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Labour force characteristics, unadjusted, by census metropolitan area (3 month moving average)

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Labour force characteristics, unadjusted, by census metropolitan area (3 month moving average)
(Greater Sudbury (Ont.), Thunder Bay (Ont.), Winnipeg (Man.))
  January 2011 January 2012 January 2011 to January 2012 January 2011 to January 2012
  thousands change (thousands) % change
Greater Sudbury (Ont.)        
Population 139.1 139.5 0.4 0.3
Labour force 88.9 87.0 -1.9 -2.1
Employment 82.2 81.7 -0.5 -0.6
Unemployment 6.7 5.4 -1.3 -19.4
Unemployment rate (%) 7.5 6.2 -1.3
Participation rate (%) 63.9 62.4 -1.5
Employment rate (%) 59.1 58.6 -0.5
Thunder Bay (Ont.)        
Population 102.6 102.5 -0.1 -0.1
Labour force 63.7 67.5 3.8 6.0
Employment 59.7 63.7 4.0 6.7
Unemployment 4.0 3.8 -0.2 -5.0
Unemployment rate (%) 6.3 5.6 -0.7
Participation rate (%) 62.1 65.9 3.8
Employment rate (%) 58.2 62.1 3.9
Winnipeg (Man.)        
Population 618.9 628.0 9.1 1.5
Labour force 427.2 435.7 8.5 2.0
Employment 405.4 411.8 6.4 1.6
Unemployment 21.8 23.9 2.1 9.6
Unemployment rate (%) 5.1 5.5 0.4
Participation rate (%) 69.0 69.4 0.4
Employment rate (%) 65.5 65.6 0.1

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