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Table 1 Labour force characteristics by age and sex

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Labour force characteristics by age and sex
  September 2010 October 2010 September to October 2010 October 2009 to October 2010 September to October 2010 October 2009 to October 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Both sexes, 15 years and over            
Population 27,809.6 27,840.4 30.8 407.3 0.1 1.5
Labour force 18,702.7 18,698.4 -4.3 319.1 0.0 1.7
Employment 17,209.7 17,212.7 3.0 375.2 0.0 2.2
Full-time 13,862.6 13,909.8 47.2 218.6 0.3 1.6
Part-time 3,347.1 3,302.9 -44.2 156.5 -1.3 5.0
Unemployment 1,493.0 1,485.7 -7.3 -56.0 -0.5 -3.6
Participation rate 67.3 67.2 -0.1 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 7.9 -0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 61.9 61.8 -0.1 0.4 ... ...
Part-time rate 19.4 19.2 -0.2 0.5 ...  ...
Youths, 15 to 24 years            
Population 4,409.3 4,409.8 0.5 10.7 0.0 0.2
Labour force 2,821.0 2,827.4 6.4 17.0 0.2 0.6
Employment 2,401.6 2,402.7 1.1 20.3 0.0 0.9
Full-time 1,250.1 1,251.1 1.0 -44.6 0.1 -3.4
Part-time 1,151.6 1,151.5 -0.1 64.8 0.0 6.0
Unemployment 419.4 424.7 5.3 -3.3 1.3 -0.8
Participation rate 64.0 64.1 0.1 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.9 15.0 0.1 -0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 54.5 54.5 0.0 0.3 ... ...
Part-time rate 48.0 47.9 -0.1 2.3 ...  ...
Men, 25 years and over            
Population 11,447.7 11,462.5 14.8 196.6 0.1 1.7
Labour force 8,443.1 8,411.5 -31.6 150.6 -0.4 1.8
Employment 7,841.1 7,834.5 -6.6 235.2 -0.1 3.1
Full-time 7,213.3 7,220.3 7.0 191.1 0.1 2.7
Part-time 627.8 614.3 -13.5 44.2 -2.2 7.8
Unemployment 602.1 576.9 -25.2 -84.7 -4.2 -12.8
Participation rate 73.8 73.4 -0.4 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.1 6.9 -0.2 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 68.5 68.3 -0.2 0.8 ... ...
Part-time rate 8.0 7.8 -0.2 0.3 ...  ...
Women, 25 years and over            
Population 11,952.7 11,968.0 15.3 199.9 0.1 1.7
Labour force 7,438.5 7,459.5 21.0 151.5 0.3 2.1
Employment 6,967.0 6,975.5 8.5 119.7 0.1 1.7
Full-time 5,399.2 5,438.4 39.2 72.2 0.7 1.3
Part-time 1,567.7 1,537.1 -30.6 47.6 -2.0 3.2
Unemployment 471.6 484.1 12.5 31.9 2.7 7.1
Participation rate 62.2 62.3 0.1 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 6.5 0.2 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 58.3 58.3 0.0 0.0 ... ...
Part-time rate 22.5 22.0 -0.5 0.3 ...  ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.