Table 9 
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in May 2017 and May 2018, unadjusted for seasonality 

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in May 2017 and May 2018, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2017 29,823.7 19,570.4 18,230.1 1,340.3 65.6 6.8 61.1
2018 30,195.6 19,708.1 18,506.7 1,201.4 65.3 6.1 61.3
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2017 445.7 263.2 221.0 42.2 59.1 16.0 49.6
2018 444.3 260.4 219.8 40.6 58.6 15.6 49.5
Avalon Peninsula              
2017 237.1 147.6 132.0 15.6 62.3 10.6 55.7
2018 237.8 146.5 128.8 17.7 61.6 12.1 54.2
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2017 121.8 64.2 48.8 15.5 52.7 24.1 40.1
2018 120.6 65.1 51.6 13.5 54.0 20.7 42.8
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2017 86.9 51.4 40.2 11.2 59.1 21.8 46.3
2018 85.9 48.8 39.4 9.4 56.8 19.3 45.9
Prince Edward Island              
2017 123.3 81.1 71.9 9.2 65.8 11.3 58.3
2018 125.1 83.6 73.7 9.9 66.8 11.8 58.9
Nova Scotia              
2017 791.2 488.2 444.9 43.4 61.7 8.9 56.2
2018 797.0 488.9 451.0 37.9 61.3 7.8 56.6
Cape Breton              
2017 105.2 55.1 47.4 7.7 52.4 14.0 45.1
2018 104.7 53.6 46.1 7.5 51.2 14.0 44.0
North Shore              
2017 127.8 75.1 67.5 7.5 58.8 10.0 52.8
2018 127.6 73.2 66.1 7.2 57.4 9.8 51.8
Annapolis Valley              
2017 102.7 63.0 57.7 5.3 61.3 8.4 56.2
2018 103.1 61.9 57.1 4.8 60.0 7.8 55.4
Southern              
2017 97.5 55.1 49.8 5.3 56.5 9.6 51.1
2018 97.5 53.5 50.1 3.4 54.9 6.4 51.4
Halifax              
2017 358.0 239.9 222.5 17.5 67.0 7.3 62.2
2018 364.2 246.7 231.7 15.0 67.7 6.1 63.6
New Brunswick              
2017 624.3 382.1 346.4 35.7 61.2 9.3 55.5
2018 626.9 382.8 349.7 33.1 61.1 8.6 55.8
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2017 127.9 71.4 59.4 12.0 55.8 16.8 46.4
2018 127.5 72.3 63.2 9.1 56.7 12.6 49.6
Moncton–Richibucto              
2017 179.7 111.5 102.5 9.0 62.0 8.1 57.0
2018 181.4 115.3 105.9 9.4 63.6 8.2 58.4
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2017 141.8 89.5 83.7 5.8 63.1 6.5 59.0
2018 142.2 83.0 77.0 5.9 58.4 7.1 54.1
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2017 111.7 70.2 64.9 5.3 62.8 7.5 58.1
2018 112.8 73.3 67.9 5.4 65.0 7.4 60.2
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2017 63.2 39.5 35.9 3.6 62.5 9.1 56.8
2018 63.0 39.0 35.7 3.3 61.9 8.5 56.7
Quebec              
2017 6,920.5 4,458.8 4,161.7 297.1 64.4 6.7 60.1
2018 6,970.7 4,499.0 4,241.1 257.9 64.5 5.7 60.8
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2017 76.7 42.0 36.2 5.8 54.8 13.8 47.2
2018 76.3 42.3 36.1 6.2 55.4 14.7 47.3
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2017 168.5 91.7 85.7 6.0 54.4 6.5 50.9
2018 168.2 96.9 90.0 6.9 57.6 7.1 53.5
Capitale-Nationale              
2017 624.6 421.7 398.2 23.5 67.5 5.6 63.8
2018 627.4 425.7 408.0 17.6 67.9 4.1 65.0
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2017 350.5 219.0 209.1 9.9 62.5 4.5 59.7
2018 352.2 225.5 218.0 7.5 64.0 3.3 61.9
Estrie              
2017 272.1 163.1 152.8 10.2 59.9 6.3 56.2
2018 274.0 167.4 159.2 8.2 61.1 4.9 58.1
Centre-du-Québec              
