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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  August 2010 September 2010 August to September 2010 September 2009 to September 2010 August to September 2010 September 2009 to September 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 431.9 432.0 0.1 2.3 0.0 0.5
Labour force 259.9 263.8 3.9 7.4 1.5 2.9
Employment 223.4 228.3 4.9 11.4 2.2 5.3
Full-time 189.1 195.2 6.1 10.3 3.2 5.6
Part-time 34.2 33.1 -1.1 1.2 -3.2 3.8
Unemployment 36.5 35.5 -1.0 -4.1 -2.7 -10.4
Participation rate 60.2 61.1 0.9 1.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.0 13.5 -0.5 -1.9 ... ...
Employment rate 51.7 52.8 1.1 2.3 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 117.7 117.9 0.2 1.5 0.2 1.3
Labour force 81.1 80.8 -0.3 1.6 -0.4 2.0
Employment 72.0 69.8 -2.2 0.0 -3.1 0.0
Full-time 58.8 57.0 -1.8 -0.9 -3.1 -1.6
Part-time 13.2 12.7 -0.5 0.8 -3.8 6.7
Unemployment 9.1 11.0 1.9 1.6 20.9 17.0
Participation rate 68.9 68.5 -0.4 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.2 13.6 2.4 1.7 ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 59.2 -2.0 -0.8 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 776.8 777.2 0.4 3.9 0.1 0.5
Labour force 504.9 504.5 -0.4 5.3 -0.1 1.1
Employment 455.6 459.1 3.5 7.4 0.8 1.6
Full-time 365.6 368.8 3.2 -0.1 0.9 0.0
Part-time 90.0 90.3 0.3 7.5 0.3 9.1
Unemployment 49.3 45.5 -3.8 -2.0 -7.7 -4.2
Participation rate 65.0 64.9 -0.1 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.8 9.0 -0.8 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 58.7 59.1 0.4 0.7 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 625.2 625.5 0.3 3.3 0.0 0.5
Labour force 403.4 401.7 -1.7 1.2 -0.4 0.3
Employment 364.8 362.3 -2.5 -5.6 -0.7 -1.5
Full-time 308.0 305.5 -2.5 -5.0 -0.8 -1.6
Part-time 56.7 56.9 0.2 -0.5 0.4 -0.9
Unemployment 38.6 39.4 0.8 6.8 2.1 20.9
Participation rate 64.5 64.2 -0.3 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 9.8 0.2 1.7 ... ...
Employment rate 58.3 57.9 -0.4 -1.2 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6527.6 6533.4 5.8 81.5 0.1 1.3
Labour force 4288.2 4283.8 -4.4 86.7 -0.1 2.1
Employment 3938.2 3953.4 15.2 122.3 0.4 3.2
Full-time 3150.8 3191.8 41.0 72.5 1.3 2.3
Part-time 787.3 761.6 -25.7 49.7 -3.3 7.0
Unemployment 350.0 330.4 -19.6 -35.6 -5.6 -9.7
Participation rate 65.7 65.6 -0.1 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.2 7.7 -0.5 -1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 60.3 60.5 0.2 1.1 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.