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Labour force, employed and unemployed, numbers and rates, by province
(Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick)
  2006
  Canada N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B.
  thousands
Population, 15 years and over
Both sexes 26,185.1 427.7 112.3 762.8 611.3
Men 12,882.7 208.4 54.2 368.0 298.3
Women 13,302.5 219.3 58.1 394.8 313.0
Labour force
Both sexes 17,592.8 253.1 77.1 480.0 389.6
Men 9,335.4 131.7 39.5 247.9 203.8
Women 8,257.3 121.4 37.6 232.0 185.7
Employed
Both sexes 16,484.3 215.7 68.6 441.8 355.4
Men 8,727.1 109.8 34.4 224.8 182.9
Women 7,757.2 105.9 34.2 217.0 172.5
Unemployed
Both sexes 1,108.4 37.5 8.5 38.1 34.2
Men 608.3 21.9 5.1 23.2 21.0
Women 500.1 15.6 3.5 15.0 13.2
Not in the labour force
Both sexes 8,592.3 174.6 35.2 282.8 221.7
Men 3,547.3 76.7 14.7 120.1 94.5
Women 5,045.2 97.9 20.5 162.8 127.3
  %
Participation rate
Both sexes 67.2 59.2 68.7 62.9 63.7
Men 72.5 63.2 72.9 67.4 68.3
Women 62.1 55.4 64.7 58.8 59.3
Unemployment rate
Both sexes 6.3 14.8 11.0 7.9 8.8
Men 6.5 16.6 12.9 9.4 10.3
Women 6.1 12.9 9.3 6.5 7.1
Employment rate
Both sexes 63.0 50.4 61.1 57.9 58.1
Men 67.7 52.7 63.5 61.1 61.3
Women 58.3 48.3 58.9 55.0 55.1
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) 282-0002 .
Last modified: 2007-10-10.

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