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Labour Force

Labour participation, employment and unemployment rates

Characteristic Haliburton 2006 (%)
Total Population, aged 15 & older 14,222
Labour force 7,489
Not in labour force 6,732
Employed 7,010
Unemployed 479
Participation rate % 53.0
Employment rate % 49.0
Unemployment rate % 6.4
Source: Manifold Data Mining Inc. Superdemographics 2006.
Last Updated: February 2008

Labour force by industry

Characteristic Haliburton 2006 Haliburton 2006 (%)
Total labour force 15 years and over by industry 7,489
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 180 2.4%
Mining and oil and gas extraction 14 0.2%
Utilities 61 0.8%
Construction 1,201 16.1%
Manufacturing 397 5.3%
Wholesale trade 139 1.9%
Retail trade 1,236 16.5%
Transportation and warehousing 221 3.0%
Information and cultural industries 96 1.3%
Finance and insurance 177 2.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing 179 2.4%
Professional, scientific and technical services 227 3.0%
Management of companies and enterprises 0 0.0%
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 295 3.9%
Educational services 400 5.4%
Health care and social assistance 726 9.7%
Arts, entertainment and recreation 305 4.1%
Accommodation and food services 808 10.8%
Other services (except public administration) 297 4.0%
Public administration 389 5.2%
Source: Manifold Data Mining Inc. Superdemographics 2006.
Last Updated: February 2008

Labour force by occupation

Characteristics Haliburton 2006 Haliburton 2006 (%)
Total labour force 7,489
Occupation - Not applicable 125
All occupations 7,364
A Management occupations 960 13.0%
A0 Senior management occupations 98 10.2%
A1 Specialist managers 111 11.6%
A2 Managers in retail trade, food and accommodation services 485 50.5%
A3 Other managers, n.e.c. 266 27.7%
B Business, finance and administration occupations 1,037 14.1%
B0 Professional occupations in business and finance 82 7.9%
B1 Finance and insurance administration occupations 115 11.1%
B2 Secretaries 273 26.3%
B3 Administrative and regulatory occupations 86 8.3%
B4 Clerical supervisors 39 3.8%
B5 Clerical occupations 442 42.6%
C Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 215 2.9%
C0 Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences 51 23.7%
C1 Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences 164 76.3%
D Health occupations 338 4.6%
D0 Professional occupations in health 43 12.7%
D1 Nurse supervisors and registered nurses 113 33.4%
D2 Technical and related occupations in health 114 33.7%
D3 Assisting occupations in support of health services 67 19.8%
E Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion 428 5.8%
E0 Judges, lawyers, psychologists, social workers, ministers of religion, and policy and program officers 93 21.7%
E1 Teachers and professors 250 58.4%
E2 Paralegals, social services workers and occupations in education and religion, n.e.c. 85 19.9%
F Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 144 2.0%
F0 Professional occupations in art and culture 50 34.7%
F1 Technical occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 94 65.3%
G Sales and service occupations 2,125 28.9%
G0 Sales and service supervisors 52 2.4%
G1 Wholesale, technical, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers 123 5.8%
G2 Retail salespersons and sales clerks 198 9.3%
G3 Cashiers 133 6.3%
G4 Chefs and cooks 116 5.5%
G5 Occupations in food and beverage service 171 8.0%
G6 Occupations in protective services 53 2.5%
G7 Occupations in travel and accommodation, including attendants in recreation and sport 18 0.8%
G8 Child care and home support workers 220 10.4%
G9 Sales and service occupations, n.e.c. 1,040 48.9%
H Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 1,561 21.2%
H0 Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation 93 6.0%
H1 Construction trades 524 33.6%
H2 Stationary engineers, power station operators and electrical trades and telecommunications occupations 104 6.7%
H3 Machinists, metal forming, shaping and erecting occupations 19 1.2%
H4 Mechanics 180 11.5%
H5 Other trades, n.e.c. 32 2.0%
H6 Heavy equipment and crane operators, including drillers 61 3.9%
H7 Transportation equipment operators and related workers, eTillsonburgcluding labourers 320 20.5%
H8 Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations 228 14.6%
I Occupations unique to primary industry 361 4.9%
I0 Occupations unique to agriculture, excluding labourers 69 19.1%
I1 Occupations unique to forestry operations, mining, oil and gas extraction and fishing, excluding labourers 125 34.6%
I2 Primary production labourers 166 46.0%
J Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 196 2.7%
J0 Supervisors in manufacturing 20 10.2%
J1 Machine operators in manufacturing 71 36.2%
J2 Assemblers in manufacturing 50 25.5%
J3 Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 54 27.6%
Source: Manifold Data Mining Inc. Superdemographics 2006. Feb. 2008