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Table 3. Labour force characteristics by province (in thousands), seasonally adjusted

    Change from % change from
July
2002
 August
2002
 S.E.¹

 last
month
 last
December
 twelve
months
ago		 last
month
 last
December
 twelve
months
ago
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
Population 438.8 438.4 ... -0.4 -0.8 -0.5 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1
  Labour force
 255.0 257.3 2.7 2.3 -0.8 3.8 0.9 -0.3 1.5
    Employment
 216.7 217.0 2.6 0.3 2.8 4.0 0.1 1.3 1.9
      Employment full-time
 181.3 179.5 2.7 -1.8 -3.4 -3.7 -1.0 -1.9 -2.0
      Employment part-time
 35.4 37.5 1.9 2.1 6.2 7.7 5.9 19.8 25.8
    Unemployment
 38.3 40.3 2.4 2.0 -3.6 -0.1 5.2 -8.2 -0.2
Participation rate 58.1 58.7 0.6 0.6 -0.1 0.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.0 15.7 0.9 0.7 -1.3 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 49.4 49.5 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.0 ... ... ...
Prince Edward Island                  
Population 111.9 112.0 ... 0.1 0.8 1.3 0.1 0.7 1.2
  Labour force
 75.8 76.9 0.7 1.1 1.1 2.1 1.5 1.5 2.8
    Employment
 66.4 67.4 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.8 1.5 1.7 2.7
      Employment full-time
 56.7 56.5 0.8 -0.2 0.3 1.2 -0.4 0.5 2.2
      Employment part-time
 9.6 10.9 0.7 1.3 0.8 0.5 13.5 7.9 4.8
    Unemployment
 9.4 9.5 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.1 0.0 3.3
Participation rate 67.7 68.7 0.6 1.0 0.5 1.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.4 12.4 0.8 0.0 -0.1 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.3 60.2 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.9 ... ... ...
Nova Scotia                  
Population 755.9 756.3 ... 0.4 3.0 4.6 0.1 0.4 0.6
  Labour force
 470.5 476.3 3.1 5.8 0.9 6.4 1.2 0.2 1.4
    Employment
 423.6 429.8 3.2 6.2 2.3 5.7 1.5 0.5 1.3
      Employment full-time
 343.4 348.7 3.6 5.3 -2.1 0.3 1.5 -0.6 0.1
      Employment part-time
 80.2 81.1 3.1 0.9 4.4 5.4 1.1 5.7 7.1
    Unemployment
 47.0 46.4 2.6 -0.6 -1.5 0.6 -1.3 -3.1 1.3
Participation rate 62.2 63.0 0.4 0.8 -0.1 0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.0 9.7 0.5 -0.3 -0.4 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.0 56.8 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.4 ... ... ...
New Brunswick                  
Population 607.7 608.0 ... 0.3 1.5 1.9 0.0 0.2 0.3
  Labour force
 383.5 383.3 2.7 -0.2 3.1 8.8 -0.1 0.8 2.3
    Employment
 343.4 343.0 2.7 -0.4 6.0 10.5 -0.1 1.8 3.2
      Employment full-time
 290.9 289.2 3.0 -1.7 2.2 6.0 -0.6 0.8 2.1
      Employment part-time
 52.6 53.8 2.1 1.2 3.8 4.5 2.3 7.6 9.1
    Unemployment
 40.1 40.3 2.5 0.2 -3.0 -1.8 0.5 -6.9 -4.3
Participation rate 63.1 63.0 0.4 -0.1 0.3 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.5 10.5 0.6 0.0 -0.9 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.5 56.4 0.5 -0.1 0.8 1.5 ... ... ...
Quebec                  
Population 6,036.2 6,037.1 ... 0.9 32.3 46.4 0.0 0.5 0.8
  Labour force
 3,941.3 3,929.2 16.2 -12.1 67.1 130.3 -0.3 1.7 3.4
    Employment
 3,599.6 3,593.8 16.7 -5.8 107.4 118.6 -0.2 3.1 3.4
      Employment full-time
 2,970.2 2,958.5 19.0 -11.7 60.5 77.1 -0.4 2.1 2.7
      Employment part-time
 629.4 635.3 15.6 5.9 46.9 41.5 0.9 8.0 7.0
    Unemployment
 341.8 335.4 13.4 -6.4 -40.3 11.7 -1.9 -10.7 3.6
