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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  April 2009 May 2009 April to May 2009 May 2008 to May 2009 April to May 2009 May 2008 to May 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,625.4 10,636.8 11.4 149.6 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,166.3 7,156.1 -10.2 -3.9 -0.1 -0.1
Employment 6,545.1 6,485.4 -59.7 -219.8 -0.9 -3.3
Full-time 5,283.2 5,233.1 -50.1 -219.3 -0.9 -4.0
Part-time 1,261.9 1,252.3 -9.6 -0.6 -0.8 0.0
Unemployment 621.2 670.7 49.5 215.9 8.0 47.5
Participation rate 67.4 67.3 -0.1 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 9.4 0.7 3.0 ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 61.0 -0.6 -2.9 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 919.3 920.7 1.4 12.5 0.2 1.4
Labour force 633.3 639.1 5.8 8.1 0.9 1.3
Employment 604.2 608.1 3.9 3.5 0.6 0.6
Full-time 497.4 495.5 -1.9 3.0 -0.4 0.6
Part-time 106.8 112.6 5.8 0.6 5.4 0.5
Unemployment 29.1 31.0 1.9 4.6 6.5 17.4
Participation rate 68.9 69.4 0.5 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.9 0.3 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 66.0 0.3 -0.6 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 777.1 778.0 0.9 12.8 0.1 1.7
Labour force 547.4 550.2 2.8 18.7 0.5 3.5
Employment 520.1 523.2 3.1 13.4 0.6 2.6
Full-time 421.2 425.2 4.0 8.6 0.9 2.1
Part-time 99.0 98.0 -1.0 4.8 -1.0 5.2
Unemployment 27.3 27.1 -0.2 5.4 -0.7 24.9
Participation rate 70.4 70.7 0.3 1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 4.9 -0.1 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 66.9 67.2 0.3 0.6 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,847.9 2,855.2 7.3 66.7 0.3 2.4
Labour force 2,119.5 2,135.3 15.8 52.0 0.7 2.5
Employment 1,992.9 1,993.5 0.6 -14.2 0.0 -0.7
Full-time 1,635.6 1,643.3 7.7 -37.9 0.5 -2.3
Part-time 357.3 350.2 -7.1 23.7 -2.0 7.3
Unemployment 126.6 141.8 15.2 66.2 12.0 87.6
Participation rate 74.4 74.8 0.4 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 6.6 0.6 3.0 ... ...
Employment rate 70.0 69.8 -0.2 -2.2 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,690.4 3,695.7 5.3 63.3 0.1 1.7
Labour force 2,437.1 2,443.2 6.1 14.9 0.3 0.6
Employment 2,257.4 2,258.8 1.4 -60.1 0.1 -2.6
Full-time 1,772.2 1,749.5 -22.7 -103.1 -1.3 -5.6
Part-time 485.1 509.3 24.2 43.0 5.0 9.2
Unemployment 179.8 184.5 4.7 75.1 2.6 68.6
Participation rate 66.0 66.1 0.1 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.4 7.6 0.2 3.1 ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 61.1 -0.1 -2.7 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.