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Unemployment rate
Part A - Short definition:
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed definition:
Refers to the unemployed expressed as a percentage of the labour force in the week of Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2011.
The unemployment rate for a particular group (age, sex, marital status, geographic area, etc.) is the unemployed in that group, expressed as a percentage of the labour force in that group.
Early enumeration was conducted in remote, isolated parts of the provinces and territories in February, March and April 2011. When enumeration has taken place before May 2011, the reference date used is the date on which the household was enumerated.
Reported in:
2011
Reported for:
Population aged 15 years and over in private households
Question number(s):
Statistic derived from the Labour force status variable
Responses:
Not applicable
Remarks:
- For more information, see the definitions for Unemployed and Labour force variables.
- For information on the comparability of the 2011 National Household Survey labour force status data with those of the Labour Force Survey, see Appendix 2.1.
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