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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  May 2009 June 2009 May to June 2009 June 2008 to June 2009 May to June 2009 June 2008 to June 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 428.2 428.5 0.3 2.5 0.1 0.6
Labour force 250.2 254.6 4.4 2.3 1.8 0.9
Employment 212.5 215.0 2.5 -4.0 1.2 -1.8
Full-time 182.9 183.6 0.7 -4.7 0.4 -2.5
Part-time 29.6 31.4 1.8 0.8 6.1 2.6
Unemployment 37.7 39.6 1.9 6.3 5.0 18.9
Participation rate 58.4 59.4 1.0 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.1 15.6 0.5 2.4 ... ...
Employment rate 49.6 50.2 0.6 -1.2 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 115.8 116.0 0.2 1.7 0.2 1.5
Labour force 79.1 78.9 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1
Employment 68.7 69.3 0.6 -1.4 0.9 -2.0
Full-time 57.9 56.9 -1.0 -3.1 -1.7 -5.2
Part-time 10.8 12.4 1.6 1.6 14.8 14.8
Unemployment 10.4 9.6 -0.8 1.3 -7.7 15.7
Participation rate 68.3 68.0 -0.3 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.1 12.2 -0.9 1.7 ... ...
Employment rate 59.3 59.7 0.4 -2.2 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 772.1 772.2 0.1 3.6 0.0 0.5
Labour force 497.0 500.0 3.0 6.6 0.6 1.3
Employment 452.9 452.8 -0.1 -3.2 0.0 -0.7
Full-time 373.5 373.0 -0.5 -0.8 -0.1 -0.2
Part-time 79.4 79.9 0.5 -2.3 0.6 -2.8
Unemployment 44.1 47.2 3.1 9.8 7.0 26.2
Participation rate 64.4 64.8 0.4 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 9.4 0.5 1.8 ... ...
Employment rate 58.7 58.6 -0.1 -0.7 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 621.1 621.5 0.4 3.5 0.1 0.6
Labour force 400.6 404.0 3.4 1.5 0.8 0.4
Employment 365.5 366.9 1.4 3.4 0.4 0.9
Full-time 307.5 309.3 1.8 2.4 0.6 0.8
Part-time 58.0 57.7 -0.3 1.1 -0.5 1.9
Unemployment 35.1 37.0 1.9 -2.0 5.4 -5.1
Participation rate 64.5 65.0 0.5 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 9.2 0.4 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 58.8 59.0 0.2 0.2 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,426.5 6,433.0 6.5 63.4 0.1 1.0
Labour force 4,229.6 4,229.6 0.0 44.1 0.0 1.1
Employment 3,863.6 3,859.0 -4.6 -26.2 -0.1 -0.7
Full-time 3,130.1 3,133.1 3.0 -29.2 0.1 -0.9
Part-time 733.5 725.9 -7.6 3.0 -1.0 0.4
Unemployment 366.0 370.6 4.6 70.3 1.3 23.4
Participation rate 65.8 65.7 -0.1 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 8.8 0.1 1.6 ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 60.0 -0.1 -1.0 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.