Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in July 2017 and July 2018, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2017 | 29,887.7 | 19,953.5 | 18,681.0 | 1,272.4 | 66.8 | 6.4 | 62.5 |
2018 | 30,274.0 | 20,080.1 | 18,899.3 | 1,180.8 | 66.3 | 5.9 | 62.4 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2017 | 445.8 | 269.0 | 232.4 | 36.5 | 60.3 | 13.6 | 52.1 |
2018 | 443.9 | 269.7 | 233.1 | 36.6 | 60.8 | 13.6 | 52.5 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2017 | 237.4 | 148.9 | 134.3 | 14.6 | 62.7 | 9.8 | 56.6 |
2018 | 237.8 | 151.4 | 134.8 | 16.7 | 63.7 | 11.0 | 56.7 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2017 | 121.6 | 66.7 | 53.2 | 13.5 | 54.9 | 20.2 | 43.8 |
2018 | 120.3 | 65.6 | 54.5 | 11.0 | 54.5 | 16.8 | 45.3 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2017 | 86.8 | 53.4 | 45.0 | 8.4 | 61.5 | 15.7 | 51.8 |
2018 | 85.8 | 52.7 | 43.7 | 8.9 | 61.4 | 16.9 | 50.9 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2017 | 123.8 | 85.6 | 78.5 | 7.0 | 69.1 | 8.2 | 63.4 |
2018 | 125.5 | 87.0 | 80.5 | 6.5 | 69.3 | 7.5 | 64.1 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2017 | 792.0 | 498.8 | 460.2 | 38.7 | 63.0 | 7.8 | 58.1 |
2018 | 798.0 | 500.5 | 464.5 | 36.0 | 62.7 | 7.2 | 58.2 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2017 | 105.1 | 55.4 | 48.6 | 6.8 | 52.7 | 12.3 | 46.2 |
2018 | 104.5 | 55.2 | 48.2 | 7.0 | 52.8 | 12.7 | 46.1 |
North Shore | |||||||
2017 | 127.8 | 77.6 | 70.8 | 6.7 | 60.7 | 8.6 | 55.4 |
2018 | 127.6 | 75.7 | 68.9 | 6.8 | 59.3 | 9.0 | 54.0 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2017 | 102.8 | 67.6 | 63.4 | 4.2 | 65.8 | 6.2 | 61.7 |
2018 | 103.1 | 61.8 | 58.3 | 3.5 | 59.9 | 5.7 | 56.5 |
Southern | |||||||
2017 | 97.5 | 55.0 | 50.1 | 4.9 | 56.4 | 8.9 | 51.4 |
2018 | 97.5 | 56.6 | 53.5 | 3.1 | 58.1 | 5.5 | 54.9 |
Halifax | |||||||
2017 | 358.9 | 243.3 | 227.2 | 16.0 | 67.8 | 6.6 | 63.3 |
2018 | 365.3 | 251.1 | 235.6 | 15.5 | 68.7 | 6.2 | 64.5 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2017 | 624.6 | 391.1 | 363.0 | 28.1 | 62.6 | 7.2 | 58.1 |
2018 | 627.4 | 393.1 | 365.0 | 28.1 | 62.7 | 7.1 | 58.2 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2017 | 127.8 | 74.6 | 66.7 | 7.9 | 58.4 | 10.6 | 52.2 |
2018 | 127.4 | 74.5 | 66.8 | 7.7 | 58.5 | 10.3 | 52.4 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2017 | 179.9 | 114.0 | 107.1 | 7.0 | 63.4 | 6.1 | 59.5 |
2018 | 181.7 | 116.5 | 109.0 | 7.5 | 64.1 | 6.4 | 60.0 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2017 | 141.8 | 92.2 | 85.9 | 6.3 | 65.0 | 6.8 | 60.6 |
2018 | 142.3 | 88.1 | 82.1 | 6.0 | 61.9 | 6.8 | 57.7 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2017 | 111.8 | 70.4 | 66.4 | 4.0 | 63.0 | 5.7 | 59.4 |
2018 | 113.0 | 74.8 | 70.1 | 4.8 | 66.2 | 6.4 | 62.0 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2017 | 63.2 | 39.9 | 37.0 | 2.9 | 63.1 | 7.3 | 58.5 |
2018 | 62.9 | 39.2 | 37.0 | 2.2 | 62.3 | 5.6 | 58.8 |
Quebec | |||||||
2017 | 6,930.1 | 4,564.7 | 4,301.9 | 262.7 | 65.9 | 5.8 | 62.1 |
