Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

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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 november 2011, december 2011, november to december 2011 and december 2010 to december 2011, calculated using thousands (except rates), change in thousands (except rates) and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  November 2011 December 2011 November to December 2011 December 2010 to December 2011 November to December 2011 December 2010 to December 2011
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates) % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 428.6 428.6 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.1
Labour force 258.0 260.5 2.5 1.3 1.0 0.5
Employment 224.0 227.2 3.2 4.3 1.4 1.9
Full-time 192.8 195.4 2.6 4.3 1.3 2.3
Part-time 31.2 31.9 0.7 0.1 2.2 0.3
Unemployment 34.0 33.3 -0.7 -3.0 -2.1 -8.3
Participation rate 60.2 60.8 0.6 0.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 13.2 12.8 -0.4 -1.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 52.3 53.0 0.7 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island            
Population 119.8 119.8 0.0 1.9 0.0 1.6
Labour force 81.7 82.8 1.1 3.4 1.3 4.3
Employment 72.6 73.4 0.8 3.5 1.1 5.0
Full-time 61.4 61.5 0.1 3.6 0.2 6.2
Part-time 11.1 11.9 0.8 -0.1 7.2 -0.8
Unemployment 9.1 9.4 0.3 0.0 3.3 0.0
Participation rate 68.2 69.1 0.9 1.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 11.1 11.4 0.3 -0.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 60.6 61.3 0.7 2.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia            
Population 779.4 779.6 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.1
Labour force 496.7 497.0 0.3 -2.4 0.1 -0.5
Employment 453.8 458.1 4.3 10.5 0.9 2.3
Full-time 367.0 369.1 2.1 2.3 0.6 0.6
Part-time 86.9 89.0 2.1 8.1 2.4 10.0
Unemployment 42.9 38.8 -4.1 -13.0 -9.6 -25.1
Participation rate 63.7 63.8 0.1 -0.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 8.6 7.8 -0.8 -2.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 58.2 58.8 0.6 1.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
New Brunswick            
Population 620.0 620.2 0.2 2.0 0.0 0.3
Labour force 389.4 390.7 1.3 -0.3 0.3 -0.1
Employment 351.2 354.1 2.9 0.0 0.8 0.0
Full-time 295.4 297.6 2.2 -1.8 0.7 -0.6
Part-time 55.8 56.5 0.7 1.8 1.3 3.3
Unemployment 38.2 36.6 -1.6 -0.3 -4.2 -0.8
Participation rate 62.8 63.0 0.2 -0.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 9.8 9.4 -0.4 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 56.6 57.1 0.5 -0.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Quebec            
Population 6,600.4 6,605.2 4.8 65.9 0.1 1.0
Labour force 4,270.0 4,272.8 2.8 -1.2 0.1 0.0
Employment 3,928.4 3,902.7 -25.7 -51.0 -0.7 -1.3
Full-time 3,197.8 3,163.4 -34.4 -42.5 -1.1 -1.3
Part-time 730.5 739.3 8.8 -8.5 1.2 -1.1
Unemployment 341.6 370.1 28.5 49.8 8.3 15.5
Participation rate 64.7 64.7 0.0 -0.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 8.0 8.7 0.7 1.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 59.5 59.1 -0.4 -1.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable