0.3 percentage points compared to the November 2015 rate of 4.7 per cent.”
Meanwhile, nationally in November, unemployment was at 6.8 per cent, just 0.2 percentage points down from the year before when it was seven per cent.
Comments (10)
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Luigi Petrevello on Dec 12, 2016 at 8:09 pm
This is a result of your Liberal government getting things happening.
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Groucho d'North on Dec 12, 2016 at 11:45 am
As we prepare for a new inflationary tax from our sensitive and compassionate federal government, they could not do a better job of increasing the national homeless count if they tried. Trudeau would rather make life better for others in distant lands instead.
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canon2000 on Dec 12, 2016 at 9:26 am
I wonder how many where immigrants vs locals - even the placer claims are mostly not from the Yukon..... just a few are Yukoners.
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Stu Winter on Dec 10, 2016 at 5:48 pm
I overheard 2 well dressed and articulate young people who were planning to visit the food bank.
The living poor are here in abundance. Many of the retail jobs pay poorly. There are good paying jobs and there are not good paying jobs- these are hand to mouth jobs which do not pay enough for healthy living in Whitehorse which is very expensive to live in.
Many businesses can afford to pay a little better. Many of these businesses belong to the Chamber of Commerce. Think about it- pay a reliable employee a little more, let them assume more responsibility and be more invested in higher performance etc.
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Pliable Stats on Dec 10, 2016 at 4:16 pm
Some further reading for those inclined:
Labour Force Survey, November 2016
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161202/dq161202a-eng.htm
Yukon Monthly Statistical Review
November 2016
http://www.eco.gov.yk.ca/stats/pdf/mr_nov2016.pdf
Yukon Employment
November 2016
http://www.eco.gov.yk.ca/stats/pdf/employment_nov16.pdf
May answer some or none of the questions; puts things into a little more perspective though, maybe.
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ProScience Greenie on Dec 9, 2016 at 3:19 pm
It sure would be interesting to see those numbers Mj. Also interesting to see at this point in time how the massive tfw programs relates to the various pan-political Yukon old boys and girls power networks in both the private and public sectors. A tangled web of people and money perhaps? A relatively simple project for a neutral investigative journalist to work on in this very transparent territory.
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More info on Dec 9, 2016 at 1:19 pm
I would like to know how many are still working after the holiday season.
As well, I would like to know how many are on assisted living. I only wonder because I know enough people who are perfectly capable of getting a job but don't because SA pays for their housing and expenses and quite frankly I get frustrated at the system. (I applaud those on SA who DO go to work and use it only to make ends meet.)
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Mj on Dec 9, 2016 at 8:40 am
How many of those were tfw?
It would be interesting to see how many unemployed people there are vs tfw in the Yukon.
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Yukon Dsl on Dec 8, 2016 at 5:43 pm
Sounds good, but I wonder how many of the 600 were public sector and how many private sector.
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ProScience Greenie on Dec 8, 2016 at 4:06 pm
Do you want fries with that?