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Table 1 Labour force characteristics by age and sex

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Labour force characteristics by age and sex
  July 2009 August 2009 July to August 2009 August 2008 to August 2009 July to August 2009 August 2008 to August 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Both sexes, 15 years and over            
Population 27,326.0 27,358.4 32.4 384.1 0.1 1.4
Labour force 18,363.2 18,412.3 49.1 191.4 0.3 1.1
Employment 16,780.3 16,807.4 27.1 -292.8 0.2 -1.7
Full-time 13,521.5 13,518.0 -3.5 -440.7 0.0 -3.2
Part-time 3,258.8 3,289.4 30.6 148.0 0.9 4.7
Unemployment 1,583.0 1,604.9 21.9 484.1 1.4 43.2
Participation rate 67.2 67.3 0.1 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.6 8.7 0.1 2.5 ... ...
Employment rate 61.4 61.4 0.0 -2.0 ... ...
Part-time rate 19.4 19.6 0.2 1.2 ...  ...
Youths, 15 to 24 years            
Population 4,396.1 4,396.8 0.7 18.3 0.0 0.4
Labour force 2,859.9 2,858.3 -1.6 -64.2 -0.1 -2.2
Employment 2,395.9 2,391.0 -4.9 -207.2 -0.2 -8.0
Full-time 1,231.4 1,213.3 -18.1 -215.9 -1.5 -15.1
Part-time 1,164.5 1,177.7 13.2 8.7 1.1 0.7
Unemployment 464.1 467.3 3.2 143.0 0.7 44.1
Participation rate 65.1 65.0 -0.1 -1.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.2 16.3 0.1 5.2 ... ...
Employment rate 54.5 54.4 -0.1 -4.9 ... ...
Part-time rate 48.6 49.3 0.7 4.3 ...  ...
Men, 25 years and over            
Population 11,211.6 11,228.2 16.6 185.2 0.1 1.7
Labour force 8,255.6 8,272.1 16.5 129.1 0.2 1.6
Employment 7,568.8 7,576.8 8.0 -127.7 0.1 -1.7
Full-time 6,994.7 7,000.3 5.6 -175.3 0.1 -2.4
Part-time 574.1 576.5 2.4 47.6 0.4 9.0
Unemployment 686.8 695.3 8.5 256.8 1.2 58.6
Participation rate 73.6 73.7 0.1 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 8.4 0.1 3.0 ... ...
Employment rate 67.5 67.5 0.0 -2.3 ... ...
Part-time rate 7.6 7.6 0.0 0.7 ...  ...
Women, 25 years and over            
Population 11,718.3 11,733.4 15.1 180.5 0.1 1.6
Labour force 7,247.7 7,281.9 34.2 126.4 0.5 1.8
Employment 6,815.6 6,839.6 24.0 42.2 0.4 0.6
Full-time 5,295.4 5,304.5 9.1 -49.4 0.2 -0.9
Part-time 1,520.2 1,535.1 14.9 91.6 1.0 6.3
Unemployment 432.1 442.3 10.2 84.3 2.4 23.5
Participation rate 61.8 62.1 0.3 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 6.1 0.1 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 58.2 58.3 0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Part-time rate 22.3 22.4 0.1 1.2 ...  ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.