Table 6
Absence rates for full-time employees by province, region and census metropolitan area (CMA), 20101
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| Incidence2 | Inactivity rate3 | Days lost per worker in year4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | |
| % | % | days | |||||||
| Province and region | |||||||||
| Both sexes | 8.0 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 1.7 |
| Atlantic | 8.4 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 10.2 | 8.6 | 1.6 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 8.4 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 11.0 | 9.2 | 1.8 |
| Prince Edward Island | 7.6 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 1.8 |
| Nova Scotia | 8.4 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 1.7 |
| New Brunswick | 8.5 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 1.3 |
| Quebec | 8.6 | 6.2 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 1.5 |
| Ontario | 7.6 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 1.9 |
| Prairies | 8.0 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 1.9 |
| Manitoba | 9.1 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 1.9 |
| Saskatchewan | 8.6 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 2.0 |
| Alberta | 7.5 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 1.9 |
| British Columbia | 7.6 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 1.4 |
| All CMAs | 7.9 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 1.7 |
| St. John's | 9.3 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 10.9 | 8.8 | 2.0 |
| Halifax | 8.7 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 1.7 |
| Saint John | 8.4 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 10.3 | 9.0 | 1.3 |
| Moncton | 8.1 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 1.4 |
| Saguenay | 7.9 | 5.7 | F | 4.0 | 3.5 | F | 9.9 | 8.6 | F |
| Québec | 8.5 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 1.3 |
| Montréal | 8.4 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 1.4 |
| Trois-Rivières | 7.6 | 5.8 | F | 3.6 | 3.3 | F | 9.1 | 8.1 | F |
| Sherbrooke | 8.3 | 6.2 | F | 4.6 | 4.0 | F | 11.4 | 10.0 | F |
| Gatineau | 12.4 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 2.5 |
| Ottawa | 9.9 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 8.7 | 6.4 | 2.3 |
| Kingston | 9.0 | 6.1 | F | 3.8 | 2.9 | F | 9.5 | 7.3 | F |
| Barrie | 8.7 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 1.6 |
| Brantford | 7.4 | 5.1 | F | 3.2 | 2.4 | F | 8.0 | 5.9 | F |
| Greater Sudbury/Grand Sudbury | 8.0 | 5.5 | F | 3.4 | 2.7 | F | 8.6 | 6.9 | F |
| Peterborough | 8.5 | 5.4 | F | 3.8 | 2.9 | F | 9.5 | 7.2 | F |
| Guelph | 8.4 | 5.9 | F | 4.2 | 3.3 | F | 10.4 | 8.2 | F |
| Toronto | 7.0 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 1.8 |
| Hamilton | 7.3 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 1.4 |
| St. Catharines-Niagara | 7.5 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 9.4 | 7.6 | 1.7 |
| London | 7.9 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 1.3 |
| Windsor | 7.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 2.1 |
| Kitchener-Waterloo | 7.8 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 1.7 |
| Oshawa | 7.5 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 1.7 |
| Thunder Bay | 9.6 | 7.1 | F | 4.6 | 3.9 | F | 11.5 | 9.8 | F |
| Winnipeg | 9.3 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 1.7 |
| Regina | 9.0 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 1.8 |
| Saskatoon | 7.3 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 1.4 |
| Calgary | 6.9 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 1.6 |
| Edmonton | 8.3 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 1.9 |
| Abbotsford | 7.5 | 5.9 | F | 3.7 | 3.0 | F | 9.2 | 7.6 | F |
| Vancouver | 7.1 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 1.2 |
| Victoria | 9.2 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 2.0 |
| Non-CMAs | 8.2 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 1.9 |
| Population centres | 8.2 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 1.7 |
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1. Excluding maternity leave. However, men on paid paternity (in Quebec only) or parental leave are included in the calculation until 2006. 2. Absent workers divided by total. 3. Hours absent divided by hours usually worked. 4. Inactivity rate multiplied by working days in year (250). F too unreliable to be published. Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. |
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