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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  October 2010 November 2010 October to November 2010 November 2009 to November 2010 October to November 2010 November 2009 to November 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 432.0 432.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.4
Labour force 259.8 260.6 0.8 4.6 0.3 1.8
Employment 226.0 224.6 -1.4 8.9 -0.6 4.1
Full-time 194.2 192.6 -1.6 9.6 -0.8 5.2
Part-time 31.8 31.9 0.1 -0.8 0.3 -2.4
Unemployment 33.8 36.0 2.2 -4.3 6.5 -10.7
Participation rate 60.1 60.3 0.2 0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.0 13.8 0.8 -1.9 ... ...
Employment rate 52.3 52.0 -0.3 1.9 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 118.2 118.3 0.1 1.9 0.1 1.6
Labour force 81.5 81.1 -0.4 0.7 -0.5 0.9
Employment 71.0 71.0 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.6
Full-time 58.1 58.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Part-time 12.9 12.8 -0.1 -0.5 -0.8 -3.8
Unemployment 10.5 10.1 -0.4 1.1 -3.8 12.2
Participation rate 69.0 68.6 -0.4 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.9 12.5 -0.4 1.3 ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 60.0 -0.1 -1.3 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 777.4 777.3 -0.1 3.2 0.0 0.4
Labour force 499.4 498.1 -1.3 -4.4 -0.3 -0.9
Employment 450.5 450.5 0.0 -4.6 0.0 -1.0
Full-time 365.2 364.2 -1.0 -8.6 -0.3 -2.3
Part-time 85.3 86.3 1.0 4.0 1.2 4.9
Unemployment 48.9 47.6 -1.3 0.1 -2.7 0.2
Participation rate 64.2 64.1 -0.1 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.8 9.6 -0.2 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 57.9 58.0 0.1 -0.8 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 625.9 626.1 0.2 3.5 0.0 0.6
Labour force 401.6 403.0 1.4 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
Employment 362.1 361.7 -0.4 -6.5 -0.1 -1.8
Full-time 306.7 304.4 -2.3 -8.1 -0.7 -2.6
Part-time 55.5 57.3 1.8 1.6 3.2 2.9
Unemployment 39.5 41.4 1.9 6.3 4.8 17.9
Participation rate 64.2 64.4 0.2 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.8 10.3 0.5 1.6 ... ...
Employment rate 57.9 57.8 -0.1 -1.3 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,540.3 6,545.3 5.0 79.7 0.1 1.2
Labour force 4,293.7 4,272.3 -21.4 75.3 -0.5 1.8
Employment 3,949.6 3,935.5 -14.1 78.1 -0.4 2.0
Full-time 3,189.8 3,175.0 -14.8 18.6 -0.5 0.6
Part-time 759.8 760.5 0.7 59.4 0.1 8.5
Unemployment 344.1 336.8 -7.3 -2.8 -2.1 -0.8
Participation rate 65.6 65.3 -0.3 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 7.9 -0.1 -0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 60.4 60.1 -0.3 0.4 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.