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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  April 2010 May 2010 April to May 2010 May 2009 to May 2010 April to May 2010 May 2009 to May 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,777.6 10,791.0 13.4 154.2 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,252.6 7,280.7 28.1 130.0 0.4 1.8
Employment 6,615.6 6,633.3 17.7 160.2 0.3 2.5
Full-time 5,337.8 5,363.3 25.5 147.3 0.5 2.8
Part-time 1,277.8 1,270.1 -7.7 13.0 -0.6 1.0
Unemployment 636.9 647.3 10.4 -30.3 1.6 -4.5
Participation rate 67.3 67.5 0.2 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 8.9 0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 61.4 61.5 0.1 0.6 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 933.0 934.4 1.4 13.7 0.2 1.5
Labour force 651.1 658.2 7.1 18.8 1.1 2.9
Employment 619.0 620.4 1.4 12.1 0.2 2.0
Full-time 497.7 501.9 4.2 7.3 0.8 1.5
Part-time 121.2 118.5 -2.7 4.8 -2.2 4.2
Unemployment 32.2 37.8 5.6 6.7 17.4 21.5
Participation rate 69.8 70.4 0.6 1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.9 5.7 0.8 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 66.3 66.4 0.1 0.3 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 788.6 789.5 0.9 11.5 0.1 1.5
Labour force 556.8 553.4 -3.4 4.8 -0.6 0.9
Employment 527.8 526.0 -1.8 4.4 -0.3 0.8
Full-time 432.5 429.7 -2.8 6.7 -0.6 1.6
Part-time 95.3 96.3 1.0 -2.2 1.0 -2.2
Unemployment 29.0 27.4 -1.6 0.4 -5.5 1.5
Participation rate 70.6 70.1 -0.5 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 5.0 -0.2 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 66.9 66.6 -0.3 -0.4 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,912.6 2,917.8 5.2 62.6 0.2 2.2
Labour force 2,137.8 2,135.7 -2.1 4.5 -0.1 0.2
Employment 1,979.4 1,994.1 14.7 6.1 0.7 0.3
Full-time 1,627.9 1,657.9 30.0 21.4 1.8 1.3
Part-time 351.4 336.2 -15.2 -15.3 -4.3 -4.4
Unemployment 158.5 141.6 -16.9 -1.6 -10.7 -1.1
Participation rate 73.4 73.2 -0.2 -1.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.4 6.6 -0.8 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 68.0 68.3 0.3 -1.3 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,762.6 3,769.1 6.5 73.4 0.2 2.0
Labour force 2,483.3 2,479.1 -4.2 36.3 -0.2 1.5
Employment 2,302.6 2,292.5 -10.1 36.1 -0.4 1.6
Full-time 1,785.8 1,783.5 -2.3 35.2 -0.1 2.0
Part-time 516.8 509.0 -7.8 0.8 -1.5 0.2
Unemployment 180.7 186.6 5.9 0.2 3.3 0.1
Participation rate 66.0 65.8 -0.2 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.3 7.5 0.2 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 60.8 -0.4 -0.3 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.