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, except rates), 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 2016 July 2016 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 444.5 444.6 ... 0.1 1.6 2.1 0.0 0.4 0.5
Labour force 269.4 266.0 2.1 -3.4 -6.1 -2.2 -1.3 -2.2 -0.8
Employment 237.0 232.0 2.1 -5.0 -0.8 -4.3 -2.1 -0.3 -1.8
Employment full-time 200.7 197.3 2.6 -3.4 2.6 -7.8 -1.7 1.3 -3.8
Employment part-time 36.4 34.8 2.1 -1.6 -3.3 3.6 -4.4 -8.7 11.5
Unemployment 32.4 34.0 2.1 1.6 -5.3 2.2 4.9 -13.5 6.9
Participation rate 60.6 59.8 0.5 -0.8 -1.6 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.0 12.8 0.7 0.8 -1.6 0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 53.3 52.2 0.5 -1.1 -0.4 -1.2 ... ... ...
Prince Edward Island  
Population 121.8 122.1 ... 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.2 0.7 1.0
Labour force 80.1 79.0 0.6 -1.1 -1.6 -2.5 -1.4 -2.0 -3.1
Employment 71.4 71.4 0.7 0.0 -1.4 -1.0 0.0 -1.9 -1.4
Employment full-time 59.5 59.2 0.8 -0.3 -1.5 -0.7 -0.5 -2.5 -1.2
Employment part-time 11.9 12.2 0.7 0.3 0.1 -0.3 2.5 0.8 -2.4
Unemployment 8.8 7.6 0.6 -1.2 -0.3 -1.6 -13.6 -3.8 -17.4
Participation rate 65.8 64.7 0.5 -1.1 -1.8 -2.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.0 9.6 0.7 -1.4 -0.2 -1.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.6 58.5 0.5 -0.1 -1.6 -1.4 ... ... ...
Nova Scotia  
Population 788.4 788.9 ... 0.5 1.9 3.1 0.1 0.2 0.4
Labour force 486.5 486.1 2.6 -0.4 -2.0 -3.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.6
Employment 446.7 445.3 2.7 -1.4 -0.6 -3.9 -0.3 -0.1 -0.9
Employment full-time 365.8 361.1 3.6 -4.7 -7.3 -8.6 -1.3 -2.0 -2.3
Employment part-time 80.9 84.2 3.2 3.3 6.7 4.6 4.1 8.6 5.8
Unemployment 39.8 40.8 2.4 1.0 -1.4 0.9 2.5 -3.3 2.3
Participation rate 61.7 61.6 0.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.2 8.4 0.5 0.2 -0.2 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.7 56.4 0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.8 ... ... ...
New Brunswick  
Population 623.4 623.6 ... 0.2 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.3
Labour force 389.5 392.7 2.2 3.2 5.4 1.7 0.8 1.4 0.4
Employment 349.6 354.6 2.3 5.0 1.8 6.7 1.4 0.5 1.9
Employment full-time 296.4 300.2 2.8 3.8 -1.1 2.2 1.3 -0.4 0.7
Employment part-time 53.1 54.4 2.4 1.3 2.9 4.5 2.4 5.6 9.0
Unemployment 40.0 38.1 2.1 -1.9 3.6 -4.9 -4.8 10.4 -11.4
Participation rate 62.5 63.0 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.3 9.7 0.5 -0.6 0.8 -1.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.1 56.9 0.4 0.8 0.2 1.0 ... ... ...
Quebec  
Population 6,886.1 6,892.2 ... 6.1 30.0 47.1 0.1 0.4 0.7
Labour force 4,418.5 4,417.7 15.8 -0.8 -42.1 -19.9 0.0 -0.9 -0.4
Employment 4,110.8 4,106.8 16.1 -4.0 -2.8 10.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.2
Employment full-time 3,337.5 3,318.0 21.8 -19.5 7.5 20.3 -0.6 0.2 0.6
Employment part-time 773.3 788.7 19.8 15.4 -10.4 -10.4 2.0 -1.3 -1.3
Unemployment 307.7 310.9 13.9 3.2 -39.3 -29.9 1.0 -11.2 -8.8
Participation rate 64.2 64.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.9 -0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.0 7.0 0.3 0.0 -0.9 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.7 59.6 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 ... ... ...
