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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  September 2009 October 2009 September to October 2009 October 2008 to October 2009 September to October 2009 October 2008 to October 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,695.3 10,707.6 12.3 147.5 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,182.5 7,182.4 -0.1 -15.4 0.0 -0.2
Employment 6,525.1 6,513.1 -12.0 -205.9 -0.2 -3.1
Full-time 5,265.5 5,268.7 3.2 -195.1 0.1 -3.6
Part-time 1,259.6 1,244.4 -15.2 -10.9 -1.2 -0.9
Unemployment 657.4 669.3 11.9 190.5 1.8 39.8
Participation rate 67.2 67.1 -0.1 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 9.3 0.1 2.6 ... ...
Employment rate 61.0 60.8 -0.2 -2.8 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 926.1 926.9 0.8 13.8 0.1 1.5
Labour force 643.2 642.8 -0.4 8.3 -0.1 1.3
Employment 608.9 605.5 -3.4 -1.4 -0.6 -0.2
Full-time 489.1 488.5 -0.6 -5.2 -0.1 -1.1
Part-time 119.8 117.0 -2.8 3.8 -2.3 3.4
Unemployment 34.3 37.3 3.0 9.7 8.7 35.1
Participation rate 69.5 69.3 -0.2 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.8 0.5 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 65.3 -0.4 -1.2 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 782.1 783.0 0.9 10.9 0.1 1.4
Labour force 544.3 546.8 2.5 5.8 0.5 1.1
Employment 519.0 517.7 -1.3 -2.0 -0.3 -0.4
Full-time 421.8 421.2 -0.6 -4.6 -0.1 -1.1
Part-time 97.2 96.6 -0.6 2.7 -0.6 2.9
Unemployment 25.3 29.0 3.7 7.7 14.6 36.2
Participation rate 69.6 69.8 0.2 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.6 5.3 0.7 1.4 ... ...
Employment rate 66.4 66.1 -0.3 -1.2 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,882.2 2,887.1 4.9 74.8 0.2 2.7
Labour force 2,134.0 2,127.6 -6.4 14.5 -0.3 0.7
Employment 1,982.1 1,967.2 -14.9 -68.0 -0.8 -3.3
Full-time 1,627.9 1,618.0 -9.9 -83.2 -0.6 -4.9
Part-time 354.2 349.1 -5.1 15.1 -1.4 4.5
Unemployment 151.9 160.5 8.6 82.7 5.7 106.3
Participation rate 74.0 73.7 -0.3 -1.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.1 7.5 0.4 3.8 ... ...
Employment rate 68.8 68.1 -0.7 -4.3 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,722.6 3,727.5 4.9 63.6 0.1 1.7
Labour force 2,452.7 2,460.8 8.1 26.2 0.3 1.1
Employment 2,270.1 2,257.2 -12.9 -51.8 -0.6 -2.2
Full-time 1,777.0 1,776.5 -0.5 -76.9 0.0 -4.1
Part-time 493.1 480.7 -12.4 25.1 -2.5 5.5
Unemployment 182.6 203.5 20.9 77.8 11.4 61.9
Participation rate 65.9 66.0 0.1 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.4 8.3 0.9 3.1 ... ...
Employment rate 61.0 60.6 -0.4 -2.4 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.