Table 6
Absence rates for full-time employees by province, region and census metropolitan area (CMA), 2011Note 1

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Table 6
Absence rates for full-time employees by province, region and census metropolitan area (CMA), 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of absence rates for full-time employees by province. This information is grouped by incidence, inactivity, days lost per worker in year, total, illness or disability, personal or family responsibilities (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage and days as units of measure.
  IncidenceNote 2 Inactivity rateNote 3 Days lost per worker in yearNote 4
Total Illness or disability Personal or family responsibilities Total Illness or disability Personal or family responsibilities Total Illness or disability Personal or family responsibilities
% % days
Province and region
Both sexes 8.1 5.9 2.2 3.7 3.1 0.7 9.3 7.7 1.6
Atlantic 8.7 6.3 2.4 4.2 3.6 0.7 10.6 8.9 1.7
Newfoundland and Labrador 7.6 5.4 2.2 4.1 3.4 0.7 10.2 8.5 1.8
Prince Edward Island 8.4 6.1 2.3 3.9 3.3 0.6 9.9 8.3 1.5
Nova Scotia 9.1 6.6 2.5 4.3 3.6 0.7 10.8 9.0 1.8
New Brunswick 8.9 6.7 2.3 4.3 3.7 0.7 10.8 9.2 1.7
Quebec 8.8 6.5 2.3 4.3 3.7 0.6 10.8 9.3 1.5
Ontario 7.7 5.5 2.3 3.3 2.6 0.7 8.3 6.6 1.7
Prairies 8.0 5.8 2.3 3.5 2.8 0.7 8.8 7.0 1.8
Manitoba 9.1 6.5 2.7 4.1 3.3 0.8 10.2 8.2 1.9
Saskatchewan 9.5 6.6 2.8 4.4 3.5 0.9 11.0 8.8 2.2
Alberta 7.3 5.3 2.0 3.2 2.5 0.7 7.9 6.3 1.6
British Columbia 7.7 5.9 1.9 3.9 3.3 0.6 9.9 8.3 1.6
All CMAs 8.0 5.8 2.2 3.5 2.9 0.6 8.8 7.3 1.6
St. John's 8.6 5.8 2.8 4.2 3.4 0.8 10.4 8.4 2.0
Halifax 9.2 6.6 2.6 4.1 3.3 0.8 10.2 8.3 1.9
Saint John 8.0 5.8 2.2 3.9 3.1 0.8 9.9 7.9 2.0
Moncton 9.0 6.8 2.2 4.0 3.6 0.4 10.1 9.0 1.1
Saguenay 7.4 5.2 Note F: too unreliable to be published 3.5 3.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published 8.7 7.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Québec 8.4 5.9 2.5 3.8 3.3 0.6 9.6 8.1 1.4
Montréal 9.1 6.7 2.4 4.3 3.7 0.6 10.8 9.3 1.5
Trois-Rivières 7.7 5.7 Note F: too unreliable to be published 3.7 3.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published 9.4 8.2 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Sherbrooke 8.2 6.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published 3.9 3.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published 9.9 8.8 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Gatineau 11.2 8.2 3.1 4.7 3.8 0.8 11.7 9.6 2.1
Ottawa 10.0 6.8 3.3 3.7 2.9 0.8 9.3 7.2 2.1
Kingston 8.5 6.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published 3.8 3.1 Note F: too unreliable to be published 9.6 7.8 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Barrie 8.7 6.4 2.4 3.4 2.9 0.6 8.6 7.2 1.4
Brantford 8.2 6.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published 4.0 3.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published 10.1 8.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Greater Sudbury/Grand Sudbury 8.6 6.1 Note F: too unreliable to be published 4.1 3.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published 10.3 8.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Peterborough 7.8 5.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published 3.4 2.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published 8.4 7.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Guelph 7.1 4.7 Note F: too unreliable to be published 2.7 2.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published 6.8 4.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Toronto 6.9 4.9 2.0 2.9 2.3 0.6 7.1 5.7 1.5
Hamilton 7.6 5.1 2.4 3.6 2.8 0.7 8.9 7.1 1.8
St. Catharines–Niagara 8.0 5.7 2.3 3.6 2.9 0.7 9.0 7.3 1.7
London 7.7 5.3 2.4 3.3 2.6 0.7 8.2 6.5 1.7
Windsor 8.2 6.0 2.3 3.6 3.0 0.6 9.1 7.5 1.6
Kitchener–Waterloo 7.9 5.3 2.6 3.3 2.6 0.7 8.2 6.4 1.8
Oshawa 7.8 5.7 2.1 3.3 2.6 0.6 8.2 6.6 1.6
Thunder Bay 9.0 6.6 Note F: too unreliable to be published 4.2 3.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published 10.5 8.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Winnipeg 9.2 6.7 2.5 4.0 3.3 0.7 10.0 8.3 1.7
Regina 9.7 6.6 3.0 4.0 3.2 0.8 10.0 8.0 2.0
Saskatoon 8.9 6.7 2.2 3.9 3.3 0.6 9.7 8.2 1.4
Calgary 7.0 5.2 1.8 2.9 2.3 0.6 7.1 5.8 1.4
Edmonton 7.7 5.7 2.0 3.3 2.6 0.6 8.1 6.6 1.5
Abbotsford 8.0 6.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published 4.0 3.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published 10.1 8.8 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Vancouver 7.3 5.5 1.7 3.6 3.0 0.6 9.1 7.5 1.5
Victoria 9.1 6.8 2.4 4.4 3.7 0.7 11.1 9.2 1.8
Non-CMAs 8.4 6.0 2.4 4.3 3.5 0.8 10.7 8.9 1.9
Population centres 8.2 6.0 2.2 4.0 3.3 0.7 10.0 8.3 1.7
1. Excluding maternity leave. However, men on paid paternity (in Quebec only) or parental leave are included in the calculation until 2006.
2. Absent workers divided by total.
3. Hours absent divided by hours usually worked.
4. Inactivity rate multiplied by working days in year (250).
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
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