Table 8.2-1
Provincial labour force estimates — Participation rates

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Participation rates: Part 1
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec
v2461245 v2461875 v2462505 v2463135 v2463765 v2464395
  annual average
1976 61.5 49.4 57.1 55.6 53.9 58.8
1977 61.9 50.6 57.0 55.6 53.6 59.3
1978 62.7 51.7 57.4 56.2 54.8 60.0
1979 63.7 53.4 59.3 57.0 55.4 60.6
1980 64.3 53.2 59.5 57.3 55.7 61.4
1981 65.0 53.5 58.7 57.7 56.4 61.9
1982 64.4 53.1 58.5 57.5 55.3 60.4
1983 64.7 53.3 60.0 57.7 55.7 61.1
1984 65.0 53.5 60.1 59.2 55.6 61.7
1985 65.6 54.2 61.5 59.4 56.9 62.4
1986 66.1 54.3 62.6 59.9 57.8 62.9
1987 66.5 54.2 63.2 60.0 58.5 63.6
1988 66.8 55.3 64.2 60.7 59.2 63.8
1989 67.3 56.0 65.3 61.3 60.0 64.2
1990 67.1 56.7 65.6 61.9 60.0 64.2
1991 66.6 56.2 65.1 61.6 58.8 63.6
1992 65.7 54.4 65.6 60.0 58.9 62.6
1993 65.3 53.9 65.2 60.0 58.9 62.3
1994 65.2 53.8 65.4 60.1 58.4 62.5
1995 64.8 53.1 65.0 59.4 59.1 62.2
1996 64.7 52.5 66.1 59.4 58.7 61.9
1997 64.9 52.7 65.8 59.7 59.9 62.1
1998 65.1 54.2 65.6 60.5 60.6 62.6
1999 65.5 56.2 66.2 60.8 60.8 62.8
2000 65.8 55.5 66.8 61.2 61.6 63.1
2001 65.9 57.0 67.1 62.0 62.0 63.5
2002 66.8 58.3 67.6 62.5 63.4 65.2
2003 67.5 59.3 67.8 63.0 63.2 66.0
2004 67.5 59.2 67.8 63.8 63.8 65.8
2005 67.1 58.7 68.3 63.3 63.3 65.5
2006 67.0 59.1 68.5 62.6 63.3 65.4
2007 67.4 59.0 67.9 63.5 63.5 65.7
2008 67.7 59.4 68.2 63.6 64.3 65.8
2009 67.1 59.0 67.5 64.3 64.2 65.3
2010 67.0 59.9 67.9 64.2 63.6 65.4
Participation rates: Part 2
  Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
v2465025 v2465655 v2466285 v2466915 v2467545
  annual average
1976 64.2 61.8 60.6 67.4 61.8
1977 64.5 62.1 61.6 67.6 61.8
1978 65.4 63.0 62.2 68.5 62.9
1979 66.6 63.5 62.9 69.9 63.6
1980 66.8 64.3 63.1 70.8 64.7
1981 67.7 65.1 63.6 72.3 65.4
1982 67.5 65.0 63.8 71.7 64.6
1983 67.6 65.8 64.9 71.7 64.5
1984 67.8 65.8 65.2 72.2 64.3
1985 68.4 65.9 66.1 72.6 64.7
1986 68.8 66.7 66.8 72.6 65.4
1987 69.1 66.7 66.3 72.4 66.1
1988 69.6 66.8 66.7 72.7 66.1
1989 70.0 67.4 66.4 72.7 67.0
1990 69.5 67.3 66.6 72.5 66.9
1991 68.5 67.0 66.9 72.6 66.9
1992 67.3 66.5 66.5 72.2 66.9
1993 66.7 66.9 66.5 71.8 66.7
1994 65.9 66.7 66.1 72.0 67.1
1995 65.5 66.6 66.0 72.3 66.3
1996 65.6 66.4 65.3 72.3 65.6
1997 65.8 66.6 66.2 72.2 65.6
1998 65.9 67.0 66.5 72.6 64.9
1999 66.5 67.5 66.8 72.6 65.1
2000 67.0 67.9 66.7 72.2 64.8
2001 67.3 67.7 65.6 72.3 64.0
2002 67.7 69.0 66.9 72.9 65.0
2003 68.5 68.7 67.8 73.5 65.5
2004 68.3 69.1 68.0 73.4 65.3
2005 67.8 68.5 67.9 72.7 65.3
2006 67.4 68.5 68.8 73.4 65.3
2007 67.7 69.0 69.5 74.2 66.0
2008 67.9 69.3 69.6 74.7 66.2
2009 67.1 69.1 70.0 74.3 65.6
2010 67.1 69.6 69.9 72.9 65.5
Source(s):
Labour Force Information (Catalogue no. 71-001-XIE). Client services (613-951-4090). CANSIM table : 282-0087 and 282-0002 .