Participation rate 65.3 65.1 0.3 -0.2 0.8 1.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 8.5 0.3 -0.2 -1.2 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.6 59.5 0.3 -0.1 1.4 1.5 ... ... ...
Ontario                  
Population 9,638.8 9,648.1 ... 9.3 114.7 167.0 0.1 1.2 1.8
  Labour force
 6,511.4 6,558.7 19.4 47.3 143.4 171.2 0.7 2.2 2.7
    Employment
 6,043.2 6,086.9 19.4 43.7 116.8 124.2 0.7 2.0 2.1
      Employment full-time
 4,975.2 5,003.4 22.2 28.2 125.3 79.1 0.6 2.6 1.6
      Employment part-time
 1,068.0 1,083.4 18.6 15.4 -8.6 45.0 1.4 -0.8 4.3
    Unemployment
 468.2 471.8 14.9 3.6 26.6 47.0 0.8 6.0 11.1
Participation rate 67.6 68.0 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.2 7.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.7 63.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.2 ... ... ...
Manitoba                  
Population 865.0 864.6 ... -0.4 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.2
  Labour force
 598.3 596.2 3.1 -2.1 3.2 11.5 -0.4 0.5 2.0
    Employment
 568.4 566.1 3.3 -2.3 0.6 12.0 -0.4 0.1 2.2
      Employment full-time
 448.8 447.7 3.8 -1.1 -11.8 0.0 -0.2 -2.6 0.0
      Employment part-time
 119.6 118.4 3.3 -1.2 12.4 12.0 -1.0 11.7 11.3
    Unemployment
 30.0 30.1 2.4 0.1 2.6 -0.5 0.3 9.5 -1.6
Participation rate 69.2 69.0 0.4 -0.2 0.3 1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 65.5 0.4 -0.2 0.0 1.3 ... ... ...
Saskatchewan                  
Population 759.3 758.3 ... -1.0 -2.2 -2.6 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3
  Labour force
 506.2 509.0 2.9 2.8 11.9 7.1 0.6 2.4 1.4
    Employment
 479.4 481.4 3.0 2.0 15.2 6.0 0.4 3.3 1.3
      Employment full-time
 383.2 383.9 3.3 0.7 2.6 2.1 0.2 0.7 0.6
      Employment part-time
 96.2 97.5 2.8 1.3 12.6 3.9 1.4 14.8 4.2
    Unemployment
 26.8 27.6 2.1 0.8 -3.3 1.1 3.0 -10.7 4.2
Participation rate 66.7 67.1 0.4 0.4 1.7 1.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.4 0.4 0.1 -0.8 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.1 63.5 0.4 0.4 2.2 1.0 ... ... ...
Alberta                  
Population 2,423.4 2,425.2 ... 1.8 33.9 52.1 0.1 1.4 2.2
  Labour force
 1,781.2 1,780.3 8.4 -0.9 47.6 74.4 -0.1 2.7 4.4
    Employment
 1,691.3 1,689.4 8.6 -1.9 45.3 57.3 -0.1 2.8 3.5
      Employment full-time
 1,387.0 1,385.0 10.1 -2.0 26.0 51.1 -0.1 1.9 3.8
      Employment part-time
 304.3 304.3 8.9 0.0 19.3 6.1 0.0 6.8 2.0
    Unemployment
 89.9 90.9 6.2 1.0 2.2 17.1 1.1 2.5 23.2
Participation rate 73.5 73.4 0.4 -0.1 0.9 1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 69.8 69.7 0.4 -0.1 0.9 0.9 ... ... ...
British Columbia                  
Population 3,328.1 3,330.1 ... 2.0 29.7 44.0 0.1 0.9 1.3
  Labour force
 2,162.3 2,170.9 11.7 8.6 51.5 70.9 0.4 2.4 3.4
    Employment
 1,984.8 2,001.2 11.8 16.4 88.2 69.7 0.8 4.6 3.6
      Employment full-time
 1,536.1 1,544.5 13.7 8.4 60.3 21.1 0.5 4.1 1.4
      Employment part-time
 448.7 456.7 12.0 8.0 27.9 48.6 1.8 6.5 11.9
    Unemployment
 177.5 169.7 8.9 -7.8 -36.7 1.2 -4.4 -17.8 0.7
Participation rate 65.0 65.2 0.3 0.2 1.0 1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.2 7.8 0.4 -0.4 -1.9 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.6 60.1 0.4 0.5 2.1 1.3 ... ... ...

1 Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Related CANSIM table 282-0087
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