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Table 1
Labour force characteristics by age and sex, Canada, seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by age and sex, Canada, seasonally adjusted
  June 2009 July 2009 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
  in thousands (except rates)      
15 years and over, both sexes  
Population 27,292.3 27,326.0 ... 33.7 227.3 383.2 0.1 0.8 1.4
Labour force 18,416.7 18,363.2 27.7 -53.5 42.0 169.3 -0.3 0.2 0.9
Employment 16,824.8 16,780.3 28.1 -44.5 -330.7 -302.1 -0.3 -1.9 -1.8
Employment full-time 13,550.6 13,521.5 36.6 -29.1 -400.2 -422.1 -0.2 -2.9 -3.0
Employment part-time 3,274.2 3,258.8 33.3 -15.4 69.5 119.9 -0.5 2.2 3.8
Unemployment 1,591.9 1,583.0 24.2 -8.9 372.9 471.5 -0.6 30.8 42.4
Participation rate 67.5 67.2 0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.6 8.6 0.1 0.0 2.0 2.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 61.4 0.1 -0.2 -1.7 -2.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.5 19.4 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.0 ... ... ...
15 to 24 years, both sexes  
Population 4,394.9 4,396.1 ... 1.2 11.7 19.2 0.0 0.3 0.4
Labour force 2,894.5 2,859.9 16.6 -34.6 -70.6 -58.3 -1.2 -2.4 -2.0
Employment 2,433.4 2,395.9 15.9 -37.5 -158.0 -197.9 -1.5 -6.2 -7.6
Employment full-time 1,273.2 1,231.4 18.3 -41.8 -159.5 -189.2 -3.3 -11.5 -13.3
Employment part-time 1,160.2 1,164.5 18.9 4.3 1.5 -8.6 0.4 0.1 -0.7
Unemployment 461.1 464.1 14.2 3.0 87.4 139.6 0.7 23.2 43.0
Participation rate 65.9 65.1 0.4 -0.8 -1.7 -1.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.9 16.2 0.5 0.3 3.3 5.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.4 54.5 0.4 -0.9 -3.7 -4.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 47.7 48.6 0.7 0.9 3.1 3.4 ... ... ...
25 years and over, men  
Population 11,195.0 11,211.6 ... 16.6 108.9 183.5 0.1 1.0 1.7
Labour force 8,243.1 8,255.6 14.3 12.5 82.9 130.4 0.2 1.0 1.6
Employment 7,554.2 7,568.8 15.8 14.6 -130.5 -114.4 0.2 -1.7 -1.5
Employment full-time 6,983.9 6,994.7 20.5 10.8 -164.2 -162.0 0.2 -2.3 -2.3
Employment part-time 570.3 574.1 16.2 3.8 33.7 47.6 0.7 6.2 9.0
Unemployment 688.9 686.8 14.2 -2.1 213.4 244.8 -0.3 45.1 55.4
Participation rate 73.6 73.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.4 8.3 0.2 -0.1 2.5 2.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.5 67.5 0.1 0.0 -1.8 -2.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 7.5 7.6 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.7 ... ... ...
25 years and over, women  
Population 11,702.5 11,718.3 ... 15.8 106.7 180.4 0.1 0.9 1.6
Labour force 7,279.1 7,247.7 15.9 -31.4 29.8 97.3 -0.4 0.4 1.4
Employment 6,837.2 6,815.6 15.8 -21.6 -42.2 10.2 -0.3 -0.6 0.1
Employment full-time 5,293.5 5,295.4 23.5 1.9 -76.5 -70.8 0.0 -1.4 -1.3
Employment part-time 1,543.7 1,520.2 21.8 -23.5 34.3 81.0 -1.5 2.3 5.6
Unemployment 441.9 432.1 12.7 -9.8 72.1 87.1 -2.2 20.0 25.2
Participation rate 62.2 61.8 0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.0 0.2 -0.1 1.0 1.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.4 58.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.9 -0.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 22.6 22.3 0.3 -0.3 0.6 1.2 ... ... ...
