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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table 14
Unemployment rates, by age and province, 2006
  Labour force participants aged
15 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 Total1
Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men
percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador 19.3 26.0 12.0 16.2 11.4 14.0 12.9 16.6
Prince Edward Island 10.0 18.6 9.3 12.5 9.4 10.5 9.3 12.9
Nova Scotia 10.9 16.5 6.0 8.1 5.0 7.7 6.5 9.4
New Brunswick 11.4 16.2 6.4 9.0 6.2 9.5 7.1 10.3
Quebec 12.0 15.0 6.9 7.7 6.4 7.0 7.5 8.5
Ontario 12.0 14.3 5.6 5.5 4.3 4.3 6.2 6.4
Manitoba 7.2 10.3 3.7 3.7 3.2 2.8 4.1 4.5
Saskatchewan 8.3 8.8 4.2 4.2 2.7 4.1 4.4 4.9
Alberta 6.0 7.5 3.2 2.5 2.8 2.4 3.6 3.3
British Columbia 7.3 9.2 4.6 3.9 4.1 3.5 4.9 4.6
1. Includes those aged 65 and over.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.