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 labour force characteristics by province. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted. The row headers provide information on the labour force characteristics for each province. The column headers provide information on the current and last month (in thousands), the standard error, as well as the change (in thousands and in percent) from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  June 2015 July  2015 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
                                                    in thousands (except rates)      
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Population 442.8 442.5 ... -0.3 -0.8 -1.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3
Labour force 270.5 268.3 2.0 -2.2 -0.4 -1.7 -0.8 -0.1 -0.6
Employment 237.1 236.5 2.1 -0.6 -0.6 -1.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5
Employment full-time 204.4 205.5 2.7 1.1 1.9 5.9 0.5 0.9 3.0
Employment part-time 32.7 31.0 2.1 -1.7 -2.5 -7.2 -5.2 -7.5 -18.8
Unemployment 33.4 31.8 2.0 -1.6 0.2 -0.4 -4.8 0.6 -1.2
Participation rate 61.1 60.6 0.5 -0.5 0.0 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.3 11.9 0.7 -0.4 0.1 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 53.5 53.4 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 ... ... ...
Prince Edward Island  
Population 120.9 120.9 ... 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2
Labour force 82.1 81.7 0.6 -0.4 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 -0.6 0.0
Employment 73.0 72.2 0.6 -0.8 -0.9 -1.9 -1.1 -1.2 -2.6
Employment full-time 59.9 59.7 0.9 -0.2 -2.3 -2.3 -0.3 -3.7 -3.7
Employment part-time 13.2 12.5 0.7 -0.7 1.4 0.3 -5.3 12.6 2.5
Unemployment 9.1 9.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 1.9 4.4 4.4 25.0
Participation rate 67.9 67.6 0.5 -0.3 -0.5 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.1 11.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 2.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.4 59.7 0.5 -0.7 -0.9 -1.7 ... ... ...
Nova Scotia  
Population 785.2 785.8 ... 0.6 1.7 3.0 0.1 0.2 0.4
Labour force 485.0 489.3 2.6 4.3 -2.8 -3.3 0.9 -0.6 -0.7
Employment 446.4 449.5 2.7 3.1 -1.5 3.8 0.7 -0.3 0.9
Employment full-time 364.2 369.4 3.8 5.2 0.4 7.6 1.4 0.1 2.1
Employment part-time 82.2 80.1 3.3 -2.1 -1.9 -3.8 -2.6 -2.3 -4.5
Unemployment 38.7 39.8 2.4 1.1 -1.3 -7.1 2.8 -3.2 -15.1
Participation rate 61.8 62.3 0.3 0.5 -0.5 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 8.1 0.5 0.1 -0.3 -1.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.9 57.2 0.3 0.3 -0.3 0.3 ... ... ...
New Brunswick  
Population 621.9 621.9 ... 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1
Labour force 390.5 390.4 2.2 -0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1
Employment 348.2 347.5 2.3 -0.7 -3.7 -3.7 -0.2 -1.1 -1.1
Employment full-time 293.2 297.7 3.1 4.5 2.2 4.2 1.5 0.7 1.4
Employment part-time 55.0 49.8 2.7 -5.2 -5.9 -7.9 -9.5 -10.6 -13.7
Unemployment 42.2 42.9 2.1 0.7 3.9 4.0 1.7 10.0 10.3
Participation rate 62.8 62.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 11.0 0.5 0.2 1.0 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.0 55.9 0.4 -0.1 -0.6 -0.6 ... ... ...
Quebec  
Population 6,841.5 6,845.1 ... 3.6 22.8 39.0 0.1 0.3 0.6
Labour force 4,429.5 4,438.5 14.8 9.0 49.0 27.7 0.2 1.1 0.6
Employment 4,075.5 4,097.2 14.8 21.7 36.1 43.7 0.5 0.9 1.1
Employment full-time 3,294.1 3,297.4 21.4 3.3 35.7 57.1 0.1 1.1 1.8
Employment part-time 781.4 799.8 19.6 18.4 0.4 -13.3 2.4 0.1 -1.6
Unemployment 354.0 341.3 13.2 -12.7 12.9 -16.1 -3.6 3.9 -4.5
Participation rate 64.7 64.8 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 7.7 0.3 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.6 59.9 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 ... ... ...
