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October 2008
November 2008
October to November 2008
November 2007 to November 2008
October to November 2008
November 2007 to November 2008
Seasonally adjusted
thousands change in thousands
% change
Ontario
Population
10,560.1 10,571.3 11.2 154.8 0.1 1.5
Labour force
7,203.4 7,174.4 -29.0 83.8 -0.4 1.2
Employment
6,732.1 6,666.1 -66.0 26.8 -1.0 0.4
Full-time
5,472.9 5,422.7 -50.2 -11.0 -0.9 -0.2
Part-time
1,259.2 1,243.4 -15.8 37.8 -1.3 3.1
Unemployment
471.4 508.4 37.0 57.1 7.8 12.7
Participation rate
68.2 67.9 -0.3 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate
6.5 7.1 0.6 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate
63.8 63.1 -0.7 -0.6 ... ...
Manitoba
Population
913.1 913.8 0.7 11.4 0.1 1.3
Labour force
634.6 636.6 2.0 5.2 0.3 0.8
Employment
607.2 609.6 2.4 4.9 0.4 0.8
Full-time
494.8 490.0 -4.8 0.4 -1.0 0.1
Part-time
112.4 119.6 7.2 4.6 6.4 4.0
Unemployment
27.4 27.0 -0.4 0.3 -1.5 1.1
Participation rate
69.5 69.7 0.2 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate
4.3 4.2 -0.1 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate
66.5 66.7 0.2 -0.3 ... ...
Saskatchewan
Population
772.1 773.1 1.0 16.4 0.1 2.2
Labour force
540.8 540.6 -0.2 12.7 0.0 2.4
Employment
519.3 520.6 1.3 14.0 0.3 2.8
Full-time
426.0 427.7 1.7 15.0 0.4 3.6
Part-time
93.3 92.9 -0.4 -1.0 -0.4 -1.1
Unemployment
21.5 19.9 -1.6 -1.4 -7.4 -6.6
Participation rate
70.0 69.9 -0.1 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate
4.0 3.7 -0.3 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate
67.3 67.3 0.0 0.4 ... ...
Alberta
Population
2,812.3 2,818.0 5.7 51.5 0.2 1.9
Labour force
2,116.9 2,107.0 -9.9 61.3 -0.5 3.0
Employment
2,038.6 2,034.9 -3.7 63.1 -0.2 3.2
Full-time
1,706.5 1,697.6 -8.9 35.7 -0.5 2.1
Part-time
332.1 337.3 5.2 27.4 1.6 8.8
Unemployment
78.3 72.1 -6.2 -1.8 -7.9 -2.4
Participation rate
75.3 74.8 -0.5 0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate
3.7 3.4 -0.3 -0.2 ... ...
Employment rate
72.5 72.2 -0.3 0.9 ... ...
British Columbia
Population
3,663.9 3,668.1 4.2 70.5 0.1 2.0
Labour force
2,434.2 2,429.3 -4.9 30.1 -0.2 1.3
Employment
2,311.1 2,310.4 -0.7 11.6 0.0 0.5
Full-time
1,855.7 1,841.8 -13.9 -5.8 -0.7 -0.3
Part-time
455.5 468.6 13.1 17.4 2.9 3.9
Unemployment
123.0 119.0 -4.0 18.6 -3.3 18.5
Participation rate
66.4 66.2 -0.2 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate
5.1 4.9 -0.2 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate
63.1 63.0 -0.1 -0.9 ... ...
... not applicable
Note: Related CANSIM table 282-0087.
