|
TABLE 21
CHANGES IN
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AMONG
WOMEN 15+ ACROSS PROVINCES
1975 -
1985
Unemployed Women as a % of Women in the Labor
Force by Region
|
|
1975 |
1985 |
| |
|
|
|
|
Canada |
8.1 |
11.3 |
| |
|
|
|
|
Newfoundland |
* |
21.7 |
|
Prince Edward Island |
* |
* |
|
Nova Scotia |
8.7 |
14.4 |
|
New Brunswick |
11.5 |
14.9 |
|
Quebec |
9.1 |
12.0 |
|
Ontario |
7.8 |
9.4 |
|
Manitoba |
* |
8.6 |
|
Saskatchewan |
* |
8.2 |
|
Alberta |
5.2 |
10.9 |
|
British Columbia |
9.4 |
15.2 |
* Small base, data unavailable.
Source: Statistics Canada, The Labor Force Survey (Monthly)
Cat. #71-001.
TABLE 22 shows the 1981 labor force participation and
unemployment among women from various ethnic and language backgrounds. Note
that:
- Among Native women, labor force participation was especially
low (37%).
- The unemployment rate among Native women in the labor force
was high (17%).
- Native people are also overrepresented among those with low
educational attainment (see TABLE 6) making them vulnerable, as a group, to a
low rate of employment and a high rate of unemployment.
- Although to a lesser extent, the unemployment rate among
francophone women (12%) is also high.
TABLE 22
DEMOGRAPHICS OF
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION AND
UNEMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN 15+
1981
|
Labor Force |
Unemployment |
|
|
Participation Rate |
Rate |
|
|
Within Each Sub-Group |
Within Each Sub-Group |
|
| Ethnic Origin |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| British |
% |
51 |
|
7.7 |
| French |
% |
48 |
|
12.4 |
| Other European |
% |
53 |
|
5.8 |
| Asian |
% |
61 |
|
7.0 |
| Native |
% |
37 |
|
17.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Language |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| English |
% |
53 |
|
7.2 |
| French |
% |
42 |
|
14.6 |
| Neither English |
|
|
|
|
| Nor French |
% |
31 |
|
9.1 |
* Source: Census of Canada, 1981. |