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Labour force characteristics, population 15 years and older, by economic region, by province

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Labour force characteristics, population 15 years and older, by economic region, by province
(Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia)
  2011
  Population Labour force Employment Unemploy-
ment
Unemploy-
ment rate
Participation rate Employment rate
  thousands %
Man.
ER 4610 Southeast 82.7 57.6 55.1 2.5 4.3 69.6 66.6
ER 4620 South Central 47.3 32.8 31.6 1.2 3.7 69.3 66.8
ER 4630 Southwest 83.7 59.0 56.5 2.4 4.1 70.5 67.5
ER 4640 North Central 36.6 24.1 22.7 1.4 5.8 65.8 62.0
ER 4650 Winnipeg 570.6 394.4 371.0 23.4 5.9 69.1 65.0
ER 4660 Interlake 72.6 51.3 48.9 2.5 4.9 70.7 67.4
ER 4670 and 4680 Parklands and North 59.9 41.0 38.7 2.3 5.6 68.4 64.6
Sask.
ER 4710 Regina - Moose Mountain 237.6 172.7 165.3 7.4 4.3 72.7 69.6
ER 4720 Swift Current - Moose Jaw 81.1 52.0 50.0 2.1 4.0 64.1 61.7
ER 4730 Saskatoon - Biggar 264.9 183.6 174.0 9.6 5.2 69.3 65.7
ER 4740 Yorkton - Melville 62.9 41.5 39.7 1.8 4.3 66.0 63.1
ER 4750 and 4760 Prince Albert and Northern 153.5 103.7 96.9 6.8 6.6 67.6 63.1
Alta.
ER 4810 Lethbridge - Medicine Hat 219.2 148.4 140.3 8.1 5.5 67.7 64.0
ER 4820 Camrose - Drumheller 156.0 112.3 107.2 5.1 4.5 72.0 68.7
ER 4830 Calgary 1,110.9 826.4 779.3 47.1 5.7 74.4 70.2
ER 4840 Banff - Jasper- Rocky Mountain House 71.9 55.0 53.2 1.9 3.5 76.5 74.0
ER 4850 Red Deer 154.3 114.6 108.0 6.6 5.8 74.3 70.0
ER 4860 Edmonton 1,000.7 732.7 692.7 40.1 5.5 73.2 69.2
ER 4870 Athabasca - Grande Prairie - Peace River 190.6 142.6 134.7 8.0 5.6 74.8 70.7
ER 4880 Wood Buffalo - Cold Lake 103.0 83.2 78.9 4.3 5.2 80.8 76.6
B.C.
ER 5910 Vancouver Island and Coast 655.6 397.7 367.1 30.6 7.7 60.7 56.0
ER 5920 Lower Mainland - Southwest 2,312.9 1,531.1 1,419.1 112.0 7.3 66.2 61.4
ER 5930 Thompson - Okanagan 437.7 276.4 254.7 21.7 7.9 63.1 58.2
ER 5940 Kootenay 127.2 78.5 72.1 6.4 8.2 61.7 56.7
ER 5950 Cariboo 127.4 87.9 81.2 6.7 7.6 69.0 63.7
ER 5960 and 5970 North Coast and Nechako 66.7 47.4 43.3 4.1 8.6 71.1 64.9
ER 5980 Northeast 51.4 39.1 37.2 1.9 4.9 76.1 72.4

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