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

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in August 2017 and August 2018, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2017 29,920.5 20,002.7 18,714.4 1,288.3 66.9 6.4 62.5
2018 30,313.5 20,148.2 18,917.3 1,230.9 66.5 6.1 62.4
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2017 445.8 268.3 232.4 35.9 60.2 13.4 52.1
2018 443.5 271.5 235.6 35.9 61.2 13.2 53.1
Avalon Peninsula              
2017 237.5 148.2 133.1 15.1 62.4 10.2 56.0
2018 237.7 152.9 135.3 17.6 64.3 11.5 56.9
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2017 121.6 66.4 53.6 12.8 54.6 19.3 44.1
2018 120.2 64.9 54.4 10.5 54.0 16.2 45.3
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2017 86.7 53.7 45.7 8.0 61.9 14.9 52.7
2018 85.7 53.7 45.9 7.8 62.7 14.5 53.6
Prince Edward Island              
2017 124.0 85.6 78.9 6.7 69.0 7.8 63.6
2018 125.7 87.5 81.2 6.3 69.6 7.2 64.6
Nova Scotia              
2017 792.6 500.5 459.4 41.1 63.1 8.2 58.0
2018 798.8 504.7 465.6 39.2 63.2 7.8 58.3
Cape Breton              
2017 105.1 55.5 48.0 7.5 52.8 13.5 45.7
2018 104.5 56.1 48.0 8.2 53.7 14.6 45.9
North Shore              
2017 127.8 77.9 70.9 7.0 61.0 9.0 55.5
2018 127.6 75.6 68.5 7.1 59.2 9.4 53.7
Annapolis Valley              
2017 102.8 69.0 64.4 4.5 67.1 6.5 62.6
2018 103.1 61.9 58.3 3.6 60.0 5.8 56.5
Southern              
2017 97.5 54.0 48.9 5.1 55.4 9.4 50.2
2018 97.6 57.3 53.8 3.5 58.7 6.1 55.1
Halifax              
2017 359.4 244.1 227.2 16.9 67.9 6.9 63.2
2018 366.0 253.9 237.1 16.8 69.4 6.6 64.8
New Brunswick              
2017 624.8 392.7 365.4 27.3 62.9 7.0 58.5
2018 627.6 395.0 366.0 29.0 62.9 7.3 58.3
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2017 127.7 73.8 65.9 7.9 57.8 10.7 51.6
2018 127.3 74.8 66.5 8.3 58.8 11.1 52.2
Moncton–Richibucto              
2017 180.1 115.7 108.8 6.9 64.2 6.0 60.4
2018 181.9 116.6 109.0 7.5 64.1 6.4 59.9
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2017 141.9 93.7 87.3 6.4 66.0 6.8 61.5
2018 142.4 89.6 83.2 6.5 62.9 7.3 58.4
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2017 111.9 69.5 65.8 3.7 62.1 5.3 58.8
2018 113.1 74.4 69.5 4.9 65.8 6.6 61.5
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2017 63.2 40.0 37.5 2.5 63.3 6.3 59.3
2018 62.9 39.7 37.8 1.9 63.1 4.8 60.1
Quebec              
2017 6,935.1 4,586.1 4,311.1 275.0 66.1 6.0 62.2
2018 6,988.6 4,574.8 4,323.5 251.3 65.5 5.5 61.9
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2017 76.7 44.9 40.9 4.0 58.5 8.9 53.3
2018 76.2 41.4 37.1 4.3 54.3 10.4 48.7
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2017 168.5 91.0 85.5 5.5 54.0 6.0 50.7
2018 168.1 100.2 95.5 4.7 59.6 4.7 56.8
Capitale-Nationale              
2017 625.5 424.9 406.6 18.3 67.9 4.3 65.0
2018 628.2 410.2 392.7 17.5 65.3 4.3 62.5
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2017 351.1 220.6 213.9 6.7 62.8 3.0 60.9
2018 352.7 233.1 225.7 7.4 66.1 3.2 64.0
Estrie              
2017 272.6 169.3 162.0 7.3 62.1 4.3 59.4
2018 274.7 177.1 169.6 7.5 64.5 4.2 61.7
Centre-du-Québec              
