Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 4,827 100.0 12.4 18.0 69.6 16.1 53.5

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 3,905 100.0 10.1 16.2 73.6 16.0 57.7

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 922 100.0 21.9 25.6 52.5 16.7 35.8

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 433 100.0 22.8 25.7 51.5 13.9 37.7

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 1,346 100.0 15.3 20.1 64.6 15.4 49.2

New entrants .................................................................................. 211 100.0 11.5 19.5 69.0 17.2 51.7

 Women, 20 years and over ........................................................ 5,534 100.0 17.8 21.7 60.5 16.4 44.1

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 3,257 100.0 17.8 20.3 62.0 15.8 46.2

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 416 100.0 49.8 30.9 19.4 10.9 8.4

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 2,840 100.0 13.1 18.7 68.2 16.5 51.7

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 2,396 100.0 11.5 17.3 71.1 16.4 54.7

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 444 100.0 21.5 26.0 52.5 16.9 35.6

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 413 100.0 22.1 26.2 51.7 19.1 32.6

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 1,633 100.0 16.8 23.0 60.2 17.0 43.2

New entrants .................................................................................. 231 100.0 17.0 25.3 57.7 16.3 41.3

 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years ......................................................... 1,528 100.0 29.7 31.2 39.1 16.3 22.8

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 220 100.0 42.8 31.3 25.9 11.6 14.3

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 68 100.0 68.7 24.3 6.9 5.1 1.8

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 152 100.0 31.2 34.4 34.4 14.5 19.9

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 104 100.0 29.3 30.9 39.8 14.7 25.1

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 48 100.0 35.3 41.9 22.8 13.9 8.9

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 42 100.0 41.8 31.9 26.3 16.1 10.2

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 487 100.0 29.5 31.3 39.3 16.7 22.6

New entrants .................................................................................. 778 100.0 25.4 31.1 43.5 17.4 26.1

 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

30. Unemployed total and full-time workers by duration of unemployment

Duration of unemployment

Total Full-time workers

Thousands of persons Percent distribution Thousands of persons Percent distribution

2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

 Total, 16 years and over ..................................... 14,265 14,825 100.0 100.0 12,523 12,970 100.0 100.0

Less than 5 weeks ................................................ 3,165 2,771 22.2 18.7 2,514 2,099 20.1 16.2

5 to 14 weeks ....................................................... 3,828 3,267 26.8 22.0 3,301 2,744 26.4 21.2

 5 to 10 weeks ..................................................... 2,408 2,082 16.9 14.0 2,052 1,715 16.4 13.2

 11 to 14 weeks ................................................... 1,420 1,186 10.0 8.0 1,249 1,029 10.0 7.9

15 weeks and over ............................................... 7,272 8,786 51.0 59.3 6,709 8,128 53.6 62.7

 15 to 26 weeks ................................................... 2,775 2,371 19.5 16.0 2,527 2,133 20.2 16.4

 27 weeks and over ............................................. 4,496 6,415 31.5 43.3 4,182 5,995 33.4 46.2

 27 to 51 weeks ................................................. 2,175 2,117 15.2 14.3 2,036 1,977 16.3 15.2

 52 weeks and over ........................................... 2,321 4,298 16.3 29.0 2,146 4,018 17.1 31.0

Average (mean) duration, in weeks ...................... 24.4 33.0 – – 25.5 34.9 – –

Median duration, in weeks .................................... 15.1 21.4 – – 16.5 23.9 – –

 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication

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