Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted
  June 2012 July 2012 June to July 2012 July 2011 to July 2012 June to July 2012 July 2011 to July 2012
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands
(except rates)
% change
Newfoundland and Labrador            
Population 426.9 427.0 0.1 -1.6 0.0 -0.4
Labour force 264.8 260.5 -4.3 4.4 -1.6 1.7
Employment 230.4 227.2 -3.2 2.5 -1.4 1.1
Full-time 196.9 196.9 0.0 6.0 0.0 3.1
Part-time 33.4 30.3 -3.1 -3.5 -9.3 -10.4
Unemployment 34.5 33.3 -1.2 2.0 -3.5 6.4
Participation rate 62.0 61.0 -1.0 1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.0 12.8 -0.2 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 54.0 53.2 -0.8 0.8 ... ...
Prince Edward Island            
Population 120.6 120.6 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.9
Labour force 82.0 82.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.6
Employment 72.7 73.6 0.9 1.5 1.2 2.1
Full-time 60.7 60.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.7
Part-time 12.0 12.8 0.8 0.4 6.7 3.2
Unemployment 9.3 8.4 -0.9 -0.9 -9.7 -9.7
Participation rate 68.0 68.0 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.3 10.2 -1.1 -1.2 ... ...
Employment rate 60.3 61.0 0.7 0.7 ... ...
Nova Scotia            
Population 780.3 780.6 0.3 1.8 0.0 0.2
Labour force 501.2 503.0 1.8 4.0 0.4 0.8
Employment 453.0 455.5 2.5 3.8 0.6 0.8
Full-time 362.6 361.5 -1.1 -1.9 -0.3 -0.5
Part-time 90.4 94.1 3.7 5.9 4.1 6.7
Unemployment 48.2 47.5 -0.7 0.2 -1.5 0.4
Participation rate 64.2 64.4 0.2 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 9.4 -0.2 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 58.1 58.4 0.3 0.4 ... ...
New Brunswick            
Population 620.3 620.5 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.2
Labour force 391.8 392.9 1.1 4.8 0.3 1.2
Employment 354.8 353.7 -1.1 5.1 -0.3 1.5
Full-time 299.1 296.0 -3.1 6.4 -1.0 2.2
Part-time 55.6 57.8 2.2 -1.2 4.0 -2.0
Unemployment 37.1 39.2 2.1 -0.2 5.7 -0.5
Participation rate 63.2 63.3 0.1 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.5 10.0 0.5 -0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 57.2 57.0 -0.2 0.7 ... ...
Quebec            
Population 6,634.5 6,642.0 7.5 63.0 0.1 1.0
Labour force 4,316.7 4,281.4 -35.3 2.0 -0.8 0.0
Employment 3,985.5 3,956.8 -28.7 -13.3 -0.7 -0.3
Full-time 3,226.6 3,233.4 6.8 45.2 0.2 1.4
Part-time 758.9 723.3 -35.6 -58.6 -4.7 -7.5
Unemployment 331.2 324.6 -6.6 15.3 -2.0 4.9
Participation rate 65.1 64.5 -0.6 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 7.6 -0.1 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 59.6 -0.5 -0.7 ... ...
Ontario            
Population 11,066.3 11,080.4 14.1 149.5 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,346.8 7,374.7 27.9 75.0 0.4 1.0
Employment 6,782.0 6,792.6 10.6 47.2 0.2 0.7
Full-time 5,511.7 5,508.5 -3.2 20.4 -0.1 0.4
Part-time 1,270.3 1,284.0 13.7 26.8 1.1 2.1
Unemployment 564.8 582.1 17.3 27.8 3.1 5.0
Participation rate 66.4 66.6 0.2 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 7.9 0.2 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 61.3 61.3 0.0 -0.4 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 962.7 963.6 0.9 9.3 0.1 1.0
Labour force 662.9 662.9 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.4
Employment 628.3 625.0 -3.3 2.8 -0.5 0.5
Full-time 507.2 502.1 -5.1 -5.2 -1.0 -1.0
Part-time 121.1 122.9 1.8 8.0 1.5 7.0
Unemployment 34.5 37.9 3.4 0.1 9.9 0.3
Participation rate 68.9 68.8 -0.1 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 5.7 0.5 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 65.3 64.9 -0.4 -0.3 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 810.2 811.9 1.7 11.5 0.2 1.4
Labour force 564.1 565.9 1.8 11.7 0.3 2.1
Employment 536.6 537.4 0.8 10.7 0.1 2.0
Full-time 442.6 444.8 2.2 8.9 0.5 2.0
Part-time 94.0 92.6 -1.4 1.8 -1.5 2.0
Unemployment 27.5 28.5 1.0 1.1 3.6 4.0
Participation rate 69.6 69.7 0.1 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.9 5.0 0.1 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 66.2 66.2 0.0 0.4 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 3,066.0 3,073.9 7.9 64.1 0.3 2.1
Labour force 2,248.1 2,253.0 4.9 27.1 0.2 1.2
Employment 2,144.2 2,150.0 5.8 45.7 0.3 2.2
Full-time 1,784.0 1,799.3 15.3 57.2 0.9 3.3
Part-time 360.2 350.6 -9.6 -11.6 -2.7 -3.2
Unemployment 103.9 103.0 -0.9 -18.6 -0.9 -15.3
Participation rate 73.3 73.3 0.0 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.6 0.0 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 69.9 69.9 0.0 0.0 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,813.5 3,817.7 4.2 36.5 0.1 1.0
Labour force 2,485.8 2,480.1 -5.7 27.2 -0.2 1.1
Employment 2,322.2 2,307.7 -14.5 33.4 -0.6 1.5
Full-time 1,811.1 1,820.7 9.6 61.2 0.5 3.5
Part-time 511.1 487.0 -24.1 -27.8 -4.7 -5.4
Unemployment 163.6 172.4 8.8 -6.2 5.4 -3.5
Participation rate 65.2 65.0 -0.2 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 7.0 0.4 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 60.9 60.4 -0.5 0.3 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s): 
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.