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Table 6
Number of workers¹ according to the type of area of workplace, Canada, provinces and territories, 2001 and 2006
Regions	Total		Census metropolitan areas		Census agglomerations		Territories, rural areas and small towns
	2006	Change from 2001 to 2006	2006	Change from 2001 to 2006	2006	Change from 2001 to 2006	2006	Change from 2001 to 2006
	number	percentage	number	percentage	number	percentage	number	percentage
… not applicable Note: Persons with a usual place of work or working at home. Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2001 and 2006.
Canada	14,300,245	7.1	10,290,245	7.9	1,902,330	8.7	2,107,665	1.8
Newfoundland and Labrador	175,425	3.2	83,375	9.6	19,065	1.1	72,985	-2.7
Prince Edward Island	59,010	3.0	…	…	39,750	7.1	19,255	-4.7
Nova Scotia	381,135	6.3	189,345	8.4	80,175	7.5	111,615	2.1
New Brunswick	306,775	4.5	120,800	6.8	86,330	7.7	99,645	-0.5
Quebec	3,383,055	7.0	2,427,060	8.0	432,125	7.3	523,870	2.8
Ontario	5,570,865	6.1	4,574,705	6.3	514,975	6.6	481,180	3.3
Manitoba	524,865	4.0	342,570	4.4	40,780	2.9	141,510	3.5
Saskatchewan	439,965	0.8	215,570	7.4	70,960	2.2	153,430	-7.8
Alberta	1,609,905	13.6	1,073,455	15.0	250,360	21.0	286,090	3.3
British Columbia	1,802,280	8.6	1,263,370	9.5	344,835	8.8	194,075	2.7
Yukon Territory	15,450	7.3	…	…	12,060	8.7	3,390	2.7
Northwest Territories	21,095	15.4	…	…	10,890	18.8	10,205	12.0
Nunavut	10,410	13.1	…	…	…	…	10,410	13.1