2018 | 6,982.7 | 4,564.8 | 4,328.1 | 236.7 | 65.4 | 5.2 | 62.0 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2017 | 76.7 | 44.7 | 40.4 | 4.3 | 58.3 | 9.6 | 52.7 |
2018 | 76.2 | 42.0 | 37.8 | 4.2 | 55.1 | 10.0 | 49.6 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2017 | 168.5 | 90.4 | 84.8 | 5.6 | 53.6 | 6.2 | 50.3 |
2018 | 168.1 | 98.1 | 93.7 | 4.5 | 58.4 | 4.6 | 55.7 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2017 | 625.2 | 424.1 | 406.0 | 18.0 | 67.8 | 4.2 | 64.9 |
2018 | 627.9 | 413.8 | 397.6 | 16.2 | 65.9 | 3.9 | 63.3 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2017 | 350.9 | 218.8 | 211.9 | 6.9 | 62.4 | 3.2 | 60.4 |
2018 | 352.5 | 230.0 | 224.0 | 6.0 | 65.2 | 2.6 | 63.5 |
Estrie | |||||||
2017 | 272.4 | 167.1 | 159.2 | 7.9 | 61.3 | 4.7 | 58.4 |
2018 | 274.5 | 174.0 | 167.4 | 6.6 | 63.4 | 3.8 | 61.0 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2017 | 201.9 | 135.3 | 129.1 | 6.2 | 67.0 | 4.6 | 63.9 |
2018 | 203.1 | 128.0 | 121.2 | 6.8 | 63.0 | 5.3 | 59.7 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2017 | 1,268.6 | 852.8 | 818.3 | 34.5 | 67.2 | 4.0 | 64.5 |
2018 | 1,278.7 | 854.2 | 821.4 | 32.8 | 66.8 | 3.8 | 64.2 |
Montréal | |||||||
2017 | 1,696.0 | 1,150.7 | 1,053.0 | 97.7 | 67.8 | 8.5 | 62.1 |
2018 | 1,717.2 | 1,156.2 | 1,066.4 | 89.8 | 67.3 | 7.8 | 62.1 |
Laval | |||||||
2017 | 358.3 | 241.9 | 226.4 | 15.5 | 67.5 | 6.4 | 63.2 |
2018 | 362.4 | 252.9 | 241.1 | 11.8 | 69.8 | 4.7 | 66.5 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2017 | 417.6 | 283.0 | 269.0 | 13.9 | 67.8 | 4.9 | 64.4 |
2018 | 420.7 | 268.0 | 255.5 | 12.5 | 63.7 | 4.7 | 60.7 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2017 | 503.8 | 326.7 | 308.4 | 18.3 | 64.8 | 5.6 | 61.2 |
2018 | 510.3 | 329.4 | 311.3 | 18.1 | 64.6 | 5.5 | 61.0 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2017 | 322.3 | 218.5 | 207.3 | 11.2 | 67.8 | 5.1 | 64.3 |
2018 | 324.8 | 216.5 | 206.2 | 10.2 | 66.7 | 4.7 | 63.5 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2017 | 120.4 | 79.5 | 75.8 | 3.7 | 66.0 | 4.7 | 63.0 |
2018 | 120.2 | 80.0 | 77.0 | 3.0 | 66.6 | 3.8 | 64.1 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2017 | 225.3 | 131.8 | 125.7 | 6.1 | 58.5 | 4.6 | 55.8 |
2018 | 225.5 | 131.0 | 126.5 | 4.5 | 58.1 | 3.4 | 56.1 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2017 | 231.0 | 140.8 | 131.4 | 9.4 | 61.0 | 6.7 | 56.9 |
2018 | 230.3 | 134.6 | 127.2 | 7.5 | 58.4 | 5.6 | 55.2 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2017 | 91.3 | 58.7 | 55.2 | 3.4 | 64.3 | 5.8 | 60.5 |
2018 | 90.4 | 56.2 | 53.9 | 2.3 | 62.2 | 4.1 | 59.6 |
Ontario | |||||||
2017 | 11,674.0 | 7,686.7 | 7,195.0 | 491.7 | 65.8 | 6.4 | 61.6 |
2018 | 11,889.2 | 7,814.4 | 7,352.5 | 461.9 | 65.7 | 5.9 | 61.8 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2017 | 1,121.1 | 742.6 | 692.7 | 49.9 | 66.2 | 6.7 | 61.8 |
2018 | 1,140.7 | 755.8 | 719.6 | 36.1 | 66.3 | 4.8 | 63.1 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2017 | 380.3 | 222.9 | 208.3 | 14.6 | 58.6 | 6.6 | 54.8 |
