Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  November 2010 December 2010 November to December 2010 December 2009 to December 2010 November to December 2010 December 2009 to December 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 432.0 432.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.3
Labour force 260.6 263.0 2.4 7.0 0.9 2.7
Employment 224.6 227.1 2.5 9.9 1.1 4.6
Full-time 192.6 194.7 2.1 7.8 1.1 4.2
Part-time 31.9 32.4 0.5 2.1 1.6 6.9
Unemployment 36.0 35.9 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 -7.5
Participation rate 60.3 60.9 0.6 1.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.8 13.7 -0.1 -1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 52.0 52.6 0.6 2.1 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 118.3 118.4 0.1 2.0 0.1 1.7
Labour force 81.1 80.4 -0.7 0.6 -0.9 0.8
Employment 71.0 70.7 -0.3 -0.5 -0.4 -0.7
Full-time 58.3 58.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7
Part-time 12.8 12.1 -0.7 -0.9 -5.5 -6.9
Unemployment 10.1 9.6 -0.5 1.0 -5.0 11.6
Participation rate 68.6 67.9 -0.7 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.5 11.9 -0.6 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 60.0 59.7 -0.3 -1.5 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 777.3 777.5 0.2 3.0 0.0 0.4
Labour force 498.1 501.2 3.1 1.3 0.6 0.3
Employment 450.5 449.1 -1.4 -2.9 -0.3 -0.6
Full-time 364.2 368.7 4.5 -0.1 1.2 0.0
Part-time 86.3 80.3 -6.0 -3.0 -7.0 -3.6
Unemployment 47.6 52.1 4.5 4.3 9.5 9.0
Participation rate 64.1 64.5 0.4 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 10.4 0.8 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 58.0 57.8 -0.2 -0.6 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 626.1 626.3 0.2 3.5 0.0 0.6
Labour force 403.0 400.5 -2.5 -0.7 -0.6 -0.2
Employment 361.7 362.8 1.1 -2.6 0.3 -0.7
Full-time 304.4 307.5 3.1 -2.0 1.0 -0.6
Part-time 57.3 55.3 -2.0 -0.6 -3.5 -1.1
Unemployment 41.4 37.7 -3.7 1.9 -8.9 5.3
Participation rate 64.4 63.9 -0.5 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.3 9.4 -0.9 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 57.8 57.9 0.1 -0.8 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,545.3 6,550.7 5.4 79.0 0.1 1.2
Labour force 4,272.3 4,285.5 13.2 73.3 0.3 1.7
Employment 3,935.5 3,960.2 24.7 101.8 0.6 2.6
Full-time 3,175.0 3,214.3 39.3 76.4 1.2 2.4
Part-time 760.5 745.8 -14.7 25.3 -1.9 3.5
Unemployment 336.8 325.4 -11.4 -28.4 -3.4 -8.0
Participation rate 65.3 65.4 0.1 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 7.6 -0.3 -0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 60.5 0.4 0.9 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.