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Table 21.1 Labour force characteristics, by sex and by province, 2009
[an error occurred while processing this directive]11-402-x[an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive]| Canada | N.L. | P.E.I. | N.S. | N.B. | Que. | Ont. | Man. | Sask. | Alta. | B.C. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | |||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
| Both sexes | 27,309.2 | 428.9 | 116.0 | 772.6 | 621.5 | 6,437.0 | 10,659.6 | 922.6 | 779.6 | 2,864.8 | 3,706.7 |
| Males | 13,446.4 | 208.1 | 56.1 | 371.9 | 302.6 | 3,166.3 | 5,219.3 | 453.8 | 384.4 | 1,457.2 | 1,826.7 |
| Females | 13,862.8 | 220.8 | 59.8 | 400.7 | 318.9 | 3,270.7 | 5,440.4 | 468.8 | 395.2 | 1,407.5 | 1,880.0 |
| Labour force | |||||||||||
| Both sexes | 18,368.7 | 254.2 | 79.0 | 498.8 | 402.1 | 4,199.4 | 7,175.1 | 640.2 | 546.9 | 2,127.8 | 2,445.3 |
| Males | 9,684.6 | 133.3 | 40.5 | 254.6 | 208.9 | 2,208.5 | 3,745.8 | 342.3 | 291.7 | 1,170.4 | 1,288.6 |
| Females | 8,684.1 | 120.9 | 38.5 | 244.1 | 193.2 | 1,990.9 | 3,429.3 | 297.9 | 255.1 | 957.5 | 1,156.7 |
| Employment | |||||||||||
| Both sexes | 16,848.9 | 214.9 | 69.5 | 452.8 | 366.4 | 3,844.2 | 6,526.1 | 606.9 | 520.6 | 1,988.1 | 2,259.4 |
| Males | 8,772.7 | 109.3 | 34.9 | 226.7 | 187.6 | 1,990.2 | 3,359.3 | 324.0 | 276.1 | 1,086.1 | 1,178.4 |
| Females | 8,076.2 | 105.6 | 34.6 | 226.1 | 178.8 | 1,854.0 | 3,166.8 | 282.9 | 244.4 | 902.0 | 1,081.0 |
| Unemployment | |||||||||||
| Both sexes | 1,519.8 | 39.3 | 9.5 | 46.0 | 35.7 | 355.2 | 649.0 | 33.2 | 26.3 | 139.7 | 185.9 |
| Males | 912.0 | 24.0 | 5.6 | 28.0 | 21.3 | 218.3 | 386.5 | 18.3 | 15.6 | 84.2 | 110.2 |
| Females | 607.9 | 15.2 | 3.9 | 18.0 | 14.4 | 136.9 | 262.5 | 14.9 | 10.7 | 55.5 | 75.7 |
| Not in the labour force | |||||||||||
| Both sexes | 8,940.5 | 174.7 | 37.0 | 273.8 | 219.3 | 2,237.6 | 3,484.5 | 282.4 | 232.8 | 736.9 | 1,261.4 |
| Males | 3,761.8 | 74.7 | 15.6 | 117.2 | 93.7 | 957.8 | 1,473.5 | 111.5 | 92.7 | 286.9 | 538.1 |
| Females | 5,178.7 | 99.9 | 21.4 | 156.6 | 125.7 | 1,279.8 | 2,011.0 | 170.9 | 140.0 | 450.1 | 723.3 |
| % | |||||||||||
| Participation rate | |||||||||||
| Both sexes | 67.3 | 59.3 | 68.1 | 64.6 | 64.7 | 65.2 | 67.3 | 69.4 | 70.2 | 74.3 | 66.0 |
| Males | 72.0 | 64.1 | 72.2 | 68.5 | 69.0 | 69.8 | 71.8 | 75.4 | 75.9 | 80.3 | 70.5 |
| Females | 62.6 | 54.8 | 64.4 | 60.9 | 60.6 | 60.9 | 63.0 | 63.5 | 64.5 | 68.0 | 61.5 |
| Employment rate | |||||||||||
| Both sexes | 61.7 | 50.1 | 59.9 | 58.6 | 59.0 | 59.7 | 61.2 | 65.8 | 66.8 | 69.4 | 61.0 |
| Males | 65.2 | 52.5 | 62.2 | 61.0 | 62.0 | 62.9 | 64.4 | 71.4 | 71.8 | 74.5 | 64.5 |
| Females | 58.3 | 47.8 | 57.9 | 56.4 | 56.1 | 56.7 | 58.2 | 60.3 | 61.8 | 64.1 | 57.5 |
| Unemployment rate | |||||||||||
| Both sexes | 8.3 | 15.5 | 12.0 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 7.6 |
| Males | 9.4 | 18.0 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 8.6 |
| Females | 7.0 | 12.6 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| Note: Population aged 15 and older. | |||||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 282-0002. | |||||||||||
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