Table 3 
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted 

Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted
  September
2015
October
2015
Standard error1 September to October 2015 October 2014 to October 2015 September to October 2015 October 2014 to October 2015
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Newfoundland and Labrador              
Population 442.5 442.7 ... 0.2 -0.7 0.0 -0.2
Labour force 272.9 270.4 2.0 -2.5 0.0 -0.9 0.0
Employment 235.9 235.3 2.1 -0.6 -2.7 -0.3 -1.1
Full-time 199.9 200.6 2.7 0.7 -0.8 0.4 -0.4
Part-time 36.0 34.7 2.1 -1.3 -1.9 -3.6 -5.2
Unemployment 37.0 35.1 2.0 -1.9 2.7 -5.1 8.3
Participation rate 61.7 61.1 0.5 -0.6 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.6 13.0 0.7 -0.6 1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 53.3 53.2 0.5 -0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Prince Edward Island              
Population 121.0 121.1 ... 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.4
Labour force 81.3 82.6 0.6 1.3 0.5 1.6 0.6
Employment 73.7 74.4 0.6 0.7 -0.1 0.9 -0.1
Full-time 62.2 62.0 0.9 -0.2 -1.5 -0.3 -2.4
Part-time 11.6 12.4 0.7 0.8 1.5 6.9 13.8
Unemployment 7.6 8.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 7.9 7.9
Participation rate 67.2 68.2 0.5 1.0 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.3 9.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 60.9 61.4 0.5 0.5 -0.4 ... ...
Nova Scotia              
Population 786.4 786.6 ... 0.2 2.8 0.0 0.4
Labour force 495.0 489.5 2.6 -5.5 -4.2 -1.1 -0.9
Employment 451.1 451.1 2.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1
Full-time 371.0 371.4 3.8 0.4 3.9 0.1 1.1
Part-time 80.0 79.7 3.3 -0.3 -3.6 -0.4 -4.3
Unemployment 44.0 38.4 2.4 -5.6 -4.5 -12.7 -10.5
Participation rate 62.9 62.2 0.3 -0.7 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 7.8 0.5 -1.1 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 57.4 57.3 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 ... ...
New Brunswick              
Population 621.8 621.9 ... 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0
Labour force 385.3 390.9 2.2 5.6 0.4 1.5 0.1
Employment 351.4 355.5 2.3 4.1 3.5 1.2 1.0
Full-time 297.3 298.5 3.1 1.2 2.4 0.4 0.8
Part-time 54.1 57.0 2.7 2.9 1.1 5.4 2.0
Unemployment 34.0 35.3 2.1 1.3 -3.2 3.8 -8.3
Participation rate 62.0 62.9 0.4 0.9 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 9.0 0.5 0.2 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 56.5 57.2 0.4 0.7 0.6 ... ...
Quebec              
Population 6,853.2 6,856.3 ... 3.1 39.5 0.0 0.6
Labour force 4,451.1 4,440.7 14.8 -10.4 51.1 -0.2 1.2
Employment 4,106.3 4,100.7 14.8 -5.6 47.2 -0.1 1.2
Full-time 3,301.1 3,276.5 21.4 -24.6 58.7 -0.7 1.8
Part-time 805.3 824.1 19.6 18.8 -11.6 2.3 -1.4
Unemployment 344.7 340.0 13.2 -4.7 4.0 -1.4 1.2
Participation rate 64.9 64.8 0.2 -0.1 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 7.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 59.9 59.8 0.2 -0.1 0.3 ... ...
Ontario              
Population 11,414.7 11,425.7 ... 11.0 121.5 0.1 1.1
Labour force 7,422.3 7,441.3 19.7 19.0 11.0 0.3 0.1
Employment 6,908.0 6,937.2 19.6 29.2 7.5 0.4 0.1
Full-time 5,607.9 5,634.7 28.3 26.8 77.3 0.5 1.4
Part-time 1,300.1 1,302.4 25.6 2.3 -69.8 0.2 -5.1
Unemployment 514.3 504.2 16.9 -10.1 3.6 -2.0 0.7
Participation rate 65.0 65.1 0.2 0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 6.8 0.2 -0.1 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 60.5 60.7 0.2 0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Manitoba              
Population 989.6 990.6 ... 1.0 10.9 0.1 1.1
Labour force 674.3 678.0 2.5 3.7 10.3 0.5 1.5
Employment 639.0 641.8 2.5 2.8 7.3 0.4 1.2
Full-time 518.0 519.1 3.8 1.1 4.2 0.2 0.8
Part-time 121.0 122.7 3.6 1.7 3.1 1.4 2.6
Unemployment 35.3 36.2 2.1 0.9 3.0 2.5 9.0
Participation rate 68.1 68.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 5.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 64.6 64.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 ... ...
Saskatchewan              
Population 863.4 864.0 ... 0.6 8.5 0.1 1.0
Labour force 606.9 611.9 2.6 5.0 12.7 0.8 2.1
Employment 575.9 577.3 2.7 1.4 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
Full-time 469.3 473.1 3.7 3.8 -4.8 0.8 -1.0
Part-time 106.6 104.2 3.4 -2.4 4.6 -2.3 4.6
Unemployment 30.9 34.5 2.0 3.6 12.8 11.7 59.0
Participation rate 70.3 70.8 0.3 0.5 0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.6 0.3 0.5 2.0 ... ...
Employment rate 66.7 66.8 0.3 0.1 -0.7 ... ...
Alberta              
Population 3,369.7 3,373.5 ... 3.8 66.7 0.1 2.0
Labour force 2,475.8 2,466.5 10.0 -9.3 70.1 -0.4 2.9
Employment 2,315.2 2,304.4 10.2 -10.8 13.4 -0.5 0.6
Full-time 1,905.2 1,893.6 14.2 -11.6 -22.1 -0.6 -1.2
Part-time 410.0 410.8 12.7 0.8 35.5 0.2 9.5
Unemployment 160.6 162.2 7.9 1.6 56.8 1.0 53.9
Participation rate 73.5 73.1 0.3 -0.4 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.6 0.3 0.1 2.2 ... ...
Employment rate 68.7 68.3 0.3 -0.4 -1.0 ... ...
British Columbia              
Population 3,889.9 3,895.1 ... 5.2 53.5 0.1 1.4
Labour force 2,477.7 2,503.0 10.1 25.3 76.7 1.0 3.2
Employment 2,321.5 2,344.8 10.1 23.3 67.3 1.0 3.0
Full-time 1,845.9 1,857.2 14.9 11.3 64.4 0.6 3.6
Part-time 475.6 487.6 14.4 12.0 2.9 2.5 0.6
Unemployment 156.3 158.2 8.2 1.9 9.5 1.2 6.4
Participation rate 63.7 64.3 0.3 0.6 1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 6.3 0.3 0.0 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 59.7 60.2 0.3 0.5 0.9 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 282-0087.
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