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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  August 2009 September 2009 August to September 2009 September 2008 to September 2009 August to September 2009 September 2008 to September 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,677.4 10,695.3 17.9 148.6 0.2 1.4
Labour force 7,186.0 7,182.5 -3.5 -13.2 0.0 -0.2
Employment 6,512.5 6,525.1 12.6 -205.2 0.2 -3.0
Full-time 5,204.0 5,265.5 61.5 -178.2 1.2 -3.3
Part-time 1,308.5 1,259.6 -48.9 -27.0 -3.7 -2.1
Unemployment 673.5 657.4 -16.1 192.0 -2.4 41.3
Participation rate 67.3 67.2 -0.1 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.4 9.2 -0.2 2.7 ... ...
Employment rate 61.0 61.0 0.0 -2.8 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 925.0 926.1 1.1 13.8 0.1 1.5
Labour force 648.5 643.2 -5.3 7.1 -0.8 1.1
Employment 611.3 608.9 -2.4 1.7 -0.4 0.3
Full-time 489.6 489.1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.1 0.0
Part-time 121.7 119.8 -1.9 1.9 -1.6 1.6
Unemployment 37.2 34.3 -2.9 5.5 -7.8 19.1
Participation rate 70.1 69.5 -0.6 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 5.3 -0.4 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 66.1 65.7 -0.4 -0.9 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 781.0 782.1 1.1 11.4 0.1 1.5
Labour force 544.2 544.3 0.1 3.2 0.0 0.6
Employment 516.9 519.0 2.1 -0.5 0.4 -0.1
Full-time 415.0 421.8 6.8 -4.3 1.6 -1.0
Part-time 101.9 97.2 -4.7 3.8 -4.6 4.1
Unemployment 27.3 25.3 -2.0 3.7 -7.3 17.1
Participation rate 69.7 69.6 -0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 4.6 -0.4 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 66.2 66.4 0.2 -1.0 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,876.0 2,882.2 6.2 74.0 0.2 2.6
Labour force 2,136.8 2,134.0 -2.8 32.1 -0.1 1.5
Employment 1,979.1 1,982.1 3.0 -39.6 0.2 -2.0
Full-time 1,613.2 1,627.9 14.7 -59.5 0.9 -3.5
Part-time 365.9 354.2 -11.7 19.9 -3.2 6.0
Unemployment 157.7 151.9 -5.8 71.7 -3.7 89.4
Participation rate 74.3 74.0 -0.3 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.4 7.1 -0.3 3.3 ... ...
Employment rate 68.8 68.8 0.0 -3.2 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,714.5 3,722.6 8.1 64.0 0.2 1.7
Labour force 2,447.0 2,452.7 5.7 21.5 0.2 0.9
Employment 2,255.7 2,270.1 14.4 -45.9 0.6 -2.0
Full-time 1,774.8 1,777.0 2.2 -67.5 0.1 -3.7
Part-time 480.8 493.1 12.3 21.7 2.6 4.6
Unemployment 191.3 182.6 -8.7 67.3 -4.5 58.4
Participation rate 65.9 65.9 0.0 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.8 7.4 -0.4 2.7 ... ...
Employment rate 60.7 61.0 0.3 -2.3 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.