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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  March 2010 April 2010 March to April 2010 April 2009 to April 2010 March to April 2010 April 2009 to April 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,764.7 10,777.6 12.9 152.2 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,211.9 7,252.6 40.7 88.4 0.6 1.2
Employment 6,575.1 6,615.6 40.5 81.8 0.6 1.3
Full-time 5,320.0 5,337.8 17.8 62.2 0.3 1.2
Part-time 1,255.1 1,277.8 22.7 19.6 1.8 1.6
Unemployment 636.7 636.9 0.2 6.6 0.0 1.0
Participation rate 67.0 67.3 0.3 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 8.8 0.0 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 61.4 0.3 -0.1 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 931.7 933.0 1.3 13.7 0.1 1.5
Labour force 645.7 651.1 5.4 17.9 0.8 2.8
Employment 612.2 619.0 6.8 15.1 1.1 2.5
Full-time 491.2 497.7 6.5 1.8 1.3 0.4
Part-time 121.0 121.2 0.2 13.2 0.2 12.2
Unemployment 33.5 32.2 -1.3 2.9 -3.9 9.9
Participation rate 69.3 69.8 0.5 0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 4.9 -0.3 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 66.3 0.6 0.6 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 787.3 788.6 1.3 11.5 0.2 1.5
Labour force 555.4 556.8 1.4 9.8 0.3 1.8
Employment 527.2 527.8 0.6 8.3 0.1 1.6
Full-time 431.8 432.5 0.7 12.3 0.2 2.9
Part-time 95.4 95.3 -0.1 -4.0 -0.1 -4.0
Unemployment 28.3 29.0 0.7 1.6 2.5 5.8
Participation rate 70.5 70.6 0.1 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.2 0.1 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 67.0 66.9 -0.1 0.0 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,908.0 2,912.6 4.6 64.7 0.2 2.3
Labour force 2,128.5 2,137.8 9.3 17.3 0.4 0.8
Employment 1,969.4 1,979.4 10.0 -6.9 0.5 -0.3
Full-time 1,619.3 1,627.9 8.6 1.3 0.5 0.1
Part-time 350.1 351.4 1.3 -8.2 0.4 -2.3
Unemployment 159.2 158.5 -0.7 24.2 -0.4 18.0
Participation rate 73.2 73.4 0.2 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.4 -0.1 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 67.7 68.0 0.3 -1.7 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,756.6 3,762.6 6.0 72.2 0.2 2.0
Labour force 2,485.3 2,483.3 -2.0 44.4 -0.1 1.8
Employment 2,289.9 2,302.6 12.7 49.0 0.6 2.2
Full-time 1,788.6 1,785.8 -2.8 22.9 -0.2 1.3
Part-time 501.3 516.8 15.5 26.2 3.1 5.3
Unemployment 195.4 180.7 -14.7 -4.6 -7.5 -2.5
Participation rate 66.2 66.0 -0.2 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 7.3 -0.6 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 61.0 61.2 0.2 0.1 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.