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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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HIGHEST
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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 | |
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