LMI Dashboard – Q3 2023 Update
- The workforce in May 2023 was unchanged from May 2022 (North Shore).
- Employment was up 2% year over year (+1,000).
- The unemployment rate dropped again to 6.5%.
- 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 dipped (down 900 year over year).
- Construction employment was down 24% (-1,600 in May).
- The number of EI claimants dropped 22% in April vs. April 2022.
- Immigration is off to a strong start in 2023 (200 PR admissions between Jan-April).
- The number of job vacancies in the North Shore economic region was 2% higher in Q1 2023 compared to a year earlier).
- At 4.9%, the job vacancy rate is double the level pre-pandemic.
- Sales and service jobs and trades-related jobs are the most in-demand.
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DownloadNatural Population Changes by Year
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 17-10-0084-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Labour Force- North Shore, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0293-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Unemployment Rate- North Shore, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0293-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Employment- North Shore, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0293-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Employment by Industry (000's)- North Shore, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0091-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Jobs on Offer by Occupation
Source: Federal Job Bank. For Colchester County.
Last Updated: January 2021
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Employment Insurance Recipients
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0323-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Job Vacancies- North Shore, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0325-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Job Vacancy Rate- North Shore, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0325-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Average Offered Hourly Rate- North Shore, NS
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0325-01.
Last Updated: July 2023
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Top 5 Occupations by Need- North Shore, NS
Source: Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0325-02. For North Shore Economic Region.
Last Updated: July 2023
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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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K12 School Enrolment
Source: Government of Nova Scotia. For Colchester County.
Last Updated: October 2022
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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
- 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
- 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