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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  July 2009 August 2009 July to August 2009 August 2008 to August 2009 July to August 2009 August 2008 to August 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 428.8 429.2 0.4 2.9 0.1 0.7
Labour force 256.0 254.7 -1.3 1.4 -0.5 0.6
Employment 212.2 215.1 2.9 -3.6 1.4 -1.6
Full-time 182.7 189.1 6.4 -1.6 3.5 -0.8
Part-time 29.5 25.9 -3.6 -2.1 -12.2 -7.5
Unemployment 43.8 39.7 -4.1 5.1 -9.4 14.7
Participation rate 59.7 59.3 -0.4 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 17.1 15.6 -1.5 1.9 ... ...
Employment rate 49.5 50.1 0.6 -1.2 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 116.2 116.4 0.2 1.6 0.2 1.4
Labour force 78.9 79.4 0.5 0.9 0.6 1.1
Employment 69.2 68.5 -0.7 -1.8 -1.0 -2.6
Full-time 56.8 55.5 -1.3 -4.4 -2.3 -7.3
Part-time 12.4 13.0 0.6 2.6 4.8 25.0
Unemployment 9.7 10.9 1.2 2.7 12.4 32.9
Participation rate 67.9 68.2 0.3 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.3 13.7 1.4 3.3 ... ...
Employment rate 59.6 58.8 -0.8 -2.4 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 772.5 772.8 0.3 3.3 0.0 0.4
Labour force 496.4 500.5 4.1 8.1 0.8 1.6
Employment 450.9 453.2 2.3 1.1 0.5 0.2
Full-time 371.4 371.2 -0.2 -4.1 -0.1 -1.1
Part-time 79.6 82.1 2.5 5.3 3.1 6.9
Unemployment 45.5 47.3 1.8 7.1 4.0 17.7
Participation rate 64.3 64.8 0.5 0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 9.5 0.3 1.3 ... ...
Employment rate 58.4 58.6 0.2 -0.2 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 621.7 621.8 0.1 3.2 0.0 0.5
Labour force 402.7 402.4 -0.3 2.0 -0.1 0.5
Employment 364.9 364.9 0.0 -1.6 0.0 -0.4
Full-time 306.2 306.8 0.6 -1.3 0.2 -0.4
Part-time 58.7 58.1 -0.6 -0.3 -1.0 -0.5
Unemployment 37.8 37.5 -0.3 3.7 -0.8 10.9
Participation rate 64.8 64.7 -0.1 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.4 9.3 -0.1 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 58.7 58.7 0.0 -0.5 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6 438.4 6 444.3 5.9 64.8 0.1 1.0
Labour force 4 201.1 4 212.8 11.7 32.2 0.3 0.8
Employment 3 821.9 3 830.2 8.3 -31.3 0.2 -0.8
Full-time 3 095.0 3 099.3 4.3 -41.7 0.1 -1.3
Part-time 726.9 730.9 4.0 10.4 0.6 1.4
Unemployment 379.2 382.6 3.4 63.5 0.9 19.9
Participation rate 65.3 65.4 0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.0 9.1 0.1 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 59.4 59.4 0.0 -1.1 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.