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November 2008
December 2008
November to December 2008
December 2007 to December 2008
November to December 2008
December 2007 to December 2008
Seasonally adjusted
thousands change in thousands
% change
Both sexes 15+
Population
27,072.6 27,098.7 26.1 379.2 0.1 1.4
Labour force
18,307.2 18,319.9 12.7 229.7 0.1 1.3
Employment
17,145.2 17,110.8 -34.4 98.3 -0.2 0.6
Full-time
13,992.4 13,921.7 -70.7 7.1 -0.5 0.1
Part-time
3,152.9 3,189.1 36.2 91.2 1.1 2.9
Unemployment
1,162.0 1,209.1 47.1 131.5 4.1 12.2
Participation rate
67.6 67.6 0.0 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate
6.3 6.6 0.3 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate
63.3 63.1 -0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Part-time rate
18.4 18.6 0.2 0.4 ... ...
Youths 15 to 24
Population
4,383.0 4,384.4 1.4 17.6 0.0 0.4
Labour force
2,953.6 2,930.2 -23.4 -1.4 -0.8 0.0
Employment
2,589.8 2,553.2 -36.6 -52.3 -1.4 -2.0
Full-time
1,430.2 1,391.1 -39.1 -30.8 -2.7 -2.2
Part-time
1,159.6 1,162.1 2.5 -21.6 0.2 -1.8
Unemployment
363.8 377.0 13.2 51.0 3.6 15.6
Participation rate
67.4 66.8 -0.6 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate
12.3 12.9 0.6 1.8 ... ...
Employment rate
59.1 58.2 -0.9 -1.5 ... ...
Part-time rate
44.8 45.5 0.7 0.1 ... ...
Men 25+
Population
11,090.3 11,102.7 12.4 182.0 0.1 1.7
Labour force
8,168.2 8,171.5 3.3 83.4 0.0 1.0
Employment
7,709.2 7,699.3 -9.9 39.1 -0.1 0.5
Full-time
7,175.1 7,159.0 -16.1 -6.3 -0.2 -0.1
Part-time
534.1 540.3 6.2 45.4 1.2 9.2
Unemployment
459.0 472.2 13.2 44.3 2.9 10.4
Participation rate
73.7 73.6 -0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate
5.6 5.8 0.2 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate
69.5 69.3 -0.2 -0.8 ... ...
Part-time rate
6.9 7.0 0.1 0.5 ... ...
Women 25+
Population
11,599.4 11,611.6 12.2 179.6 0.1 1.6
Labour force
7,185.3 7,218.2 32.9 147.7 0.5 2.1
Employment
6,846.2 6,858.3 12.1 111.5 0.2 1.7
Full-time
5,387.1 5,371.6 -15.5 44.2 -0.3 0.8
Part-time
1,459.1 1,486.7 27.6 67.3 1.9 4.7
Unemployment
339.2 359.9 20.7 36.2 6.1 11.2
Participation rate
61.9 62.2 0.3 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate
4.7 5.0 0.3 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate
59.0 59.1 0.1 0.1 ... ...
Part-time rate
21.3 21.7 0.4 0.7 ... ...
... not applicable
Note: Related CANSIM table 282-0087
