Table 4
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of labour force characteristics by province – seasonally adjusted august 2011, september 2011, august to september 2011 and september 2010 to september 2011, calculated using thousands (except rates), change in thousands (except rates) and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  August 2011 September 2011 August to September 2011 September 2010 to September 2011 August to September 2011 September 2010 to September 2011
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates) % change
Ontario            
Population 10,943.8 10,955.8 12.0 132.2 0.1 1.2
Labour force 7,292.5 7,312.2 19.7 57.4 0.3 0.8
Employment 6,744.6 6,757.3 12.7 135.7 0.2 2.0
Full-time 5,491.6 5,498.8 7.2 180.4 0.1 3.4
Part-time 1,253.0 1,258.6 5.6 -44.6 0.4 -3.4
Unemployment 547.9 554.9 7.0 -78.3 1.3 -12.4
Participation rate 66.6 66.7 0.1 -0.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.6 0.1 -1.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 61.6 61.7 0.1 0.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Manitoba            
Population 955.3 955.9 0.6 12.3 0.1 1.3
Labour force 658.1 661.4 3.3 1.8 0.5 0.3
Employment 622.8 624.7 1.9 0.2 0.3 0.0
Full-time 499.9 501.9 2.0 -0.7 0.4 -0.1
Part-time 122.9 122.8 -0.1 0.9 -0.1 0.7
Unemployment 35.3 36.7 1.4 1.6 4.0 4.6
Participation rate 68.9 69.2 0.3 -0.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.5 0.1 0.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 65.2 65.4 0.2 -0.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan            
Population 801.3 802.1 0.8 8.7 0.1 1.1
Labour force 548.5 553.0 4.5 -1.1 0.8 -0.2
Employment 523.8 527.8 4.0 4.7 0.8 0.9
Full-time 437.0 436.4 -0.6 13.5 -0.1 3.2
Part-time 86.8 91.4 4.6 -8.8 5.3 -8.8
Unemployment 24.8 25.2 0.4 -5.7 1.6 -18.4
Participation rate 68.5 68.9 0.4 -0.9 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.6 0.1 -1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 65.4 65.8 0.4 -0.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Alberta            
Population 3,014.6 3,018.0 3.4 47.8 0.1 1.6
Labour force 2,235.1 2,238.6 3.5 85.5 0.2 4.0
Employment 2,109.6 2,118.2 8.6 97.7 0.4 4.8
Full-time 1,747.7 1,769.1 21.4 99.8 1.2 6.0
Part-time 361.9 349.1 -12.8 -2.0 -3.5 -0.6
Unemployment 125.5 120.3 -5.2 -12.4 -4.1 -9.3
Participation rate 74.1 74.2 0.1 1.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.4 -0.2 -0.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 70.0 70.2 0.2 2.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
British Columbia            
Population 3,785.1 3,787.9 2.8 45.2 0.1 1.2
Labour force 2,452.2 2,466.0 13.8 15.8 0.6 0.6
Employment 2,268.1 2,299.7 31.6 35.0 1.4 1.5
Full-time 1,742.6 1,782.5 39.9 26.7 2.3 1.5
Part-time 525.5 517.2 -8.3 8.3 -1.6 1.6
Unemployment 184.1 166.3 -17.8 -19.2 -9.7 -10.4
Participation rate 64.8 65.1 0.3 -0.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 7.5 6.7 -0.8 -0.9 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 59.9 60.7 0.8 0.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable