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

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in December 2017 and December 2018, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2017 30,033.5 19,639.7 18,563.2 1,076.6 65.4 5.5 61.8
2018 30,452.4 19,816.8 18,786.6 1,030.3 65.1 5.2 61.7
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2017 445.2 261.6 224.5 37.2 58.8 14.2 50.4
2018 442.4 256.3 226.6 29.7 57.9 11.6 51.2
Avalon Peninsula              
2017 237.7 147.1 130.3 16.8 61.9 11.4 54.8
2018 237.6 146.4 134.0 12.5 61.6 8.5 56.4
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2017 121.1 64.9 51.6 13.4 53.6 20.6 42.6
2018 119.6 62.7 52.6 10.0 52.4 15.9 44.0
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2017 86.4 49.6 42.5 7.1 57.4 14.3 49.2
2018 85.3 47.2 40.0 7.2 55.3 15.3 46.9
Prince Edward Island              
2017 124.3 80.8 72.9 7.9 65.0 9.8 58.6
2018 126.6 82.2 75.3 7.0 64.9 8.5 59.5
Nova Scotia              
2017 794.9 490.0 451.7 38.3 61.6 7.8 56.8
2018 801.7 491.6 459.6 32.0 61.3 6.5 57.3
Cape Breton              
2017 105.0 56.2 48.5 7.7 53.5 13.7 46.2
2018 104.3 55.6 46.6 9.0 53.3 16.2 44.7
North Shore              
2017 127.7 75.4 69.0 6.4 59.0 8.5 54.0
2018 127.7 69.8 65.9 3.9 54.7 5.6 51.6
Annapolis Valley              
2017 103.0 64.1 59.4 4.7 62.2 7.3 57.7
2018 103.3 59.3 55.6 3.7 57.4 6.2 53.8
Southern              
2017 97.5 52.6 48.0 4.6 53.9 8.7 49.2
2018 97.7 57.6 54.0 3.6 59.0 6.3 55.3
Halifax              
2017 361.6 241.7 226.8 14.9 66.8 6.2 62.7
2018 368.7 249.3 237.5 11.9 67.6 4.8 64.4
New Brunswick              
2017 625.5 382.1 354.2 27.9 61.1 7.3 56.6
2018 628.3 380.3 352.7 27.6 60.5 7.3 56.1
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2017 127.6 68.3 59.9 8.4 53.5 12.3 46.9
2018 127.1 68.7 60.0 8.7 54.1 12.7 47.2
Moncton–Richibucto              
2017 180.6 117.2 110.0 7.2 64.9 6.1 60.9
2018 182.4 114.1 107.9 6.2 62.6 5.4 59.2
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2017 142.0 87.8 82.4 5.4 61.8 6.2 58.0
2018 142.5 93.4 87.5 5.8 65.5 6.2 61.4
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2017 112.3 69.0 64.7 4.3 61.4 6.2 57.6
2018 113.4 65.3 60.6 4.7 57.6 7.2 53.4
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2017 63.0 39.8 37.1 2.6 63.2 6.5 58.9
2018 62.9 38.8 36.7 2.1 61.7 5.4 58.3
Quebec              
2017 6,950.1 4,488.6 4,260.4 228.2 64.6 5.1 61.3
2018 7,011.7 4,498.1 4,273.2 224.9 64.2 5.0 60.9
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2017 76.6 39.6 34.8 4.9 51.7 12.4 45.4
2018 76.0 35.9 31.3 4.7 47.2 13.1 41.2
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2017 168.4 87.5 84.1 3.4 52.0 3.9 49.9
2018 168.0 95.8 91.1 4.7 57.0 4.9 54.2
Capitale-Nationale              
2017 626.5 426.8 410.4 16.4 68.1 3.8 65.5
2018 629.5 407.5 392.6 14.9 64.7 3.7 62.4
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2017 351.7 229.8 225.1 4.7 65.3 2.0 64.0
2018 353.2 226.1 218.4 7.6 64.0 3.4 61.8
Estrie              
2017 273.1 166.2 159.2 6.9 60.9 4.2 58.3
2018 275.7 168.8 161.4 7.4 61.2 4.4 58.5
Centre-du-Québec              
