Table 2
Employment and unemployment rates by province and urban area, population aged 18 to 54
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| Average employment rate | Average unemployment rate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999/2000 | 2009/2010 | Change | 1999/2000 | 2009/2010 | Change | |
| percent | percentage points | percent | percentage points | |||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 60.8 | 68.0 | 7.3 | 16.6 | 14.1 | -2.5 |
| Prince Edward Island | 74.0 | 76.8 | 2.8 | 13.1 | 11.2 | -2.0 |
| Nova Scotia | 72.7 | 76.2 | 3.5 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 0.1 |
| New Brunswick | 71.2 | 76.3 | 5.1 | 9.9 | 8.5 | -1.4 |
| City of Québec | 76.4 | 84.3 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 4.6 | -3.4 |
| Montréal | 75.5 | 77.1 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 0.3 |
| Rest of Quebec | 71.6 | 77.9 | 6.3 | 9.9 | 7.9 | -2.0 |
| Ottawa | 79.1 | 81.7 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| Toronto | 78.7 | 75.4 | -3.3 | 5.5 | 9.2 | 3.7 |
| Hamilton | 79.6 | 77.4 | -2.1 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 2.9 |
| Rest of Ontario | 79.1 | 76.2 | -2.9 | 6.0 | 8.8 | 2.8 |
| Winnipeg | 82.0 | 82.8 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| Rest of Manitoba | 82.2 | 81.2 | -1.0 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
| Saskatchewan | 80.0 | 82.7 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 4.9 | -0.7 |
| Calgary | 83.8 | 81.1 | -2.6 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 2.0 |
| Edmonton | 80.7 | 79.6 | -1.2 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 1.2 |
| Rest of Alberta | 81.6 | 80.8 | -0.8 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 1.0 |
| Vancouver | 75.7 | 76.0 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 0.8 |
| Rest of British Columbia | 75.7 | 77.0 | 1.3 | 8.6 | 7.9 | -0.7 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. | ||||||
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