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Country	Province (change)	DHA (change)	County (change)	CHB (change)	Community (change)
Canada	Nova Scotia	Colchester East Hants Health Authority	Colchester County	Truro & Area	Old Barns

Labour
Labour Force Activity
Old Barns
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1996 Census

2001 Census

2006 Census

Percent
Change
1996 - 2006

Total Reporting

596

100.0

589

100.0

596

100.0

0.0

In the Labour Force

371

n/a

397

n/a

411

n/a

10.8

Employed

314

52.7

370

62.8

375

62.9

19.4

Unemployed

9.9

3.9

5.5

-44.1

Not in the Labour Force

227

38.1

198

33.6

187

31.4

-17.6

Participation Rate

n/a

62.2

n/a

67.4

n/a

69.0

10.9

Employment Rate

n/a

52.7

n/a

62.8

n/a

62.9

19.4

Unemployment Rate

n/a

15.9

n/a

5.8

n/a

8.0

-49.7

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The above data are derived from the Census long form (20% of the population).

Please note that a value of 0 may represent a true zero count, unavailable data or suppressed data.

Detailed data are suppressed for communities with population less than 100.

Source: Nova Scotia Community Counts web page - data modeled from Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006.

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