In 2004,based on concepts similar to those used to estimate U.S.employment figures,the Canadian adult non-institutionalized population was 25.022 million,the labor force was 16.956 million,and the number of people employed was 15.864 million.According to these numbers,the Canadian labor-force participation rate and unemployment rate were about

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The labor-force participation rate is calculated as (labor force / adult population) * 100 = (16.956 million / 25.022 million) * 100 ≈ 67.8%. The unemployment rate is calculated as ((labor force - employed) / labor force) * 100 = ((16.956 million - 15.864 million) / 16.956 million) * 100 ≈ 6.4%.

In 2004,based on Concepts Similar to Those Used to Estimate