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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  March 2010 April 2010 March to April 2010 April 2009 to April 2010 March to April 2010 April 2009 to April 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 431.2 431.5 0.3 3.4 0.1 0.8
Labour force 258.7 258.1 -0.6 6.2 -0.2 2.5
Employment 218.7 219.3 0.6 5.5 0.3 2.6
Full-time 187.0 187.3 0.3 3.0 0.2 1.6
Part-time 31.7 32.0 0.3 2.5 0.9 8.5
Unemployment 40.0 38.8 -1.2 0.7 -3.0 1.8
Participation rate 60.0 59.8 -0.2 1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.5 15.0 -0.5 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 50.7 50.8 0.1 0.9 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 116.8 116.8 0.0 1.3 0.0 1.1
Labour force 80.6 80.2 -0.4 1.6 -0.5 2.0
Employment 72.0 72.6 0.6 3.8 0.8 5.5
Full-time 59.2 60.2 1.0 2.5 1.7 4.3
Part-time 12.8 12.3 -0.5 1.3 -3.9 11.8
Unemployment 8.7 7.6 -1.1 -2.3 -12.6 -23.2
Participation rate 69.0 68.7 -0.3 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 9.5 -1.3 -3.1 ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 62.2 0.6 2.6 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 775.1 775.3 0.2 3.4 0.0 0.4
Labour force 494.9 496.6 1.7 1.5 0.3 0.3
Employment 452.7 453.8 1.1 4.4 0.2 1.0
Full-time 371.3 368.5 -2.8 1.0 -0.8 0.3
Part-time 81.4 85.3 3.9 3.4 4.8 4.2
Unemployment 42.2 42.8 0.6 -2.9 1.4 -6.3
Participation rate 63.8 64.1 0.3 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 8.6 0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 58.4 58.5 0.1 0.3 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 623.3 623.5 0.2 2.6 0.0 0.4
Labour force 401.3 401.5 0.2 1.7 0.0 0.4
Employment 366.5 367.3 0.8 2.6 0.2 0.7
Full-time 314.7 316.0 1.3 9.4 0.4 3.1
Part-time 51.8 51.3 -0.5 -6.8 -1.0 -11.7
Unemployment 34.8 34.2 -0.6 -1.0 -1.7 -2.8
Participation rate 64.4 64.4 0.0 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 8.5 -0.2 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 58.8 58.9 0.1 0.2 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6490.6 6496.8 6.2 75.7 0.1 1.2
Labour force 4215.9 4252.2 36.3 39.1 0.9 0.9
Employment 3879.6 3914.6 35.0 60.2 0.9 1.6
Full-time 3141.5 3154.7 13.2 29.3 0.4 0.9
Part-time 738.2 760.0 21.8 31.0 3.0 4.3
Unemployment 336.3 337.6 1.3 -21.1 0.4 -5.9
Participation rate 65.0 65.5 0.5 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 7.9 -0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 59.8 60.3 0.5 0.3 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.