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Table 5.2-5
Labour income statistics — Weekly hours

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Weekly hours
  Weekly hours, industrial aggregate Goods-producing industries Mining Manufacturing Construction Services-producing industries Transportation Finance and insurance Professional Health
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  hours per week
2008 30.4 37.4 38.5 37.4 37.1 28.2 34.9 28.5 31.4 28.6
2009 30.1 36.9 39.3 36.8 36.6 28.2 34.0 28.9 31.6 28.7
March 2008 30.1 37.4 39.7 37.3 37.0 27.8 34.7 29.2 32.0 27.8
April 2008 30.5 37.8 39.5 37.9 37.5 28.1 34.9 28.7 31.7 28.3
May 2008 30.4 37.6 39.4 37.6 37.1 28.1 34.8 27.8 30.1 28.5
June 2008 30.5 37.4 38.4 37.5 36.7 28.2 34.8 27.9 30.7 28.6
July 2008 30.5 37.5 38.7 37.6 36.6 28.3 35.0 28.6 31.1 29.0
August 2008 30.4 37.2 37.9 37.2 36.7 28.3 34.7 27.6 31.5 29.0
September 2008 30.6 37.6 37.7 37.1 38.3 28.5 35.0 27.8 31.4 28.9
October 2008 30.7 37.4 38.0 37.2 37.3 28.6 35.2 28.1 31.5 29.1
November 2008 30.4 37.2 37.6 37.0 37.1 28.3 34.7 28.5 31.8 28.5
December 2008 29.7 35.7 38.8 35.7 34.6 28.0 34.8 27.5 31.3 29.0
January 2009 30.1 36.9 39.7 36.7 36.8 28.2 33.8 27.3 31.1 29.0
February 2009 30.2 36.8 38.6 36.6 36.8 28.4 34.5 27.8 32.0 28.9
March 2009 30.1 37.0 39.4 36.7 36.9 28.3 31.4 29.6 31.6 29.2
April 2009 30.0 36.2 38.1 36.0 36.2 28.3 34.2 29.7 32.0 28.9
May 2009 30.1 36.9 39.8 36.8 36.6 28.2 34.2 29.1 32.0 28.8
June 2009 30.1 37.3 39.5 37.1 36.9 28.2 35.4 29.2 31.7 28.5
July 2009 30.3 37.4 38.2 37.2 37.2 28.3 33.2 29.1 31.8 28.4
August 2009 30.2 37.3 38.2 37.3 36.7 28.3 33.9 29.0 31.3 28.6
September 2009 30.1 37.1 39.8 37.2 36.7 28.2 34.5 29.8 31.8 28.5
October 2009 30.1 36.9 41.1 36.6 36.4 28.2 34.4 29.6 31.9 28.1
November 2009 29.9 37.0 39.5 36.8 36.6 28.1 34.4 27.3 31.5 28.7
December 2009 29.7 36.2 39.2 36.4 34.9 28.0 33.9 29.1 30.8 28.6
January 2010 29.9 36.6 39.9 36.3 36.4 28.1 33.9 29.3 30.8 28.4
February 2010 30.0 36.7 41.1 36.4 36.5 28.3 34.7 29.6 31.5 28.7
March 2010 30.2 37.1 41.5 36.7 36.7 28.3 34.8 28.1 31.8 28.8
Note(s):
Includes overtime.
Source(s):
Contact: Y. Xi (613-951-9034). Employment, Earnings and Hours (Catalogue no. 72-002-XIB), Client services (613-951-4090). Cansim tables: 281-0033 and 281-0034.