Labour market characteristics by sex, population aged 15 and over, Montérégie and all of Québec, 2008-2012    ( Export to Excel)

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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Montérégie
Labour Force 769.5 781.1 792.0 784.5 806.8
  Males 405.5 417.9 419.5 410.9 422.6
  Females 364.1 363.2 372.5 373.6 384.2
  
Total employment 718.9 721.6 730.7 729.5 754.6
  Males 374.7 380.3 384.6 380.0 391.1
  Females 344.3 341.3 346.2 349.5 363.5
  
Full-time employment 591.9 593.3 597.4 585.8 618.4
  Males 335.9 337.7 337.0 332.5 345.0
  Females 256.0 255.6 260.4 253.4 273.3
  
Part-time employment 127.0 128.3 133.4 143.6 136.2
  Males 38.8 42.6 47.6 47.6 46.0
  Females 88.2 85.7 85.8 96.1 90.2
  
Number of unemployed 50.6 59.5 61.2 55.0 52.2
  Males 30.8 37.6 34.9 30.9 31.5
  Females 19.8 21.9 26.3 24.1 20.7
  

%

Participation rate 67.4 67.5 67.5 66.0 67.0
  Males 71.6 72.3 71.7 69.6 70.4
  Females 63.2 62.7 63.3 62.3 63.7
  
Employment rate 62.9 62.4 62.3 61.3 62.7
  Males 66.1 65.8 65.8 64.4 65.1
  Females 59.8 59.0 58.8 58.3 60.3
  
Proportion of part-time employment 17.7 17.8 18.3 19.7 18.0
  Males 10.4 11.2 12.4 12.5 11.8
  Females 25.6 25.1 24.8 27.5 24.8
  
Unemployment rate 6.6 7.6 7.7 7.0 6.5
  Males 7.6 9.0 8.3 7.5 7.5
  Females 5.4 6.0 7.1 6.5 5.4
  

Week

Average duration of unemployment1 18.3 17.6 17.9 20.2 19.7
  Males 18.8 18.6 18.0 22.6 21.1
  Females 17.5 15.8 17.6 17.1 17.5
  

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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All of Québec
Labour Force 4,182.9 4,204.0 4,253.6 4,285.8 4,320.3
  Males 2,208.3 2,214.2 2,244.2 2,257.7 2,275.6
  Females 1,974.6 1,989.8 2,009.4 2,028.1 2,044.7
  
Total employment 3,880.4 3,848.4 3,915.1 3,953.6 3,984.4
  Males 2,028.0 1,995.9 2,045.0 2,067.8 2,083.0
  Females 1,852.4 1,852.5 1,870.2 1,885.8 1,901.4
  
Full-time employment 3,152.9 3,125.7 3,154.9 3,194.0 3,230.7
  Males 1,784.1 1,752.1 1,777.3 1,800.7 1,822.4
  Females 1,368.8 1,373.5 1,377.7 1,393.3 1,408.3
  
Part-time employment 727.5 722.7 760.2 759.6 753.7
  Males 243.9 243.8 267.7 267.1 260.5
  Females 483.6 478.9 492.5 492.5 493.1
  
Number of unemployed 302.5 355.6 338.5 332.3 335.9
  Males 180.3 218.3 199.2 190.0 192.6
  Females 122.2 137.3 139.2 142.3 143.3
  

%

Participation rate 65.8 65.3 65.4 65.2 65.1
  Males 70.4 69.7 69.8 69.5 69.3
  Females 61.3 61.1 61.0 61.0 60.9
  
Employment rate 61.0 59.8 60.2 60.1 60.0
  Males 64.6 62.9 63.6 63.6 63.5
  Females 57.5 56.8 56.8 56.7 56.7
  
Proportion of part-time employment 18.7 18.8 19.4 19.2 18.9
  Males 12.0 12.2 13.1 12.9 12.5
  Females 26.1 25.9 26.3 26.1 25.9
  
Unemployment rate 7.2 8.5 8.0 7.8 7.8
  Males 8.2 9.9 8.9 8.4 8.5
  Females 6.2 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.0
  

Week

Average duration of unemployment1 18.0 19.0 20.4 23.2 22.2
  Males 19.5 19.3 22.3 25.5 22.9
  Females 15.6 18.5 17.7 20.0 21.3
  

Note: — A population inferior to 1,500 in Quebec represent an unreliable estimation for the circulation criterias of Statistics Canada.
  
1. According to the new definition of average duration of unemploymalest integrated since 1997 (without upper limit).
  
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2012, adapted by the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
 
February 1, 2013
 
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