Ontario  
Population 11,378.1 11,390.4 ... 12.3 70.0 113.4 0.1 0.6 1.0
Labour force 7,426.0 7,424.1 19.7 -1.9 16.9 -11.5 0.0 0.2 -0.2
Employment 6,945.7 6,945.7 19.6 0.0 60.7 67.4 0.0 0.9 1.0
Employment full-time 5,647.0 5,642.4 28.3 -4.6 102.3 131.0 -0.1 1.8 2.4
Employment part-time 1,298.7 1,303.4 25.6 4.7 -41.5 -63.5 0.4 -3.1 -4.6
Unemployment 480.3 478.4 16.9 -1.9 -43.8 -78.9 -0.4 -8.4 -14.2
Participation rate 65.3 65.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 -1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.0 61.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 ... ... ...
Manitoba  
Population 986.4 987.6 ... 1.2 6.1 10.1 0.1 0.6 1.0
Labour force 671.8 669.7 2.5 -2.1 -0.3 8.9 -0.3 0.0 1.3
Employment 636.1 632.3 2.5 -3.8 -1.5 6.0 -0.6 -0.2 1.0
Employment full-time 512.1 509.7 3.8 -2.4 -5.2 9.3 -0.5 -1.0 1.9
Employment part-time 124.1 122.6 3.6 -1.5 3.7 -3.3 -1.2 3.1 -2.6
Unemployment 35.7 37.4 2.1 1.7 1.2 2.9 4.8 3.3 8.4
Participation rate 68.1 67.8 0.3 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.5 64.0 0.3 -0.5 -0.6 -0.1 ... ... ...
Saskatchewan  
Population 861.1 861.9 ... 0.8 4.9 8.7 0.1 0.6 1.0
Labour force 604.7 599.6 2.6 -5.1 2.3 8.8 -0.8 0.4 1.5
Employment 576.1 568.7 2.7 -7.4 -6.3 -2.7 -1.3 -1.1 -0.5
Employment full-time 474.8 464.6 3.7 -10.2 -15.1 -10.3 -2.1 -3.1 -2.2
Employment part-time 101.4 104.2 3.4 2.8 8.9 7.7 2.8 9.3 8.0
Unemployment 28.6 30.9 2.0 2.3 8.6 11.5 8.0 38.6 59.3
Participation rate 70.2 69.6 0.3 -0.6 -0.1 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.7 5.2 0.3 0.5 1.5 1.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.9 66.0 0.3 -0.9 -1.1 -1.0 ... ... ...
Alberta  
Population 3,354.0 3,360.4 ... 6.4 43.2 71.1 0.2 1.3 2.2
Labour force 2,441.5 2,446.1 10.0 4.6 32.7 61.0 0.2 1.4 2.6
Employment 2,302.5 2,298.2 10.2 -4.3 -2.0 21.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.9
Employment full-time 1,918.9 1,920.5 14.2 1.6 -3.8 23.1 0.1 -0.2 1.2
Employment part-time 383.6 377.7 12.7 -5.9 1.8 -2.1 -1.5 0.5 -0.6
Unemployment 139.1 147.8 7.9 8.7 34.6 39.9 6.3 30.6 37.0
Participation rate 72.8 72.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 6.0 0.3 0.3 1.3 1.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 68.6 68.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.9 -0.8 ... ... ...
British Columbia  
Population 3,874.4 3,879.5 ... 5.1 31.1 47.0 0.1 0.8 1.2
Labour force 2,449.5 2,452.3 10.1 2.8 35.2 28.4 0.1 1.5 1.2
Employment 2,306.6 2,306.0 10.1 -0.6 22.1 28.9 0.0 1.0 1.3
Employment full-time 1,834.1 1,818.4 14.9 -15.7 3.3 29.9 -0.9 0.2 1.7
Employment part-time 472.5 487.7 14.4 15.2 18.9 -0.8 3.2 4.0 -0.2
Unemployment 142.9 146.2 8.2 3.3 13.0 -0.7 2.3 9.8 -0.5
Participation rate 63.2 63.2 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 6.0 0.3 0.2 0.5 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.5 59.4 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.0 ... ... ...
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Table 282-0087. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.
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