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Table 4-6
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Ontario

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Ontario
  April 2009 May 2009 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
                                                    in thousands (except rates)      
Both sexes, 15 years and over  
Population 10,625.4 10,636.8 ... 11.4 56.0 149.6 0.1 0.5 1.4
Labour force 7,166.3 7,156.1 18.4 -10.2 -25.9 -3.9 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1
Employment 6,545.1 6,485.4 18.8 -59.7 -179.8 -219.8 -0.9 -2.7 -3.3
Employment full-time 5,283.2 5,233.1 23.8 -50.1 -188.0 -219.3 -0.9 -3.5 -4.0
Unemployment 621.2 670.7 15.9 49.5 153.9 215.9 8.0 29.8 47.5
Participation rate 67.4 67.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 -1.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 9.4 0.2 0.7 2.2 3.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 61.0 0.2 -0.6 -2.0 -2.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.3 19.3 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.6 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 1,742.7 1,743.6 ... 0.9 4.5 12.2 0.1 0.3 0.7
Labour force 1,091.6 1,087.4 11.3 -4.2 -34.9 -35.4 -0.4 -3.1 -3.2
Employment 911.8 901.4 10.9 -10.4 -48.4 -69.1 -1.1 -5.1 -7.1
Unemployment 179.9 185.9 9.8 6.0 13.4 33.6 3.3 7.8 22.1
Participation rate 62.6 62.4 0.7 -0.2 -2.1 -2.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.5 17.1 0.8 0.6 1.7 3.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 52.3 51.7 0.6 -0.6 -2.9 -4.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 48.7 50.8 1.1 2.0 3.3 1.3 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 4,315.2 4,320.2 ... 5.0 24.5 64.9 0.1 0.6 1.5
Labour force 3,195.6 3,190.7 8.9 -4.9 -2.7 21.8 -0.2 -0.1 0.7
Employment 2,930.1 2,896.1 10.1 -34.0 -108.8 -112.7 -1.2 -3.6 -3.7
Unemployment 265.5 294.6 8.9 29.1 106.1 134.5 11.0 56.3 84.0
Participation rate 74.1 73.9 0.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 9.2 0.3 0.9 3.3 4.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.9 67.0 0.2 -0.9 -3.0 -3.7 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 8.3 8.1 0.3 -0.1 0.9 1.2 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 4,567.5 4,573.0 ... 5.5 27.0 72.5 0.1 0.6 1.6
Labour force 2,879.0 2,878.0 10.7 -1.0 11.7 9.7 0.0 0.4 0.3
Employment 2,703.3 2,687.9 10.6 -15.4 -22.6 -38.0 -0.6 -0.8 -1.4
Unemployment 175.7 190.2 8.5 14.5 34.4 47.9 8.3 22.1 33.7
Participation rate 63.0 62.9 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.6 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.2 58.8 0.2 -0.4 -0.8 -1.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 21.3 20.8 0.5 -0.5 -0.4 0.1 ... ... ...
Industry 6,545.1 6,485.4 18.8 -59.7 -179.8 -219.8 -0.9 -2.7 -3.3
Goods-producing sector 1,417.1 1,348.5 15.4 -68.6 -145.4 -195.0 -4.8 -9.7 -12.6
Agriculture 88.3 83.1 3.9 -5.2 -4.3 -0.9 -5.9 -4.9 -1.1
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 34.8 35.6 2.4 0.8 1.3 -2.2 2.3 3.8 -5.8
Utilities 58.5 56.4 3.2 -2.1 -7.5 -7.4 -3.6 -11.7 -11.6
Construction 410.8 395.8 9.2 -15.0 -41.2 -47.1 -3.7 -9.4 -10.6
Manufacturing 824.7 777.7 12.3 -47.0 -93.5 -137.3 -5.7 -10.7 -15.0
Services-producing sector 5,128.0 5,136.9 20.9 8.9 -34.4 -24.8 0.2 -0.7 -0.5
Trade 996.3 989.8 13.9 -6.5 -37.3 -34.0 -0.7 -3.6 -3.3
Transportation and warehousing 326.0 316.1 8.3 -9.9 -30.9 -5.5 -3.0 -8.9 -1.7
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 492.0 495.8 9.9 3.8 1.0 30.3 0.8 0.2 6.5
Professional, scientific and technical services 486.1 507.0 10.2 20.9 0.5 17.0 4.3 0.1 3.5
Business, building and other support services 275.2 276.2 8.9 1.0 0.0 -39.6 0.4 0.0 -12.5
Educational services 457.9 458.3 9.5 0.4 -11.1 -21.5 0.1 -2.4 -4.5
Health care and social assistance 697.5 700.7 10.2 3.2 0.6 -4.8 0.5 0.1 -0.7
Information, culture and recreation 315.1 312.7 8.5 -2.4 -0.6 2.3 -0.8 -0.2 0.7
Accommodation and food services 404.3 402.4 9.9 -1.9 13.6 1.9 -0.5 3.5 0.5
Other services 319.8 317.1 7.5 -2.7 21.3 38.3 -0.8 7.2 13.7
Public administration 357.6 360.8 7.6 3.2 8.4 -9.2 0.9 2.4 -2.5
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Tables 282-0087, 282-0088.