Table 4
Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  March 2011 April 2011 March to April 2011 April 2010 to April 2011 March to April 2011 April 2010 to April 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates) % change
Ontario            
Population 10,883.6 10,894.8 11.2 137.8 0.1 1.3
Labour force 7,280.5 7,326.4 45.9 106.5 0.6 1.5
Employment 6,690.8 6,745.6 54.8 157.0 0.8 2.4
Full-time 5,452.5 5,461.6 9.1 155.7 0.2 2.9
Part-time 1,238.3 1,284.1 45.8 1.5 3.7 0.1
Unemployment 589.8 580.8 -9.0 -50.5 -1.5 -8.0
Participation rate 66.9 67.2 0.3 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 7.9 -0.2 -0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 61.5 61.9 0.4 0.7 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 949.9 950.7 0.8 12.5 0.1 1.3
Labour force 664.1 658.1 -6.0 7.1 -0.9 1.1
Employment 627.3 624.0 -3.3 5.5 -0.5 0.9
Full-time 504.1 504.7 0.6 8.5 0.1 1.7
Part-time 123.2 119.2 -4.0 -3.2 -3.2 -2.6
Unemployment 36.8 34.1 -2.7 1.6 -7.3 4.9
Participation rate 69.9 69.2 -0.7 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.2 -0.3 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 66.0 65.6 -0.4 -0.3 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 797.2 797.7 0.5 9.2 0.1 1.2
Labour force 553.3 552.0 -1.3 -3.0 -0.2 -0.5
Employment 524.4 524.3 -0.1 -1.6 0.0 -0.3
Full-time 430.0 428.2 -1.8 -1.8 -0.4 -0.4
Part-time 94.3 96.1 1.8 0.2 1.9 0.2
Unemployment 29.0 27.7 -1.3 -1.4 -4.5 -4.8
Participation rate 69.4 69.2 -0.2 -1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 5.0 -0.2 -0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 65.8 65.7 -0.1 -1.0 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,990.1 2,994.0 3.9 42.5 0.1 1.4
Labour force 2,188.5 2,190.4 1.9 25.1 0.1 1.2
Employment 2,064.3 2,060.1 -4.2 58.6 -0.2 2.9
Full-time 1,698.0 1,707.1 9.1 57.7 0.5 3.5
Part-time 366.3 353.0 -13.3 0.8 -3.6 0.2
Unemployment 124.2 130.3 6.1 -33.4 4.9 -20.4
Participation rate 73.2 73.2 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 5.9 0.2 -1.7 ... ...
Employment rate 69.0 68.8 -0.2 1.0 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,767.2 3,770.5 3.3 54.5 0.1 1.5
Labour force 2,464.0 2,467.6 3.6 29.6 0.1 1.2
Employment 2,264.0 2,272.9 8.9 15.7 0.4 0.7
Full-time 1,738.9 1,738.1 -0.8 -10.6 0.0 -0.6
Part-time 525.1 534.8 9.7 26.3 1.8 5.2
Unemployment 200.0 194.7 -5.3 13.9 -2.7 7.7
Participation rate 65.4 65.4 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 7.9 -0.2 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 60.3 0.2 -0.4 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.