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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  April 2009 May 2009 April to May 2009 May 2008 to May 2009 April to May 2009 May 2008 to May 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 428.1 428.2 0.1 2.5 0.0 0.6
Labour force 251.0 250.2 -0.8 -6.9 -0.3 -2.7
Employment 214.2 212.5 -1.7 -12.0 -0.8 -5.3
Full-time 184.2 182.9 -1.3 -9.1 -0.7 -4.7
Part-time 30.0 29.6 -0.4 -2.8 -1.3 -8.6
Unemployment 36.8 37.7 0.9 5.0 2.4 15.3
Participation rate 58.6 58.4 -0.2 -2.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.7 15.1 0.4 2.4 ... ...
Employment rate 50.0 49.6 -0.4 -3.1 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 115.5 115.8 0.3 1.7 0.3 1.5
Labour force 78.2 79.1 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.9
Employment 68.6 68.7 0.1 -2.1 0.1 -3.0
Full-time 57.7 57.9 0.2 -1.1 0.3 -1.9
Part-time 10.8 10.8 0.0 -1.1 0.0 -9.2
Unemployment 9.7 10.4 0.7 2.9 7.2 38.7
Participation rate 67.7 68.3 0.6 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.4 13.1 0.7 3.5 ... ...
Employment rate 59.4 59.3 -0.1 -2.8 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 771.9 772.1 0.2 4.1 0.0 0.5
Labour force 495.0 497.0 2.0 7.5 0.4 1.5
Employment 449.3 452.9 3.6 3.7 0.8 0.8
Full-time 367.5 373.5 6.0 8.0 1.6 2.2
Part-time 81.8 79.4 -2.4 -4.2 -2.9 -5.0
Unemployment 45.7 44.1 -1.6 3.7 -3.5 9.2
Participation rate 64.1 64.4 0.3 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 8.9 -0.3 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 58.2 58.7 0.5 0.2 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 620.9 621.1 0.2 3.5 0.0 0.6
Labour force 399.9 400.6 0.7 2.8 0.2 0.7
Employment 364.3 365.5 1.2 2.3 0.3 0.6
Full-time 306.5 307.5 1.0 2.2 0.3 0.7
Part-time 57.8 58.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Unemployment 35.6 35.1 -0.5 0.4 -1.4 1.2
Participation rate 64.4 64.5 0.1 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 8.8 -0.1 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 58.7 58.8 0.1 0.0 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,421.1 6,426.5 5.4 62.8 0.1 1.0
Labour force 4,210.8 4,229.6 18.8 39.6 0.4 0.9
Employment 3,857.9 3,863.6 5.7 -14.2 0.1 -0.4
Full-time 3,131.1 3,130.1 -1.0 -27.8 0.0 -0.9
Part-time 726.8 733.5 6.7 13.7 0.9 1.9
Unemployment 352.9 366.0 13.1 53.7 3.7 17.2
Participation rate 65.6 65.8 0.2 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.4 8.7 0.3 1.2 ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 60.1 0.0 -0.8 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.