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Table 3 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  September 2010 October 2010 September to October 2010 October 2009 to October 2010 September to October 2010 October 2009 to October 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 432.0 432.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.5
Labour force 263.8 259.8 -4.0 3.4 -1.5 1.3
Employment 228.3 226.0 -2.3 13.1 -1.0 6.2
Full-time 195.2 194.2 -1.0 12.9 -0.5 7.1
Part-time 33.1 31.8 -1.3 0.2 -3.9 0.6
Unemployment 35.5 33.8 -1.7 -9.8 -4.8 -22.5
Participation rate 61.1 60.1 -1.0 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.5 13.0 -0.5 -4.0 ... ...
Employment rate 52.8 52.3 -0.5 2.8 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 117.9 118.2 0.3 1.8 0.3 1.5
Labour force 80.8 81.5 0.7 1.8 0.9 2.3
Employment 69.8 71.0 1.2 0.4 1.7 0.6
Full-time 57.0 58.1 1.1 0.9 1.9 1.6
Part-time 12.7 12.9 0.2 -0.5 1.6 -3.7
Unemployment 11.0 10.5 -0.5 1.4 -4.5 15.4
Participation rate 68.5 69.0 0.5 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.6 12.9 -0.7 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 59.2 60.1 0.9 -0.6 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 777.2 777.4 0.2 3.7 0.0 0.5
Labour force 504.5 499.4 -5.1 -0.3 -1.0 -0.1
Employment 459.1 450.5 -8.6 -3.5 -1.9 -0.8
Full-time 368.8 365.2 -3.6 -8.5 -1.0 -2.3
Part-time 90.3 85.3 -5.0 5.0 -5.5 6.2
Unemployment 45.5 48.9 3.4 3.2 7.5 7.0
Participation rate 64.9 64.2 -0.7 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.0 9.8 0.8 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 59.1 57.9 -1.2 -0.8 ... ...
New Brunswick (correction)            
Population * 625.5 625.9 0.4 3.6 0.1 0.6
Labour force * 401.7 401.6 -0.1 -2.1 0.0 -0.5
Employment * 362.3 362.1 -0.2 -7.9 -0.1 -2.1
Full-time * 305.5 306.7 1.2 -5.8 0.4 -1.9
Part-time * 56.9 55.5 -1.4 -2.0 -2.5 -3.5
Unemployment * 39.4 39.5 0.1 5.8 0.3 17.2
Participation rate 64.2 64.2 0.0 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.8 9.8 0.0 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 57.9 57.9 0.0 -1.6 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,533.4 6,540.3 6.9 81.6 0.1 1.3
Labour force 4,283.8 4,293.7 9.9 110.6 0.2 2.6
Employment 3,953.4 3,949.6 -3.8 113.5 -0.1 3.0
Full-time 3,191.8 3,189.8 -2.0 46.3 -0.1 1.5
Part-time 761.6 759.8 -1.8 67.2 -0.2 9.7
Unemployment 330.4 344.1 13.7 -2.9 4.1 -0.8
Participation rate 65.6 65.6 0.0 0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 8.0 0.3 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 60.5 60.4 -0.1 1.0 ... ...
not applicable
please note that these labels were corrected at 8:25 a.m. on November 5, 2010
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.