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Table 1-8Absence rates for full-time employees — by sex and census metropolitan area (CMA), 20071,2

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by sex and census metropolitan area (CMA), 2007
  Incidence Inactivity rate Days lost per worker in year
Total Illness or disability Personal or family responsibilities Total Illness or disability Personal or family responsibilities Total Illness or disability Personal or family responsibilities
  percent days
CMA  
Both sexes  
ALL CMAs 8.7 6.2 2.6 3.9 3.1 0.8 9.8 7.7 2.1
St. John's 9.0 6.8 2.2 4.5 3.8 0.7 11.3 9.5 1.8
Halifax 9.6 7.1 2.4 4.4 3.6 0.8 11.0 9.0 2.0
Saint John 9.2 6.6 2.5 4.5 3.7 0.8 11.2 9.2 2.0
Gatineau 11.7 8.1 3.6 5.3 4.0 1.3 13.3 10.1 3.3
Montréal 9.9 7.1 2.8 4.7 3.8 0.9 11.8 9.5 2.3
Québec 8.5 6.1 2.5 4.2 3.4 0.8 10.6 8.5 2.1
Saguenay 3 8.9 6.3 F 4.8 4.0 F 12.0 9.9 F
Sherbrooke 8.3 6.2 F 4.4 3.6 F 10.9 9.1 F
Trois-Rivières 8.6 6.0 F 4.0 3.1 F 10.0 7.8 F
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 4 9.5 6.8 F 4.3 3.4 F 10.8 8.5 F
Hamilton 8.3 5.9 2.4 3.5 2.9 0.6 8.7 7.3 1.5
Kingston 10.1 6.4 3.6 4.5 3.2 1.2 11.2 8.1 3.1
Kitchener 8.5 5.7 2.9 3.3 2.6 0.8 8.3 6.4 1.9
London 9.0 6.7 2.4 4.2 3.5 0.6 10.4 8.9 1.6
Oshawa 8.5 5.9 2.6 3.8 3.0 0.8 9.6 7.6 2.0
Ottawa 10.8 7.4 3.4 4.3 3.2 1.1 10.7 8.0 2.8
St. Catharines-Niagara 8.5 6.1 2.4 4.1 3.3 0.8 10.2 8.2 2.1
Thunder Bay 10.7 8.0 F 5.8 4.8 F 14.6 12.1 F
Toronto 7.8 5.2 2.6 3.4 2.5 0.9 8.4 6.3 2.1
Windsor 8.9 6.0 2.9 4.2 3.3 1.0 10.6 8.2 2.4
Winnipeg 9.7 7.0 2.6 4.2 3.4 0.8 10.5 8.5 2.0
Regina 10.2 7.5 2.7 4.3 3.5 0.8 10.7 8.7 2.0
Saskatoon 8.8 6.3 2.5 3.6 2.8 0.8 9.0 7.1 1.9
Calgary 7.9 5.7 2.3 3.3 2.5 0.8 8.1 6.2 1.9
Edmonton 8.9 6.5 2.4 4.0 3.2 0.8 10.0 8.0 2.0
Abbotsford 8.3 6.4 F 4.7 3.9 F 11.7 9.6 F
Vancouver 7.2 5.3 1.9 3.4 2.7 0.7 8.6 6.8 1.7
Victoria 9.7 7.2 2.5 4.4 3.5 0.9 11.1 8.9 2.2
Non-CMAs 8.7 6.2 2.5 4.4 3.5 0.9 11.0 8.9 2.2
Urban centres 9.0 6.6 2.4 4.4 3.6 0.8 11.0 9.0 2.0
Males  
ALL CMAs 7.5 5.1 2.4 3.4 2.6 0.8 8.5 6.4 2.1
St. John's 7.7 5.9 1.8 4.3 3.6 0.7 10.6 9.0 1.7
Halifax 8.5 6.4 2.1 4.0 3.2 0.8 10.1 8.1 2.1
Saint John 7.5 5.4 2.1 3.6 2.9 0.8 9.1 7.1 1.9
Gatineau 10.1 6.7 3.3 4.5 3.2 1.4 11.4 8.0 3.4
Montréal 8.7 5.8 2.9 4.1 3.0 1.1 10.4 7.6 2.7
Québec 7.6 5.1 2.5 3.8 2.8 1.0 9.5 7.1 2.4
Saguenay 3 6.9 F F 3.4 F F 8.6 F F
Sherbrooke 7.5 5.4 F 4.2 3.4 F 10.6 8.4 F
Trois-Rivières 7.7 F F 4.1 F F 10.2 F F
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 4 8.1 5.4 F 3.8 2.9 F 9.6 7.2 F
