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http://finance.sympatico.msn.ca/insu...mentid=4099402

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In 2005, according to the Centre for the Study of Living Standards there were 1,097 workplace fatalities in Canada. In addition to this fact, where you do your job, seems to be a factor. Of those killed across Canada in 2005, the highest, on the job death rate was in the Territories, with 27.4 deaths per 100,000 workers—four times the 2005 Canadian national average of 6.8 deaths per 100,000 workers.

So, according to the study, the following is the ranking of workplace fatalities by jurisdictions in Canada:

1. The Territories (NT, NU, YT) – 27.4 deaths per 100,000 workers

2. Newfoundland & Labrador – 11.7 deaths per 100,000 workers

3. British Columbia – 8.9 deaths per 100,000 workers

4. Alberta – 8.0 deaths per 100,000 workers

5. Ontario – 6.5 deaths per 100,000 workers (below national avg.)

6. Nova Scotia – 6.1 deaths per 100,000 workers (below national avg.)

7. Quebec – 6.0 deaths per 100,000 workers (below national avg.)

8. Saskatchewan – 5.6 deaths per 100,000 workers (below national avg.)

9. Manitoba – 4.5 deaths per 100,000 workers (below national avg.)

10. New Brunswick – 3.4 deaths per 100,000 workers (below national avg.)

11. Prince Edward Island – 1.5 deaths per 100,000 workers (below national avg.)