Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjustedNote 1

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Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of labour force characteristics by province – seasonally adjusted october 2011, november 2011, october to november 2011 and november 2010 to november 2011, calculated using thousands (except rates), change in thousands (except rates) and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  October 2011 November 2011 October to November 2011 November 2010 to November 2011 October to November 2011 November 2010 to November 2011
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates) % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 428.5 428.6 0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.0
Labour force 257.6 258.0 0.4 1.5 0.2 0.6
Employment 224.3 224.0 -0.3 3.5 -0.1 1.6
Full-time 189.9 192.8 2.9 4.2 1.5 2.2
Part-time 34.4 31.2 -3.2 -0.7 -9.3 -2.2
Unemployment 33.2 34.0 0.8 -2.0 2.4 -5.6
Participation rate 60.1 60.2 0.1 0.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 12.9 13.2 0.3 -0.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 52.3 52.3 0.0 0.9 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island            
Population 119.6 119.8 0.2 2.1 0.2 1.8
Labour force 81.0 81.7 0.7 1.5 0.9 1.9
Employment 72.0 72.6 0.6 2.2 0.8 3.1
Full-time 61.0 61.4 0.4 3.8 0.7 6.6
Part-time 10.9 11.1 0.2 -1.7 1.8 -13.3
Unemployment 9.1 9.1 0.0 -0.7 0.0 -7.1
Participation rate 67.7 68.2 0.5 0.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 11.2 11.1 -0.1 -1.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 60.2 60.6 0.4 0.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia            
Population 779.3 779.4 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.1
Labour force 491.6 496.7 5.1 0.5 1.0 0.1
Employment 449.4 453.8 4.4 4.9 1.0 1.1
Full-time 367.1 367.0 -0.1 4.3 0.0 1.2
Part-time 82.3 86.9 4.6 0.7 5.6 0.8
Unemployment 42.3 42.9 0.6 -4.4 1.4 -9.3
Participation rate 63.1 63.7 0.6 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 8.6 8.6 0.0 -0.9 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 57.7 58.2 0.5 0.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
New Brunswick            
Population 620.0 620.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.3
Labour force 389.5 389.4 -0.1 -3.4 0.0 -0.9
Employment 352.9 351.2 -1.7 -1.6 -0.5 -0.5
Full-time 296.7 295.4 -1.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.1
Part-time 56.1 55.8 -0.3 -1.2 -0.5 -2.1
Unemployment 36.6 38.2 1.6 -1.7 4.4 -4.3
Participation rate 62.8 62.8 0.0 -0.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 9.4 9.8 0.4 -0.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 56.9 56.6 -0.3 -0.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Quebec            
Population 6,594.8 6,600.4 5.6 66.6 0.1 1.0
Labour force 4,286.9 4,270.0 -16.9 5.3 -0.4 0.1
Employment 3,958.9 3,928.4 -30.5 -3.3 -0.8 -0.1
Full-time 3,212.9 3,197.8 -15.1 29.4 -0.5 0.9
Part-time 745.9 730.5 -15.4 -32.8 -2.1 -4.3
Unemployment 328.0 341.6 13.6 8.6 4.1 2.6
Participation rate 65.0 64.7 -0.3 -0.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 7.7 8.0 0.3 0.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 60.0 59.5 -0.5 -0.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable