Table 2
Percentage of the population aged 15 years and over who are employed, by province, 1976 to 2009

Table 2
Percentage of the population aged 15 years and over who are employed, by province, 1976 to 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Percentage of the population aged 15 years and over who are employed. This information begins with the first row header as a category of Provinces. The following columns are grouped by Women, Men each listed with the respective years as series 1976, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2009 appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.
Provinces Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men
1976 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2009
percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador 27.7 57.5 35.8 52.5 40.8 51.3 38.5 46.1 44.6 51.0 48.3 52.7 47.8 52.5
Prince Edward Island 38.0 66.3 46.1 63.2 49.1 59.8 51.3 61.8 55.0 63.2 58.9 63.5 57.9 62.2
Nova Scotia 36.0 65.8 43.0 61.4 47.1 61.6 46.4 58.0 51.6 60.6 55.0 61.1 56.4 61.0
New Brunswick 34.0 62.2 41.2 58.1 44.8 58.1 46.7 57.0 51.1 59.2 55.1 61.3 56.1 62.0
Quebec 37.4 70.5 45.7 66.8 48.1 64.1 47.7 61.7 51.7 64.4 55.6 65.0 56.7 62.9
Ontario 45.8 75.3 54.4 73.9 55.6 68.7 53.6 66.1 57.6 68.6 59.0 68.1 58.2 64.4
Manitoba 44.5 73.8 52.8 70.8 54.6 68.1 54.7 68.7 58.1 70.9 60.7 71.2 60.3 71.4
Saskatchewan 41.1 75.1 52.1 71.4 54.6 69.6 54.2 68.1 55.7 68.2 60.6 71.3 61.8 71.8
Alberta 49.2 80.0 57.1 73.6 59.5 73.8 60.7 73.9 62.8 75.1 64.6 76.9 64.1 74.5
British Columbia 41.9 71.3 47.9 66.3 53.5 67.3 53.6 66.5 54.6 63.6 58.0 67.2 57.5 64.5
Canada 41.9 72.7 50.3 69.6 52.8 66.9 52.1 65.0 55.6 66.8 58.3 67.7 58.3 65.2
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
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