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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  February 2010 March 2010 February to March 2010 March 2009 to March 2010 February to March 2010 March 2009 to March 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,752.8 10,764.7 11.9 150.4 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,219.6 7,211.9 -7.7 43.0 -0.1 0.6
Employment 6,564.8 6,575.1 10.3 42.3 0.2 0.6
Full-time 5,323.9 5,320.0 -3.9 55.8 -0.1 1.1
Part-time 1,240.8 1,255.1 14.3 -13.5 1.2 -1.1
Unemployment 654.9 636.7 -18.2 0.6 -2.8 0.1
Participation rate 67.1 67.0 -0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.1 8.8 -0.3 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 61.1 0.0 -0.4 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 930.5 931.7 1.2 13.7 0.1 1.5
Labour force 646.1 645.7 -0.4 10.9 -0.1 1.7
Employment 611.3 612.2 0.9 10.0 0.1 1.7
Full-time 494.3 491.2 -3.1 -3.3 -0.6 -0.7
Part-time 117.0 121.0 4.0 13.3 3.4 12.3
Unemployment 34.8 33.5 -1.3 0.9 -3.7 2.8
Participation rate 69.4 69.3 -0.1 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.2 -0.2 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 65.7 0.0 0.1 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 786.4 787.3 0.9 11.0 0.1 1.4
Labour force 547.3 555.4 8.1 11.0 1.5 2.0
Employment 523.9 527.2 3.3 8.4 0.6 1.6
Full-time 433.2 431.8 -1.4 11.8 -0.3 2.8
Part-time 90.7 95.4 4.7 -3.4 5.2 -3.4
Unemployment 23.5 28.3 4.8 2.7 20.4 10.5
Participation rate 69.6 70.5 0.9 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.3 5.1 0.8 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 66.6 67.0 0.4 0.2 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,904.1 2,908.0 3.9 66.3 0.1 2.3
Labour force 2,118.8 2,128.5 9.7 13.2 0.5 0.6
Employment 1,972.8 1,969.4 -3.4 -16.9 -0.2 -0.9
Full-time 1,623.8 1,619.3 -4.5 -13.4 -0.3 -0.8
Part-time 349.0 350.1 1.1 -3.5 0.3 -1.0
Unemployment 145.9 159.2 13.3 30.2 9.1 23.4
Participation rate 73.0 73.2 0.2 -1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 7.5 0.6 1.4 ... ...
Employment rate 67.9 67.7 -0.2 -2.2 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,751.3 3,756.6 5.3 70.8 0.1 1.9
Labour force 2,482.4 2,485.3 2.9 59.6 0.1 2.5
Employment 2,290.4 2,289.9 -0.5 46.8 0.0 2.1
Full-time 1,801.2 1,788.6 -12.6 28.9 -0.7 1.6
Part-time 489.2 501.3 12.1 17.9 2.5 3.7
Unemployment 192.0 195.4 3.4 12.8 1.8 7.0
Participation rate 66.2 66.2 0.0 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 7.9 0.2 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 61.0 -0.1 0.1 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.