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Table 2 Rate of employees working for minimum wage or less, by province

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
%
Canada 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.1 4.6 4.3 4.3 5.0 5.2 5.8
Newfoundland and Labrador 8.7 5.7 7.4 8.4 6.5 6.1 7.6 7.4 7.7 9.3
Prince Edward Island 3.7 3.2 4.4 4.0 4.4 5.1 4.7 6.9 5.6 5.2
Nova Scotia 4.9 4.1 4.6 5.9 5.6 5.1 5.9 6.2 6.4 6.8
New Brunswick 6.0 4.2 4.2 4.1 2.5 3.1 4.1 5.6 4.8 5.3
Quebec 5.4 7.0 6.1 5.1 4.4 4.6 4.2 5.4 5.9 6.1
Ontario 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.5 5.3 4.3 4.7 6.3 6.6 8.1
Manitoba 5.1 4.5 4.8 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.8 5.5 5.3 4.6
Saskatchewan 5.9 4.4 4.8 5.0 3.3 3.9 5.4 3.2 3.8 3.9
Alberta 2.0 1.5 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.5 1.7 1.2 1.6 1.3
British Columbia 4.5 6.0 7.7 5.6 6.2 5.6 4.6 3.4 2.7 2.3
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.