Table 3 Categories of unemployed

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  October 2008 October 2010 Change October 2008 October 2010 Change
'000 % % distribution
All unemployed 1,024.1 1,331.7 307.6 30.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Job searchers 946.3 1,246.6 300.3 31.7 92.4 93.6 97.6
Quits 120.3 121.3 1.0 0.8 11.7 9.1 0.3
Permanent layoffs 287.3 373.7 86.4 30.1 28.1 28.1 28.1
Reason unknown1 84.9 148.0 63.1 74.3 8.3 11.1 20.5
New and re-entrants 453.7 603.5 149.8 33.0 44.3 45.3 48.7
Temporary layoffs 46.2 52.8 6.6 14.3 4.5 4.0 2.1
Future starts 31.7 32.2 0.5 1.6 3.1 2.4 0.2
1. Last worked more than 1 year ago.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, data not seasonally adjusted.