Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  April 2011 May 2011 April to May 2011 May 2010 to May 2011 April to May 2011 May 2010 to May 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates) % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 429.1 429.0 -0.1 1.4 0.0 0.3
Labour force 260.7 259.8 -0.9 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1
Employment 231.7 229.0 -2.7 4.7 -1.2 2.1
Full-time 198.3 194.3 -4.0 3.3 -2.0 1.7
Part-time 33.4 34.7 1.3 1.4 3.9 4.2
Unemployment 29.0 30.9 1.9 -4.8 6.6 -13.4
Participation rate 60.8 60.6 -0.2 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.1 11.9 0.8 -1.8 ... ...
Employment rate 54.0 53.4 -0.6 0.9 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 118.8 119.1 0.3 2.3 0.3 2.0
Labour force 80.5 81.0 0.5 2.3 0.6 2.9
Employment 71.5 71.5 0.0 1.3 0.0 1.9
Full-time 59.3 59.0 -0.3 1.4 -0.5 2.4
Part-time 12.1 12.5 0.4 -0.1 3.3 -0.8
Unemployment 9.0 9.6 0.6 1.1 6.7 12.9
Participation rate 67.8 68.0 0.2 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.2 11.9 0.7 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 60.2 60.0 -0.2 -0.1 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 779.0 778.8 -0.2 2.6 0.0 0.3
Labour force 492.7 493.4 0.7 -6.5 0.1 -1.3
Employment 447.6 449.0 1.4 -7.3 0.3 -1.6
Full-time 358.3 358.9 0.6 -10.0 0.2 -2.7
Part-time 89.3 90.1 0.8 2.7 0.9 3.1
Unemployment 45.1 44.3 -0.8 0.8 -1.8 1.8
Participation rate 63.2 63.4 0.2 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 9.0 -0.2 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 57.5 57.7 0.2 -1.1 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 619.0 619.1 0.1 2.8 0.0 0.5
Labour force 391.9 388.2 -3.7 -5.1 -0.9 -1.3
Employment 352.8 351.4 -1.4 -6.6 -0.4 -1.8
Full-time 295.5 293.9 -1.6 -11.6 -0.5 -3.8
Part-time 57.3 57.5 0.2 5.0 0.3 9.5
Unemployment 39.1 36.8 -2.3 1.5 -5.9 4.2
Participation rate 63.3 62.7 -0.6 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.0 9.5 -0.5 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 57.0 56.8 -0.2 -1.3 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,561.3 6,568.5 7.2 72.3 0.1 1.1
Labour force 4,290.4 4,292.8 2.4 44.5 0.1 1.0
Employment 3,956.0 3,980.8 24.8 74.1 0.6 1.9
Full-time 3,199.6 3,200.2 0.6 47.9 0.0 1.5
Part-time 756.3 780.6 24.3 26.2 3.2 3.5
Unemployment 334.4 312.0 -22.4 -29.6 -6.7 -8.7
Participation rate 65.4 65.4 0.0 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.8 7.3 -0.5 -0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 60.3 60.6 0.3 0.5 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.