Pictou County, NS - Lmi Dashboard

LMI Dashboard – Q4 2020 Update

The size of the North Shore labour force declined slightly in Nov. 2020 compared to last year.
Total employment in the North Shore region is down about 3,000 (-4%) in November over last year.
The unemployment rate dropped from 7.1% last year to only 5.9% in November 2020.
Primary industries, manufacturing and the public sector saw employment growth year over year.
But government support programs such as the CEWS are masking some weakness in the labour market
After CEWS was merged into the EI program, EI beneficiaries in Oct. 2020 were up 73% over last year.
There were 2,780 EI beneficiaries in Pictou County compared to 1,610 in the same month last year.
The number of permanent residents admitted to Pictou County dropped from 105 through Oct. last year to only 35 this year.
The number of job vacancies across the North Shore region has been rising in recent years (up 15% in Q1 2020).
The top occupations in demand are sales and service, manufacturing, food services, trades and health.
In Pictou County, the top job postings are for customer service clerks, computer programmers, nurses, college instructors and help desk agents.
In the media, rural broadband push means 97% coverage by 2022; Aqua Production Systems building new HQ and Trenton Park expanding.

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