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.
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LOWEST
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| 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 | |
The full province-by-province breakdown:
| 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% |