Work: who’s the boss?
Canada Day Special 2010
Albertans take home the healthiest weekly paycheques, but when it comes to entrepreneurial spirit, nobody measures up to British Columbians, where one in five is his or her own boss.
| Are you employed? | |
| Alberta - 68.3% | Newfoundland: 52.6% |
| Are you unemployed? | |
| Newfoundland: 13.8% | Saskatchewan: 5.0% |
| Hours spent at work per week | |
| Newfoundland: 38.2 hours | Quebec: 35.2 hours |
| Earnings per week | |
| Alberta: $905 | P.E.I.: $632 |
| Do you have a pension plan at work? | |
| Saskatchewan: 47.7% | Alberta: 33.6% |
| Are you self-employed? % of all workers | |
| B.C.: 19.7% | Newfoundland: 9.6% |
| Source: employment, unemployment (% of population aged 15+ who are working or not working, May), hours working (average weekly for full-time and part-time workers, aged 15+, 2009), weekly earnings (2008), self-employment (% of workers, 2009): StatsCan’s Labour Force Survey; pension (% of employees covered by employer or union-sponsored registered pension plan, 2008): StatsCan’s Pension Plan in Canada and Labour Force Survey | |
HIGHEST
LOWEST
| Are you employed? | |
| Alberta | 68.3% |
| Saskatchewan | 66.6% |
| Manitoba | 66.4% |
| Ontario | 61.5% |
| B.C. | 60.8% |
| P.E.I. | 60.5% |
| Quebec | 60.1% |
| Nova Scotia | 59.0% |
| New Brunswick | 58.7% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 52.6% |
| Are you unemployed? | |
| Saskatchewan | 5.0% |
| Manitoba | 5.7% |
| Alberta | 6.6% |
| B.C. | 7.5% |
| Quebec | 8.0% |
| Nova Scotia | 8.7% |
| New Brunswick | 8.8% |
| Ontario | 8.9% |
| P.E.I. | 10.7% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 13.8% |
| Hours spent at work (per week) | |
| Quebec | 35.2 |
| B.C. | 35.3 |
| Ontario | 36 |
| Nova Scotia | 36.3 |
| Manitoba | 36.6 |
| P.E.I. | 36.9 |
| New Brunswick | 37.1 |
| Alberta | 37.5 |
| Saskatchewan | 37.7 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 38.2 |
| Earnings (per week) | |
| Alberta | $905 |
| Ontario | $816 |
| B.C. | $781 |
| Saskatchewan | $763 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $735 |
| Quebec | $711 |
| Manitoba | $704 |
| Nova Scotia | $675 |
| New Brunswick | $672 |
| P.E.I. | $632 |
| Do you have a pension plan at work? | |
| Saskatchewan | 47.7% |
| Manitoba | 47.0% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 46.8% |
| Quebec | 41.9% |
| Nova Scotia | 41.1% |
| New Brunswick | 38.8% |
| Ontario | 37.7% |
| B.C. | 34.4% |
| P.E.I. | 33.8% |
| Alberta | 33.6% |
| Are you self-employed? | |
| B.C. | 19.7% |
| Saskatchewan | 19.1% |
| Alberta | 17.7% |
| Ontario | 15.7% |
| Quebec | 14.7% |
| P.E.I. | 14.7% |
| Manitoba | 13.8% |
| Nova Scotia | 13.4% |
| New Brunswick | 11.7% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 9.6% |
The full province-by-province breakdown:
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