Ontario  
Population 11,515.2 11,531.4 ... 16.2 86.9 141.0 0.1 0.8 1.2
Labour force 7,480.4 7,447.0 20.5 -33.4 -19.2 21.2 -0.4 -0.3 0.3
Employment 7,002.7 6,966.6 19.5 -36.1 0.5 23.9 -0.5 0.0 0.3
Employment full-time 5,682.5 5,663.6 26.9 -18.9 -20.4 18.2 -0.3 -0.4 0.3
Employment part-time 1,320.2 1,303.1 25.5 -17.1 21.1 5.9 -1.3 1.6 0.5
Unemployment 477.8 480.3 16.7 2.5 -19.8 -2.8 0.5 -4.0 -0.6
Participation rate 65.0 64.6 0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.4 6.4 0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.8 60.4 0.2 -0.4 -0.5 -0.6 ... ... ...
Manitoba  
Population 998.5 1,000.1 ... 1.6 8.2 12.5 0.2 0.8 1.3
Labour force 677.5 678.0 2.6 0.5 3.8 8.1 0.1 0.6 1.2
Employment 636.1 636.3 2.6 0.2 2.3 4.2 0.0 0.4 0.7
Employment full-time 511.3 515.2 3.6 3.9 8.7 6.3 0.8 1.7 1.2
Employment part-time 124.8 121.1 3.3 -3.7 -6.5 -2.1 -3.0 -5.1 -1.7
Unemployment 41.3 41.7 2.1 0.4 1.6 3.9 1.0 4.0 10.3
Participation rate 67.9 67.8 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.7 63.6 0.3 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 ... ... ...
Saskatchewan  
Population 868.3 869.7 ... 1.4 4.7 7.8 0.2 0.5 0.9
Labour force 607.0 607.5 2.6 0.5 -1.1 6.7 0.1 -0.2 1.1
Employment 569.9 569.4 2.6 -0.5 -5.7 0.1 -0.1 -1.0 0.0
Employment full-time 464.7 464.8 3.5 0.1 -14.1 0.7 0.0 -2.9 0.2
Employment part-time 105.2 104.6 3.2 -0.6 8.4 -0.6 -0.6 8.7 -0.6
Unemployment 37.1 38.1 2.2 1.0 4.5 6.6 2.7 13.4 21.0
Participation rate 69.9 69.9 0.3 0.0 -0.5 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.3 0.3 0.2 0.8 1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.6 65.5 0.3 -0.1 -1.0 -0.6 ... ... ...
Alberta  
Population 3,399.1 3,402.8 ... 3.7 23.8 42.4 0.1 0.7 1.3
Labour force 2,441.4 2,459.0 9.6 17.6 1.9 10.0 0.7 0.1 0.4
Employment 2,249.6 2,248.2 9.7 -1.4 -37.9 -49.1 -0.1 -1.7 -2.1
Employment full-time 1,825.4 1,814.8 13.6 -10.6 -66.1 -103.7 -0.6 -3.5 -5.4
Employment part-time 424.2 433.3 12.6 9.1 28.1 54.4 2.1 6.9 14.4
Unemployment 191.8 210.8 8.2 19.0 39.8 59.2 9.9 23.3 39.1
Participation rate 71.8 72.3 0.3 0.5 -0.4 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 8.6 0.3 0.7 1.6 2.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.2 66.1 0.3 -0.1 -1.6 -2.3 ... ... ...
British Columbia  
Population 3,928.9 3,934.6 ... 5.7 31.4 55.1 0.1 0.8 1.4
Labour force 2,530.3 2,535.0 10.8 4.7 31.8 78.5 0.2 1.3 3.2
Employment 2,380.6 2,392.7 10.7 12.1 57.0 84.7 0.5 2.4 3.7
Employment full-time 1,881.1 1,859.3 15.1 -21.8 27.4 40.0 -1.2 1.5 2.2
Employment part-time 499.5 533.4 14.4 33.9 29.6 44.8 6.8 5.9 9.2
Unemployment 149.7 142.3 8.9 -7.4 -25.2 -6.2 -4.9 -15.0 -4.2
Participation rate 64.4 64.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.9 5.6 0.3 -0.3 -1.1 -0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.6 60.8 0.3 0.2 1.0 1.3 ... ... ...
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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