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Labour force characteristics, seasonally adjusted, by province (monthly)

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Labour force characteristics, seasonally adjusted, by province (monthly)
(Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick)
  December 2009 January 2010 December 2009 to January 2010 January 2009 to January 2010 December 2009 to January 2010 January 2009 to January 2010
  thousands %
Canada
Population 27,490.7 27,522.2 31.5 394.1 0.1 1.5
Labour force 18,437.2 18,456.1 18.9 173.2 0.1 0.9
Employment 16,881.4 16,924.4 43.0 -16.0 0.3 -0.1
Unemployment 1,555.8 1,531.7 -24.1 189.2 -1.5 14.1
Participation rate (%) 67.1 67.1 0.0 -0.3 … …
Unemployment rate (%) 8.4 8.3 -0.1 1.0 … …
Employment rate (%) 61.4 61.5 0.1 -0.9 … …
N.L.
Population 430.5 430.8 0.3 3.0 0.1 0.7
Labour force 256.0 256.8 0.8 4.6 0.3 1.8
Employment 217.2 218.6 1.4 3.3 0.6 1.5
Unemployment 38.8 38.2 -0.6 1.3 -1.5 3.5
Participation rate (%) 59.5 59.6 0.1 0.6 … …
Unemployment rate (%) 15.2 14.9 -0.3 0.3 … …
Employment rate (%) 50.5 50.7 0.2 0.4 … …
P.E.I.
Population 116.4 116.4 0.0 1.1 0.0 1.0
Labour force 79.8 79.6 -0.2 2.1 -0.3 2.7
Employment 71.2 71.7 0.5 3.6 0.7 5.3
Unemployment 8.6 7.9 -0.7 -1.5 -8.1 -16.0
Participation rate (%) 68.6 68.4 -0.2 1.2 … …
Unemployment rate (%) 10.8 9.9 -0.9 -2.2 … …
Employment rate (%) 61.2 61.6 0.4 2.5 … …
N.S.
Population 774.5 774.8 0.3 3.9 0.0 0.5
Labour force 499.9 495.8 -4.1 -1.6 -0.8 -0.3
Employment 452.0 447.0 -5.0 -6.3 -1.1 -1.4
Unemployment 47.8 48.8 1.0 4.7 2.1 10.7
Participation rate (%) 64.5 64.0 -0.5 -0.5 … …
Unemployment rate (%) 9.6 9.8 0.2 0.9 … …
Employment rate (%) 58.4 57.7 -0.7 -1.1 … …
N.B.
Population 622.8 622.9 0.1 2.9 0.0 0.5
Labour force 401.2 401.7 0.5 -1.6 0.1 -0.4
Employment 365.4 364.5 -0.9 -3.4 -0.2 -0.9
Unemployment 35.8 37.2 1.4 1.8 3.9 5.1
Participation rate (%) 64.4 64.5 0.1 -0.5 … …
Unemployment rate (%) 8.9 9.3 0.4 0.5 … …
Employment rate (%) 58.7 58.5 -0.2 -0.8 … …

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