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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  October 2009 November 2009 October to November 2009 November 2008 to November 2009 October to November 2009 November 2008 to November 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,707.6 10,717.6 10.0 146.3 0.1 1.4
Labour force 7,182.4 7,214.2 31.8 39.7 0.4 0.6
Employment 6,513.1 6,540.2 27.1 -122.7 0.4 -1.8
Full-time 5,268.7 5,290.5 21.8 -127.9 0.4 -2.4
Part-time 1,244.4 1,249.7 5.3 5.2 0.4 0.4
Unemployment 669.3 674.0 4.7 162.4 0.7 31.7
Participation rate 67.1 67.3 0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.3 9.3 0.0 2.2 ... ...
Employment rate 60.8 61.0 0.2 -2.0 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 926.9 928.0 1.1 14.2 0.1 1.6
Labour force 642.8 642.9 0.1 6.7 0.0 1.1
Employment 605.5 608.6 3.1 -0.6 0.5 -0.1
Full-time 488.5 491.6 3.1 2.4 0.6 0.5
Part-time 117.0 117.1 0.1 -2.9 0.1 -2.4
Unemployment 37.3 34.3 -3.0 7.3 -8.0 27.0
Participation rate 69.3 69.3 0.0 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 5.3 -0.5 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 65.3 65.6 0.3 -1.1 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 783.0 783.8 0.8 10.7 0.1 1.4
Labour force 546.8 548.0 1.2 7.3 0.2 1.4
Employment 517.7 519.5 1.8 -0.8 0.3 -0.2
Full-time 421.2 424.8 3.6 -2.3 0.9 -0.5
Part-time 96.6 94.7 -1.9 1.5 -2.0 1.6
Unemployment 29.0 28.5 -0.5 8.1 -1.7 39.7
Participation rate 69.8 69.9 0.1 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.2 -0.1 1.4 ... ...
Employment rate 66.1 66.3 0.2 -1.0 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,887.1 2,891.5 4.4 73.5 0.2 2.6
Labour force 2,127.6 2,138.5 10.9 33.4 0.5 1.6
Employment 1,967.2 1,980.0 12.8 -51.6 0.7 -2.5
Full-time 1,618.0 1,618.3 0.3 -75.6 0.0 -4.5
Part-time 349.1 361.7 12.6 24.0 3.6 7.1
Unemployment 160.5 158.5 -2.0 85.0 -1.2 115.6
Participation rate 73.7 74.0 0.3 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.4 -0.1 3.9 ... ...
Employment rate 68.1 68.5 0.4 -3.6 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,727.5 3,733.6 6.1 65.5 0.2 1.8
Labour force 2,460.8 2,472.0 11.2 43.9 0.5 1.8
Employment 2,257.2 2,267.1 9.9 -40.3 0.4 -1.7
Full-time 1,776.5 1,764.8 -11.7 -74.5 -0.7 -4.1
Part-time 480.7 502.3 21.6 34.2 4.5 7.3
Unemployment 203.5 204.9 1.4 84.3 0.7 69.9
Participation rate 66.0 66.2 0.2 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 8.3 0.0 3.3 ... ...
Employment rate 60.6 60.7 0.1 -2.2 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.