Table 4
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted
  February 2012 March 2012 February to
March 2012
March 2011 to
March 2012
February to
March 2012
March 2011 to
March 2012
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands
(except rates)
% change
Ontario            
Population 11,014.9 11,027.1 12.2 143.5 0.1 1.3
Labour force 7,298.9 7,329.6 30.7 45.8 0.4 0.6
Employment 6,742.1 6,788.2 46.1 88.5 0.7 1.3
Full-time 5,436.3 5,484.2 47.9 28.1 0.9 0.5
Part-time 1,305.8 1,304.0 -1.8 60.4 -0.1 4.9
Unemployment 556.8 541.5 -15.3 -42.6 -2.7 -7.3
Participation rate 66.3 66.5 0.2 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 7.4 -0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 61.6 0.4 0.0 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 959.6 960.6 1.0 10.7 0.1 1.1
Labour force 662.6 666.7 4.1 3.0 0.6 0.5
Employment 625.3 631.4 6.1 4.4 1.0 0.7
Full-time 502.3 508.9 6.6 5.2 1.3 1.0
Part-time 123.0 122.5 -0.5 -0.8 -0.4 -0.6
Unemployment 37.4 35.2 -2.2 -1.4 -5.9 -3.8
Participation rate 69.0 69.4 0.4 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.3 -0.3 -0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 65.2 65.7 0.5 -0.3 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 805.8 806.6 0.8 9.4 0.1 1.2
Labour force 557.1 556.4 -0.7 3.2 -0.1 0.6
Employment 529.4 529.7 0.3 5.1 0.1 1.0
Full-time 436.2 438.2 2.0 8.5 0.5 2.0
Part-time 93.2 91.5 -1.7 -3.5 -1.8 -3.7
Unemployment 27.7 26.6 -1.1 -2.0 -4.0 -7.0
Participation rate 69.1 69.0 -0.1 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 4.8 -0.2 -0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 65.7 0.0 -0.1 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 3,037.1 3,042.4 5.3 52.3 0.2 1.7
Labour force 2,239.0 2,250.6 11.6 58.7 0.5 2.7
Employment 2,127.9 2,132.3 4.4 64.9 0.2 3.1
Full-time 1,780.8 1,783.0 2.2 79.2 0.1 4.6
Part-time 347.1 349.3 2.2 -14.3 0.6 -3.9
Unemployment 111.1 118.2 7.1 -6.3 6.4 -5.1
Participation rate 73.7 74.0 0.3 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.3 0.3 -0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 70.1 70.1 0.0 1.0 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,800.4 3,803.9 3.5 36.7 0.1 1.0
Labour force 2,472.4 2,471.8 -0.6 11.3 -0.0 0.5
Employment 2,300.8 2,299.1 -1.7 36.8 -0.1 1.6
Full-time 1,800.3 1,791.4 -8.9 52.7 -0.5 3.0
Part-time 500.5 507.7 7.2 -15.9 1.4 -3.0
Unemployment 171.5 172.7 1.2 -25.5 0.7 -12.9
Participation rate 65.1 65.0 -0.1 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 7.0 0.1 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 60.5 60.4 -0.1 0.3 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s): 
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.