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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  March 2009 April 2009 March to April 2009 April 2008 to April 2009 March to April 2009 April 2008 to April 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,614.3 10,625.4 11.1 151.0 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,168.4 7,166.3 -2.1 18.0 0.0 0.3
Employment 6,548.1 6,545.1 -3.0 -151.7 0.0 -2.3
Full-time 5,277.1 5,283.2 6.1 -184.5 0.1 -3.4
Part-time 1,271.0 1,261.9 -9.1 32.8 -0.7 2.7
Unemployment 620.4 621.2 0.8 169.7 0.1 37.6
Participation rate 67.5 67.4 -0.1 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 8.7 0.0 2.4 ... ...
Employment rate 61.7 61.6 -0.1 -2.3 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 918.0 919.3 1.3 12.0 0.1 1.3
Labour force 636.0 633.3 -2.7 -2.2 -0.4 -0.3
Employment 603.7 604.2 0.5 -6.9 0.1 -1.1
Full-time 495.4 497.4 2.0 6.5 0.4 1.3
Part-time 108.3 106.8 -1.5 -13.4 -1.4 -11.1
Unemployment 32.3 29.1 -3.2 4.7 -9.9 19.3
Participation rate 69.3 68.9 -0.4 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.1 4.6 -0.5 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 65.8 65.7 -0.1 -1.7 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 776.3 777.1 0.8 13.4 0.1 1.8
Labour force 545.4 547.4 2.0 14.7 0.4 2.8
Employment 519.8 520.1 0.3 10.3 0.1 2.0
Full-time 421.4 421.2 -0.2 1.5 0.0 0.4
Part-time 98.5 99.0 0.5 8.9 0.5 9.9
Unemployment 25.6 27.3 1.7 4.4 6.6 19.2
Participation rate 70.3 70.4 0.1 0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.7 5.0 0.3 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 67.0 66.9 -0.1 0.1 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,841.7 2,847.9 6.2 64.1 0.2 2.3
Labour force 2,110.1 2,119.5 9.4 43.1 0.4 2.1
Employment 1,987.2 1,992.9 5.7 -14.4 0.3 -0.7
Full-time 1,632.9 1,635.6 2.7 -56.5 0.2 -3.3
Part-time 354.3 357.3 3.0 42.2 0.8 13.4
Unemployment 123.0 126.6 3.6 57.5 2.9 83.2
Participation rate 74.3 74.4 0.1 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 6.0 0.2 2.7 ... ...
Employment rate 69.9 70.0 0.1 -2.1 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,685.8 3,690.4 4.6 63.5 0.1 1.8
Labour force 2,420.2 2,437.1 16.9 10.1 0.7 0.4
Employment 2,240.1 2,257.4 17.3 -62.8 0.8 -2.7
Full-time 1,760.0 1,772.2 12.2 -85.8 0.7 -4.6
Part-time 480.1 485.1 5.0 22.9 1.0 5.0
Unemployment 180.1 179.8 -0.3 73.0 -0.2 68.4
Participation rate 65.7 66.0 0.3 -0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.4 7.4 0.0 3.0 ... ...
Employment rate 60.8 61.2 0.4 -2.8 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.