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Table 3 
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted
  December
2014
January
2015
Standard error1 December 2014 to January 2015 January 2014 to January 2015 December 2014 to January 2015 January 2014 to January 2015
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Newfoundland and Labrador              
Population 443.3 443.4 ... 0.1 -1.6 0.0 -0.4
Labour force 268.7 268.5 1.9 -0.2 -7.0 -0.1 -2.5
Employment 237.1 237.9 2.0 0.8 -3.8 0.3 -1.6
Full-time 203.6 200.9 2.4 -2.7 -4.2 -1.3 -2.0
Part-time 33.5 37.0 1.9 3.5 0.5 10.4 1.4
Unemployment 31.6 30.6 1.8 -1.0 -3.3 -3.2 -9.7
Participation rate 60.6 60.6 0.4 0.0 -1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.8 11.4 0.7 -0.4 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 53.5 53.7 0.5 0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Prince Edward Island              
Population 120.7 120.8 ... 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3
Labour force 82.2 82.5 0.6 0.3 -0.8 0.4 -1.0
Employment 73.1 74.1 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.4 -0.1
Full-time 62.0 62.4 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.3
Part-time 11.1 11.7 0.7 0.6 -0.9 5.4 -7.1
Unemployment 9.1 8.4 0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -7.7 -7.7
Participation rate 68.1 68.3 0.5 0.2 -0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.1 10.2 0.8 -0.9 -0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 60.6 61.3 0.5 0.7 -0.3 ... ...
Nova Scotia              
Population 784.1 784.1 ... 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.2
Labour force 492.1 492.0 2.6 -0.1 0.9 0.0 0.2
Employment 451.0 450.9 2.6 -0.1 3.4 0.0 0.8
Full-time 369.0 369.2 3.5 0.2 7.6 0.1 2.1
Part-time 82.0 81.7 3.1 -0.3 -4.1 -0.4 -4.8
Unemployment 41.1 41.1 2.4 0.0 -2.6 0.0 -5.9
Participation rate 62.8 62.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.4 8.4 0.5 0.0 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 57.5 57.5 0.3 0.0 0.3 ... ...
New Brunswick              
Population 621.7 622.0 ... 0.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.1
Labour force 390.2 394.0 2.3 3.8 -1.0 1.0 -0.3
Employment 351.2 354.6 2.4 3.4 -0.6 1.0 -0.2
Full-time 295.5 298.9 3.0 3.4 -3.4 1.2 -1.1
Part-time 55.7 55.7 2.5 0.0 2.8 0.0 5.3
Unemployment 39.0 39.4 2.1 0.4 -0.4 1.0 -1.0
Participation rate 62.8 63.3 0.4 0.5 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.0 10.0 0.5 0.0 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 56.5 57.0 0.4 0.5 -0.1 ... ...
Quebec              
Population 6,822.3 6,825.0 ... 2.7 43.8 0.0 0.6
Labour force 4,389.5 4,400.7 15.0 11.2 -10.6 0.3 -0.2
Employment 4,061.1 4,077.1 14.8 16.0 -3.0 0.4 -0.1
Full-time 3,261.7 3,257.3 20.1 -4.4 0.6 -0.1 0.0
Part-time 799.4 819.8 18.5 20.4 -3.6 2.6 -0.4
Unemployment 328.4 323.6 13.1 -4.8 -7.6 -1.5 -2.3
Participation rate 64.3 64.5 0.2 0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 59.5 59.7 0.2 0.2 -0.5 ... ...
Ontario              
Population 11,320.4 11,329.1 ... 8.7 112.8 0.1 1.0
Labour force 7,407.2 7,393.3 20.3 -13.9 1.7 -0.2 0.0
Employment 6,885.0 6,886.3 19.4 1.3 44.4 0.0 0.6
Full-time 5,540.1 5,516.9 26.9 -23.2 -19.1 -0.4 -0.3
Part-time 1,344.9 1,369.3 24.6 24.4 63.5 1.8 4.9
Unemployment 522.2 507.1 17.1 -15.1 -42.6 -2.9 -7.7
Participation rate 65.4 65.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.0 6.9 0.2 -0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 60.8 60.8 0.2 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Manitoba              
Population 981.5 982.5 ... 1.0 11.6 0.1 1.2
Labour force 670.0 675.3 2.7 5.3 13.1 0.8 2.0
Employment 633.8 635.0 2.7 1.2 9.8 0.2 1.6
Full-time 514.9 518.1 3.8 3.2 13.1 0.6 2.6
Part-time 118.9 116.9 3.5 -2.0 -3.2 -1.7 -2.7
Unemployment 36.2 40.3 2.1 4.1 3.2 11.3 8.6
Participation rate 68.3 68.7 0.3 0.4 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 6.0 0.3 0.6 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 64.6 64.6 0.3 0.0 0.2 ... ...
Saskatchewan              
Population 857.0 857.8 ... 0.8 11.1 0.1 1.3
Labour force 597.3 593.1 2.5 -4.2 0.6 -0.7 0.1
Employment 575.0 566.6 2.6 -8.4 -0.4 -1.5 -0.1
Full-time 479.7 468.2 3.5 -11.5 -1.4 -2.4 -0.3
Part-time 95.3 98.4 3.2 3.1 1.1 3.3 1.1
Unemployment 22.3 26.5 1.7 4.2 0.9 18.8 3.5
Participation rate 69.7 69.1 0.3 -0.6 -0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.7 4.5 0.3 0.8 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 67.1 66.1 0.3 -1.0 -0.9 ... ...
Alberta              
Population 3,317.2 3,323.0 ... 5.8 84.3 0.2 2.6
Labour force 2,413.4 2,423.5 9.3 10.1 68.8 0.4 2.9
Employment 2,300.2 2,313.9 9.9 13.7 66.9 0.6 3.0
Full-time 1,924.3 1,934.4 13.1 10.1 51.6 0.5 2.7
Part-time 375.9 379.5 11.9 3.6 15.4 1.0 4.2
Unemployment 113.2 109.7 7.5 -3.5 2.0 -3.1 1.9
Participation rate 72.8 72.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.7 4.5 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 69.3 69.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 ... ...
British Columbia              
Population 3,848.4 3,851.6 ... 3.2 42.1 0.1 1.1
Labour force 2,417.1 2,425.5 10.3 8.4 -9.4 0.3 -0.4
Employment 2,283.9 2,290.6 10.2 6.7 10.9 0.3 0.5
Full-time 1,815.1 1,827.9 14.5 12.8 62.4 0.7 3.5
Part-time 468.8 462.7 13.9 -6.1 -51.4 -1.3 -10.0
Unemployment 133.2 134.9 8.0 1.7 -20.3 1.3 -13.1
Participation rate 62.8 63.0 0.3 0.2 -0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.6 0.3 0.1 -0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 59.3 59.5 0.3 0.2 -0.3 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 282-0087.
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