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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  September 2009 October 2009 September to October 2009 October 2008 to October 2009 September to October 2009 October 2008 to October 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 429.7 429.9 0.2 2.7 0.0 0.6
Labour force 255.9 256.0 0.1 2.8 0.0 1.1
Employment 216.6 212.6 -4.0 -5.7 -1.8 -2.6
Full-time 184.9 180.2 -4.7 -5.1 -2.5 -2.8
Part-time 31.7 32.4 0.7 -0.6 2.2 -1.8
Unemployment 39.2 43.4 4.2 8.5 10.7 24.4
Participation rate 59.6 59.5 -0.1 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.3 17.0 1.7 3.2 ... ...
Employment rate 50.4 49.5 -0.9 -1.6 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 116.4 116.4 0.0 1.1 0.0 1.0
Labour force 78.9 80.2 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.9
Employment 69.6 70.6 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.3
Full-time 57.5 57.1 -0.4 -0.6 -0.7 -1.0
Part-time 12.1 13.4 1.3 1.5 10.7 12.6
Unemployment 9.3 9.6 0.3 0.5 3.2 5.5
Participation rate 67.8 68.9 1.1 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.8 12.0 0.2 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 59.8 60.7 0.9 0.2 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 773.3 773.7 0.4 3.5 0.1 0.5
Labour force 499.6 500.0 0.4 4.8 0.1 1.0
Employment 452.1 453.3 1.2 -4.2 0.3 -0.9
Full-time 368.8 372.4 3.6 -0.6 1.0 -0.2
Part-time 83.3 80.9 -2.4 -3.6 -2.9 -4.3
Unemployment 47.5 46.7 -0.8 9.0 -1.7 23.9
Participation rate 64.6 64.6 0.0 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.5 9.3 -0.2 1.7 ... ...
Employment rate 58.5 58.6 0.1 -0.8 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 622.2 622.3 0.1 3.0 0.0 0.5
Labour force 400.1 403.6 3.5 -1.7 0.9 -0.4
Employment 367.8 369.4 1.6 0.2 0.4 0.1
Full-time 309.6 312.0 2.4 2.1 0.8 0.7
Part-time 58.2 57.4 -0.8 -1.9 -1.4 -3.2
Unemployment 32.3 34.2 1.9 -1.9 5.9 -5.3
Participation rate 64.3 64.9 0.6 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 8.5 0.4 -0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 59.1 59.4 0.3 -0.2 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,451.9 6,458.7 6.8 68.0 0.1 1.1
Labour force 4,196.7 4,182.1 -14.6 -10.7 -0.3 -0.3
Employment 3,826.7 3,828.1 1.4 -62.1 0.0 -1.6
Full-time 3,107.6 3,131.5 23.9 -9.3 0.8 -0.3
Part-time 719.1 696.6 -22.5 -52.8 -3.1 -7.0
Unemployment 370.0 354.0 -16.0 51.4 -4.3 17.0
Participation rate 65.0 64.8 -0.2 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 8.5 -0.3 1.3 ... ...
Employment rate 59.3 59.3 0.0 -1.6 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.