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Table 1 Labour force characteristics by age and sex

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Labour force characteristics by age and sex
  December 2009 January 2010 December 2009 to January 2010 January 2009 to January 2010 December 2009 to January 2010 January 2009 to January 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Both sexes, 15 years and over            
Population 27,490.7 27,522.2 31.5 394.1 0.1 1.5
Labour force 18,437.2 18,456.1 18.9 173.2 0.1 0.9
Employment 16,881.4 16,924.4 43.0 -16.0 0.3 -0.1
Full-time 13,677.2 13,678.6 1.4 -71.9 0.0 -0.5
Part-time 3,204.3 3,245.8 41.5 55.9 1.3 1.8
Unemployment 1,555.8 1,531.7 -24.1 189.2 -1.5 14.1
Participation rate 67.1 67.1 0.0 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.4 8.3 -0.1 1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 61.4 61.5 0.1 -0.9 ... ...
Part-time rate 19.0 19.2 0.2 0.4 ...  ...
Youths, 15 to 24 years            
Population 4,400.3 4,401.2 0.9 15.4 0.0 0.4
Labour force 2,847.8 2,850.7 2.9 -41.0 0.1 -1.4
Employment 2,392.0 2,421.3 29.3 -90.4 1.2 -3.6
Full-time 1,272.3 1,275.9 3.6 -83.8 0.3 -6.2
Part-time 1,119.6 1,145.4 25.8 -6.6 2.3 -0.6
Unemployment 455.9 429.4 -26.5 49.4 -5.8 13.0
Participation rate 64.7 64.8 0.1 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.0 15.1 -0.9 2.0 ... ...
Employment rate 54.4 55.0 0.6 -2.3 ... ...
Part-time rate 46.8 47.3 0.5 1.4 ...  ...
Men, 25 years and over            
Population 11,293.8 11,309.1 15.3 192.5 0.1 1.7
Labour force 8,268.0 8,242.1 -25.9 74.5 -0.3 0.9
Employment 7,609.6 7,592.3 -17.3 -13.0 -0.2 -0.2
Full-time 7,010.4 7,004.3 -6.1 -48.8 -0.1 -0.7
Part-time 599.2 588.0 -11.2 35.8 -1.9 6.5
Unemployment 658.3 649.8 -8.5 87.5 -1.3 15.6
Participation rate 73.2 72.9 -0.3 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 7.9 -0.1 1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 67.4 67.1 -0.3 -1.3 ... ...
Part-time rate 7.9 7.7 -0.2 0.4 ...  ...
Women, 25 years and over            
Population 11,796.6 11,811.9 15.3 186.2 0.1 1.6
Labour force 7,321.4 7,363.3 41.9 139.8 0.6 1.9
Employment 6,879.8 6,910.8 31.0 87.5 0.5 1.3
Full-time 5,394.4 5,398.5 4.1 60.8 0.1 1.1
Part-time 1,485.4 1,512.4 27.0 26.7 1.8 1.8
Unemployment 441.6 452.5 10.9 52.3 2.5 13.1
Participation rate 62.1 62.3 0.2 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 6.1 0.1 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 58.3 58.5 0.2 -0.2 ... ...
Part-time rate 21.6 21.9 0.3 0.1 ...  ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.