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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  July 2009 August 2009 July to August 2009 August 2008 to August 2009 July to August 2009 August 2008 to August 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,665.2 10,677.4 12.2 147.5 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,165.4 7,186.0 20.6 47.7 0.3 0.7
Employment 6,500.3 6,512.5 12.2 -170.4 0.2 -2.5
Full-time 5,227.6 5,204.0 -23.6 -227.7 -0.5 -4.2
Part-time 1,272.7 1,308.5 35.8 57.4 2.8 4.6
Unemployment 665.1 673.5 8.4 218.1 1.3 47.9
Participation rate 67.2 67.3 0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.3 9.4 0.1 3.0 ... ...
Employment rate 60.9 61.0 0.1 -2.5 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 923.8 925.0 1.2 13.7 0.1 1.5
Labour force 641.0 648.5 7.5 18.0 1.2 2.9
Employment 607.9 611.3 3.4 5.9 0.6 1.0
Full-time 490.3 489.6 -0.7 -0.8 -0.1 -0.2
Part-time 117.6 121.7 4.1 6.6 3.5 5.7
Unemployment 33.1 37.2 4.1 12.1 12.4 48.2
Participation rate 69.4 70.1 0.7 0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 5.7 0.5 1.7 ... ...
Employment rate 65.8 66.1 0.3 -0.3 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 780.2 781.0 0.8 11.8 0.1 1.5
Labour force 546.0 544.2 -1.8 7.1 -0.3 1.3
Employment 520.1 516.9 -3.2 3.8 -0.6 0.7
Full-time 417.1 415.0 -2.1 -5.9 -0.5 -1.4
Part-time 103.0 101.9 -1.1 9.8 -1.1 10.6
Unemployment 25.9 27.3 1.4 3.2 5.4 13.3
Participation rate 70.0 69.7 -0.3 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.7 5.0 0.3 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 66.7 66.2 -0.5 -0.5 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,870.2 2,876.0 5.8 72.3 0.2 2.6
Labour force 2,139.7 2,136.8 -2.9 56.2 -0.1 2.7
Employment 1,985.8 1,979.1 -6.7 -27.8 -0.3 -1.4
Full-time 1,624.5 1,613.2 -11.3 -74.8 -0.7 -4.4
Part-time 361.2 365.9 4.7 46.9 1.3 14.7
Unemployment 153.9 157.7 3.8 84.0 2.5 114.0
Participation rate 74.5 74.3 -0.2 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.2 7.4 0.2 3.9 ... ...
Employment rate 69.2 68.8 -0.4 -2.8 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,709.1 3,714.5 5.4 63.0 0.1 1.7
Labour force 2,436.0 2,447.0 11.0 17.8 0.5 0.7
Employment 2,247.1 2,255.7 8.6 -67.0 0.4 -2.9
Full-time 1,750.0 1,774.8 24.8 -78.0 1.4 -4.2
Part-time 497.1 480.8 -16.3 10.8 -3.3 2.3
Unemployment 188.9 191.3 2.4 84.8 1.3 79.6
Participation rate 65.7 65.9 0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.8 7.8 0.0 3.4 ... ...
Employment rate 60.6 60.7 0.1 -2.9 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.