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Labour Market Indicators and Trends Stephenville-Port aux Basques Region Strengthening Partnerships in the Labour Market Initiative Report #6 Winter 2007 Labour Market Development Division Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment The Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment gratefully acknowledges financial support in the preparation of this report from the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Labour Market Development Agreement. For more information or additional copies of this document, please contact: Labour Market Development Division Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment P.O. Box 8700 West Block, Confederation Building St. John’s, NL A1B 4J6 Telephone: (709) 729-2866 Fax: (709) 729-5560 Email to: [email protected] Or download a copy at: www.hrle.gov.nl.ca/hrle/publications/list.htm Readers should note that the text in the PDF version of this document may differ slightly from the printed version. Labour Market Indicators and Trends: Market Indicators and Trends: Labour Labour Market Indicators and Trends Stephenville-Port aux Basques Region Strengthening Partnerships in the Labour Market Initiative aux Basques Region Stephenville-Port Report #6 Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment Winter 2007 Labour Market Indicators and Trends: Stephenville-Port aux Basques Region Table of Contents TABle OF CONteNTS LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES .................................................................................................................. III Labour Market Indicators and Trends: Market Indicators and Trends: Labour 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Purpose of the Report ..................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Background ..................................................................................................................................................2 1.3 Regions ........................................................................................................................................................3 1.4 Overview of the Report ................................................................................................................................4 2.0 LABOUR MARKET LANDSCAPE: AN OVERVIEW ...................................................................................... 7 2.1 Provincial Labour Market Landscape ...........................................................................................................7 2.2 Regional Labour Market Landscape ...........................................................................................................11 3.0 INDICATORS AND TRENDS IN THE LABOUR SUPPLY ............................................................................... 17 3.1 Labour Force ...............................................................................................................................................18 aux Basques Region Stephenville-Port 3.2 Commuting Trends and Workflow Areas .....................................................................................................21 3.3 Working Age Population ..............................................................................................................................26 3.4 Migration .....................................................................................................................................................29 3.5 Immigration .................................................................................................................................................39 3.6 Aging Workforce ..........................................................................................................................................40 3.7 Education and the Labour Supply ...............................................................................................................42 3.8 Future Labour Supply .................................................................................................................................45 3.9 Those Not in the Labour Force and Under-Represented Groups ...............................................................46 4.0 INDICATORS AND TRENDS IN LABOUR DEMAND .................................................................................... 57 4.1 Industry Employment ..................................................................................................................................58 4.2 Employment by Occupation ........................................................................................................................61 4.3 Employment and Education ........................................................................................................................63 4.4 Firms ...........................................................................................................................................................64 4.5 Other Considerations for Labour Demand ..................................................................................................65 i Table of Contents 5.0 LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES........................................................................................................... 67 5.1 Employment ................................................................................................................................................67 5.2 Participation ................................................................................................................................................71 5.3 Unemployment ............................................................................................................................................71 5.4 Part-Year Work ............................................................................................................................................72 5.5 Income, Wages and Non-Wage Benefits ....................................................................................................74 6.0 NEXT STEPS ................................................................................................................................. 79 ENDNOTES ............................................................................................................................................ 80 GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................................ 85 APPENDIX A: PROVINCIAL GEOGRAPHIES ................................................................................................... 93 Stephenville-Port aux Basques Region Stephenville-Port APPENDIX B: LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION SOURCES ............................................................................... 99 APPENDIX C: FIGURES FOR THE SOUTH COAST-BURIN PENINSULA LABOUR FORCE SURVEY CONOMIC EGION 102 E R ............................................................................................................. Labour Market Indicators and Trends: Market Indicators and Trends: Labour ii List of Figures and Tables LIST OF FiGUreS AND TABleS Figure 1: Communities Within the Region........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Table 1: Distribution of Communities Where People Live by Size, 2004 ........................................................................................................ 11 Figure 2: Proportion of People Living in Communities with Over 5,000 People, 2004 ................................................................................. 12 Market Indicators and Trends: Labour Figure 3: Proportion of People Living in Communities with Less Than 500 People, 2004 ........................................................................... 12 Table 2: Summary Labour Market Indicators for Region, NL and Canada .................................................................................................... 15 Figure 4: Labour Force by Gender, NL, 1976 to 2005 (Annual Average) ........................................................................................................ 19 Figure 5: Labour Force, LFS Economic Region, 1987 to 2005 (Annual Average) ........................................................................................... 19 Figure 6: Labour Force Location, Canada and Atlantic Provinces, 2005 ......................................................................................................... 20 Figure 7: Labour Force Location, Economic Regions, NL, 2005 ........................................................................................................................ 20 Figure 8: Proportion of People Who Live and Work in Different Communities, NL and Regions, 2001 ................................................... 21 Table 3: Average Distance Travelled for Work by People Who Worked Outside Their Community of Residence, 2001 ....................... 21 Figures 9A & 9B: Workflow Areas in Region, 2001 ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Table 4: Population Within Commuting Distance of Selected Workflow Areas in Region, 2004 ...............................................................