1. According to the standard definition employed by Statistics Canada, the employed are persons having a job or business, whereas the unemployed are without work, available for work, and actively seeking work. Together the unemployed and the employed constitute the labour force. The employment rate for a particular group is the number of employed in that group expressed as a percentage of the population for that group.
2. The employment rate for a particular group is the number of employed in that group expressed as a percentage of the population for that group.
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