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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  December 2008 January 2009 December 2008 to January 2009 January 2008 to January 2009 December 2008 to January 2009 January 2008 to January 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,580.8 10,591.9 11.1 152.5 0.1 1.5
Labour force 7,182.0 7,164.3 -17.7 63.4 -0.2 0.9
Employment 6,665.2 6,594.2 -71.0 -59.3 -1.1 -0.9
Full-time 5,421.1 5,372.6 -48.5 -87.7 -0.9 -1.6
Part-time 1,244.1 1,221.6 -22.5 28.4 -1.8 2.4
Unemployment 516.8 570.1 53.3 122.7 10.3 27.4
Participation rate 67.9 67.6 -0.3 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.2 8.0 0.8 1.7 ... ...
Employment rate 63.0 62.3 -0.7 -1.4 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 914.8 915.6 0.8 11.4 0.1 1.3
Labour force 636.5 636.5 0.0 10.0 0.0 1.6
Employment 609.1 607.2 -1.9 4.6 -0.3 0.8
Full-time 493.1 492.5 -0.6 1.8 -0.1 0.4
Part-time 116.0 114.7 -1.3 2.8 -1.1 2.5
Unemployment 27.4 29.3 1.9 5.4 6.9 22.6
Participation rate 69.6 69.5 -0.1 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.6 0.3 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 66.6 66.3 -0.3 -0.3 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 774.0 774.7 0.7 14.9 0.1 2.0
Labour force 543.0 544.1 1.1 17.1 0.2 3.2
Employment 520.3 521.9 1.6 15.6 0.3 3.1
Full-time 426.4 423.7 -2.7 9.2 -0.6 2.2
Part-time 93.9 98.2 4.3 6.4 4.6 7.0
Unemployment 22.7 22.1 -0.6 1.3 -2.6 6.3
Participation rate 70.2 70.2 0.0 0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.1 -0.1 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 67.2 67.4 0.2 0.8 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,823.7 2,830.1 6.4 57.1 0.2 2.1
Labour force 2,110.2 2,119.3 9.1 51.8 0.4 2.5
Employment 2,022.5 2,025.8 3.3 26.5 0.2 1.3
Full-time 1,680.8 1,680.6 -0.2 -3.7 0.0 -0.2
Part-time 341.7 345.3 3.6 30.3 1.1 9.6
Unemployment 87.8 93.5 5.7 25.3 6.5 37.1
Participation rate 74.7 74.9 0.2 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.4 0.2 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 71.6 71.6 0.0 -0.5 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,672.2 3,676.8 4.6 67.3 0.1 1.9
Labour force 2,432.5 2,415.1 -17.4 8.9 -0.7 0.4
Employment 2,302.7 2,267.6 -35.1 -40.3 -1.5 -1.7
Full-time 1,839.6 1,771.5 -68.1 -64.1 -3.7 -3.5
Part-time 463.2 496.1 32.9 23.9 7.1 5.1
Unemployment 129.7 147.5 17.8 49.2 13.7 50.1
Participation rate 66.2 65.7 -0.5 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 6.1 0.8 2.0 ... ...
Employment rate 62.7 61.7 -1.0 -2.2 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.