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Labour force, employed and unemployed, numbers and rates, by province
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| 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | N.L. | P.E.I. | N.S. | N.B. | |
| thousands | |||||
| Population, 15 years and over | |||||
| Both sexes | 26,924.7 | 426.2 | 114.5 | 768.6 | 617.9 |
| Men | 13,251.8 | 207.0 | 55.4 | 370.3 | 301.1 |
| Women | 13,672.9 | 219.2 | 59.1 | 398.3 | 316.9 |
| Labour force | |||||
| Both sexes | 18,245.1 | 253.8 | 78.7 | 491.0 | 400.6 |
| Men | 9,654.0 | 133.2 | 39.8 | 251.9 | 208.3 |
| Women | 8,591.2 | 120.6 | 38.9 | 239.1 | 192.3 |
| Employed | |||||
| Both sexes | 17,125.8 | 220.3 | 70.2 | 453.2 | 366.2 |
| Men | 9,021.3 | 113.7 | 35.0 | 229.1 | 186.4 |
| Women | 8,104.5 | 106.6 | 35.2 | 224.1 | 179.8 |
| Unemployed | |||||
| Both sexes | 1,119.3 | 33.5 | 8.5 | 37.8 | 34.4 |
| Men | 632.6 | 19.5 | 4.7 | 22.8 | 21.9 |
| Women | 486.6 | 14.0 | 3.7 | 15.1 | 12.5 |
| Not in the labour force | |||||
| Both sexes | 8,679.6 | 172.4 | 35.8 | 277.6 | 217.3 |
| Men | 3,597.8 | 73.8 | 15.6 | 118.4 | 92.8 |
| Women | 5,081.7 | 98.6 | 20.2 | 159.2 | 124.6 |
| % | |||||
| Participation rate | |||||
| Both sexes | 67.8 | 59.5 | 68.7 | 63.9 | 64.8 |
| Men | 72.9 | 64.3 | 71.8 | 68.0 | 69.2 |
| Women | 62.8 | 55.0 | 65.8 | 60.0 | 60.7 |
| Unemployment rate | |||||
| Both sexes | 6.1 | 13.2 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
| Men | 6.6 | 14.6 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 10.5 |
| Women | 5.7 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| Employment rate | |||||
| Both sexes | 63.6 | 51.7 | 61.3 | 59.0 | 59.3 |
| Men | 68.1 | 54.9 | 63.2 | 61.9 | 61.9 |
| Women | 59.3 | 48.6 | 59.6 | 56.3 | 56.7 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) 282-0002 . Last modified: 2009-01-08. | |||||
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