2017 202.0 134.3 126.9 7.4 66.5 5.5 62.8
2018 203.2 127.8 119.4 8.4 62.9 6.6 58.8
Montérégie              
2017 1,269.6 852.7 816.8 35.9 67.2 4.2 64.3
2018 1,279.6 842.6 804.8 37.9 65.8 4.5 62.9
Montréal              
2017 1,697.6 1,155.9 1,055.1 100.8 68.1 8.7 62.2
2018 1,720.0 1,168.6 1,078.4 90.2 67.9 7.7 62.7
Laval              
2017 358.6 245.7 228.9 16.8 68.5 6.8 63.8
2018 362.8 249.8 238.0 11.8 68.9 4.7 65.6
Lanaudière              
2017 417.9 285.0 270.0 15.0 68.2 5.3 64.6
2018 421.0 264.9 250.5 14.4 62.9 5.4 59.5
Laurentides              
2017 504.4 328.9 306.6 22.3 65.2 6.8 60.8
2018 510.8 337.2 317.9 19.3 66.0 5.7 62.2
Outaouais              
2017 322.5 216.6 204.4 12.2 67.2 5.6 63.4
2018 325.1 217.3 206.7 10.6 66.8 4.9 63.6
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2017 120.4 80.3 76.3 4.0 66.7 5.0 63.4
2018 120.2 79.0 76.5 2.5 65.7 3.2 63.6
Mauricie              
2017 225.4 135.3 127.9 7.4 60.0 5.5 56.7
2018 225.6 133.7 128.3 5.4 59.3 4.0 56.9
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2017 230.9 142.5 134.2 8.2 61.7 5.8 58.1
2018 230.2 134.5 127.4 7.1 58.4 5.3 55.3
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2017 91.2 58.3 55.2 3.1 63.9 5.3 60.5
2018 90.3 57.3 54.9 2.4 63.5 4.2 60.8
Ontario              
2017 11,691.2 7,699.3 7,213.7 485.6 65.9 6.3 61.7
2018 11,909.8 7,832.3 7,356.0 476.4 65.8 6.1 61.8
Ottawa              
2017 1,122.5 740.0 690.0 50.1 65.9 6.8 61.5
2018 1,142.4 753.6 714.2 39.4 66.0 5.2 62.5
Kingston–Pembroke              
2017 380.7 224.9 209.3 15.5 59.1 6.9 55.0
2018 384.1 219.5 206.0 13.5 57.1 6.2 53.6
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2017 330.7 194.8 182.5 12.3 58.9 6.3 55.2
2018 334.7 197.3 184.8 12.5 58.9 6.3 55.2
Toronto              
2017 5,553.6 3,720.2 3,467.8 252.4 67.0 6.8 62.4
2018 5,686.2 3,820.0 3,565.3 254.7 67.2 6.7 62.7
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2017 1,110.2 793.1 752.8 40.4 71.4 5.1 67.8
2018 1,133.6 786.6 747.9 38.7 69.4 4.9 66.0
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2017 1,226.1 809.7 767.6 42.1 66.0 5.2 62.6
2018 1,245.3 806.1 758.6 47.6 64.7 5.9 60.9
London              
2017 564.8 351.9 331.8 20.1 62.3 5.7 58.7
2018 574.1 369.8 348.3 21.5 64.4 5.8 60.7
Windsor–Sarnia              
2017 528.4 328.5 306.3 22.2 62.2 6.8 58.0
2018 533.7 323.9 303.1 20.7 60.7 6.4 56.8
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2017 246.8 150.9 145.7 5.2 61.1 3.4 59.0
2018 248.5 166.7 161.3 5.4 67.1 3.2 64.9
Northeast              
2017 455.4 274.1 254.5 19.6 60.2 7.2 55.9
2018 455.3 275.9 259.3 16.6 60.6 6.0 57.0
Northwest              
2017 172.1 111.1 105.4 5.7 64.6 5.1 61.2
2018 172.0 112.9 107.2 5.7 65.6 5.0 62.3
Manitoba              
2017 1,014.5 693.1 655.4 37.7 68.3 5.4 64.6
2018 1,025.9 699.5 656.2 43.2 68.2 6.2 64.0
Southeast              
2017 93.0 66.3 64.2 2.1 71.3 3.2 69.0
2018 94.5 67.7 64.5 3.2 71.6 4.7 68.3
South Central and North Central              
2017 86.5 59.6 57.4 2.2 68.9 3.7 66.4
2018 87.3 57.0 54.4 2.6 65.3 4.6 62.3
Southwest              
2017 89.4 59.3 55.9 3.4 66.3 5.7 62.5
