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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  January 2009 February 2009 January to February 2009 February 2008 to February 2009 January to February 2009 February 2008 to February 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 427.8 427.9 0.1 2.7 0.0 0.6
Labour force 252.2 253.3 1.1 -2.5 0.4 -1.0
Employment 216.2 215.0 -1.2 -7.5 -0.6 -3.4
Full-time 186.6 183.6 -3.0 -5.0 -1.6 -2.7
Part-time 29.6 31.4 1.8 -2.5 6.1 -7.4
Unemployment 36.0 38.3 2.3 5.0 6.4 15.0
Participation rate 59.0 59.2 0.2 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.3 15.1 0.8 2.1 ... ...
Employment rate 50.5 50.2 -0.3 -2.1 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 115.3 115.3 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.2
Labour force 77.5 78.2 0.7 -0.2 0.9 -0.3
Employment 68.3 68.6 0.3 -2.0 0.4 -2.8
Full-time 57.4 58.3 0.9 -1.5 1.6 -2.5
Part-time 10.9 10.3 -0.6 -0.5 -5.5 -4.6
Unemployment 9.2 9.6 0.4 1.8 4.3 23.1
Participation rate 67.2 67.8 0.6 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.9 12.3 0.4 2.4 ... ...
Employment rate 59.2 59.5 0.3 -2.5 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 770.9 771.4 0.5 4.8 0.1 0.6
Labour force 497.8 500.4 2.6 13.7 0.5 2.8
Employment 454.1 456.4 2.3 7.0 0.5 1.6
Full-time 370.7 372.3 1.6 6.4 0.4 1.7
Part-time 83.4 84.1 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8
Unemployment 43.7 44.0 0.3 6.7 0.7 18.0
Participation rate 64.6 64.9 0.3 1.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 8.8 0.0 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 58.9 59.2 0.3 0.6 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 620.0 620.4 0.4 4.3 0.1 0.7
Labour force 403.4 400.6 -2.8 -0.1 -0.7 0.0
Employment 368.2 365.3 -2.9 -2.3 -0.8 -0.6
Full-time 309.2 310.6 1.4 -1.9 0.5 -0.6
Part-time 58.9 54.6 -4.3 -0.5 -7.3 -0.9
Unemployment 35.2 35.4 0.2 2.3 0.6 6.9
Participation rate 65.1 64.6 -0.5 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 8.8 0.1 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 59.4 58.9 -0.5 -0.8 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,405.0 6,411.2 6.2 62.3 0.1 1.0
Labour force 4,181.9 4,169.3 -12.6 -17.7 -0.3 -0.4
Employment 3,858.5 3,840.1 -18.4 -52.9 -0.5 -1.4
Full-time 3,142.7 3,114.2 -28.5 -70.4 -0.9 -2.2
Part-time 715.8 725.9 10.1 17.6 1.4 2.5
Unemployment 323.4 329.2 5.8 35.1 1.8 11.9
Participation rate 65.3 65.0 -0.3 -0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 7.9 0.2 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 60.2 59.9 -0.3 -1.4 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.