Table 4
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of labour force characteristics by province – seasonally adjusted september 2011, october 2011, september to october 2011 and october 2010 to october 2011, calculated using thousands (except rates), change in thousands (except rates) and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  September 2011 October 2011 September to October 2011 October 2010 to October 2011 September to October 2011 October 2010 to October 2011
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates) % change
Ontario            
Population 10,955.8 10,968.0 12.2 133.3 0.1 1.2
Labour force 7,312.2 7,311.3 -0.9 77.8 0.0 1.1
Employment 6,757.3 6,718.6 -38.7 100.5 -0.6 1.5
Full-time 5,498.8 5,423.4 -75.4 76.9 -1.4 1.4
Part-time 1,258.6 1,295.2 36.6 23.6 2.9 1.9
Unemployment 554.9 592.7 37.8 -22.7 6.8 -3.7
Participation rate 66.7 66.7 0.0 -0.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 7.6 8.1 0.5 -0.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 61.7 61.3 -0.4 0.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Manitoba            
Population 955.9 956.7 0.8 12.0 0.1 1.3
Labour force 661.4 660.5 -0.9 1.3 -0.1 0.2
Employment 624.7 626.3 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.0
Full-time 501.9 498.4 -3.5 -6.2 -0.7 -1.2
Part-time 122.8 127.9 5.1 6.6 4.2 5.4
Unemployment 36.7 34.2 -2.5 1.0 -6.8 3.0
Participation rate 69.2 69.0 -0.2 -0.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.2 -0.3 0.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 65.4 65.5 0.1 -0.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan            
Population 802.1 802.9 0.8 8.8 0.1 1.1
Labour force 553.0 551.7 -1.3 -2.0 -0.2 -0.4
Employment 527.8 528.9 1.1 6.5 0.2 1.2
Full-time 436.4 436.1 -0.3 4.8 -0.1 1.1
Part-time 91.4 92.8 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.9
Unemployment 25.2 22.8 -2.4 -8.5 -9.5 -27.2
Participation rate 68.9 68.7 -0.2 -1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.1 -0.5 -1.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 65.8 65.9 0.1 0.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Alberta            
Population 3,018.0 3,022.1 4.1 48.9 0.1 1.6
Labour force 2,238.6 2,239.6 1.0 74.4 0.0 3.4
Employment 2,118.2 2,125.7 7.5 87.7 0.4 4.3
Full-time 1,769.1 1,768.3 -0.8 98.7 0.0 5.9
Part-time 349.1 357.3 8.2 -11.1 2.3 -3.0
Unemployment 120.3 113.9 -6.4 -13.4 -5.3 -10.5
Participation rate 74.2 74.1 -0.1 1.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.1 -0.3 -0.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 70.2 70.3 0.1 1.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
British Columbia            
Population 3,787.9 3,790.3 2.4 43.3 0.1 1.2
Labour force 2,466.0 2,450.3 -15.7 3.1 -0.6 0.1
Employment 2,299.7 2,288.9 -10.8 21.4 -0.5 0.9
Full-time 1,782.5 1,780.5 -2.0 12.6 -0.1 0.7
Part-time 517.2 508.3 -8.9 8.7 -1.7 1.7
Unemployment 166.3 161.4 -4.9 -18.3 -2.9 -10.2
Participation rate 65.1 64.6 -0.5 -0.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 6.7 6.6 -0.1 -0.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 60.7 60.4 -0.3 -0.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable