With 101 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, Nova Scotia has a large public sector by Canadian standards, and the second-largest in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. Since 1997, Nova Scotia's public sector has grown considerably, from 86 employees per 1,000 residents to 101 – a 18 percent increase. Over [...]
With 93 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, Prince Edward Island has a large public sector by Canadian standards, and the third-largest public sector in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. P.E.I. employed five percent more public employees per capita in 2015 than in 1997. Over this period, the national average [...]
With 81 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, New Brunswick has a smaller public sector than the Canadian average. By this metric, the province's public sector is the smallest in Atlantic Canada. New Brunswick's public sector grew considerably, from 80 employees per 1,000 residents in 1997 to 93 per 1,000 in 2010. In the past [...]
With 109 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, NL has one of the largest public sectors in Canada, and the largest in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. The Atlantic average is 96. Since 1997, NL's public sector has grown considerably, ballooning by a stunning 30 percent. Over this period, the [...]