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Table 21.4 Labour force characteristics, by census metropolitan area, 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]| Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Employment rate | Unemployment rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | % | |||||
| St. John's | 108.2 | 99.2 | 9.0 | 68.7 | 62.9 | 8.3 |
| Halifax | 230.3 | 215.6 | 14.7 | 71.7 | 67.1 | 6.4 |
| Saint John | 71.4 | 67.3 | 4.2 | 67.7 | 63.8 | 5.9 |
| Saguenay | 76.0 | 69.5 | 6.6 | 60.9 | 55.7 | 8.7 |
| Québec | 411.7 | 391.7 | 20.0 | 66.7 | 63.5 | 4.9 |
| Sherbrooke | 89.7 | 83.5 | 6.2 | 64.0 | 59.6 | 6.9 |
| Trois-Rivières | 73.9 | 67.4 | 6.5 | 60.2 | 54.9 | 8.8 |
| Montréal | 2,070.3 | 1,880.4 | 189.9 | 66.7 | 60.6 | 9.2 |
| Ottawa–Gatineau | 699.5 | 660.0 | 39.5 | 71.6 | 67.6 | 5.6 |
| Kingston | 83.0 | 77.9 | 5.1 | 65.7 | 61.6 | 6.1 |
| Oshawa | 197.3 | 179.5 | 17.8 | 67.1 | 61.1 | 9.0 |
| Toronto | 3,191.9 | 2,890.5 | 301.3 | 68.5 | 62.1 | 9.4 |
| Hamilton | 407.4 | 373.4 | 34.0 | 67.7 | 62.1 | 8.3 |
| St. Catharines–Niagara | 206.5 | 185.1 | 21.4 | 62.6 | 56.1 | 10.4 |
| Kitchener | 277.2 | 250.8 | 26.3 | 71.4 | 64.6 | 9.5 |
| London | 261.7 | 235.7 | 25.9 | 67.2 | 60.5 | 9.9 |
| Windsor | 174.8 | 150.6 | 24.2 | 64.0 | 55.1 | 13.8 |
| Greater Sudbury/Grand Sudbury | 86.7 | 78.7 | 8.0 | 64.5 | 58.6 | 9.2 |
| Thunder Bay | 65.4 | 59.9 | 5.5 | 63.3 | 58.0 | 8.4 |
| Winnipeg | 418.0 | 395.6 | 22.4 | 70.5 | 66.7 | 5.4 |
| Regina | 121.5 | 116.2 | 5.3 | 70.8 | 67.7 | 4.4 |
| Saskatoon | 150.1 | 143.2 | 7.0 | 74.0 | 70.6 | 4.7 |
| Calgary | 747.9 | 698.2 | 49.7 | 76.9 | 71.8 | 6.6 |
| Edmonton | 661.6 | 617.3 | 44.3 | 73.1 | 68.2 | 6.7 |
| Abbotsford–Mission | 93.4 | 86.1 | 7.3 | 68.8 | 63.4 | 7.8 |
| Vancouver | 1,327.7 | 1,234.2 | 93.5 | 66.8 | 62.1 | 7.0 |
| Victoria | 193.9 | 181.4 | 12.5 | 67.2 | 62.9 | 6.4 |
| Notes: Population aged 15 and older. All geographic boundaries are based on the 2001 Census boundaries. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 282-0053. | ||||||
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