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Labour force, employed and unemployed, numbers and rates, by province
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| 2009 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | N.L. | P.E.I. | N.S. | N.B. | |
| thousands | |||||
| Population, 15 years and over | |||||
| Both sexes | 27,309.2 | 428.9 | 116.0 | 772.6 | 621.5 |
| Men | 13,446.4 | 208.1 | 56.1 | 371.9 | 302.6 |
| Women | 13,862.8 | 220.8 | 59.8 | 400.7 | 318.9 |
| Labour force | |||||
| Both sexes | 18,368.7 | 254.2 | 79.0 | 498.8 | 402.1 |
| Men | 9,684.6 | 133.3 | 40.5 | 254.6 | 208.9 |
| Women | 8,684.1 | 120.9 | 38.5 | 244.1 | 193.2 |
| Employed | |||||
| Both sexes | 16,848.9 | 214.9 | 69.5 | 452.8 | 366.4 |
| Men | 8,772.7 | 109.3 | 34.9 | 226.7 | 187.6 |
| Women | 8,076.2 | 105.6 | 34.6 | 226.1 | 178.8 |
| Unemployed | |||||
| Both sexes | 1,519.8 | 39.3 | 9.5 | 46.0 | 35.7 |
| Men | 912.0 | 24.0 | 5.6 | 28.0 | 21.3 |
| Women | 607.9 | 15.2 | 3.9 | 18.0 | 14.4 |
| Not in the labour force | |||||
| Both sexes | 8,940.5 | 174.7 | 37.0 | 273.8 | 219.4 |
| Men | 3,761.8 | 74.8 | 15.6 | 117.3 | 93.7 |
| Women | 5,178.7 | 99.9 | 21.3 | 156.6 | 125.7 |
| % | |||||
| Participation rate | |||||
| Both sexes | 67.3 | 59.3 | 68.1 | 64.6 | 64.7 |
| Men | 72.0 | 64.1 | 72.2 | 68.5 | 69.0 |
| Women | 62.6 | 54.8 | 64.4 | 60.9 | 60.6 |
| Unemployment rate | |||||
| Both sexes | 8.3 | 15.5 | 12.0 | 9.2 | 8.9 |
| Men | 9.4 | 18.0 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 10.2 |
| Women | 7.0 | 12.6 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| Employment rate | |||||
| Both sexes | 61.7 | 50.1 | 59.9 | 58.6 | 59.0 |
| Men | 65.2 | 52.5 | 62.2 | 61.0 | 62.0 |
| Women | 58.3 | 47.8 | 57.9 | 56.4 | 56.1 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) 282-0002 . Last modified: 2010-01-29. | |||||
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