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Labour force characteristics, population 15 years and older, by economic region, by province

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Labour force characteristics, population 15 years and older, by economic region, by province
(Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick)
  2011
  Population Labour force Employment Unemploy-
ment
Unemploy-
ment rate
Participation rate Employment rate
  thousands %
N.L.
ER 1010 Avalon Peninsula 220.7 144.1 131.2 12.9 9.0 65.3 59.4
ER 1020 South Coast - Burin Peninsula 30.5 17.2 13.4 3.7 21.5 56.4 43.9
ER 1030 West Coast - Northern Peninsula - Labrador 86.9 49.9 41.9 8.0 16.0 57.4 48.2
ER 1040 Notre Dame - Central Bonavista Bay 90.7 46.8 38.8 8.0 17.1 51.6 42.8
P.E.I.
ER 1110 Prince Edward Island 119.2 81.2 72.0 9.2 11.3 68.1 60.4
N.S.
ER 1210 Cape Breton 112.1 62.9 52.8 10.0 15.9 56.1 47.1
ER 1220 North Shore 129.8 77.9 70.1 7.8 10.0 60.0 54.0
ER 1230 Annapolis Valley 99.7 59.6 53.9 5.7 9.6 59.8 54.1
ER 1240 Southern 98.3 57.9 52.0 5.9 10.2 58.9 52.9
ER 1250 Halifax 339.2 238.3 223.9 14.4 6.0 70.3 66.0
N.B.
ER 1310 Campbellton - Miramichi 129.3 72.0 60.9 11.1 15.4 55.7 47.1
ER 1320 Moncton - Richibucto 171.8 112.6 103.0 9.6 8.5 65.5 60.0
ER 1330 Saint John - St. Stephen 144.2 93.9 87.0 6.9 7.3 65.1 60.3
ER 1340 Fredericton - Oromocto 109.1 71.6 65.9 5.7 8.0 65.6 60.4
ER 1350 Edmundston - Woodstock 65.0 39.1 35.3 3.8 9.7 60.2 54.3

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