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Labour force, employed and unemployed, numbers and rates, by province
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| 2011 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | N.L. | P.E.I. | N.S. | N.B. | |
| thousands | |||||
| Population, 15 years and over | |||||
| Both sexes | 27,987.3 | 428.8 | 119.2 | 779.1 | 619.4 |
| Men | 13,788.8 | 208.7 | 58.1 | 371.7 | 299.8 |
| Women | 14,198.5 | 220.1 | 61.1 | 407.4 | 319.6 |
| Labour force | |||||
| Both sexes | 18,699.4 | 258.0 | 81.2 | 496.6 | 389.2 |
| Men | 9,858.9 | 134.6 | 41.7 | 251.3 | 199.7 |
| Women | 8,840.5 | 123.4 | 39.5 | 245.3 | 189.5 |
| Employed | |||||
| Both sexes | 17,306.2 | 225.4 | 72.0 | 452.8 | 352.0 |
| Men | 9,085.1 | 114.9 | 36.2 | 226.5 | 177.3 |
| Women | 8,221.1 | 110.4 | 35.8 | 226.3 | 174.7 |
| Unemployed | |||||
| Both sexes | 1,393.1 | 32.7 | 9.2 | 43.8 | 37.1 |
| Men | 773.8 | 19.7 | 5.5 | 24.8 | 22.4 |
| Women | 619.3 | 13.0 | 3.7 | 18.9 | 14.7 |
| Not in the labour force | |||||
| Both sexes | 9,287.9 | 170.8 | 38.0 | 282.5 | 230.2 |
| Men | 3,929.9 | 74.1 | 16.4 | 120.4 | 100.1 |
| Women | 5,358.0 | 96.7 | 21.6 | 162.1 | 130.1 |
| % | |||||
| Participation rate | |||||
| Both sexes | 66.8 | 60.2 | 68.1 | 63.7 | 62.8 |
| Men | 71.5 | 64.5 | 71.8 | 67.6 | 66.6 |
| Women | 62.3 | 56.1 | 64.6 | 60.2 | 59.3 |
| Unemployment rate | |||||
| Both sexes | 7.4 | 12.7 | 11.3 | 8.8 | 9.5 |
| Men | 7.8 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 11.2 |
| Women | 7.0 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
| Employment rate | |||||
| Both sexes | 61.8 | 52.6 | 60.4 | 58.1 | 56.8 |
| Men | 65.9 | 55.1 | 62.3 | 60.9 | 59.1 |
| Women | 57.9 | 50.2 | 58.6 | 55.5 | 54.7 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 282-0002 . Last modified: 2012-01-06. | |||||
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