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Labour force, employed and unemployed, numbers and rates, by province
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| 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Sask. | Alta. | B.C. | |
| thousands | ||||
| Population, 15 years and over | ||||
| Both sexes | 27,987.3 | 800.0 | 3,006.6 | 3,778.8 |
| Men | 13,788.8 | 396.5 | 1,532.3 | 1,859.8 |
| Women | 14,198.5 | 403.5 | 1,474.3 | 1,919.0 |
| Labour force | ||||
| Both sexes | 18,699.4 | 553.5 | 2,215.2 | 2,458.0 |
| Men | 9,858.9 | 298.3 | 1,223.4 | 1,287.9 |
| Women | 8,840.5 | 255.2 | 991.7 | 1,170.1 |
| Employed | ||||
| Both sexes | 17,306.2 | 525.9 | 2,094.1 | 2,274.7 |
| Men | 9,085.1 | 283.7 | 1,154.6 | 1,184.9 |
| Women | 8,221.1 | 242.2 | 939.5 | 1,089.7 |
| Unemployed | ||||
| Both sexes | 1,393.1 | 27.6 | 121.0 | 183.4 |
| Men | 773.8 | 14.6 | 68.8 | 103.0 |
| Women | 619.3 | 13.0 | 52.2 | 80.4 |
| Not in the labour force | ||||
| Both sexes | 9,287.9 | 246.5 | 791.4 | 1,320.8 |
| Men | 3,929.9 | 98.2 | 308.9 | 571.9 |
| Women | 5,358.0 | 148.3 | 482.6 | 748.9 |
| % | ||||
| Participation rate | ||||
| Both sexes | 66.8 | 69.2 | 73.7 | 65.0 |
| Men | 71.5 | 75.2 | 79.8 | 69.2 |
| Women | 62.3 | 63.2 | 67.3 | 61.0 |
| Unemployment rate | ||||
| Both sexes | 7.4 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 7.5 |
| Men | 7.8 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 8.0 |
| Women | 7.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.9 |
| Employment rate | ||||
| Both sexes | 61.8 | 65.7 | 69.7 | 60.2 |
| Men | 65.9 | 71.6 | 75.4 | 63.7 |
| Women | 57.9 | 60.0 | 63.7 | 56.8 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 282-0002 . Last modified: 2012-01-06. | ||||
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