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    Table

    Table 1 Employment by industry and class of worker

    Charts

    Chart A Economic downturn brought gross domestic product (GDP) and employment down in first half of year

    Chart B Actual hours declined at faster pace than employment during downturn

    Chart C 2009 downturn accelerated decline in manufacturing employment begun in 2004, bringing levels below troughs reached in 1980s and 1990 recessions

    Chart D Employment losses in most manufacturing sub-sectors in 2009

    Chart E Less demand for manufactured products led to fewer employed in trucking industry

    Chart F While employment among private sector employees fell in 2009, self-employment grew steadily

    Chart G Average actual hours fell in first and second quarter of 2009, rebounding in last two quarters

    Chart H British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario had above-average unemployment rate increases from December 2008 to December 2009

    Chart I Employment rates fell steeply for youth and men age 25 to 54 in 2009, and rose for those 55 and over

    Chart J Unemployment rate in United States exceeds Canadian rate by record margin

    Chart K United States unemployment rate is highest among these selected countries, with largest increase over the year, at 2.6 percentage points

    Chart L While over 40% of manufacturing employment was lost in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia lost more than their share

    Chart M Ontario and British Columbia posted above-average employment losses

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