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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  June 2009 July 2009 June to July 2009 July 2008 to July 2009 June to July 2009 July 2008 to July 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,652.1 10,665.2 13.1 148.4 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,172.2 7,165.4 -6.8 38.9 -0.1 0.5
Employment 6,486.6 6,500.3 13.7 -168.1 0.2 -2.5
Full-time 5,176.9 5,227.6 50.7 -165.8 1.0 -3.1
Part-time 1,309.7 1,272.7 -37.0 -2.4 -2.8 -0.2
Unemployment 685.6 665.1 -20.5 207.0 -3.0 45.2
Participation rate 67.3 67.2 -0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 9.3 -0.3 2.9 ... ...
Employment rate 60.9 60.9 0.0 -2.5 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 922.5 923.8 1.3 13.3 0.1 1.5
Labour force 639.4 641.0 1.6 8.0 0.3 1.3
Employment 606.2 607.9 1.7 -1.4 0.3 -0.2
Full-time 495.6 490.3 -5.3 -3.0 -1.1 -0.6
Part-time 110.5 117.6 7.1 1.5 6.4 1.3
Unemployment 33.2 33.1 -0.1 9.4 -0.3 39.7
Participation rate 69.3 69.4 0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 5.2 0.0 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 65.8 0.1 -1.1 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 779.3 780.2 0.9 12.2 0.1 1.6
Labour force 550.3 546.0 -4.3 16.6 -0.8 3.1
Employment 524.8 520.1 -4.7 14.1 -0.9 2.8
Full-time 424.9 417.1 -7.8 -2.4 -1.8 -0.6
Part-time 100.0 103.0 3.0 16.5 3.0 19.1
Unemployment 25.5 25.9 0.4 2.5 1.6 10.7
Participation rate 70.6 70.0 -0.6 1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.7 0.1 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 67.3 66.7 -0.6 0.8 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,863.8 2,870.2 6.4 70.2 0.2 2.5
Labour force 2,134.1 2,139.7 5.6 51.1 0.3 2.4
Employment 1,989.5 1,985.8 -3.7 -26.1 -0.2 -1.3
Full-time 1,636.4 1,624.5 -11.9 -63.9 -0.7 -3.8
Part-time 353.1 361.2 8.1 37.8 2.3 11.7
Unemployment 144.6 153.9 9.3 77.2 6.4 100.7
Participation rate 74.5 74.5 0.0 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.8 7.2 0.4 3.5 ... ...
Employment rate 69.5 69.2 -0.3 -2.7 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,703.5 3,709.1 5.6 63.8 0.2 1.8
Labour force 2,453.6 2,436.0 -17.6 4.9 -0.7 0.2
Employment 2,254.7 2,247.1 -7.6 -74.5 -0.3 -3.2
Full-time 1,761.5 1,750.0 -11.5 -121.6 -0.7 -6.5
Part-time 493.1 497.1 4.0 47.1 0.8 10.5
Unemployment 198.9 188.9 -10.0 79.4 -5.0 72.5
Participation rate 66.3 65.7 -0.6 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 7.8 -0.3 3.3 ... ...
Employment rate 60.9 60.6 -0.3 -3.1 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.