2018 89.9 58.8 56.1 2.7 65.4 4.6 62.4
Winnipeg              
2017 614.3 420.8 395.0 25.8 68.5 6.1 64.3
2018 624.3 431.6 401.6 30.0 69.1 7.0 64.3
Interlake              
2017 76.0 49.5 47.5 2.0 65.1 4.0 62.5
2018 76.2 48.5 45.9 2.6 63.6 5.4 60.2
Parklands and North              
2017 55.3 37.6 35.4 2.2 68.0 5.9 64.0
2018 53.7 35.7 33.7 2.0 66.5 5.6 62.8
Saskatchewan              
2017 877.5 615.3 575.7 39.7 70.1 6.5 65.6
2018 885.2 617.9 576.5 41.4 69.8 6.7 65.1
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2017 269.6 193.7 183.3 10.4 71.8 5.4 68.0
2018 272.8 198.1 186.1 12.1 72.6 6.1 68.2
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2017 81.6 52.9 50.7 2.2 64.8 4.2 62.1
2018 81.2 53.2 50.6 2.6 65.5 4.9 62.3
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2017 305.7 221.0 204.2 16.8 72.3 7.6 66.8
2018 311.6 220.7 205.2 15.5 70.8 7.0 65.9
Yorkton–Melville              
2017 61.0 41.9 40.1 1.8 68.7 4.3 65.7
2018 60.2 38.0 36.2 1.8 63.1 4.7 60.1
Prince Albert and Northern              
2017 159.6 105.8 97.4 8.4 66.3 7.9 61.0
2018 159.4 107.8 98.5 9.3 67.6 8.6 61.8
Alberta              
2017 3,431.4 2,511.4 2,307.6 203.8 73.2 8.1 67.2
2018 3,472.8 2,525.5 2,350.9 174.6 72.7 6.9 67.7
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2017 229.9 151.3 144.5 6.8 65.8 4.5 62.9
2018 230.8 155.3 147.5 7.9 67.3 5.1 63.9
Camrose–Drumheller              
2017 160.1 109.1 100.4 8.7 68.1 8.0 62.7
2018 159.1 110.1 105.2 4.8 69.2 4.4 66.1
Calgary              
2017 1,309.3 982.3 898.2 84.1 75.0 8.6 68.6
2018 1,333.3 966.9 888.6 78.3 72.5 8.1 66.6
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2017 275.7 198.5 186.6 11.9 72.0 6.0 67.7
2018 274.4 206.4 194.2 12.2 75.2 5.9 70.8
Red Deer              
2017 173.3 121.8 115.0 6.8 70.3 5.6 66.4
2018 174.3 129.2 120.7 8.6 74.1 6.7 69.2
Edmonton              
2017 1,165.7 856.8 778.4 78.4 73.5 9.2 66.8
2018 1,186.0 868.5 811.0 57.5 73.2 6.6 68.4
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2017 117.4 91.5 84.5 7.0 77.9 7.7 72.0
2018 114.8 89.0 83.7 5.3 77.5 6.0 72.9
British Columbia              
2017 3,983.7 2,650.4 2,514.9 135.5 66.5 5.1 63.1
2018 4,035.5 2,639.5 2,505.8 133.7 65.4 5.1 62.1
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2017 669.6 414.8 393.6 21.1 61.9 5.1 58.8
2018 677.5 430.5 409.3 21.3 63.5 4.9 60.4
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2017 2,497.1 1,697.1 1,617.3 79.8 68.0 4.7 64.8
2018 2,536.8 1,673.1 1,593.1 80.0 66.0 4.8 62.8
Thompson–Okanagan              
2017 442.2 286.1 267.9 18.2 64.7 6.4 60.6
2018 447.4 279.6 262.5 17.1 62.5 6.1 58.7
Kootenay              
2017 123.0 77.9 71.9 6.0 63.3 7.7 58.5
2018 123.3 79.3 73.5 5.8 64.3 7.3 59.6
Cariboo              
2017 128.1 88.6 82.8 5.8 69.2 6.5 64.6
2018 128.1 87.8 83.4 4.4 68.5 5.0 65.1
North Coast and Nechako              
2017 67.1 45.7 43.2 2.5 68.1 5.5 64.4
2018 66.5 45.8 43.4 2.4 68.9 5.2 65.3
Northeast              
2017 56.5 40.3 38.1 2.1 71.3 5.2 67.4
2018 56.1 43.4 40.7 2.6 77.4 6.0 72.5
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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