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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  June 2010 July 2010 June to July 2010 July 2009 to July 2010 June to July 2010 July 2009 to July 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,807.9 10,823.2 15.3 158.0 0.1 1.5
Labour force 7,301.4 7,302.7 1.3 133.9 0.0 1.9
Employment 6,693.6 6,678.6 -15.0 171.8 -0.2 2.6
Full-time 5,405.8 5,375.8 -30.0 136.2 -0.6 2.6
Part-time 1,287.9 1,302.7 14.8 35.6 1.1 2.8
Unemployment 607.8 624.2 16.4 -37.8 2.7 -5.7
Participation rate 67.6 67.5 -0.1 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 8.5 0.2 -0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 61.9 61.7 -0.2 0.7 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 936.0 937.6 1.6 13.8 0.2 1.5
Labour force 655.7 657.4 1.7 14.8 0.3 2.3
Employment 620.7 620.6 -0.1 12.7 0.0 2.1
Full-time 499.4 496.0 -3.4 6.7 -0.7 1.4
Part-time 121.3 124.6 3.3 6.0 2.7 5.1
Unemployment 35.0 36.8 1.8 2.1 5.1 6.1
Participation rate 70.1 70.1 0.0 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.6 0.3 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 66.3 66.2 -0.1 0.4 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 791.0 792.1 1.1 11.9 0.1 1.5
Labour force 558.5 554.2 -4.3 9.2 -0.8 1.7
Employment 528.1 526.0 -2.1 7.3 -0.4 1.4
Full-time 430.5 424.1 -6.4 9.2 -1.5 2.2
Part-time 97.6 101.9 4.3 -1.9 4.4 -1.8
Unemployment 30.5 28.1 -2.4 1.8 -7.9 6.8
Participation rate 70.6 70.0 -0.6 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.1 -0.4 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 66.8 66.4 -0.4 -0.1 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,924.1 2,929.2 5.1 59.0 0.2 2.1
Labour force 2,143.0 2,142.5 -0.5 4.6 0.0 0.2
Employment 1,999.8 2,008.6 8.8 24.0 0.4 1.2
Full-time 1,648.3 1,635.3 -13.0 12.1 -0.8 0.7
Part-time 351.5 373.2 21.7 11.9 6.2 3.3
Unemployment 143.2 134.0 -9.2 -19.4 -6.4 -12.6
Participation rate 73.3 73.1 -0.2 -1.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 6.3 -0.4 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 68.4 68.6 0.2 -0.5 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,777.4 3,784.3 6.9 75.2 0.2 2.0
Labour force 2,493.2 2,503.0 9.8 64.3 0.4 2.6
Employment 2,298.9 2,315.2 16.3 67.1 0.7 3.0
Full-time 1,796.7 1,787.2 -9.5 34.8 -0.5 2.0
Part-time 502.2 528.0 25.8 32.3 5.1 6.5
Unemployment 194.3 187.9 -6.4 -2.6 -3.3 -1.4
Participation rate 66.0 66.1 0.1 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.8 7.5 -0.3 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 60.9 61.2 0.3 0.6 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.