Table 3
Labour force characteristics by province, seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by province, seasonally adjusted
  June 2011 July 2011 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
                                                    in thousands (except rates)      
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Population 428.8 428.6 ... -0.2 -0.4 0.9 0.0 -0.1 0.2
Labour force 252.8 255.9 2.1 3.1 -3.3 0.0 1.2 -1.3 0.0
Employment 221.6 225.4 2.1 3.8 2.5 7.6 1.7 1.1 3.5
Employment full-time 189.4 191.0 2.3 1.6 -0.1 8.2 0.8 -0.1 4.5
Employment part-time 32.2 34.3 1.9 2.1 2.5 -0.7 6.5 7.9 -2.0
Unemployment 31.2 30.5 1.9 -0.7 -5.8 -7.6 -2.2 -16.0 -19.9
Participation rate 59.0 59.7 0.5 0.7 -0.7 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.3 11.9 0.7 -0.4 -2.1 -3.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 51.7 52.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 1.7 ... ... ...
Prince Edward Island  
Population 119.3 119.5 ... 0.2 1.6 2.4 0.2 1.4 2.0
Labour force 81.7 81.2 0.6 -0.5 1.8 1.5 -0.6 2.3 1.9
Employment 71.8 71.8 0.7 0.0 1.9 0.7 0.0 2.7 1.0
Employment full-time 59.9 59.3 0.9 -0.6 1.4 1.9 -1.0 2.4 3.3
Employment part-time 12.0 12.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 -1.1 5.0 5.0 -8.0
Unemployment 9.8 9.4 0.6 -0.4 0.0 0.7 -4.1 0.0 8.0
Participation rate 68.5 67.9 0.5 -0.6 0.6 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.0 11.6 0.8 -0.4 -0.2 0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.2 60.1 0.6 -0.1 0.8 -0.6 ... ... ...
Nova Scotia  
Population 778.9 778.8 ... -0.1 -0.1 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.2
Labour force 496.0 498.9 2.7 2.9 -0.5 -3.8 0.6 -0.1 -0.8
Employment 452.8 451.4 2.8 -1.4 3.8 -4.1 -0.3 0.8 -0.9
Employment full-time 368.1 363.1 3.6 -5.0 -3.7 -0.1 -1.4 -1.0 0.0
Employment part-time 84.6 88.3 3.2 3.7 7.4 -4.0 4.4 9.1 -4.3
Unemployment 43.2 47.5 2.5 4.3 -4.3 0.3 10.0 -8.3 0.6
Participation rate 63.7 64.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 9.5 0.5 0.8 -0.9 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.1 58.0 0.4 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 ... ... ...
New Brunswick  
Population 619.3 619.4 ... 0.1 1.2 2.6 0.0 0.2 0.4
Labour force 386.6 386.9 2.2 0.3 -4.1 -3.8 0.1 -1.0 -1.0
Employment 349.5 348.0 2.4 -1.5 -6.1 -7.1 -0.4 -1.7 -2.0
Employment full-time 290.3 289.0 2.8 -1.3 -10.4 -10.1 -0.4 -3.5 -3.4
Employment part-time 59.2 59.0 2.3 -0.2 4.3 3.0 -0.3 7.9 5.4
Unemployment 37.1 38.9 2.1 1.8 2.0 3.2 4.9 5.4 9.0
Participation rate 62.4 62.5 0.4 0.1 -0.7 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 10.1 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.4 56.2 0.4 -0.2 -1.1 -1.4 ... ... ...
Quebec  
Population 6,573.9 6,579.0 ... 5.1 39.7 68.8 0.1 0.6 1.1
Labour force 4,304.3 4,283.6 14.8 -20.7 9.6 20.4 -0.5 0.2 0.5
Employment 3,965.3 3,974.5 14.7 9.2 20.8 59.5 0.2 0.5 1.5
Employment full-time 3,190.3 3,186.7 19.9 -3.6 -19.2 79.6 -0.1 -0.6 2.6
Employment part-time 775.0 787.8 18.1 12.8 40.0 -20.2 1.7 5.3 -2.5
Unemployment 339.0 309.1 13.3 -29.9 -11.2 -39.1 -8.8 -3.5 -11.2
Participation rate 65.5 65.1 0.2 -0.4 -0.3 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 7.2 0.3 -0.7 -0.3 -1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.3 60.4 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.3 ... ... ...
