Disability Unemployment Rate by Province Canada

• Publish Date: 2008/12/27 - (Rev. 2010/10/03)
• Author: Statistics Canada

Outline: Unemployment rates for persons with and without disabilities in Canada by provinces.

Main Digest

Overall Unemployment rate of persons WITH a disability in Canada was 10.4%

Unemployment rate of persons WITHOUT a disability in Canada was 6.8%

Unemployment Statistics by Canadian Province

Alberta - with a disability 5.5 % - without a disability 3.5%

British Columbia - with a disability 8.9% - without a disability 5.7%

Manitoba - with a disability 8.9% - without a disability 4.6%

New Brunswick - with a disability 14.4% - without a disability 10.3%

Newfoundland - with a disability 24.8% - without a disability 19.4%

Northwest Territories - with a disability 13.7% - without a disability 9.4%

Nova Scotia - with a disability 14.4% - without a disability 8.3%

Nunavut - with a disability 21.2% - without a disability 14.4%

Ontario - with a disability 10.2% - without a disability 7.0%

Prince Edward Island - with a disability 16.6% - without a disability 11.1%

Quebec - with a disability 14.7% - without a disability 7.9%

Saskatchewan - with a disability 9.7% - without a disability 4.9%

Yukon - with a disability 11.8% - without a disability 9.2%

Unemployment Graph Canada 2006 Statistics

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Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2006