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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  May 2010 June 2010 May to June 2010 June 2009 to June 2010 May to June 2010 June 2009 to June 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,791.0 10,807.9 16.9 155.8 0.2 1.5
Labour force 7,280.7 7,301.4 20.7 135.0 0.3 1.9
Employment 6,633.3 6,693.6 60.3 200.4 0.9 3.1
Full-time 5,363.3 5,405.8 42.5 230.5 0.8 4.5
Part-time 1,270.1 1,287.9 17.8 -30.0 1.4 -2.3
Unemployment 647.3 607.8 -39.5 -65.4 -6.1 -9.7
Participation rate 67.5 67.6 0.1 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 8.3 -0.6 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 61.5 61.9 0.4 0.9 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 934.4 936.0 1.6 13.5 0.2 1.5
Labour force 658.2 655.7 -2.5 15.2 -0.4 2.4
Employment 620.4 620.7 0.3 13.7 0.0 2.3
Full-time 501.9 499.4 -2.5 4.1 -0.5 0.8
Part-time 118.5 121.3 2.8 9.5 2.4 8.5
Unemployment 37.8 35.0 -2.8 1.6 -7.4 4.8
Participation rate 70.4 70.1 -0.3 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 5.3 -0.4 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 66.4 66.3 -0.1 0.5 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 789.5 791.0 1.5 11.7 0.2 1.5
Labour force 553.4 558.5 5.1 8.5 0.9 1.5
Employment 526.0 528.1 2.1 3.5 0.4 0.7
Full-time 429.7 430.5 0.8 5.6 0.2 1.3
Part-time 96.3 97.6 1.3 -2.1 1.3 -2.1
Unemployment 27.4 30.5 3.1 5.1 11.3 20.1
Participation rate 70.1 70.6 0.5 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.5 0.5 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 66.6 66.8 0.2 -0.5 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,917.8 2,924.1 6.3 60.3 0.2 2.1
Labour force 2,135.7 2,143.0 7.3 11.5 0.3 0.5
Employment 1,994.1 1,999.8 5.7 13.7 0.3 0.7
Full-time 1,657.9 1,648.3 -9.6 15.0 -0.6 0.9
Part-time 336.2 351.5 15.3 -1.4 4.6 -0.4
Unemployment 141.6 143.2 1.6 -2.2 1.1 -1.5
Participation rate 73.2 73.3 0.1 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 6.7 0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 68.3 68.4 0.1 -1.0 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,769.1 3,777.4 8.3 73.9 0.2 2.0
Labour force 2,479.1 2,493.2 14.1 40.7 0.6 1.7
Employment 2,292.5 2,298.9 6.4 46.1 0.3 2.0
Full-time 1,783.5 1,796.7 13.2 37.1 0.7 2.1
Part-time 509.0 502.2 -6.8 9.0 -1.3 1.8
Unemployment 186.6 194.3 7.7 -5.4 4.1 -2.7
Participation rate 65.8 66.0 0.2 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.8 0.3 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 60.8 60.9 0.1 0.1 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.