2018 | 383.6 | 217.6 | 205.0 | 12.6 | 56.7 | 5.8 | 53.4 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2017 | 330.4 | 195.1 | 183.8 | 11.3 | 59.0 | 5.8 | 55.6 |
2018 | 334.3 | 191.3 | 179.5 | 11.7 | 57.2 | 6.1 | 53.7 |
Toronto | |||||||
2017 | 5,543.2 | 3,723.1 | 3,462.8 | 260.3 | 67.2 | 7.0 | 62.5 |
2018 | 5,673.8 | 3,821.1 | 3,573.0 | 248.2 | 67.3 | 6.5 | 63.0 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2017 | 1,108.4 | 790.6 | 747.1 | 43.5 | 71.3 | 5.5 | 67.4 |
2018 | 1,131.4 | 780.8 | 739.3 | 41.4 | 69.0 | 5.3 | 65.3 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2017 | 1,224.5 | 802.8 | 759.7 | 43.1 | 65.6 | 5.4 | 62.0 |
2018 | 1,243.5 | 805.2 | 760.8 | 44.4 | 64.8 | 5.5 | 61.2 |
London | |||||||
2017 | 564.1 | 358.5 | 338.4 | 20.1 | 63.6 | 5.6 | 60.0 |
2018 | 573.3 | 367.6 | 345.9 | 21.7 | 64.1 | 5.9 | 60.3 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2017 | 528.0 | 322.0 | 301.1 | 20.9 | 61.0 | 6.5 | 57.0 |
2018 | 533.1 | 322.5 | 303.7 | 18.8 | 60.5 | 5.8 | 57.0 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2017 | 246.7 | 147.0 | 142.8 | 4.2 | 59.6 | 2.9 | 57.9 |
2018 | 248.3 | 165.3 | 160.4 | 4.9 | 66.6 | 3.0 | 64.6 |
Northeast | |||||||
2017 | 455.4 | 271.6 | 253.3 | 18.2 | 59.6 | 6.7 | 55.6 |
2018 | 455.3 | 273.9 | 257.4 | 16.5 | 60.2 | 6.0 | 56.5 |
Northwest | |||||||
2017 | 172.1 | 110.5 | 104.9 | 5.6 | 64.2 | 5.1 | 61.0 |
2018 | 171.9 | 113.4 | 107.8 | 5.6 | 66.0 | 4.9 | 62.7 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2017 | 1,013.3 | 689.8 | 654.2 | 35.6 | 68.1 | 5.2 | 64.6 |
2018 | 1,024.9 | 698.3 | 655.9 | 42.5 | 68.1 | 6.1 | 64.0 |
Southeast | |||||||
2017 | 92.9 | 66.0 | 63.7 | 2.3 | 71.0 | 3.5 | 68.6 |
2018 | 94.4 | 67.1 | 64.0 | 3.1 | 71.1 | 4.6 | 67.8 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2017 | 86.4 | 57.9 | 55.9 | 2.0 | 67.0 | 3.5 | 64.7 |
2018 | 87.2 | 57.7 | 55.4 | 2.4 | 66.2 | 4.2 | 63.5 |
Southwest | |||||||
2017 | 89.3 | 59.1 | 55.9 | 3.2 | 66.2 | 5.4 | 62.6 |
2018 | 89.9 | 59.2 | 56.7 | 2.5 | 65.9 | 4.2 | 63.1 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2017 | 613.3 | 419.6 | 395.5 | 24.0 | 68.4 | 5.7 | 64.5 |
2018 | 623.4 | 428.2 | 398.6 | 29.6 | 68.7 | 6.9 | 63.9 |
Interlake | |||||||
2017 | 76.0 | 49.4 | 47.7 | 1.7 | 65.0 | 3.4 | 62.8 |
2018 | 76.1 | 49.1 | 46.1 | 3.1 | 64.5 | 6.3 | 60.6 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2017 | 55.4 | 37.8 | 35.5 | 2.4 | 68.2 | 6.3 | 64.1 |
2018 | 53.8 | 37.0 | 35.1 | 1.8 | 68.8 | 4.9 | 65.2 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2017 | 876.9 | 616.2 | 577.7 | 38.5 | 70.3 | 6.2 | 65.9 |
2018 | 884.8 | 615.7 | 575.6 | 40.1 | 69.6 | 6.5 | 65.1 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2017 | 269.4 | 195.0 | 184.6 | 10.4 | 72.4 | 5.3 | 68.5 |
2018 | 272.5 | 198.6 | 186.7 | 11.9 | 72.9 | 6.0 | 68.5 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2017 | 81.7 | 54.0 | 51.7 | 2.3 | 66.1 | 4.3 | 63.3 |
2018 | 81.2 | 52.7 | 50.2 | 2.5 | 64.9 | 4.7 | 61.8 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2017 | 305.2 | 218.8 | 202.2 | 16.7 | 71.7 | 7.6 | 66.3 |
