Nova ScotiaLabour1990–2025 · Annual
How did the employment rate for people aged 15 and over change in Nova Scotia?
The answer
Employment rate for people aged 15 and over increased in Nova Scotia.
What this answer shows
- Measure
- Employment rate for people aged 15 and over
- Area shown
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- 1990–2025Annual
- Unit
- Percent
Selected details
- Measure
- Employment rate
- Age group
- 15 years and over
Employment rate for people aged 15 and over rose from 55.3% to 57.3% between 1990 and 2025—an increase of 2 percentage points. It reached an observed high of 58.9% in 2008 before ending at 57.3% in 2025.
- Overall change
- +2 percentage points
- Increase
- Start · 1990
- 55.3%
- Latest · 2025
- 57.3%
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Employment rate for people aged 15 and over in Nova Scotia
Annual · 36 observations · 1990–2025
Selected period2025
- Employment rate for people aged 15 and over57.3%
- Observed high
- 58.9%2008
- Observed low
- 51.4%1993
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Exact values36 observations · 1990–2025
| Period | Employment rate for people aged 15 and over |
|---|---|
| 2025Latest | 57.3% |
| 2024 | 57.8% |
| 2023 | 57.6% |
| 2022 | 57.7% |
| 2021 | 57.1% |
| 2020 | 54.4% |
| 2019 | 57.3% |
| 2018 | 56.5% |
| 2017 | 56.3% |
| 2016 | 56.5% |
| 2015 | 57.1% |
| 2014 | 57.4% |
| 2013 | 58.2% |
| 2012 | 58.6% |
| 2011 | 58.5% |
| 2010 | 58.3% |
| 2009 | 58.4% |
| 2008 | 58.9% |
| 2007 | 58.3% |
| 2006 | 57.6% |
| 2005 | 58.1% |
| 2004 | 58.3% |
| 2003 | 57.3% |
| 2002 | 56.5% |
| 2001 | 56% |
| 2000 | 55.7% |
| 1999 | 54.9% |
| 1998 | 54.2% |
| 1997 | 52.5% |
| 1996 | 52% |
| 1995 | 52.2% |
| 1994 | 52% |
| 1993 | 51.4% |
| 1992 | 52.1% |
| 1991 | 54.1% |
| 1990 | 55.3% |
About this data
Data shown through 2025Table updated
These are the selections used for this answer. The full Statistics Canada table (14-10-0020-01) contains other measures and breakdowns.