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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  January 2010 February 2010 January to February 2010 February 2009 to February 2010 January to February 2010 February 2009 to February 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 430.8 431.0 0.2 3.1 0.0 0.7
Labour force 256.8 257.3 0.5 3.7 0.2 1.5
Employment 218.6 219.6 1.0 5.2 0.5 2.4
Full-time 187.2 188.8 1.6 4.7 0.9 2.6
Part-time 31.4 30.8 -0.6 0.5 -1.9 1.7
Unemployment 38.2 37.7 -0.5 -1.5 -1.3 -3.8
Participation rate 59.6 59.7 0.1 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.9 14.7 -0.2 -0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 50.7 51.0 0.3 0.9 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 116.4 116.6 0.2 1.3 0.2 1.1
Labour force 79.6 80.3 0.7 1.9 0.9 2.4
Employment 71.7 72.2 0.5 3.5 0.7 5.1
Full-time 57.9 58.6 0.7 0.5 1.2 0.9
Part-time 13.8 13.6 -0.2 3.0 -1.4 28.3
Unemployment 7.9 8.2 0.3 -1.5 3.8 -15.5
Participation rate 68.4 68.9 0.5 0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.9 10.2 0.3 -2.2 ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 61.9 0.3 2.3 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 774.8 775.0 0.2 3.6 0.0 0.5
Labour force 495.8 497.6 1.8 -3.6 0.4 -0.7
Employment 447.0 451.2 4.2 -4.9 0.9 -1.1
Full-time 360.7 367.3 6.6 -4.7 1.8 -1.3
Part-time 86.3 83.8 -2.5 -0.3 -2.9 -0.4
Unemployment 48.8 46.5 -2.3 1.4 -4.7 3.1
Participation rate 64.0 64.2 0.2 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.8 9.3 -0.5 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 57.7 58.2 0.5 -0.9 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 622.9 623.2 0.3 2.8 0.0 0.5
Labour force 401.7 402.6 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.1
Employment 364.5 365.9 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.1
Full-time 310.4 310.2 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1 -0.2
Part-time 54.1 55.8 1.7 1.1 3.1 2.0
Unemployment 37.2 36.7 -0.5 0.3 -1.3 0.8
Participation rate 64.5 64.6 0.1 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.3 9.1 -0.2 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 58.5 58.7 0.2 -0.2 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6478.4 6484.9 6.5 73.7 0.1 1.1
Labour force 4199.8 4212.7 12.9 37.9 0.3 0.9
Employment 3864.6 3873.3 8.7 37.3 0.2 1.0
Full-time 3122.9 3137.5 14.6 36.8 0.5 1.2
Part-time 741.6 735.8 -5.8 0.5 -0.8 0.1
Unemployment 335.3 339.4 4.1 0.5 1.2 0.1
Participation rate 64.8 65.0 0.2 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 8.1 0.1 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 59.7 59.7 0.0 -0.1 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.