Table 3
Labour force estimates for primary industries in Nova Scotia

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Labour force estimates for primary industries in Nova Scotia


Table summary
This table displays the results of labour force estimates for primary industries in nova scotia agriculture, forestry and logging with support activities, fishing, hunting and trapping and mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction, calculated using thousands of persons units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Agriculture Forestry and logging with support activities Fishing, hunting and trapping Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction
  thousands of persons
1990 8.5 3.3 10.4 6.7
1995 7.8 4.5 8.5 4.6
2000 7.6 4.9 7.6 3.8
2001 8.3 4.7 7.0 3.8
2002 7.6 4.3 7.4 4.5
2003 7.6 4.8 8.6 3.0
2004 6.4 4.2 9.7 2.8
2005 7.0 4.7 10.0 3.2
2006 5.5 2.6 8.8 3.6
2007 6.6 2.6 8.3 3.9
2008 7.0 3.9 7.3 4.0
2009 7.6 2.5 8.4 5.1
2010 6.9 3.0 8.9 3.3
2011 6.0 3.0 8.5 2.8
Change 2001 to 2006 (percent) -33.7 -44.7 25.7 -5.3
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 282-0008 (accessed July 20, 2011).
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