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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  December 2009 January 2010 December 2009 to January 2010 January 2009 to January 2010 December 2009 to January 2010 January 2009 to January 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 430.5 430.8 0.3 3.0 0.1 0.7
Labour force 256.0 256.8 0.8 4.6 0.3 1.8
Employment 217.2 218.6 1.4 3.3 0.6 1.5
Full-time 186.9 187.2 0.3 1.4 0.2 0.8
Part-time 30.3 31.4 1.1 1.9 3.6 6.4
Unemployment 38.8 38.2 -0.6 1.3 -1.5 3.5
Participation rate 59.5 59.6 0.1 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.2 14.9 -0.3 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 50.5 50.7 0.2 0.4 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 116.4 116.4 0.0 1.1 0.0 1.0
Labour force 79.8 79.6 -0.2 2.1 -0.3 2.7
Employment 71.2 71.7 0.5 3.6 0.7 5.3
Full-time 58.2 57.9 -0.3 0.6 -0.5 1.0
Part-time 13.0 13.8 0.8 3.0 6.2 27.8
Unemployment 8.6 7.9 -0.7 -1.5 -8.1 -16.0
Participation rate 68.6 68.4 -0.2 1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 9.9 -0.9 -2.2 ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 61.6 0.4 2.5 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 774.5 774.8 0.3 3.9 0.0 0.5
Labour force 499.9 495.8 -4.1 -1.6 -0.8 -0.3
Employment 452.0 447.0 -5.0 -6.3 -1.1 -1.4
Full-time 368.8 360.7 -8.1 -9.5 -2.2 -2.6
Part-time 83.3 86.3 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.9
Unemployment 47.8 48.8 1.0 4.7 2.1 10.7
Participation rate 64.5 64.0 -0.5 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 9.8 0.2 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 58.4 57.7 -0.7 -1.1 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 622.8 622.9 0.1 2.9 0.0 0.5
Labour force 401.2 401.7 0.5 -1.6 0.1 -0.4
Employment 365.4 364.5 -0.9 -3.4 -0.2 -0.9
Full-time 309.5 310.4 0.9 2.0 0.3 0.6
Part-time 55.9 54.1 -1.8 -5.4 -3.2 -9.1
Unemployment 35.8 37.2 1.4 1.8 3.9 5.1
Participation rate 64.4 64.5 0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 9.3 0.4 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 58.7 58.5 -0.2 -0.8 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,471.7 6,478.4 6.7 73.4 0.1 1.1
Labour force 4,212.2 4,199.8 -12.4 22.2 -0.3 0.5
Employment 3,858.4 3,864.6 6.2 15.5 0.2 0.4
Full-time 3,137.9 3,122.9 -15.0 -14.2 -0.5 -0.5
Part-time 720.5 741.6 21.1 29.6 2.9 4.2
Unemployment 353.8 335.3 -18.5 6.8 -5.2 2.1
Participation rate 65.1 64.8 -0.3 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.4 8.0 -0.4 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 59.6 59.7 0.1 -0.4 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.