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

    Change from % change from
September
2002
 October
2002
 S.E.¹

 last
month
 last
December
 twelve
months
ago		 last
month
 last
December
 twelve
months
ago
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
Population 438.7 438.8 ... 0.1 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
  Labour force
 257.1 258.6 2.7 1.5 0.5 5.5 0.6 0.2 2.2
    Employment
 213.7 211.3 2.6 -2.4 -2.9 -1.4 -1.1 -1.4 -0.7
      Employment full-time
 177.6 178.8 2.7 1.2 -4.1 -4.0 0.7 -2.2 -2.2
      Employment part-time
 36.1 32.5 1.9 -3.6 1.2 2.6 -10.0 3.8 8.7
    Unemployment
 43.3 47.2 2.4 3.9 3.3 6.8 9.0 7.5 16.8
Participation rate 58.6 58.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.8 18.3 0.9 1.5 1.3 2.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 48.7 48.2 0.6 -0.5 -0.6 -0.3 ... ... ...
Prince Edward Island                  
Population 112.1 112.3 ... 0.2 1.1 1.4 0.2 1.0 1.3
  Labour force
 77.5 76.6 0.7 -0.9 0.8 1.1 -1.2 1.1 1.5
    Employment
 68.3 67.6 0.8 -0.7 1.3 1.6 -1.0 2.0 2.4
      Employment full-time
 56.6 56.3 0.8 -0.3 0.1 0.2 -0.5 0.2 0.4
      Employment part-time
 11.7 11.2 0.7 -0.5 1.1 1.3 -4.3 10.9 13.1
    Unemployment
 9.3 9.1 0.6 -0.2 -0.4 -0.4 -2.2 -4.2 -4.2
Participation rate 69.1 68.2 0.6 -0.9 0.0 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.0 11.9 0.8 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.9 60.2 0.7 -0.7 0.6 0.7 ... ... ...
Nova Scotia                  
Population 757.0 757.2 ... 0.2 3.9 4.6 0.0 0.5 0.6
  Labour force
 476.0 473.5 3.1 -2.5 -1.9 -1.8 -0.5 -0.4 -0.4
    Employment
 429.6 428.5 3.2 -1.1 1.0 -0.6 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
      Employment full-time
 343.5 346.3 3.6 2.8 -4.5 -2.8 0.8 -1.3 -0.8
      Employment part-time
 86.1 82.2 3.1 -3.9 5.5 2.2 -4.5 7.2 2.8
    Unemployment
 46.4 44.9 2.6 -1.5 -3.0 -1.3 -3.2 -6.3 -2.8
Participation rate 62.9 62.5 0.4 -0.4 -0.6 -0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.7 9.5 0.5 -0.2 -0.6 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.8 56.6 0.4 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4 ... ... ...
New Brunswick                  
Population 608.6 608.6 ... 0.0 2.1 2.4 0.0 0.3 0.4
  Labour force
 388.1 388.8 2.7 0.7 8.6 12.2 0.2 2.3 3.2
    Employment
 348.4 346.9 2.7 -1.5 9.9 10.1 -0.4 2.9 3.0
      Employment full-time
 292.0 288.2 3.0 -3.8 1.2 1.8 -1.3 0.4 0.6
      Employment part-time
 56.3 58.6 2.1 2.3 8.6 8.3 4.1 17.2 16.5
    Unemployment
 39.7 41.9 2.5 2.2 -1.4 2.1 5.5 -3.2 5.3
Participation rate 63.8 63.9 0.4 0.1 1.2 1.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.2 10.8 0.6 0.6 -0.6 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 57.2 57.0 0.5 -0.2 1.4 1.4 ... ... ...
Quebec                  
Population 6,044.1 6,048.2 ... 4.1 43.4 50.7 0.1 0.7 0.8
  Labour force
 3,931.7 3,934.1 16.2 2.4 72.0 106.2 0.1 1.9 2.8
    Employment
 3,602.5 3,614.3 16.7 11.8 127.9 116.6 0.3 3.7 3.3
      Employment full-time
 2,960.8 2,930.9 19.0 -29.9 32.9 22.4 -1.0 1.1 0.8
      Employment part-time
 641.7 683.4 15.6 41.7 95.0 94.2 6.5 16.1 16.0
    Unemployment
 329.2 319.9 13.4 -9.3 -55.8 -10.3 -2.8 -14.9 -3.1
Participation rate 65.1 65.0 0.3 -0.1 0.7 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.4 8.1 0.3 -0.3 -1.6 -0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.6 59.8 0.3 0.2 1.7 1.5 ... ... ...