2017 201.6 126.6 119.1 7.5 62.8 5.9 59.1
2018 202.8 120.7 114.4 6.3 59.5 5.2 56.4
Montérégie              
2017 1,266.3 845.6 805.4 40.3 66.8 4.8 63.6
2018 1,276.3 854.7 819.7 35.0 67.0 4.1 64.2
Montréal              
2017 1,693.0 1,116.6 1,017.2 99.4 66.0 8.9 60.1
2018 1,712.0 1,124.1 1,039.7 84.3 65.7 7.5 60.7
Laval              
2017 357.6 226.9 212.9 14.0 63.5 6.2 59.5
2018 361.5 249.0 236.0 13.0 68.9 5.2 65.3
Lanaudière              
2017 416.9 271.0 254.6 16.4 65.0 6.1 61.1
2018 420.1 272.8 255.8 17.0 64.9 6.2 60.9
Laurentides              
2017 502.6 324.2 302.3 21.8 64.5 6.7 60.1
2018 509.1 310.7 291.6 19.1 61.0 6.1 57.3
Outaouais              
2017 321.9 213.3 200.3 13.0 66.3 6.1 62.2
2018 324.3 215.5 202.7 12.8 66.5 5.9 62.5
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2017 120.5 77.6 73.5 4.2 64.4 5.4 61.0
2018 120.2 81.1 77.5 3.6 67.5 4.4 64.5
Mauricie              
2017 225.2 125.5 117.0 8.5 55.7 6.8 52.0
2018 225.5 122.1 115.2 7.0 54.1 5.7 51.1
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2017 231.0 135.7 123.6 12.2 58.7 9.0 53.5
2018 230.4 134.2 123.9 10.2 58.2 7.6 53.8
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2017 91.4 58.3 53.8 4.6 63.8 7.9 58.9
2018 90.5 56.1 53.0 3.2 62.0 5.7 58.6
Ontario              
2017 11,643.0 7,531.4 7,047.4 484.0 64.7 6.4 60.5
2018 11,848.7 7,620.1 7,174.7 445.4 64.3 5.8 60.6
Ottawa              
2017 1,118.4 735.8 690.9 45.0 65.8 6.1 61.8
2018 1,136.9 748.2 714.6 33.6 65.8 4.5 62.9
Kingston–Pembroke              
2017 379.6 218.5 204.4 14.0 57.6 6.4 53.8
2018 382.9 217.4 206.4 11.1 56.8 5.1 53.9
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2017 329.9 191.4 178.8 12.5 58.0 6.5 54.2
2018 333.4 179.6 167.4 12.2 53.9 6.8 50.2
Toronto              
2017 5,524.2 3,656.4 3,407.2 249.2 66.2 6.8 61.7
2018 5,649.6 3,732.4 3,498.4 234.1 66.1 6.3 61.9
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2017 1,105.1 761.3 717.2 44.2 68.9 5.8 64.9
2018 1,127.1 747.9 704.2 43.7 66.4 5.8 62.5
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2017 1,221.7 786.6 741.6 45.0 64.4 5.7 60.7
2018 1,240.1 786.1 743.0 43.1 63.4 5.5 59.9
London              
2017 562.8 358.2 337.1 21.1 63.6 5.9 59.9
2018 571.5 353.5 333.6 19.9 61.9 5.6 58.4
Windsor–Sarnia              
2017 527.3 310.1 289.4 20.7 58.8 6.7 54.9
2018 532.1 320.6 301.4 19.2 60.3 6.0 56.6
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2017 246.4 146.1 139.5 6.6 59.3 4.5 56.6
2018 247.9 163.1 157.7 5.4 65.8 3.3 63.6
Northeast              
2017 455.4 259.4 239.9 19.5 57.0 7.5 52.7
2018 455.2 261.6 244.6 17.0 57.5 6.5 53.7
Northwest              
2017 172.2 107.6 101.3 6.3 62.5 5.9 58.8
2018 171.9 109.6 103.4 6.2 63.8 5.7 60.2
Manitoba              
2017 1,010.4 676.7 640.4 36.3 67.0 5.4 63.4
2018 1,022.6 687.8 643.8 44.1 67.3 6.4 63.0
Southeast              
2017 92.5 64.7 61.4 3.3 69.9 5.1 66.4
2018 94.2 65.5 62.0 3.5 69.5 5.3 65.8
South Central and North Central              
2017 86.2 56.9 55.0 1.9 66.0 3.3 63.8
2018 87.1 57.4 55.4 2.0 65.9 3.5 63.6
Southwest              
2017 89.1 59.0 55.5 3.5 66.2 5.9 62.3
2018 89.8 58.4 55.7 2.7 65.0 4.6 62.0
Winnipeg              
2017 611.2 409.9 386.2 23.7 67.1 5.8 63.2
