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November 2008
December 2008
November to December 2008
December 2007 to December 2008
November to December 2008
December 2007 to December 2008
Seasonally adjusted
thousands change in thousands
% change
Ontario
Population
10,571.3 10,580.8 9.5 154.4 0.1 1.5
Labour force
7,174.4 7,184.0 9.6 88.8 0.1 1.3
Employment
6,666.1 6,667.9 1.8 37.0 0.0 0.6
Full-time
5,422.7 5,423.5 0.8 -22.1 0.0 -0.4
Part-time
1,243.4 1,244.4 1.0 59.1 0.1 5.0
Unemployment
508.4 516.1 7.7 51.8 1.5 11.2
Participation rate
67.9 67.9 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate
7.1 7.2 0.1 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate
63.1 63.0 -0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Manitoba
Population
913.8 914.8 1.0 11.6 0.1 1.3
Labour force
636.6 636.6 0.0 11.3 0.0 1.8
Employment
609.6 609.2 -0.4 10.1 -0.1 1.7
Full-time
490.0 492.9 2.9 4.9 0.6 1.0
Part-time
119.6 116.4 -3.2 5.3 -2.7 4.8
Unemployment
27.0 27.4 0.4 1.2 1.5 4.6
Participation rate
69.7 69.6 -0.1 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate
4.2 4.3 0.1 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate
66.7 66.6 -0.1 0.3 ... ...
Saskatchewan
Population
773.1 774.0 0.9 16.0 0.1 2.1
Labour force
540.6 543.0 2.4 17.1 0.4 3.3
Employment
520.6 520.3 -0.3 15.6 -0.1 3.1
Full-time
427.7 426.5 -1.2 13.8 -0.3 3.3
Part-time
92.9 93.8 0.9 1.9 1.0 2.1
Unemployment
19.9 22.6 2.7 1.4 13.6 6.6
Participation rate
69.9 70.2 0.3 0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate
3.7 4.2 0.5 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate
67.3 67.2 -0.1 0.6 ... ...
Alberta
Population
2,818.0 2,823.7 5.7 54.2 0.2 2.0
Labour force
2,107.0 2,106.5 -0.5 46.7 0.0 2.3
Employment
2,034.9 2,019.1 -15.8 25.3 -0.8 1.3
Full-time
1,697.6 1,677.7 -19.9 -0.2 -1.2 0.0
Part-time
337.3 341.4 4.1 25.5 1.2 8.1
Unemployment
72.1 87.4 15.3 21.4 21.2 32.4
Participation rate
74.8 74.6 -0.2 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate
3.4 4.1 0.7 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate
72.2 71.5 -0.7 -0.5 ... ...
British Columbia
Population
3,668.1 3,672.2 4.1 69.5 0.1 1.9
Labour force
2,429.3 2,432.6 3.3 39.1 0.1 1.6
Employment
2,310.4 2,302.9 -7.5 10.0 -0.3 0.4
Full-time
1,841.8 1,839.3 -2.5 22.8 -0.1 1.3
Part-time
468.6 463.6 -5.0 -12.9 -1.1 -2.7
Unemployment
119.0 129.7 10.7 29.1 9.0 28.9
Participation rate
66.2 66.2 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate
4.9 5.3 0.4 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate
63.0 62.7 -0.3 -0.9 ... ...
... not applicable
Note: Related CANSIM table 282-0087.
