 |
Labour force characteristics
| |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| |
thousands |
| Population 15 years and over |
24,284.9 |
24,617.8 |
24,945.1 |
25,250.7 |
25,603.1 |
| Labour force |
15,999.2 |
16,246.3 |
16,689.4 |
17,046.8 |
17,269.2 |
| Employed |
14,909.7 |
15,076.8 |
15,411.8 |
15,746.0 |
16,020.5 |
| Full
time |
12,208.1 |
12,345.2 |
12,528.2 |
12,781.1 |
13,071.7 |
| Part
time |
2,701.6 |
2,731.6 |
2,883.7 |
2,964.8 |
2,948.8 |
| Unemployed |
1,089.6 |
1,169.6 |
1,277.6 |
1,300.9 |
1,248.8 |
| Not in
the labour force |
8,285.7 |
8,371.5 |
8,255.7 |
8,203.9 |
8,333.9 |
| Actual
hours worked |
513,731.9 |
509,163.5 |
515,514.1 |
517,646.5 |
532,018.4 |
| |
% |
| Employment to population ratio |
61.4 |
61.2 |
61.8 |
62.4 |
62.6 |
| Participation
rate |
65.9 |
66.0 |
66.9 |
67.5 |
67.4 |
| Unemployment
rate |
6.8 |
7.2 |
7.7 |
7.6 |
7.2 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, tables 282-0002 and 282-0022 and Catalogue no. 71F0004XCB. |
| Last modified: 2005-01-14. |
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