25 to 54 years, both sexes  
Population 14,513.1 14,522.6 ... 9.5 56.1 92.2 0.1 0.4 0.6
Labour force 12,559.6 12,527.0 20.7 -32.6 -15.9 38.4 -0.3 -0.1 0.3
Employment 11,622.8 11,603.9 22.4 -18.9 -264.6 -233.6 -0.2 -2.2 -2.0
Unemployment 936.8 923.0 17.9 -13.8 248.6 271.9 -1.5 36.9 41.8
Participation rate 86.5 86.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.4 0.1 -0.1 2.0 2.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 80.1 79.9 0.2 -0.2 -2.1 -2.1 ... ... ...
25 to 54 years, men  
Population 7,252.8 7,258.1 ... 5.3 30.8 49.8 0.1 0.4 0.7
Labour force 6,604.8 6,600.3 13.2 -4.5 9.0 30.3 -0.1 0.1 0.5
Employment 6,039.7 6,043.5 15.4 3.8 -164.3 -169.6 0.1 -2.6 -2.7
Unemployment 565.1 556.8 13.2 -8.3 173.3 199.9 -1.5 45.2 56.0
Participation rate 91.1 90.9 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.6 8.4 0.2 -0.2 2.6 3.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 83.3 83.3 0.2 0.0 -2.6 -2.9 ... ... ...
25 to 54 years, women  
Population 7,260.3 7,264.5 ... 4.2 25.4 42.4 0.1 0.4 0.6
Labour force 5,954.7 5,926.7 15.2 -28.0 -24.8 8.1 -0.5 -0.4 0.1
Employment 5,583.1 5,560.4 15.4 -22.7 -100.3 -64.0 -0.4 -1.8 -1.1
Unemployment 371.6 366.3 11.8 -5.3 75.4 72.0 -1.4 25.9 24.5
Participation rate 82.0 81.6 0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 6.2 0.2 0.0 1.3 1.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 76.9 76.5 0.2 -0.4 -1.7 -1.4 ... ... ...
55 years and over, both sexes  
Population 8,384.4 8,407.3 ... 22.9 159.5 271.8 0.3 1.9 3.3
Labour force 2,962.6 2,976.3 16.0 13.7 128.6 189.3 0.5 4.5 6.8
Employment 2,768.6 2,780.4 16.0 11.8 91.7 129.2 0.4 3.4 4.9
Unemployment 194.0 195.9 8.4 1.9 36.9 60.1 1.0 23.2 44.3
Participation rate 35.3 35.4 0.2 0.1 0.9 1.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.6 0.3 0.1 1.0 1.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 33.0 33.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.5 ... ... ...
55 years and over, men  
Population 3,942.2 3,953.5 ... 11.3 78.2 133.7 0.3 2.0 3.5
Labour force 1,638.2 1,655.3 10.7 17.1 73.9 100.1 1.0 4.7 6.4
Employment 1,514.5 1,525.3 10.7 10.8 33.8 55.2 0.7 2.3 3.8
Unemployment 123.7 130.0 6.2 6.3 40.1 44.9 5.1 44.6 52.8
Participation rate 41.6 41.9 0.3 0.3 1.1 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 7.9 0.4 0.3 2.2 2.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 38.4 38.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 ... ... ...
55 years and over, women  
Population 4,442.2 4,453.8 ... 11.6 81.3 138.1 0.3 1.9 3.2
Labour force 1,324.4 1,321.0 11.0 -3.4 54.7 89.2 -0.3 4.3 7.2
Employment 1,254.1 1,255.2 10.9 1.1 58.0 74.1 0.1 4.8 6.3
Unemployment 70.2 65.9 5.6 -4.3 -3.3 15.2 -6.1 -4.8 30.0
Participation rate 29.8 29.7 0.3 -0.1 0.7 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.0 0.4 -0.3 -0.5 0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 28.2 28.2 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.8 ... ... ...
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.