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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  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
Ontario            
Population 10,727.6 10,739.8 12.2 147.9 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,190.2 7,221.0 30.8 65.9 0.4 0.9
Employment 6,527.4 6,557.7 30.3 -15.0 0.5 -0.2
Full-time 5,301.4 5,315.3 13.9 -22.2 0.3 -0.4
Part-time 1,225.9 1,242.5 16.6 7.3 1.4 0.6
Unemployment 662.8 663.2 0.4 80.8 0.1 13.9
Participation rate 67.0 67.2 0.2 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 9.2 0.0 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 60.8 61.1 0.3 -1.0 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 928.6 929.5 0.9 13.9 0.1 1.5
Labour force 640.9 647.6 6.7 12.1 1.0 1.9
Employment 604.0 612.4 8.4 6.0 1.4 1.0
Full-time 484.7 489.4 4.7 -2.7 1.0 -0.5
Part-time 119.2 123.1 3.9 8.8 3.3 7.7
Unemployment 37.0 35.2 -1.8 6.0 -4.9 20.5
Participation rate 69.0 69.7 0.7 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 5.4 -0.4 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 65.0 65.9 0.9 -0.3 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 784.3 785.2 0.9 10.5 0.1 1.4
Labour force 548.5 545.4 -3.1 1.4 -0.6 0.3
Employment 522.1 519.8 -2.3 -1.2 -0.4 -0.2
Full-time 425.6 428.6 3.0 6.6 0.7 1.6
Part-time 96.5 91.2 -5.3 -7.8 -5.5 -7.9
Unemployment 26.3 25.6 -0.7 2.6 -2.7 11.3
Participation rate 69.9 69.5 -0.4 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.7 -0.1 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 66.6 66.2 -0.4 -1.1 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,895.3 2,899.5 4.2 69.4 0.1 2.5
Labour force 2,135.9 2,127.2 -8.7 7.3 -0.4 0.3
Employment 1,995.3 1,987.6 -7.7 -31.9 -0.4 -1.6
Full-time 1,631.8 1,638.1 6.3 -35.1 0.4 -2.1
Part-time 363.5 349.6 -13.9 3.3 -3.8 1.0
Unemployment 140.6 139.6 -1.0 39.2 -0.7 39.0
Participation rate 73.8 73.4 -0.4 -1.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 6.6 0.0 1.9 ... ...
Employment rate 68.9 68.5 -0.4 -2.9 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,738.9 3,745.0 6.1 68.2 0.2 1.9
Labour force 2,472.7 2,481.2 8.5 60.8 0.3 2.5
Employment 2,268.5 2,280.5 12.0 13.3 0.5 0.6
Full-time 1,772.4 1,768.2 -4.2 1.2 -0.2 0.1
Part-time 496.1 512.4 16.3 12.1 3.3 2.4
Unemployment 204.2 200.7 -3.5 47.5 -1.7 31.0
Participation rate 66.1 66.3 0.2 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 8.1 -0.2 1.8 ... ...
Employment rate 60.7 60.9 0.2 -0.8 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.