Table 4
Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  January 2011 February 2011 January to February 2011 February 2010 to February 2011 January to February 2011 February 2010 to February 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,863.8 10,873.9 10.1 138.3 0.1 1.3
Labour force 7,290.1 7,267.9 -22.2 65.0 -0.3 0.9
Employment 6,695.9 6,685.2 -10.7 137.5 -0.2 2.1
Full-time 5,394.6 5,389.2 -5.4 91.5 -0.1 1.7
Part-time 1,301.4 1,296.0 -5.4 45.9 -0.4 3.7
Unemployment 594.1 582.7 -11.4 -72.5 -1.9 -11.1
Participation rate 67.1 66.8 -0.3 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 8.0 -0.1 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 61.5 -0.1 0.5 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 948.1 949.1 1.0 13.1 0.1 1.4
Labour force 657.1 659.7 2.6 11.6 0.4 1.8
Employment 624.6 624.9 0.3 11.8 0.0 1.9
Full-time 503.8 500.9 -2.9 6.8 -0.6 1.4
Part-time 120.7 124.0 3.3 5.0 2.7 4.2
Unemployment 32.6 34.8 2.2 -0.2 6.7 -0.6
Participation rate 69.3 69.5 0.2 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.3 0.3 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 65.9 65.8 -0.1 0.3 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 796.0 796.7 0.7 10.1 0.1 1.3
Labour force 556.4 554.7 -1.7 7.6 -0.3 1.4
Employment 526.5 523.2 -3.3 0.0 -0.6 0.0
Full-time 432.4 433.4 1.0 1.8 0.2 0.4
Part-time 94.1 89.8 -4.3 -1.7 -4.6 -1.9
Unemployment 29.9 31.5 1.6 7.6 5.4 31.8
Participation rate 69.9 69.6 -0.3 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.7 0.3 1.3 ... ...
Employment rate 66.1 65.7 -0.4 -0.8 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,983.5 2,987.2 3.7 44.3 0.1 1.5
Labour force 2,183.1 2,191.7 8.6 47.0 0.4 2.2
Employment 2,053.8 2,067.5 13.7 68.3 0.7 3.4
Full-time 1,680.5 1,687.1 6.6 41.1 0.4 2.5
Part-time 373.3 380.4 7.1 27.2 1.9 7.7
Unemployment 129.3 124.2 -5.1 -21.3 -3.9 -14.6
Participation rate 73.2 73.4 0.2 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.9 5.7 -0.2 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 68.8 69.2 0.4 1.3 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,759.4 3,763.8 4.4 57.4 0.1 1.5
Labour force 2,452.0 2,478.2 26.2 44.8 1.1 1.8
Employment 2,251.6 2,260.5 8.9 14.2 0.4 0.6
Full-time 1,744.6 1,742.8 -1.8 -22.9 -0.1 -1.3
Part-time 507.0 517.7 10.7 37.1 2.1 7.7
Unemployment 200.4 217.6 17.2 30.4 8.6 16.2
Participation rate 65.2 65.8 0.6 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.2 8.8 0.6 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 59.9 60.1 0.2 -0.5 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.