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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  July 2010 August 2010 July to August 2010 August 2009 to August 2010 July to August 2010 August 2009 to August 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 431.6 431.9 0.3 2.7 0.1 0.6
Labour force 258.7 259.9 1.2 4.3 0.5 1.7
Employment 219.8 223.4 3.6 8.4 1.6 3.9
Full-time 184.5 189.1 4.6 2.9 2.5 1.6
Part-time 35.4 34.2 -1.2 5.4 -3.4 18.8
Unemployment 38.8 36.5 -2.3 -4.1 -5.9 -10.1
Participation rate 59.9 60.2 0.3 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.0 14.0 -1.0 -1.9 ... ...
Employment rate 50.9 51.7 0.8 1.6 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 117.4 117.7 0.3 1.3 0.3 1.1
Labour force 80.5 81.1 0.6 1.9 0.7 2.4
Employment 71.8 72.0 0.2 3.5 0.3 5.1
Full-time 58.0 58.8 0.8 3.7 1.4 6.7
Part-time 13.8 13.2 -0.6 -0.2 -4.3 -1.5
Unemployment 8.7 9.1 0.4 -1.6 4.6 -15.0
Participation rate 68.6 68.9 0.3 0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 11.2 0.4 -2.3 ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 61.2 0.0 2.4 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 776.3 776.8 0.5 4.0 0.1 0.5
Labour force 505.4 504.9 -0.5 5.4 -0.1 1.1
Employment 458.2 455.6 -2.6 2.4 -0.6 0.5
Full-time 366.3 365.6 -0.7 -4.8 -0.2 -1.3
Part-time 91.9 90.0 -1.9 7.2 -2.1 8.7
Unemployment 47.2 49.3 2.1 3.0 4.4 6.5
Participation rate 65.1 65.0 -0.1 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.3 9.8 0.5 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 59.0 58.7 -0.3 0.1 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 624.8 625.2 0.4 3.4 0.1 0.5
Labour force 398.8 403.4 4.6 0.6 1.2 0.1
Employment 363.0 364.8 1.8 -1.4 0.5 -0.4
Full-time 306.9 308.0 1.1 0.2 0.4 0.1
Part-time 56.1 56.7 0.6 -1.7 1.1 -2.9
Unemployment 35.8 38.6 2.8 2.0 7.8 5.5
Participation rate 63.8 64.5 0.7 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.0 9.6 0.6 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 58.1 58.3 0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,518.8 6,527.6 8.8 83.3 0.1 1.3
Labour force 4,270.4 4,288.2 17.8 77.9 0.4 1.9
Employment 3,918.8 3,938.2 19.4 109.4 0.5 2.9
Full-time 3,111.6 3,150.8 39.2 39.7 1.3 1.3
Part-time 807.2 787.3 -19.9 69.6 -2.5 9.7
Unemployment 351.6 350.0 -1.6 -31.5 -0.5 -8.3
Participation rate 65.5 65.7 0.2 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.2 8.2 0.0 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 60.3 0.2 0.9 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.