Table 4
Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  November 2010 December 2010 November to December 2010 December 2009 to December 2010 November to December 2010 December 2009 to December 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,879.7 10,889.7 10.0 162.1 0.1 1.5
Labour force 7,288.7 7,303.5 14.8 113.3 0.2 1.6
Employment 6,690.4 6,712.9 22.5 185.5 0.3 2.8
Full-time 5,409.1 5,423.2 14.1 121.8 0.3 2.3
Part-time 1,281.3 1,289.7 8.4 63.8 0.7 5.2
Unemployment 598.4 590.7 -7.7 -72.1 -1.3 -10.9
Participation rate 67.0 67.1 0.1 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.2 8.1 -0.1 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 61.5 61.6 0.1 0.8 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 942.1 943.1 1.0 14.5 0.1 1.6
Labour force 655.6 654.4 -1.2 13.5 -0.2 2.1
Employment 622.3 620.2 -2.1 16.2 -0.3 2.7
Full-time 503.2 502.4 -0.8 17.7 -0.2 3.7
Part-time 119.2 117.8 -1.4 -1.4 -1.2 -1.2
Unemployment 33.3 34.2 0.9 -2.8 2.7 -7.6
Participation rate 69.6 69.4 -0.2 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.2 0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 66.1 65.8 -0.3 0.8 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 795.5 796.1 0.6 11.8 0.1 1.5
Labour force 557.5 557.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 1.6
Employment 527.0 527.0 0.0 4.9 0.0 0.9
Full-time 432.9 433.6 0.7 8.0 0.2 1.9
Part-time 94.1 93.4 -0.7 -3.1 -0.7 -3.2
Unemployment 30.5 30.6 0.1 4.3 0.3 16.3
Participation rate 70.1 70.0 -0.1 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.5 0.0 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 66.2 66.2 0.0 -0.4 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,947.2 2,951.1 3.9 55.8 0.1 1.9
Labour force 2,138.7 2,135.1 -3.6 -0.8 -0.2 0.0
Employment 2,018.8 2,016.4 -2.4 21.1 -0.1 1.1
Full-time 1,668.3 1,662.8 -5.5 31.0 -0.3 1.9
Part-time 350.5 353.6 3.1 -9.9 0.9 -2.7
Unemployment 119.9 118.7 -1.2 -21.9 -1.0 -15.6
Participation rate 72.6 72.3 -0.3 -1.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.6 0.0 -1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 68.5 68.3 -0.2 -0.6 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,805.5 3,809.3 3.8 70.4 0.1 1.9
Labour force 2,499.1 2,492.9 -6.2 20.2 -0.2 0.8
Employment 2,326.1 2,303.6 -22.5 35.1 -1.0 1.5
Full-time 1,790.4 1,770.5 -19.9 -1.9 -1.1 -0.1
Part-time 535.7 533.1 -2.6 37.0 -0.5 7.5
Unemployment 173.0 189.3 16.3 -14.9 9.4 -7.3
Participation rate 65.7 65.4 -0.3 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 7.6 0.7 -0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 60.5 -0.6 -0.2 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.