Ontario  
Population 10,920.1 10,930.9 ... 10.8 76.4 132.5 0.1 0.7 1.2
Labour force 7,333.8 7,297.6 20.5 -36.2 48.1 41.1 -0.5 0.7 0.6
Employment 6,769.8 6,747.4 19.7 -22.4 87.8 108.1 -0.3 1.3 1.6
Employment full-time 5,472.1 5,488.6 25.3 16.5 114.3 151.0 0.3 2.1 2.8
Employment part-time 1,297.8 1,258.8 23.5 -39.0 -26.5 -42.9 -3.0 -2.1 -3.3
Unemployment 564.0 550.3 17.6 -13.7 -39.6 -66.9 -2.4 -6.7 -10.8
Participation rate 67.2 66.8 0.2 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 7.5 0.2 -0.2 -0.6 -1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.0 61.7 0.2 -0.3 0.3 0.2 ... ... ...
Manitoba  
Population 953.0 954.3 ... 1.3 7.3 12.6 0.1 0.8 1.3
Labour force 657.8 659.5 2.6 1.7 4.9 1.1 0.3 0.7 0.2
Employment 621.8 621.9 2.6 0.1 1.4 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
Employment full-time 500.3 506.7 3.6 6.4 5.1 11.0 1.3 1.0 2.2
Employment part-time 121.5 115.2 3.4 -6.3 -3.7 -10.0 -5.2 -3.1 -8.0
Unemployment 36.0 37.6 2.1 1.6 3.5 0.1 4.4 10.3 0.3
Participation rate 69.0 69.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.7 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.2 65.2 0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.7 ... ... ...
Saskatchewan  
Population 799.2 800.4 ... 1.2 5.0 8.7 0.2 0.6 1.1
Labour force 552.0 553.8 2.4 1.8 -0.7 0.6 0.3 -0.1 0.1
Employment 525.2 526.8 2.4 1.6 2.7 2.0 0.3 0.5 0.4
Employment full-time 431.0 435.5 3.2 4.5 4.4 11.3 1.0 1.0 2.7
Employment part-time 94.2 91.3 3.0 -2.9 -1.7 -9.3 -3.1 -1.8 -9.2
Unemployment 26.8 27.1 1.9 0.3 -3.4 -1.3 1.1 -11.1 -4.6
Participation rate 69.1 69.2 0.3 0.1 -0.5 -0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.9 4.9 0.3 0.0 -0.6 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 65.8 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.5 ... ... ...
Alberta  
Population 3,005.1 3,009.8 ... 4.7 30.4 45.0 0.2 1.0 1.5
Labour force 2,213.6 2,225.4 9.0 11.8 74.8 63.3 0.5 3.5 2.9
Employment 2,090.6 2,103.0 9.0 12.4 70.8 76.7 0.6 3.5 3.8
Employment full-time 1,738.5 1,741.7 12.0 3.2 66.4 88.6 0.2 4.0 5.4
Employment part-time 352.1 361.3 10.8 9.2 4.4 -11.9 2.6 1.2 -3.2
Unemployment 123.0 122.4 7.2 -0.6 4.0 -13.4 -0.5 3.4 -9.9
Participation rate 73.7 73.9 0.3 0.2 1.7 1.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.5 0.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 69.6 69.9 0.3 0.3 1.7 1.6 ... ... ...
British Columbia  
Population 3,778.1 3,781.2 ... 3.1 25.9 48.9 0.1 0.7 1.3
Labour force 2,446.1 2,453.3 10.4 7.2 7.7 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.1
Employment 2,268.7 2,274.1 10.1 5.4 13.4 7.8 0.2 0.6 0.3
Employment full-time 1,751.2 1,755.1 13.8 3.9 22.7 9.6 0.2 1.3 0.5
Employment part-time 517.5 519.0 13.2 1.5 -9.3 -1.8 0.3 -1.8 -0.3
Unemployment 177.5 179.2 8.7 1.7 -5.7 -5.8 1.0 -3.1 -3.1
Participation rate 64.7 64.9 0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.3 7.3 0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.0 60.1 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.6 ... ... ...
1.
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Table 282-0087.