Table 5 Unemployment duration measures

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	'000			%	% distribution
	October 2008	October 2010	Change		October 2008	October 2010	Change
All unemployed	1,024.1	1,331.7	307.6	30.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1 to 4 weeks	425.8	455.3	29.5	6.9	41.6	34.2	9.6
5 to 25 weeks	414.5	541.6	127.1	30.7	40.5	40.7	41.3
26 to 51 weeks	72.4	146.5	74.1	102.3	7.1	11.0	24.1
52 weeks or more	79.8	156.1	76.3	95.6	7.8	11.7	24.8
Duration unknown¹	31.7	32.2	0.5	1.6	3.1	2.4	0.2
1. Duration is unknown for unemployed future starts (i.e., job begins within 4 weeks). Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, data not seasonally adjusted.