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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)
  2009
Economic region Popu-
lation
Labour force Employ-
ment
Unem-
ployment
Unem-
ployment rate
Partici-
pation rate
Employ-
ment rate
  thousands %
N.L.
ER 1010 Avalon Peninsula 215.4 137.0 121.7 15.3 11.2 63.6 56.5
ER 1020 South Coast - Burin Peninsula 31.9 16.0 12.5 3.5 21.9 50.2 39.2
ER 1030 West Coast - Northern Peninsula - Labrador 88.1 50.4 41.0 9.4 18.7 57.2 46.5
ER 1040 Notre Dame - Central Bonavista Bay 93.4 50.8 39.8 11.1 21.9 54.4 42.6
P.E.I.
ER 1110 Prince Edward Island 116.0 79.0 69.5 9.5 12.0 68.1 59.9
N.S.
ER 1210 Cape Breton 115.0 63.4 53.8 9.6 15.1 55.1 46.8
ER 1220 North Shore 131.4 79.5 70.5 9.0 11.3 60.5 53.7
ER 1230 Annapolis Valley 101.7 62.7 57.1 5.6 8.9 61.7 56.1
ER 1240 Southern 103.3 62.8 55.7 7.0 11.1 60.8 53.9
ER 1250 Halifax 321.2 230.3 215.6 14.7 6.4 71.7 67.1
N.B.
ER 1310 Campbellton - Miramichi 135.2 75.1 63.8 11.3 15.0 55.5 47.2
ER 1320 Moncton - Richibucto 167.9 113.9 105.4 8.5 7.5 67.8 62.8
ER 1330 Saint John - St. Stephen 143.8 96.4 90.3 6.1 6.3 67.0 62.8
ER 1340 Fredericton - Oromocto 106.4 72.6 67.3 5.4 7.4 68.2 63.3
ER 1350 Edmundston - Woodstock 68.2 44.1 39.7 4.4 10.0 64.7 58.2

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