LMI Dashboard – Q3 2023 Update
- The size of the workforce in May 2023 was down 9% from May 2022.
- Employment was down 5% year over year (-2,600).
- The unemployment rate dropped again to 11.5%.
- Tourism-related employment in May was still not back to pre-pandemic levels.
- Public sector employment is up 11% year-over-year in May (+2,200).
- Manufacturing employment continued to be weak (-800 in May versus last year).
- Construction employment was up 8% (+300 in May).
- Personal and professional services employment was up 13% (not back to pre-pandemic).
- The number of EI claimants dropped 18% in April vs. April 2022.
- Immigration is off to a strong start in 2023 (290 PR admissions between Jan-April).
- The number of job vacancies was 13% lower in Q1 2023 compared to a year earlier) – still double the pre-pandemic level.
- Sales and service jobs and health-related jobs are the most in-demand.
K12 School Enrolment
Source: Government of Nova Scotia. For Cape Breton Regional Enterprise Network
Last Updated: October 2022
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Natural Population Changes by Year
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 17-10-0084-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Employment Insurance Recipients
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0323-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Employment by Industry (000's)- Cape Breton, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0091-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Unemployment Rate- Cape Breton, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0293-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Employment- Cape Breton, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0293-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Labour Force- Cape Breton, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0293-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Average Offered Hourly Rate- Cape Breton, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0325-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Job Vacancies- Cape Breton, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0325-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Top 5 Occupations by Need- Cape Breton, NS
Source: Statistics Canada for Victoria, Richmond, Inverness & Cape Breton counties
Last Updated: July 2023
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Job Vacancy Rate- Cape Breton, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0325-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Jobs on Offer
Source: Statistics Canada for Victoria, Richmond, Inverness & Cape Breton counties
Last Updated: January 2021
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Top 10 Job Postings by Occupational Group
Source: Statistics Canada for Victoria, Richmond, Inverness & Cape Breton counties
Last Updated: July 2023
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Net Interprovincial Migration
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 17-10-0140-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Net Intraprovincial Migration
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 17-10-0140-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Temporary Foreign workers
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Last Updated: July 2023
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Workforce Related Media
- New Pilot Program for Continuing Care professionals - Jun 23
- NS government invests in public transportation acrosss province - Jun 23
- Ottawa, Nova Scotia at odds over $4.5B for Atlantic Loop - Jun 23
- Police union ringing alarm bells over staffing in CBRM - Jun 23
- Nova Scotia considering offshore wind opportunities - Jun 23
- Agreement improves mobility of tradespeople within Atlantic Canada - Jun 23
- Province Invests in Training More Nurses - May 23
- Nova Scotia jails facing lack of workers - May 23
- Nova Scotia nursing college sees influx of applicants after fast-tracking licensing - May 23
- New nursing program at Acadia University, more NSCC seats - May 23
- New Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership Expands Funding for Farmers - May 23
- Staff shortages at Nova Scotia jails prompt Charter challenges by inmates - May 23
- Kelp farming an untapped market in N.S. - May 23
- New Child-Care Spaces in Cape Breton - May 23
- Three Mi'kmaw First Nations expand into livelihood fisheries - May 23
- Nova Scotia provides housing to attract workers - May 23
- Province Training more Medical Laboratory Technologists - Apr 23
- Nova Scotia faces shortage of 2,600 farm workers by 2029 - Apr 23
- Pharmacy staff shortage solution needed before expansion of N.S. primary care clinics - Apr 23
- Nova Scotia population pushes past one million - Apr 23
- Low prices could force out some snow crab harvesters - Apr 23