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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  April 2010 May 2010 April to May 2010 May 2009 to May 2010 April to May 2010 May 2009 to May 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 431.5 431.6 0.1 3.4 0.0 0.8
Labour force 258.1 263.1 5.0 12.1 1.9 4.8
Employment 219.3 226.9 7.6 13.8 3.5 6.5
Full-time 187.3 193.8 6.5 10.3 3.5 5.6
Part-time 32.0 33.1 1.1 3.5 3.4 11.8
Unemployment 38.8 36.2 -2.6 -1.7 -6.7 -4.5
Participation rate 59.8 61.0 1.2 2.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.0 13.8 -1.2 -1.3 ... ...
Employment rate 50.8 52.6 1.8 2.8 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 116.8 116.9 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.9
Labour force 80.2 79.2 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 0.3
Employment 72.6 70.7 -1.9 1.8 -2.6 2.6
Full-time 60.2 58.3 -1.9 0.4 -3.2 0.7
Part-time 12.3 12.5 0.2 1.5 1.6 13.6
Unemployment 7.6 8.5 0.9 -1.6 11.8 -15.8
Participation rate 68.7 67.8 -0.9 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.5 10.7 1.2 -2.1 ... ...
Employment rate 62.2 60.5 -1.7 1.0 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 775.3 775.3 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.4
Labour force 496.6 501.1 4.5 2.0 0.9 0.4
Employment 453.8 457.3 3.5 2.3 0.8 0.5
Full-time 368.5 371.3 2.8 -4.2 0.8 -1.1
Part-time 85.3 86.0 0.7 6.5 0.8 8.2
Unemployment 42.8 43.8 1.0 -0.2 2.3 -0.5
Participation rate 64.1 64.6 0.5 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.6 8.7 0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 58.5 59.0 0.5 0.1 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 623.5 623.8 0.3 2.7 0.0 0.4
Labour force 401.5 401.5 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.3
Employment 367.3 366.0 -1.3 0.1 -0.4 0.0
Full-time 316.0 314.0 -2.0 6.0 -0.6 1.9
Part-time 51.3 52.1 0.8 -5.8 1.6 -10.0
Unemployment 34.2 35.5 1.3 1.1 3.8 3.2
Participation rate 64.4 64.4 0.0 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 8.8 0.3 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 58.9 58.7 -0.2 -0.2 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6496.8 6502.5 5.7 76.0 0.1 1.2
Labour force 4252.2 4251.0 -1.2 17.0 0.0 0.4
Employment 3914.6 3909.3 -5.3 46.9 -0.1 1.2
Full-time 3154.7 3162.1 7.4 33.5 0.2 1.1
Part-time 760.0 747.2 -12.8 13.4 -1.7 1.8
Unemployment 337.6 341.7 4.1 -29.9 1.2 -8.0
Participation rate 65.5 65.4 -0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 8.0 0.1 -0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 60.3 60.1 -0.2 0.0 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.