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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  July 2010 August 2010 July to August 2010 August 2009 to August 2010 July to August 2010 August 2009 to August 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,823.2 10,840.2 17.0 162.8 0.2 1.5
Labour force 7,302.7 7,326.9 24.2 133.7 0.3 1.9
Employment 6,678.6 6,684.9 6.3 162.0 0.1 2.5
Full-time 5,375.8 5,369.2 -6.6 158.6 -0.1 3.0
Part-time 1,302.7 1,315.7 13.0 3.5 1.0 0.3
Unemployment 624.2 642.0 17.8 -28.3 2.9 -4.2
Participation rate 67.5 67.6 0.1 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 8.8 0.3 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 61.7 61.7 0.0 0.6 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 937.6 939.0 1.4 14.0 0.1 1.5
Labour force 657.4 658.5 1.1 8.5 0.2 1.3
Employment 620.6 621.6 1.0 9.3 0.2 1.5
Full-time 496.0 498.6 2.6 8.0 0.5 1.6
Part-time 124.6 123.0 -1.6 1.3 -1.3 1.1
Unemployment 36.8 36.9 0.1 -0.8 0.3 -2.1
Participation rate 70.1 70.1 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.6 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 66.2 66.2 0.0 0.0 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 792.1 793.5 1.4 12.5 0.2 1.6
Labour force 554.2 558.2 4.0 12.6 0.7 2.3
Employment 526.0 531.4 5.4 12.7 1.0 2.4
Full-time 424.1 428.5 4.4 13.4 1.0 3.2
Part-time 101.9 102.9 1.0 -0.7 1.0 -0.7
Unemployment 28.1 26.8 -1.3 -0.1 -4.6 -0.4
Participation rate 70.0 70.3 0.3 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.1 4.8 -0.3 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 66.4 67.0 0.6 0.6 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,929.2 2,935.9 6.7 59.9 0.2 2.1
Labour force 2,142.5 2,143.8 1.3 13.5 0.1 0.6
Employment 2,008.6 2,003.9 -4.7 29.0 -0.2 1.5
Full-time 1,635.3 1,646.2 10.9 35.8 0.7 2.2
Part-time 373.2 357.6 -15.6 -6.9 -4.2 -1.9
Unemployment 134.0 140.0 6.0 -15.4 4.5 -9.9
Participation rate 73.1 73.0 -0.1 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 6.5 0.2 -0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 68.6 68.3 -0.3 -0.4 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,784.3 3,791.7 7.4 77.2 0.2 2.1
Labour force 2,503.0 2,502.1 -0.9 47.9 0.0 2.0
Employment 2,315.2 2,320.6 5.4 61.0 0.2 2.7
Full-time 1,787.2 1,810.5 23.3 36.3 1.3 2.0
Part-time 528.0 510.1 -17.9 24.8 -3.4 5.1
Unemployment 187.9 181.5 -6.4 -13.1 -3.4 -6.7
Participation rate 66.1 66.0 -0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.3 -0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 61.2 0.0 0.4 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.