Ontario                  
Population 9,671.6 9,684.3 ... 12.7 150.9 174.4 0.1 1.6 1.8
  Labour force
 6,602.9 6,613.7 19.4 10.8 198.4 235.7 0.2 3.1 3.7
    Employment
 6,119.2 6,139.5 19.4 20.3 169.4 183.8 0.3 2.8 3.1
      Employment full-time
 5,001.7 5,018.2 22.2 16.5 140.1 114.1 0.3 2.9 2.3
      Employment part-time
 1,117.5 1,121.3 18.6 3.8 29.3 69.7 0.3 2.7 6.6
    Unemployment
 483.7 474.2 14.9 -9.5 29.0 51.9 -2.0 6.5 12.3
Participation rate 68.3 68.3 0.2 0.0 1.0 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.3 7.2 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.3 63.4 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.8 ... ... ...
Manitoba                  
Population 865.1 865.0 ... -0.1 1.4 1.9 0.0 0.2 0.2
  Labour force
 597.1 600.9 3.1 3.8 7.9 8.6 0.6 1.3 1.5
    Employment
 568.3 569.0 3.3 0.7 3.5 5.5 0.1 0.6 1.0
      Employment full-time
 451.6 454.3 3.8 2.7 -5.2 1.9 0.6 -1.1 0.4
      Employment part-time
 116.7 114.7 3.3 -2.0 8.7 3.5 -1.7 8.2 3.1
    Unemployment
 28.8 31.8 2.4 3.0 4.3 3.1 10.4 15.6 10.8
Participation rate 69.0 69.5 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.8 5.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 65.8 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.5 ... ... ...
Saskatchewan                  
Population 758.5 758.2 ... -0.3 -2.3 -2.4 0.0 -0.3 -0.3
  Labour force
 515.7 519.8 2.9 4.1 22.7 22.2 0.8 4.6 4.5
    Employment
 487.4 489.6 3.0 2.2 23.4 22.0 0.5 5.0 4.7
      Employment full-time
 387.3 389.8 3.3 2.5 8.5 13.1 0.6 2.2 3.5
      Employment part-time
 100.1 99.9 2.8 -0.2 15.0 9.0 -0.2 17.7 9.9
    Unemployment
 28.3 30.1 2.1 1.8 -0.8 0.1 6.4 -2.6 0.3
Participation rate 68.0 68.6 0.4 0.6 3.2 3.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.8 0.4 0.3 -0.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.3 64.6 0.4 0.3 3.3 3.1 ... ... ...
Alberta                  
Population 2,432.3 2,436.8 ... 4.5 45.5 53.9 0.2 1.9 2.3
  Labour force
 1,779.5 1,785.8 8.4 6.3 53.1 67.3 0.4 3.1 3.9
    Employment
 1,676.7 1,683.2 8.6 6.5 39.1 42.4 0.4 2.4 2.6
      Employment full-time
 1,375.9 1,382.5 10.1 6.6 23.5 32.3 0.5 1.7 2.4
      Employment part-time
 300.8 300.8 8.9 0.0 15.8 10.2 0.0 5.5 3.5
    Unemployment
 102.8 102.6 6.2 -0.2 13.9 24.9 -0.2 15.7 32.0
Participation rate 73.2 73.3 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 5.7 0.3 -0.1 0.6 1.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 68.9 69.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 ... ... ...
British Columbia                  
Population 3,335.8 3,338.5 ... 2.7 38.1 44.9 0.1 1.2 1.4
  Labour force
 2,180.0 2,180.1 11.7 0.1 60.7 85.2 0.0 2.9 4.1
    Employment
 2,002.5 1,999.6 11.8 -2.9 86.6 81.2 -0.1 4.5 4.2
      Employment full-time
 1,545.1 1,526.8 13.7 -18.3 42.6 18.4 -1.2 2.9 1.2
      Employment part-time
 457.4 472.8 12.0 15.4 44.0 62.8 3.4 10.3 15.3
    Unemployment
 177.5 180.5 8.9 3.0 -25.9 4.1 1.7 -12.5 2.3
Participation rate 65.4 65.3 0.3 -0.1 1.1 1.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 8.3 0.4 0.2 -1.4 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.0 59.9 0.4 -0.1 1.9 1.7 ... ... ...

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