Regional Labour Market Profiles

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Regional Labour Market Profiles

• NWT Bureau of Statistics
• January 31, 2006

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Brown Bag Series 2006-07

• This is fourth in a series of analytical
  presentations that will be undertaken in 2006-07
  by the Bureau of Statistics on behalf of ECE. The
  planned topics are
• Labour Supply in the NWT
• Employment income patterns
• Barriers to labour market entry
• Regional Labour Market Profiles
• Forecast occupation demand
• A profile of older workers in the NWT
• Current and past presentations are available on
  the Bureau of Statistics website at
  www.stats.gov.nt.ca

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Presentation Outline

• Regional Labour Market Profiles
• Demographics
• Education
• Labour Force Characteristics
• Employment Type and Patterns
• Conclusions

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Demographics
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Regions
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Percent of All Persons, 2005

• 46 of NWT residents live within the Yellowknife
  Area.

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Percent of Persons by Age, 2005
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Percent of Persons by Ethnicity, 2005
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Education
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Educational Attainment, 2004

• The majority of the South Slave and Yellowknife
  Areas have high school or greater while the
  opposite can be said for the Tlicho Area.

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Detailed Educational Attainment, 2004

• The pattern of higher education is the same
  across the regions with the Yellowknife Area
  having the highest proportion of university
  degrees at 25 of the population 15 and over.
• 37 of the South Slave population 15 and over
  have diplomas or other certificates. The
  Certificates diplomas include everything from
  accounting designations to two-week certificates.

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Percent of Persons with High School or Greater,
1989 and 2004
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Labour Force Characteristics
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Percent of Persons by Labour Force
Characteristics, 2004
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Employment Rate by Region, 2004

• The overall employment rate for the NWT stood at
  67.8 in 2004, ranging from 37.3 in the Tlicho
  to 79.8 in the Yellowknife Area.

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Historical Employment Rates, 1989 to 2004

• Employment rates across all regions have
  increased over time with the exception of the
  Yellowknife Area where the rate remains steady.
  From 1989 to 2004, the employment rate in the
  Tlicho increased from 26.6 to 37.3.

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Employment Rate by Highest Level of Schooling,
2004
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Employment Rate by Ethnicity, 2004

• The employment rate for aboriginal persons is
  consistently lower across all regions compared to
  the rate for non-aboriginal persons.

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Employment Rate for those with High School or
Greater by Ethnicity, 2004

• The gap in employment rates narrows significantly
  between aboriginal and non-aboriginal persons who
  have high school or greater.

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Employment Rates by Gender, 2004

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Total Labour Supply, 2004

• More than 5,000 individuals make up total labour
  supply
• 72.8 of these live outside of the Yellowknife
  Area
• Just over half the total labour supply would like
  a job, but are not actively looking

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Percent of Labour Supply by Gender, 2004

• Outside the Yellowknife Area, there are more men
  than women in the labour supply
• Women only account for 40 of the Dehcho labour
  supply

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Labour Supply by Highest Level of Schooling, 2004

• In most regions, a large portion of the labour
  supply is comprised by those with less than high
  school education

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Percent Labour Supply Willing to do Rotational
Work, 2004

• Large portion of the labour supply are willing to
  due rotational work.

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Employment Type and Patterns
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Percent of Employed Who Worked 26 Weeks or More,
1999 2003

• Most regions have experienced an increase
• Tlicho rate has doubled closing the gap with
  other regions - impacts of diamond mines.

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Percent Employed by Selected Industries, 2004

• Employment by industry can vary across regions.
• Largest industry employer in Tlicho is Mine, Oil
  Gas Construction

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Skill Level of Work, 2004

• In general, most work involves a high or medium
  level of skill
• A higher portion of work in Tlicho involves a low
  skill level

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Average Employment Income by Region, 2004

NWT

• Areas with higher skilled jobs appear to have
  higher income levels

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Further Information

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