Table 1
Labour force characteristics by age and sex

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Labour force characteristics by age and sex
  December 2010 January 2011 December 2010 to January 2011 January 2010 to January 2011 December 2010 to January 2011 January 2010 to January 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Both sexes, 15 years and over            
Population 27,814.8 27,840.8 26.0 344.5 0.1 1.3
Labour force 18,557.8 18,664.2 106.4 248.9 0.6 1.4
Employment 17,145.3 17,214.5 69.2 327.3 0.4 1.9
Full-time 13,835.8 13,866.9 31.1 236.0 0.2 1.7
Part-time 3,309.6 3,347.6 38.0 91.3 1.1 2.8
Unemployment 1,412.5 1,449.6 37.1 -78.6 2.6 -5.1
Participation rate 66.7 67.0 0.3 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 7.8 0.2 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 61.8 0.2 0.4 ... ...
Part-time rate 19.3 19.4 0.1 0.1 ...  ...
Youths, 15 to 24 years            
Population 4,460.0 4,459.3 -0.7 -0.9 0.0 0.0
Labour force 2,851.2 2,875.2 24.0 -21.8 0.8 -0.8
Employment 2,456.5 2,460.3 3.8 3.3 0.2 0.1
Full-time 1,285.8 1,286.9 1.1 -4.6 0.1 -0.4
Part-time 1,170.7 1,173.4 2.7 7.9 0.2 0.7
Unemployment 394.7 414.9 20.2 -25.2 5.1 -5.7
Participation rate 63.9 64.5 0.6 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.8 14.4 0.6 -0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 55.1 55.2 0.1 0.1 ... ...
Part-time rate 47.7 47.7 0.0 0.3 ...  ...
Men, 25 years and over            
Population 11,424.6 11,437.9 13.3 170.9 0.1 1.5
Labour force 8,343.2 8,352.3 9.1 149.9 0.1 1.8
Employment 7,781.2 7,791.2 10.0 229.6 0.1 3.0
Full-time 7,174.2 7,171.0 -3.2 192.7 0.0 2.8
Part-time 607.0 620.2 13.2 36.8 2.2 6.3
Unemployment 562.0 561.0 -1.0 -79.8 -0.2 -12.5
Participation rate 73.0 73.0 0.0 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 6.7 0.0 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 68.1 68.1 0.0 1.0 ... ...
Part-time rate 7.8 8.0 0.2 0.3 ...  ...
Women, 25 years and over            
Population 11,930.3 11,943.6 13.3 174.5 0.1 1.5
Labour force 7,363.4 7,436.7 73.3 120.8 1.0 1.7
Employment 6,907.6 6,963.0 55.4 94.4 0.8 1.4
Full-time 5,375.7 5,408.9 33.2 47.8 0.6 0.9
Part-time 1,531.9 1,554.1 22.2 46.6 1.4 3.1
Unemployment 455.8 473.7 17.9 26.4 3.9 5.9
Participation rate 61.7 62.3 0.6 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 6.4 0.2 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 57.9 58.3 0.4 -0.1 ... ...
Part-time rate 22.2 22.3 0.1 0.4 ...  ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.