Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  December 2010 January 2011 December 2010 to January 2011 January 2010 to January 2011 December 2010 to January 2011 January 2010 to January 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 429.0 429.1 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.3
Labour force 259.2 259.9 0.7 6.4 0.3 2.5
Employment 222.9 227.8 4.9 12.1 2.2 5.6
Full-time 191.1 194.1 3.0 9.8 1.6 5.3
Part-time 31.8 33.6 1.8 2.2 5.7 7.0
Unemployment 36.3 32.1 -4.2 -5.7 -11.6 -15.1
Participation rate 60.4 60.6 0.2 1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.0 12.4 -1.6 -2.5 ... ...
Employment rate 52.0 53.1 1.1 2.7 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 117.9 118.2 0.3 1.8 0.3 1.5
Labour force 79.4 79.6 0.2 0.8 0.3 1.0
Employment 69.9 70.6 0.7 -0.5 1.0 -0.7
Full-time 57.9 58.6 0.7 1.1 1.2 1.9
Part-time 12.0 12.0 0.0 -1.6 0.0 -11.8
Unemployment 9.4 9.0 -0.4 1.2 -4.3 15.4
Participation rate 67.3 67.3 0.0 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.8 11.3 -0.5 1.4 ... ...
Employment rate 59.3 59.7 0.4 -1.4 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 778.9 778.9 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.4
Labour force 499.4 501.3 1.9 5.5 0.4 1.1
Employment 447.6 453.8 6.2 5.9 1.4 1.3
Full-time 366.8 366.3 -0.5 6.5 -0.1 1.8
Part-time 80.9 87.5 6.6 -0.6 8.2 -0.7
Unemployment 51.8 47.5 -4.3 -0.4 -8.3 -0.8
Participation rate 64.1 64.4 0.3 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.4 9.5 -0.9 -0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 57.5 58.3 0.8 0.6 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 618.2 618.5 0.3 3.1 0.0 0.5
Labour force 391.0 388.4 -2.6 -5.2 -0.7 -1.3
Employment 354.1 353.1 -1.0 -4.6 -0.3 -1.3
Full-time 299.4 297.8 -1.6 -6.7 -0.5 -2.2
Part-time 54.7 55.4 0.7 2.2 1.3 4.1
Unemployment 36.9 35.3 -1.6 -0.7 -4.3 -1.9
Participation rate 63.2 62.8 -0.4 -1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.4 9.1 -0.3 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 57.3 57.1 -0.2 -1.0 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,539.3 6,545.4 6.1 69.6 0.1 1.1
Labour force 4,274.0 4,296.2 22.2 88.1 0.5 2.1
Employment 3,953.7 3,956.8 3.1 88.4 0.1 2.3
Full-time 3,205.9 3,194.2 -11.7 76.3 -0.4 2.4
Part-time 747.8 762.6 14.8 12.0 2.0 1.6
Unemployment 320.3 339.4 19.1 -0.2 6.0 -0.1
Participation rate 65.4 65.6 0.2 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.9 0.4 -0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 60.5 60.5 0.0 0.8 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.