ANNUAL LABOUR MARKET REVIEW
Saskatchewan is in a “jobless boom” in the sense that employment grew by only 0.3% in 2011 in spite of a host of good economic indicators on other fronts. Some notable facts about the Saskatchewan labour market in 2011 are as follows.
- The 0.3% increase was the 3rd lowest among the provinces.
- The population is growing more quickly than employment but there has been no increase in unemployment. Instead, the increase was among those “out of the labour market”.
- Full-time employment is growing more quickly than part-time employment so the actual hours worked increased by 1.5% in 2011.
- There is an above-average increase in employment among men, lone parents, Aboriginal people, recent immigrants, and older workers.
- Regina and the northern half of the province are the only two regions showing employment growth in 2011.
- The fastest growing industry groups were public administration (aka government) and the crown utilities. The biggest drop was in manufacturing.
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