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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  June 2010 July 2010 June to July 2010 July 2009 to July 2010 June to July 2010 July 2009 to July 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 431.6 431.6 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.7
Labour force 256.5 258.7 2.2 2.5 0.9 1.0
Employment 218.8 219.8 1.0 7.1 0.5 3.3
Full-time 186.3 184.5 -1.8 2.8 -1.0 1.5
Part-time 32.5 35.4 2.9 4.4 8.9 14.2
Unemployment 37.7 38.8 1.1 -4.7 2.9 -10.8
Participation rate 59.4 59.9 0.5 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.7 15.0 0.3 -2.0 ... ...
Employment rate 50.7 50.9 0.2 1.3 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 117.2 117.4 0.2 1.2 0.2 1.0
Labour force 81.0 80.5 -0.5 1.6 -0.6 2.0
Employment 71.0 71.8 0.8 2.5 1.1 3.6
Full-time 58.0 58.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 2.3
Part-time 12.9 13.8 0.9 1.2 7.0 9.5
Unemployment 10.0 8.7 -1.3 -0.9 -13.0 -9.4
Participation rate 69.1 68.6 -0.5 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.3 10.8 -1.5 -1.4 ... ...
Employment rate 60.6 61.2 0.6 1.6 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 775.7 776.3 0.6 3.8 0.1 0.5
Labour force 502.0 505.4 3.4 9.3 0.7 1.9
Employment 457.7 458.2 0.5 7.7 0.1 1.7
Full-time 374.8 366.3 -8.5 -4.7 -2.3 -1.3
Part-time 82.9 91.9 9.0 12.4 10.9 15.6
Unemployment 44.3 47.2 2.9 1.6 6.5 3.5
Participation rate 64.7 65.1 0.4 0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 9.3 0.5 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 59.0 59.0 0.0 0.7 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 624.4 624.8 0.4 3.1 0.1 0.5
Labour force 398.7 398.8 0.1 -2.9 0.0 -0.7
Employment 361.6 363.0 1.4 -2.1 0.4 -0.6
Full-time 307.4 306.9 -0.5 0.5 -0.2 0.2
Part-time 54.2 56.1 1.9 -2.6 3.5 -4.4
Unemployment 37.1 35.8 -1.3 -0.8 -3.5 -2.2
Participation rate 63.9 63.8 -0.1 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.3 9.0 -0.3 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 57.9 58.1 0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,511.1 6,518.8 7.7 80.4 0.1 1.2
Labour force 4,275.0 4,270.4 -4.6 71.8 -0.1 1.7
Employment 3,939.7 3,918.8 -20.9 95.6 -0.5 2.5
Full-time 3,177.4 3,111.6 -65.8 17.6 -2.1 0.6
Part-time 762.4 807.2 44.8 78.0 5.9 10.7
Unemployment 335.2 351.6 16.4 -23.8 4.9 -6.3
Participation rate 65.7 65.5 -0.2 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.8 8.2 0.4 -0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 60.5 60.1 -0.4 0.7 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.