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Table 25Labour force characteristics, 1980 to 2005

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Labour force characteristics, 1980 to 2005
	Population	Labour force	Employment	Unemployment	Not in labour force	Unemployment rate	Participation rate
	thousands					percent
1980	18,483,500	11,879,400	10,984,000	895,300	6,604,200	7.5	64.3
1981	18,814,400	12,235,800	11,305,000	930,800	6,578,500	7.6	65.0
1982	19,103,400	12,301,800	10,943,700	1,358,200	6,801,600	11.0	64.4
1983	19,355,000	12,527,600	11,022,000	1,505,600	6,827,400	12.0	64.7
1984	19,597,900	12,747,900	11,301,700	1,446,200	6,850,000	11.3	65.0
1985	19,842,700	13,012,400	11,627,300	1,385,100	6,830,400	10.6	65.6
1986	20,093,200	13,272,100	11,986,600	1,285,500	6,821,100	9.7	66.1
1987	20,348,100	13,526,000	12,333,000	1,193,000	6,822,100	8.8	66.5
1988	20,612,200	13,779,100	12,709,600	1,069,500	6,833,100	7.8	66.8
1989	20,898,500	14,057,000	12,996,200	1,060,800	6,841,500	7.5	67.3
1990	21,214,700	14,244,600	13,086,400	1,158,300	6,970,100	8.1	67.1
1991	21,533,300	14,336,300	12,857,400	1,479,000	7,197,000	10.3	66.6
1992	21,820,200	14,336,100	12,730,900	1,605,200	7,484,000	11.2	65.7
1993	22,092,900	14,435,000	12,792,700	1,642,300	7,657,900	11.4	65.3
1994	22,367,700	14,573,700	13,058,700	1,515,000	7,794,000	10.4	65.2
1995	22,660,000	14,689,200	13,295,400	1,393,800	7,970,800	9.5	64.8
1996	22,967,100	14,853,500	13,421,400	1,432,200	8,113,600	9.6	64.7
1997	23,255,500	15,079,100	13,706,000	1,373,100	8,176,400	9.1	64.8
1998	23,522,800	15,316,300	14,046,200	1,270,100	8,206,400	8.3	65.1
1999	23,786,900	15,588,300	14,406,700	1,181,600	8,198,600	7.6	65.5
2000	24,094,200	15,847,000	14,764,200	1,082,800	8,247,200	6.8	65.8
2001	24,444,300	16,109,800	14,946,200	1,163,600	8,334,500	7.2	65.9
2002	24,797,300	16,579,300	15,310,400	1,268,900	8,218,000	7.7	66.9
2003	25,106,500	16,958,500	15,672,300	1,286,200	8,147,900	7.6	67.5
2004	25,443,400	17,182,300	15,947,000	1,235,300	8,261,100	7.2	67.5
2005	25,805,500	17,342,600	16,169,700	1,172,800	8,462,900	6.8	67.2

Source(s):

CANSIM table 282-0002.