2017 202.4 122.7 117.4 5.3 60.6 4.3 58.0
2018 203.6 125.0 118.9 6.1 61.4 4.9 58.4
Montérégie              
2017 1,272.3 842.7 810.3 32.4 66.2 3.8 63.7
2018 1,282.6 828.5 788.5 40.0 64.6 4.8 61.5
Montréal              
2017 1,702.9 1,126.0 1,045.8 80.2 66.1 7.1 61.4
2018 1,731.5 1,148.4 1,077.9 70.5 66.3 6.1 62.3
Laval              
2017 359.8 240.5 225.8 14.7 66.8 6.1 62.8
2018 364.6 247.4 235.3 12.1 67.9 4.9 64.5
Lanaudière              
2017 418.9 281.9 268.5 13.4 67.3 4.8 64.1
2018 422.0 258.8 246.8 11.9 61.3 4.6 58.5
Laurentides              
2017 506.6 313.9 295.9 18.0 62.0 5.7 58.4
2018 513.0 349.7 331.3 18.3 68.2 5.2 64.6
Outaouais              
2017 323.3 210.0 200.5 9.5 65.0 4.5 62.0
2018 326.2 214.0 204.9 9.1 65.6 4.3 62.8
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2017 120.4 79.4 76.4 3.0 65.9 3.8 63.5
2018 120.2 79.5 77.3 2.2 66.1 2.8 64.3
Mauricie              
2017 225.5 123.2 117.4 5.8 54.6 4.7 52.1
2018 225.7 127.7 122.2 5.5 56.6 4.3 54.1
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2017 230.8 139.1 132.2 6.9 60.3 5.0 57.3
2018 230.0 127.6 120.4 7.2 55.5 5.6 52.3
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2017 91.0 59.3 56.6 2.7 65.2 4.6 62.2
2018 89.9 57.5 54.8 2.7 64.0 4.7 61.0
Ontario              
2017 11,756.7 7,598.8 7,213.4 385.5 64.6 5.1 61.4
2018 11,981.9 7,682.1 7,302.7 379.4 64.1 4.9 60.9
Ottawa              
2017 1,128.4 738.6 703.2 35.4 65.5 4.8 62.3
2018 1,148.9 739.7 707.2 32.5 64.4 4.4 61.6
Kingston–Pembroke              
2017 381.5 214.9 205.0 9.9 56.3 4.6 53.7
2018 385.3 220.4 208.9 11.4 57.2 5.2 54.2
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2017 331.8 190.3 180.7 9.6 57.4 5.0 54.5
2018 336.1 193.4 186.0 7.4 57.5 3.8 55.3
Toronto              
2017 5,593.5 3,710.2 3,509.9 200.2 66.3 5.4 62.7
2018 5,730.1 3,751.8 3,545.4 206.3 65.5 5.5 61.9
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2017 1,117.2 746.5 716.5 30.1 66.8 4.0 64.1
2018 1,141.4 777.1 751.0 26.1 68.1 3.4 65.8
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2017 1,232.1 797.7 759.2 38.5 64.7 4.8 61.6
2018 1,251.4 797.7 759.3 38.3 63.7 4.8 60.7
London              
2017 567.6 343.1 323.6 19.5 60.4 5.7 57.0
2018 577.2 349.9 333.6 16.3 60.6 4.7 57.8
Windsor–Sarnia              
2017 529.9 321.3 305.3 16.0 60.6 5.0 57.6
2018 535.4 321.2 306.7 14.5 60.0 4.5 57.3
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2017 247.2 167.4 160.6 6.9 67.7 4.1 65.0
2018 249.1 155.9 150.0 5.8 62.6 3.7 60.2
Northeast              
2017 455.4 260.5 246.7 13.8 57.2 5.3 54.2
2018 455.2 267.5 252.2 15.3 58.8 5.7 55.4
Northwest              
2017 172.0 108.3 102.6 5.7 63.0 5.3 59.7
2018 171.9 107.5 102.3 5.2 62.5 4.8 59.5
Manitoba              
2017 1,018.1 680.1 646.3 33.8 66.8 5.0 63.5
2018 1,028.8 690.0 652.6 37.4 67.1 5.4 63.4
Southeast              
2017 93.6 63.9 60.8 3.0 68.3 4.7 65.0
2018 94.8 63.1 60.3 2.7 66.6 4.3 63.6
South Central and North Central              
2017 86.8 58.7 56.6 2.0 67.6 3.4 65.2
2018 87.4 57.5 55.1 2.4 65.8 4.2 63.0
Southwest              
2017 89.6 58.5 56.0 2.5 65.3 4.3 62.5
