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| 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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