Hamilton 7.0 5.2 1.7 2.8 2.5 0.4 7.1 6.2 0.9
Kingston 9.0 5.9 F 4.4 3.0 F 10.9 7.5 F
Kitchener 6.9 4.3 2.6 2.5 1.8 0.7 6.2 4.4 1.8
London 8.1 6.2 1.9 3.9 3.4 0.5 9.8 8.5 1.3
Oshawa 7.4 4.9 2.5 3.4 2.6 0.8 8.4 6.4 2.0
Ottawa 9.1 5.8 3.3 3.7 2.5 1.2 9.1 6.2 2.9
St. Catharines-Niagara 7.2 5.2 F 3.6 2.9 F 9.1 7.3 F
Thunder Bay 8.7 F F 5.0 F F 12.5 F F
Toronto 6.5 4.2 2.2 2.8 2.0 0.8 7.0 5.1 1.9
Windsor 8.2 5.1 3.1 4.2 3.0 1.2 10.5 7.4 3.1
Winnipeg 8.5 6.0 2.5 3.8 2.9 0.8 9.4 7.3 2.0
Regina 8.1 5.8 2.3 3.4 2.7 0.7 8.6 6.8 1.8
Saskatoon 7.4 5.0 2.4 2.8 2.0 0.8 7.0 5.1 1.9
Calgary 6.9 4.6 2.3 2.7 1.9 0.8 6.7 4.8 1.9
Edmonton 7.9 5.8 2.2 3.7 2.9 0.7 9.1 7.4 1.8
Abbotsford 7.1 5.6 F 4.0 3.3 F 10.0 8.2 F
Vancouver 6.5 4.7 1.8 3.1 2.5 0.7 7.8 6.1 1.7
Victoria 8.7 6.2 2.5 3.8 2.9 0.9 9.4 7.3 2.1
Non-CMAs 7.4 5.1 2.3 3.9 3.0 0.8 9.6 7.5 2.1
Urban centres 7.7 5.4 2.3 3.7 2.9 0.8 9.4 7.3 2.1
Females  
ALL CMAs 10.2 7.4 2.8 4.6 3.8 0.8 11.5 9.4 2.1
St. John's 10.5 7.8 2.7 4.8 4.0 0.8 12.1 10.1 2.0
Halifax 10.8 8.0 2.9 4.8 4.1 0.8 12.1 10.2 1.9
Saint John 11.3 8.2 3.0 5.7 4.8 0.9 14.1 12.0 2.2
Gatineau 13.5 9.6 3.9 6.3 5.0 1.2 15.6 12.6 3.1
Montréal 11.5 8.7 2.8 5.4 4.7 0.7 13.6 11.9 1.7
Québec 9.7 7.2 2.5 4.8 4.1 0.7 12.1 10.2 1.8
Saguenay 3 12.2 9.7 F 7.2 6.8 F 18.1 17.0 F
Sherbrooke 9.4 7.2 F 4.5 4.0 F 11.3 10.0 F
Trois-Rivières 9.7 F F 3.8 F F 9.6 F F
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 4 11.2 8.5 F 5.0 4.1 F 12.4 10.3 F
Hamilton 10.1 6.8 3.3 4.4 3.5 0.9 11.0 8.8 2.2
Kingston 11.4 7.1 F 4.6 3.5 F 11.6 8.8 F
Kitchener 10.9 7.6 3.3 4.6 3.8 0.9 11.6 9.4 2.2
London 10.2 7.2 3.0 4.5 3.7 0.8 11.3 9.4 2.0
Oshawa 9.9 7.1 2.7 4.5 3.7 0.8 11.2 9.2 2.0
Ottawa 13.0 9.4 3.6 5.1 4.1 1.0 12.8 10.3 2.5
St. Catharines-Niagara 10.1 7.2 2.9 4.7 3.7 1.0 11.8 9.3 2.4
Thunder Bay 13.0 10.3 F 7.0 6.0 F 17.4 15.0 F
Toronto 9.3 6.4 2.9 4.0 3.1 1.0 10.1 7.7 2.4
Windsor 9.8 7.3 F 4.3 3.7 F 10.8 9.3 F
Winnipeg 11.2 8.4 2.8 4.8 4.0 0.8 12.1 10.0 2.1
Regina 13.0 9.8 3.2 5.4 4.5 0.9 13.6 11.3 2.3
Saskatoon 10.6 8.0 2.6 4.8 4.0 0.8 12.0 10.1 2.0
Calgary 9.3 7.1 2.3 4.1 3.3 0.8 10.1 8.2 1.9
Edmonton 10.3 7.5 2.7 4.5 3.5 0.9 11.2 8.9 2.4
Abbotsford 10.2 7.6 F 5.9 4.8 F 14.7 12.1 F
Vancouver 8.2 6.1 2.0 3.8 3.1 0.7 9.6 7.8 1.8
Victoria 11.0 8.5 F 5.3 4.4 F 13.1 10.9 F
Non-CMAs 10.4 7.5 2.8 5.3 4.3 0.9 13.1 10.9 2.3
Urban centres 10.8 8.3 2.5 5.4 4.6 0.8 13.4 11.4 2.0
Excluding maternity leave.
The census metropolitan areas (CMA) are based on the 2001 Census boundaries.
Formerly Chicoutimi-Jonquière.
Formerly Sudbury.