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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  January 2009 February 2009 January to February 2009 February 2008 to February 2009 January to February 2009 February 2008 to February 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,591.9 10,604.6 12.7 156.3 0.1 1.5
Labour force 7,164.3 7,185.6 21.3 58.1 0.3 0.8
Employment 6,594.2 6,558.9 -35.3 -131.9 -0.5 -2.0
Full-time 5,372.6 5,316.7 -55.9 -172.1 -1.0 -3.1
Part-time 1,221.6 1,242.2 20.6 40.2 1.7 3.3
Unemployment 570.1 626.7 56.6 190.0 9.9 43.5
Participation rate 67.6 67.8 0.2 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 8.7 0.7 2.6 ... ...
Employment rate 62.3 61.8 -0.5 -2.2 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 915.6 916.8 1.2 11.7 0.1 1.3
Labour force 636.5 638.4 1.9 10.1 0.3 1.6
Employment 607.2 607.9 0.7 5.9 0.1 1.0
Full-time 492.5 494.2 1.7 4.1 0.3 0.8
Part-time 114.7 113.7 -1.0 1.8 -0.9 1.6
Unemployment 29.3 30.5 1.2 4.1 4.1 15.5
Participation rate 69.5 69.6 0.1 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.8 0.2 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 66.3 66.3 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 774.7 775.6 0.9 14.9 0.1 2.0
Labour force 544.1 548.3 4.2 16.8 0.8 3.2
Employment 521.9 522.5 0.6 12.8 0.1 2.5
Full-time 423.7 424.2 0.5 4.7 0.1 1.1
Part-time 98.2 98.3 0.1 8.1 0.1 9.0
Unemployment 22.1 25.8 3.7 4.0 16.7 18.3
Participation rate 70.2 70.7 0.5 0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.7 0.6 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 67.4 67.4 0.0 0.4 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,830.1 2,836.1 6.0 60.3 0.2 2.2
Labour force 2,119.3 2,116.5 -2.8 47.0 -0.1 2.3
Employment 2,025.8 2,002.1 -23.7 7.5 -1.2 0.4
Full-time 1,680.6 1,652.6 -28.0 -25.0 -1.7 -1.5
Part-time 345.3 349.5 4.2 32.5 1.2 10.3
Unemployment 93.5 114.5 21.0 39.6 22.5 52.9
Participation rate 74.9 74.6 -0.3 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.4 5.4 1.0 1.8 ... ...
Employment rate 71.6 70.6 -1.0 -1.3 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,676.8 3,681.8 5.0 67.7 0.1 1.9
Labour force 2,415.1 2,424.4 9.3 17.3 0.4 0.7
Employment 2,267.6 2,262.7 -4.9 -43.7 -0.2 -1.9
Full-time 1,771.5 1,769.9 -1.6 -68.9 -0.1 -3.7
Part-time 496.1 492.9 -3.2 25.3 -0.6 5.4
Unemployment 147.5 161.7 14.2 61.0 9.6 60.6
Participation rate 65.7 65.8 0.1 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.7 0.6 2.5 ... ...
Employment rate 61.7 61.5 -0.2 -2.3 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.