2018 | 311.2 | 219.1 | 204.5 | 14.6 | 70.4 | 6.7 | 65.7 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2017 | 61.1 | 41.8 | 40.4 | 1.4 | 68.4 | 3.3 | 66.1 |
2018 | 60.3 | 37.6 | 35.3 | 2.4 | 62.4 | 6.4 | 58.5 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2017 | 159.6 | 106.6 | 98.9 | 7.7 | 66.8 | 7.2 | 62.0 |
2018 | 159.5 | 107.7 | 99.0 | 8.7 | 67.5 | 8.1 | 62.1 |
Alberta | |||||||
2017 | 3,428.4 | 2,506.6 | 2,310.9 | 195.7 | 73.1 | 7.8 | 67.4 |
2018 | 3,468.1 | 2,513.4 | 2,347.8 | 165.6 | 72.5 | 6.6 | 67.7 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2017 | 229.8 | 151.9 | 145.8 | 6.2 | 66.1 | 4.1 | 63.4 |
2018 | 230.6 | 155.4 | 148.0 | 7.3 | 67.4 | 4.7 | 64.2 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2017 | 160.2 | 109.9 | 102.1 | 7.8 | 68.6 | 7.1 | 63.7 |
2018 | 159.2 | 112.2 | 107.1 | 5.1 | 70.5 | 4.5 | 67.3 |
Calgary | |||||||
2017 | 1,307.6 | 982.6 | 900.7 | 81.9 | 75.1 | 8.3 | 68.9 |
2018 | 1,330.7 | 963.6 | 891.5 | 72.2 | 72.4 | 7.5 | 67.0 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2017 | 275.8 | 197.1 | 185.7 | 11.4 | 71.5 | 5.8 | 67.3 |
2018 | 274.5 | 205.6 | 193.3 | 12.3 | 74.9 | 6.0 | 70.4 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2017 | 173.3 | 122.0 | 114.9 | 7.1 | 70.4 | 5.8 | 66.3 |
2018 | 174.2 | 127.5 | 120.3 | 7.2 | 73.2 | 5.6 | 69.1 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2017 | 1,164.1 | 852.0 | 777.4 | 74.6 | 73.2 | 8.8 | 66.8 |
2018 | 1,183.9 | 859.6 | 803.8 | 55.8 | 72.6 | 6.5 | 67.9 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2017 | 117.6 | 91.1 | 84.3 | 6.7 | 77.5 | 7.4 | 71.7 |
2018 | 115.0 | 89.5 | 83.8 | 5.6 | 77.8 | 6.3 | 72.9 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2017 | 3,978.9 | 2,645.0 | 2,507.2 | 137.9 | 66.5 | 5.2 | 63.0 |
2018 | 4,029.6 | 2,623.2 | 2,496.4 | 126.8 | 65.1 | 4.8 | 62.0 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2017 | 668.9 | 409.6 | 390.6 | 18.9 | 61.2 | 4.6 | 58.4 |
2018 | 676.6 | 431.2 | 411.6 | 19.7 | 63.7 | 4.6 | 60.8 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2017 | 2,493.7 | 1,702.6 | 1,616.2 | 86.3 | 68.3 | 5.1 | 64.8 |
2018 | 2,532.3 | 1,658.3 | 1,583.0 | 75.3 | 65.5 | 4.5 | 62.5 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2017 | 441.7 | 280.9 | 265.1 | 15.8 | 63.6 | 5.6 | 60.0 |
2018 | 446.8 | 277.8 | 261.1 | 16.6 | 62.2 | 6.0 | 58.4 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2017 | 122.9 | 77.7 | 71.9 | 5.8 | 63.2 | 7.5 | 58.5 |
2018 | 123.2 | 77.1 | 72.5 | 4.6 | 62.6 | 6.0 | 58.8 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2017 | 128.0 | 88.2 | 82.4 | 5.8 | 68.9 | 6.6 | 64.4 |
2018 | 128.0 | 88.7 | 84.0 | 4.7 | 69.3 | 5.3 | 65.6 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2017 | 67.1 | 45.3 | 42.9 | 2.5 | 67.5 | 5.5 | 63.9 |
2018 | 66.5 | 46.6 | 43.9 | 2.7 | 70.1 | 5.8 | 66.0 |
Northeast | |||||||
2017 | 56.5 | 40.8 | 38.0 | 2.7 | 72.2 | 6.6 | 67.3 |
2018 | 56.1 | 43.5 | 40.3 | 3.2 | 77.5 | 7.4 | 71.8 |
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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