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Table 4 Labour force characteristics by province

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Labour force characteristics by province
  September 2010 October 2010 September to October 2010 October 2009 to October 2010 September to October 2010 October 2009 to October 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands change in thousands % change
Ontario            
Population 10,853.6 10,866.8 13.2 159.2 0.1 1.5
Labour force 7,307.3 7,287.3 -20.0 107.2 -0.3 1.5
Employment 6,662.0 6,659.2 -2.8 127.9 0.0 2.0
Full-time 5,356.4 5,385.8 29.4 89.5 0.5 1.7
Part-time 1,305.5 1,273.4 -32.1 38.5 -2.5 3.1
Unemployment 645.3 628.1 -17.2 -20.7 -2.7 -3.2
Participation rate 67.3 67.1 -0.2 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 8.6 -0.2 -0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 61.4 61.3 -0.1 0.3 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 939.8 940.9 1.1 14.0 0.1 1.5
Labour force 659.0 659.6 0.6 16.7 0.1 2.6
Employment 623.7 625.3 1.6 19.2 0.3 3.2
Full-time 502.4 504.6 2.2 15.1 0.4 3.1
Part-time 121.2 120.7 -0.5 4.1 -0.4 3.5
Unemployment 35.4 34.3 -1.1 -2.5 -3.1 -6.8
Participation rate 70.1 70.1 0.0 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.2 -0.2 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 66.4 66.5 0.1 1.1 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 794.1 794.8 0.7 11.8 0.1 1.5
Labour force 557.8 557.7 -0.1 9.8 0.0 1.8
Employment 526.8 525.8 -1.0 6.0 -0.2 1.2
Full-time 426.1 435.6 9.5 10.5 2.2 2.5
Part-time 100.7 90.1 -10.6 -4.6 -10.5 -4.9
Unemployment 30.9 32.0 1.1 3.9 3.6 13.9
Participation rate 70.2 70.2 0.0 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.7 0.2 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 66.3 66.2 -0.1 -0.2 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 2,939.7 2,943.4 3.7 56.3 0.1 2.0
Labour force 2,135.8 2,150.8 15.0 23.3 0.7 1.1
Employment 2,004.2 2,021.2 17.0 46.1 0.8 2.3
Full-time 1,652.2 1,655.2 3.0 26.7 0.2 1.6
Part-time 352.0 366.0 14.0 19.5 4.0 5.6
Unemployment 131.6 129.5 -2.1 -22.9 -1.6 -15.0
Participation rate 72.7 73.1 0.4 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 6.0 -0.2 -1.2 ... ...
Employment rate 68.2 68.7 0.5 0.3 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,796.4 3,800.7 4.3 73.2 0.1 2.0
Labour force 2,508.2 2,507.0 -1.2 48.6 0.0 2.0
Employment 2,320.3 2,321.8 1.5 60.1 0.1 2.7
Full-time 1,807.1 1,814.5 7.4 31.0 0.4 1.7
Part-time 513.1 507.3 -5.8 29.1 -1.1 6.1
Unemployment 187.9 185.1 -2.8 -11.6 -1.5 -5.9
Participation rate 66.1 66.0 -0.1 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.4 -0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 61.1 0.0 0.4 ... ...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.