Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of labour force characteristics by province – seasonally adjusted december 2011, january 2012, december 2011 to january 2012 and january 2011 to january 2012, calculated using thousands (except rates), change in thousands (except rates) and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  December 2011 January 2012 December 2011 to January 2012 January 2011 to January 2012 December 2011 to January 2012 January 2011 to January 2012
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates) % change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 428.6 428.5 -0.1 -0.6 0.0 -0.1
Labour force 260.5 262.5 2.0 2.7 0.8 1.0
Employment 227.2 226.9 -0.3 -1.1 -0.1 -0.5
Full-time 195.4 197.2 1.8 3.2 0.9 1.6
Part-time 31.8 29.7 -2.1 -4.3 -6.6 -12.6
Unemployment 33.2 35.5 2.3 3.7 6.9 11.6
Participation rate 60.8 61.3 0.5 0.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 12.7 13.5 0.8 1.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 53.0 53.0 0.0 -0.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island            
Population 119.8 120.0 0.2 1.8 0.2 1.5
Labour force 82.8 82.5 -0.3 2.9 -0.4 3.6
Employment 73.4 72.4 -1.0 1.7 -1.4 2.4
Full-time 61.5 60.3 -1.2 1.7 -2.0 2.9
Part-time 11.9 12.1 0.2 0.0 1.7 0.0
Unemployment 9.3 10.1 0.8 1.1 8.6 12.2
Participation rate 69.1 68.8 -0.3 1.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 11.2 12.2 1.0 0.9 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 61.3 60.3 -1.0 0.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia            
Population 779.6 779.6 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.1
Labour force 497.3 499.3 2.0 -1.1 0.4 -0.2
Employment 458.4 457.5 -0.9 4.3 -0.2 0.9
Full-time 369.5 370.1 0.6 4.1 0.2 1.1
Part-time 88.9 87.4 -1.5 0.2 -1.7 0.2
Unemployment 38.9 41.8 2.9 -5.4 7.5 -11.4
Participation rate 63.8 64.0 0.2 -0.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 7.8 8.4 0.6 -1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 58.8 58.7 -0.1 0.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
New Brunswick            
Population 620.2 620.4 0.2 1.9 0.0 0.3
Labour force 391.1 392.6 1.5 3.7 0.4 1.0
Employment 354.5 355.2 0.7 1.9 0.2 0.5
Full-time 297.9 297.7 -0.2 0.4 -0.1 0.1
Part-time 56.6 57.5 0.9 1.4 1.6 2.5
Unemployment 36.6 37.4 0.8 1.8 2.2 5.1
Participation rate 63.1 63.3 0.2 0.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 9.4 9.5 0.1 0.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 57.2 57.3 0.1 0.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Quebec            
Population 6,605.2 6,610.1 4.9 64.7 0.1 1.0
Labour force 4,276.8 4,273.8 -3.0 -23.9 -0.1 -0.6
Employment 3,906.0 3,915.5 9.5 -45.1 0.2 -1.1
Full-time 3,165.3 3,164.8 -0.5 -27.3 0.0 -0.9
Part-time 740.7 750.8 10.1 -17.7 1.4 -2.3
Unemployment 370.8 358.3 -12.5 21.2 -3.4 6.3
Participation rate 64.7 64.7 0.0 -1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 8.7 8.4 -0.3 0.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 59.1 59.2 0.1 -1.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable