Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted
  March 2012 April 2012 March to April 2012 April 2011 to April 2012 March to April 2012 April 2011 to April 2012
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands
(except rates)
% change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 428.5 428.0 -0.5 -1.1 -0.1 -0.3
Labour force 262.3 264.5 2.2 3.8 0.8 1.5
Employment 228.1 232.0 3.9 0.7 1.7 0.3
Full-time 196.6 201.9 5.3 4.1 2.7 2.1
Part-time 31.5 30.1 -1.4 -3.4 -4.4 -10.1
Unemployment 34.2 32.5 -1.7 3.1 -5.0 10.5
Participation rate 61.2 61.8 0.6 1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.0 12.3 -0.7 1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 53.2 54.2 1.0 0.3 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 120.3 120.5 0.2 1.7 0.2 1.4
Labour force 81.1 82.0 0.9 1.4 1.1 1.7
Employment 72.0 73.0 1.0 1.5 1.4 2.1
Full-time 58.8 60.0 1.2 0.7 2.0 1.2
Part-time 13.2 12.9 -0.3 0.7 -2.3 5.7
Unemployment 9.2 9.0 -0.2 -0.1 -2.2 -1.1
Participation rate 67.4 68.0 0.6 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.3 11.0 -0.3 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 59.9 60.6 0.7 0.4 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 779.9 780.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.1
Labour force 498.0 499.2 1.2 7.1 0.2 1.4
Employment 456.6 454.5 -2.1 7.3 -0.5 1.6
Full-time 368.9 369.9 1.0 11.3 0.3 3.2
Part-time 87.7 84.6 -3.1 -3.9 -3.5 -4.4
Unemployment 41.4 44.7 3.3 -0.2 8.0 -0.4
Participation rate 63.9 64.0 0.1 0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 9.0 0.7 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 58.5 58.3 -0.2 0.9 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 620.4 620.4 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.2
Labour force 386.5 389.4 2.9 -1.8 0.8 -0.5
Employment 346.9 351.4 4.5 -0.9 1.3 -0.3
Full-time 293.8 298.2 4.4 3.4 1.5 1.2
Part-time 53.1 53.2 0.1 -4.3 0.2 -7.5
Unemployment 39.6 38.0 -1.6 -0.9 -4.0 -2.3
Participation rate 62.3 62.8 0.5 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.2 9.8 -0.4 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 55.9 56.6 0.7 -0.3 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,618.4 6,624.1 5.7 62.8 0.1 1.0
Labour force 4,289.7 4,319.0 29.3 30.3 0.7 0.7
Employment 3,952.1 3,975.4 23.3 20.9 0.6 0.5
Full-time 3,204.2 3,195.2 -9.0 -3.2 -0.3 -0.1
Part-time 747.9 780.2 32.3 24.1 4.3 3.2
Unemployment 337.5 343.6 6.1 9.4 1.8 2.8
Participation rate 64.8 65.2 0.4 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 8.0 0.1 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 59.7 60.0 0.3 -0.3 ... ...
Ontario            
Population 11,027.1 11,041.9 14.8 147.1 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,329.6 7,354.8 25.2 33.3 0.3 0.5
Employment 6,788.2 6,780.5 -7.7 37.5 -0.1 0.6
Full-time 5,484.2 5,507.3 23.1 43.5 0.4 0.8
Part-time 1,304.0 1,273.2 -30.8 -6.0 -2.4 -0.5
Unemployment 541.5 574.3 32.8 -4.2 6.1 -0.7
Participation rate 66.5 66.6 0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.4 7.8 0.4 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 61.4 -0.2 -0.5 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 960.6 961.7 1.1 11.0 0.1 1.2
Labour force 666.7 664.7 -2.0 6.8 -0.3 1.0
Employment 631.4 629.6 -1.8 6.1 -0.3 1.0
Full-time 508.9 507.5 -1.4 3.4 -0.3 0.7
Part-time 122.5 122.0 -0.5 2.6 -0.4 2.2
Unemployment 35.2 35.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.3 2.0
Participation rate 69.4 69.1 -0.3 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.3 0.0 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 65.5 -0.2 -0.1 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 806.6 807.7 1.1 10.0 0.1 1.3
Labour force 556.4 564.0 7.6 12.2 1.4 2.2
Employment 529.7 536.5 6.8 12.1 1.3 2.3
Full-time 438.2 444.4 6.2 16.9 1.4 4.0
Part-time 91.5 92.0 0.5 -4.8 0.5 -5.0
Unemployment 26.6 27.6 1.0 0.2 3.8 0.7
Participation rate 69.0 69.8 0.8 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.9 0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 66.4 0.7 0.7 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 3,042.4 3,050.5 8.1 56.5 0.3 1.9
Labour force 2,250.6 2,254.6 4.0 62.5 0.2 2.9
Employment 2,132.3 2,143.0 10.7 79.9 0.5 3.9
Full-time 1,783.0 1,779.2 -3.8 67.6 -0.2 3.9
Part-time 349.3 363.8 14.5 12.3 4.2 3.5
Unemployment 118.2 111.6 -6.6 -17.4 -5.6 -13.5
Participation rate 74.0 73.9 -0.1 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 4.9 -0.4 -1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 70.1 70.3 0.2 1.4 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,803.9 3,807.2 3.3 36.7 0.1 1.0
Labour force 2,471.8 2,473.1 1.3 10.5 0.1 0.4
Employment 2,299.1 2,318.8 19.7 48.7 0.9 2.1
Full-time 1,791.4 1,808.1 16.7 69.4 0.9 4.0
Part-time 507.7 510.7 3.0 -20.7 0.6 -3.9
Unemployment 172.7 154.3 -18.4 -38.2 -10.7 -19.8
Participation rate 65.0 65.0 0.0 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.0 6.2 -0.8 -1.6 ... ...
Employment rate 60.4 60.9 0.5 0.7 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s): 
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.