2018 90.1 60.4 58.2 2.2 67.0 3.6 64.6
Winnipeg              
2017 617.2 415.1 392.2 22.8 67.3 5.5 63.5
2018 627.1 426.9 402.7 24.2 68.1 5.7 64.2
Interlake              
2017 76.1 46.9 45.3 1.5 61.6 3.2 59.5
2018 76.1 47.4 44.4 3.0 62.3 6.3 58.3
Parklands and North              
2017 54.9 37.1 35.3 1.8 67.6 4.9 64.3
2018 53.3 34.7 31.9 2.8 65.1 8.1 59.8
Saskatchewan              
2017 879.6 596.9 563.2 33.7 67.9 5.6 64.0
2018 886.4 607.2 575.4 31.9 68.5 5.3 64.9
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2017 270.4 191.6 183.4 8.2 70.9 4.3 67.8
2018 273.6 194.1 184.5 9.6 70.9 4.9 67.4
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2017 81.5 52.1 50.2 1.8 63.9 3.5 61.6
2018 80.9 53.0 51.0 2.1 65.5 4.0 63.0
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2017 307.5 211.1 196.4 14.7 68.7 7.0 63.9
2018 313.1 217.7 206.3 11.4 69.5 5.2 65.9
Yorkton–Melville              
2017 60.7 38.5 36.5 2.0 63.4 5.2 60.1
2018 59.9 38.5 37.0 1.5 64.3 3.9 61.8
Prince Albert and Northern              
2017 159.5 103.6 96.6 7.0 65.0 6.8 60.6
2018 158.9 103.9 96.6 7.3 65.4 7.0 60.8
Alberta              
2017 3,441.4 2,464.5 2,299.4 165.1 71.6 6.7 66.8
2018 3,490.1 2,492.1 2,340.8 151.2 71.4 6.1 67.1
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2017 229.9 153.5 144.4 9.1 66.8 5.9 62.8
2018 231.5 147.8 141.2 6.6 63.8 4.5 61.0
Camrose–Drumheller              
2017 159.6 104.3 98.1 6.3 65.4 6.0 61.5
2018 159.0 102.7 95.4 7.2 64.6 7.0 60.0
Calgary              
2017 1,315.2 955.7 886.6 69.1 72.7 7.2 67.4
2018 1,342.9 962.3 895.2 67.1 71.7 7.0 66.7
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2017 275.3 194.4 182.7 11.7 70.6 6.0 66.4
2018 274.0 195.5 185.4 10.1 71.4 5.2 67.7
Red Deer              
2017 173.5 124.5 117.7 6.8 71.8 5.5 67.8
2018 174.8 128.7 123.1 5.6 73.6 4.4 70.4
Edmonton              
2017 1,171.2 842.4 785.9 56.5 71.9 6.7 67.1
2018 1,193.9 869.3 819.0 50.3 72.8 5.8 68.6
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2017 116.7 89.7 84.0 5.6 76.9 6.2 72.0
2018 114.0 86.0 81.6 4.4 75.4 5.1 71.6
British Columbia              
2017 3,997.7 2,596.3 2,477.3 119.0 64.9 4.6 62.0
2018 4,054.4 2,636.8 2,527.6 109.2 65.0 4.1 62.3
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2017 671.8 404.2 384.6 19.6 60.2 4.8 57.2
2018 680.3 405.5 390.8 14.7 59.6 3.6 57.4
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2017 2,507.6 1,666.8 1,602.9 63.9 66.5 3.8 63.9
2018 2,551.4 1,712.9 1,641.6 71.3 67.1 4.2 64.3
Thompson–Okanagan              
2017 443.7 278.5 258.3 20.3 62.8 7.3 58.2
2018 449.1 273.9 260.9 13.0 61.0 4.7 58.1
Kootenay              
2017 123.1 75.8 70.1 5.7 61.6 7.5 56.9
2018 123.3 78.6 76.2 2.4 63.7 3.1 61.8
Cariboo              
2017 128.0 85.6 80.2 5.4 66.9 6.3 62.7
2018 128.0 79.3 75.1 4.2 62.0 5.3 58.7
North Coast and Nechako              
2017 66.9 46.1 43.7 2.4 68.9 5.2 65.3
2018 66.4 44.3 42.6 1.7 66.7 3.8 64.2
Northeast              
2017 56.5 39.3 37.5 1.8 69.6 4.6 66.4
2018 55.8 42.3 40.3 2.0 75.8 4.7 72.2
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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