Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  March 2011 April 2011 March to April 2011 April 2010 to April 2011 March to April 2011 April 2010 to April 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates) % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 429.2 429.1 -0.1 1.4 0.0 0.3
Labour force 260.7 260.7 0.0 5.9 0.0 2.3
Employment 228.6 231.7 3.1 15.0 1.4 6.9
Full-time 196.9 198.3 1.4 13.6 0.7 7.4
Part-time 31.7 33.4 1.7 1.4 5.4 4.4
Unemployment 32.2 29.0 -3.2 -9.1 -9.9 -23.9
Participation rate 60.7 60.8 0.1 1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.4 11.1 -1.3 -3.9 ... ...
Employment rate 53.3 54.0 0.7 3.3 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 118.6 118.8 0.2 2.1 0.2 1.8
Labour force 80.6 80.5 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 1.4
Employment 71.6 71.5 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -0.8
Full-time 59.4 59.3 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.8
Part-time 12.2 12.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.8 -1.6
Unemployment 9.0 9.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 23.3
Participation rate 68.0 67.8 -0.2 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.2 11.2 0.0 2.0 ... ...
Employment rate 60.4 60.2 -0.2 -1.6 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 779.0 779.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.4
Labour force 498.1 492.7 -5.4 -3.0 -1.1 -0.6
Employment 453.1 447.6 -5.5 -5.4 -1.2 -1.2
Full-time 369.2 358.3 -10.9 -8.2 -3.0 -2.2
Part-time 83.9 89.3 5.4 2.8 6.4 3.2
Unemployment 45.0 45.1 0.1 2.5 0.2 5.9
Participation rate 63.9 63.2 -0.7 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.0 9.2 0.2 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 58.2 57.5 -0.7 -0.9 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 618.9 619.0 0.1 3.0 0.0 0.5
Labour force 391.5 391.9 0.4 -1.1 0.1 -0.3
Employment 354.0 352.8 -1.2 -6.6 -0.3 -1.8
Full-time 297.5 295.5 -2.0 -12.3 -0.7 -4.0
Part-time 56.5 57.3 0.8 5.7 1.4 11.0
Unemployment 37.6 39.1 1.5 5.5 4.0 16.4
Participation rate 63.3 63.3 0.0 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 10.0 0.4 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 57.2 57.0 -0.2 -1.3 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,555.6 6,561.3 5.7 70.4 0.1 1.1
Labour force 4,281.7 4,290.4 8.7 43.9 0.2 1.0
Employment 3,950.1 3,956.0 5.9 45.7 0.1 1.2
Full-time 3,187.3 3,199.6 12.3 54.0 0.4 1.7
Part-time 762.9 756.3 -6.6 -8.4 -0.9 -1.1
Unemployment 331.5 334.4 2.9 -1.8 0.9 -0.5
Participation rate 65.3 65.4 0.1 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 7.8 0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 60.3 60.3 0.0 0.1 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.