Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted
  February 2012 March 2012 February to March 2012 March 2011 to March 2012 February to
March 2012
March 2011 to March 2012
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands
(except rates)
% change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 428.6 428.5 -0.1 -0.7 -0.0 -0.2
Labour force 262.7 262.3 -0.4 2.3 -0.2 0.9
Employment 228.8 228.1 -0.7 0.2 -0.3 0.1
Full-time 198.1 196.6 -1.5 0.4 -0.8 0.2
Part-time 30.7 31.5 0.8 -0.2 2.6 -0.6
Unemployment 33.9 34.2 0.3 2.1 0.9 6.5
Participation rate 61.3 61.2 -0.1 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.9 13.0 0.1 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 53.4 53.2 -0.2 0.1 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 120.1 120.3 0.2 1.7 0.2 1.4
Labour force 80.9 81.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Employment 72.2 72.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.3
Full-time 60.1 58.8 -1.3 -0.8 -2.2 -1.3
Part-time 12.1 13.2 1.1 1.0 9.1 8.2
Unemployment 8.7 9.2 0.5 0.1 5.7 1.1
Participation rate 67.4 67.4 0.0 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 11.3 0.5 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 59.9 -0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 779.8 779.9 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.1
Labour force 500.4 498.0 -2.4 0.2 -0.5 0.0
Employment 459.5 456.6 -2.9 3.3 -0.6 0.7
Full-time 367.0 368.9 1.9 -0.2 0.5 -0.1
Part-time 92.5 87.7 -4.8 3.5 -5.2 4.2
Unemployment 40.9 41.4 0.5 -3.1 1.2 -7.0
Participation rate 64.2 63.9 -0.3 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.2 8.3 0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 58.9 58.5 -0.4 0.3 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 620.5 620.4 -0.1 1.5 -0.0 0.2
Labour force 392.3 386.5 -5.8 -4.5 -1.5 -1.2
Employment 352.6 346.9 -5.7 -6.6 -1.6 -1.9
Full-time 296.6 293.8 -2.8 -3.0 -0.9 -1.0
Part-time 55.9 53.1 -2.8 -3.6 -5.0 -6.3
Unemployment 39.7 39.6 -0.1 2.1 -0.3 5.6
Participation rate 63.2 62.3 -0.9 -0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.1 10.2 0.1 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 56.8 55.9 -0.9 -1.2 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,614.2 6,618.4 4.2 62.8 0.1 1.0
Labour force 4,274.1 4,289.7 15.6 8.5 0.4 0.2
Employment 3,915.7 3,952.1 36.4 0.2 0.9 0.0
Full-time 3,180.3 3,204.2 23.9 11.1 0.8 0.3
Part-time 735.3 747.9 12.6 -10.9 1.7 -1.4
Unemployment 358.4 337.5 -20.9 8.2 -5.8 2.5
Participation rate 64.6 64.8 0.2 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.4 7.9 -0.5 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 59.2 59.7 0.5 -0.6 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s): 
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.