Momentum (III)

Here is the size of the provincial public sector expressed as a share of the entire provincial labour force. For almost the entire period for which statistics are available, Newfoundland and Labrador's measurement has ranked at or near the top, among all provinces. In the three most recent years, it has ticked upwards to set new all-time highs. By 2009, nearly one in five persons in the labour force — active or otherwise — was employed in the provincial public sector.
* Same caveat applies regarding 2009 data.