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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  March 2009 April 2009 March to April 2009 April 2008 to April 2009 March to April 2009 April 2008 to April 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 428.0 428.1 0.1 2.5 0.0 0.6
Labour force 254.3 251.0 -3.3 -5.9 -1.3 -2.3
Employment 217.0 214.2 -2.8 -8.8 -1.3 -3.9
Full-time 185.2 184.2 -1.0 -4.5 -0.5 -2.4
Part-time 31.8 30.0 -1.8 -4.3 -5.7 -12.5
Unemployment 37.3 36.8 -0.5 3.0 -1.3 8.9
Participation rate 59.4 58.6 -0.8 -1.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.7 14.7 0.0 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 50.7 50.0 -0.7 -2.4 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 115.4 115.5 0.1 1.5 0.1 1.3
Labour force 77.6 78.2 0.6 -1.1 0.8 -1.4
Employment 68.7 68.6 -0.1 -1.9 -0.1 -2.7
Full-time 58.4 57.7 -0.7 -1.9 -1.2 -3.2
Part-time 10.3 10.8 0.5 -0.1 4.9 -0.9
Unemployment 8.9 9.7 0.8 0.8 9.0 9.0
Participation rate 67.2 67.7 0.5 -1.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.5 12.4 0.9 1.2 ... ...
Employment rate 59.5 59.4 -0.1 -2.4 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 771.6 771.9 0.3 4.2 0.0 0.5
Labour force 497.7 495.0 -2.7 5.1 -0.5 1.0
Employment 453.4 449.3 -4.1 -3.0 -0.9 -0.7
Full-time 370.4 367.5 -2.9 -2.3 -0.8 -0.6
Part-time 82.9 81.8 -1.1 -0.6 -1.3 -0.7
Unemployment 44.3 45.7 1.4 8.0 3.2 21.2
Participation rate 64.5 64.1 -0.4 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 9.2 0.3 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 58.8 58.2 -0.6 -0.7 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 620.5 620.9 0.4 3.9 0.1 0.6
Labour force 403.1 399.9 -3.2 0.0 -0.8 0.0
Employment 364.7 364.3 -0.4 -1.9 -0.1 -0.5
Full-time 306.0 306.5 0.5 -1.7 0.2 -0.6
Part-time 58.7 57.8 -0.9 -0.2 -1.5 -0.3
Unemployment 38.4 35.6 -2.8 1.9 -7.3 5.6
Participation rate 65.0 64.4 -0.6 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.5 8.9 -0.6 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 58.8 58.7 -0.1 -0.7 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,416.1 6,421.1 5.0 62.2 0.1 1.0
Labour force 4,181.7 4,210.8 29.1 29.4 0.7 0.7
Employment 3,835.5 3,857.9 22.4 -9.8 0.6 -0.3
Full-time 3,110.2 3,131.1 20.9 -22.4 0.7 -0.7
Part-time 725.2 726.8 1.6 12.5 0.2 1.7
Unemployment 346.3 352.9 6.6 39.3 1.9 12.5
Participation rate 65.2 65.6 0.4 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 8.4 0.1 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 59.8 60.1 0.3 -0.7 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.