2018 621.4 418.3 388.8 29.5 67.3 7.1 62.6
Interlake              
2017 75.9 48.5 46.8 1.8 63.9 3.7 61.7
2018 76.1 49.5 45.7 3.9 65.0 7.9 60.1
Parklands and North              
2017 55.4 37.7 35.5 2.2 68.1 5.8 64.1
2018 54.1 38.7 36.2 2.5 71.5 6.5 66.9
Saskatchewan              
2017 875.3 607.4 566.8 40.6 69.4 6.7 64.8
2018 883.4 605.5 564.2 41.3 68.5 6.8 63.9
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2017 268.8 194.3 183.7 10.6 72.3 5.5 68.3
2018 271.9 197.2 185.2 12.0 72.5 6.1 68.1
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2017 81.7 53.7 51.3 2.4 65.7 4.5 62.8
2018 81.3 52.1 49.7 2.4 64.1 4.6 61.1
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2017 304.2 210.8 193.7 17.1 69.3 8.1 63.7
2018 310.2 210.8 196.0 14.8 68.0 7.0 63.2
Yorkton–Melville              
2017 61.2 41.5 39.5 2.0 67.8 4.8 64.5
2018 60.4 37.9 34.1 3.8 62.7 10.0 56.5
Prince Albert and Northern              
2017 159.5 107.1 98.6 8.5 67.1 7.9 61.8
2018 159.7 107.5 99.3 8.2 67.3 7.6 62.2
Alberta              
2017 3,421.5 2,488.1 2,278.5 209.7 72.7 8.4 66.6
2018 3,458.8 2,485.0 2,320.7 164.3 71.8 6.6 67.1
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2017 229.7 153.3 144.2 9.1 66.7 5.9 62.8
2018 230.3 152.0 144.1 7.9 66.0 5.2 62.6
Camrose–Drumheller              
2017 160.3 109.5 99.9 9.6 68.3 8.8 62.3
2018 159.2 109.8 105.4 4.4 69.0 4.0 66.2
Calgary              
2017 1,303.9 969.2 880.9 88.3 74.3 9.1 67.6
2018 1,325.5 964.7 894.5 70.2 72.8 7.3 67.5
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2017 275.8 194.0 180.9 13.1 70.3 6.8 65.6
2018 274.6 204.6 191.3 13.4 74.5 6.5 69.7
Red Deer              
2017 173.1 121.6 110.8 10.9 70.2 9.0 64.0
2018 173.9 123.3 117.2 6.1 70.9 4.9 67.4
Edmonton              
2017 1,160.8 850.9 779.5 71.3 73.3 8.4 67.2
2018 1,179.7 840.3 783.7 56.5 71.2 6.7 66.4
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2017 118.0 89.6 82.2 7.4 75.9 8.3 69.7
2018 115.5 90.3 84.6 5.8 78.2 6.4 73.2
British Columbia              
2017 3,968.6 2,593.2 2,451.2 142.0 65.3 5.5 61.8
2018 4,018.1 2,595.0 2,468.0 127.0 64.6 4.9 61.4
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2017 667.2 403.5 384.1 19.4 60.5 4.8 57.6
2018 674.8 420.5 399.9 20.6 62.3 4.9 59.3
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2017 2,486.6 1,661.9 1,575.6 86.3 66.8 5.2 63.4
2018 2,523.7 1,656.1 1,584.0 72.1 65.6 4.4 62.8
Thompson–Okanagan              
2017 440.5 276.1 258.1 18.0 62.7 6.5 58.6
2018 445.6 268.4 250.2 18.2 60.2 6.8 56.1
Kootenay              
2017 122.7 78.3 72.3 6.0 63.8 7.7 58.9
2018 123.2 72.3 68.6 3.7 58.7 5.1 55.7
Cariboo              
2017 127.9 87.6 81.0 6.6 68.5 7.5 63.3
2018 128.0 89.1 84.1 5.0 69.6 5.6 65.7
North Coast and Nechako              
2017 67.1 44.3 41.5 2.9 66.0 6.5 61.8
2018 66.6 46.7 42.6 4.1 70.1 8.8 64.0
Northeast              
2017 56.5 41.5 38.6 2.9 73.5 7.0 68.3
2018 56.2 41.8 38.5 3.3 74.4 7.9 68.5
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0293-01 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0122).

Table note 1

For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G).
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