[someone123]

It is kind of silly to debate 1-2% differences since these rates fluctuate significantly even from month to month, and since there is some statistical noise due to the small sample sizes in smaller cities. In 2011, the participation rate in St. John's was lower than the rate in Halifax. By contrast there's about a 10% difference between Windsor and Calgary.

I doubt that hiring for shipbuilding in Halifax would have a big demographic impact on St. John's specifically. There will be on the order of 11,500 direct jobs created and St. John's is a small part of the labour pool that would be hired from.