Table 9 
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in February 2018 and February 2019, unadjusted for seasonality 

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in February 2018 and February 2019, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2018 30,091.7 19,505.6 18,355.1 1,150.5 64.8 5.9 61.0
2019 30,521.5 19,817.7 18,666.7 1,150.9 64.9 5.8 61.2
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2018 444.9 256.6 215.3 41.2 57.7 16.1 48.4
2019 441.9 254.3 221.9 32.5 57.5 12.8 50.2
Avalon Peninsula              
2018 237.8 144.1 125.2 19.0 60.6 13.2 52.6
2019 237.5 147.0 132.3 14.6 61.9 9.9 55.7
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2018 120.9 64.6 49.9 14.6 53.4 22.6 41.3
2019 119.3 60.6 49.9 10.8 50.8 17.8 41.8
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2018 86.2 47.9 40.2 7.6 55.6 15.9 46.6
2019 85.1 46.8 39.7 7.1 55.0 15.2 46.7
Prince Edward Island              
2018 124.5 81.2 71.6 9.6 65.2 11.8 57.5
2019 126.9 81.1 71.6 9.5 63.9 11.7 56.4
Nova Scotia              
2018 795.7 485.0 444.5 40.6 61.0 8.4 55.9
2019 802.9 489.0 454.9 34.0 60.9 7.0 56.7
Cape Breton              
2018 104.9 54.8 46.5 8.3 52.2 15.1 44.3
2019 104.2 54.8 45.7 9.1 52.6 16.6 43.9
North Shore              
2018 127.6 73.2 66.6 6.6 57.4 9.0 52.2
2019 127.7 69.6 64.9 4.7 54.5 6.8 50.8
Annapolis Valley              
2018 103.1 62.0 56.4 5.6 60.1 9.0 54.7
2019 103.3 61.5 56.9 4.6 59.5 7.5 55.1
Southern              
2018 97.5 51.4 47.1 4.3 52.7 8.4 48.3
2019 97.7 56.4 52.4 4.0 57.7 7.1 53.6
Halifax              
2018 362.6 243.7 227.9 15.8 67.2 6.5 62.9
2019 369.9 246.6 235.0 11.6 66.7 4.7 63.5
New Brunswick              
2018 625.9 377.4 343.8 33.5 60.3 8.9 54.9
2019 628.8 378.5 344.1 34.4 60.2 9.1 54.7
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2018 127.6 66.9 57.4 9.5 52.4 14.2 45.0
2019 127.0 66.0 55.1 10.9 52.0 16.5 43.4
Moncton–Richibucto              
2018 180.8 116.9 108.4 8.5 64.7 7.3 60.0
2019 182.7 115.2 106.4 8.8 63.1 7.6 58.2
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2018 142.0 83.9 77.7 6.2 59.1 7.4 54.7
2019 142.6 93.3 87.0 6.3 65.4 6.8 61.0
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2018 112.5 70.7 64.4 6.3 62.8 8.9 57.2
2019 113.6 66.6 61.2 5.4 58.6 8.1 53.9
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2018 63.0 39.0 36.0 3.0 61.9 7.7 57.1
2019 62.8 37.4 34.5 2.9 59.6 7.8 54.9
Quebec              
2018 6,957.3 4,458.1 4,205.3 252.8 64.1 5.7 60.4
2019 7,022.6 4,499.1 4,241.8 257.3 64.1 5.7 60.4
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2018 76.5 39.1 33.5 5.6 51.1 14.3 43.8
2019 75.9 35.6 30.1 5.4 46.9 15.2 39.7
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2018 168.3 91.0 85.9 5.1 54.1 5.6 51.0
2019 167.9 98.6 91.5 7.1 58.7 7.2 54.5
Capitale-Nationale              
2018 626.8 424.9 408.6 16.3 67.8 3.8 65.2
2019 629.8 423.2 404.6 18.6 67.2 4.4 64.2
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2018 351.9 227.9 221.2 6.8 64.8 3.0 62.9
2019 353.4 223.3 213.1 10.2 63.2 4.6 60.3
Estrie              
2018 273.4 159.7 150.9 8.7 58.4 5.4 55.2
2019 276.1 166.6 159.8 6.8 60.3 4.1 57.9
Centre-du-Québec              
2018 202.6 117.7 111.9 5.8 58.1 4.9 55.2
2019 203.7 126.6 118.2 8.4 62.2 6.6 58.0
Montérégie              
2018 1,273.8 853.9 813.9 40.0 67.0 4.7 63.9
2019 1,284.5 824.9 781.7 43.3 64.2 5.2 60.9
Montréal              
2018 1,705.9 1,114.1 1,035.0 79.1 65.3 7.1 60.7
2019 1,737.7 1,145.9 1,063.0 83.0 65.9 7.2 61.2
Laval              
2018 360.4 249.3 233.6 15.7 69.2 6.3 64.8
2019 365.4 242.7 229.4 13.2 66.4 5.4 62.8
Lanaudière              
2018 419.4 278.6 260.6 18.0 66.4 6.5 62.1
2019 422.5 263.4 250.9 12.4 62.3 4.7 59.4
Laurentides              
2018 507.6 303.9 284.7 19.1 59.9 6.3 56.1
2019 514.0 345.0 328.2 16.8 67.1 4.9 63.9
Outaouais              
2018 323.6 210.7 200.6 10.1 65.1 4.8 62.0
2019 326.6 215.2 203.1 12.1 65.9 5.6 62.2
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2018 120.3 79.1 75.4 3.7 65.8 4.7 62.7
2019 120.1 81.5 78.7 2.8 67.9 3.4 65.5
Mauricie              
2018 225.5 114.3 106.3 8.0 50.7 7.0 47.1
2019 225.6 122.6 116.3 6.3 54.3 5.1 51.6
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2018 230.7 135.3 127.8 7.5 58.6 5.5 55.4
2019 229.8 127.8 119.3 8.6 55.6 6.7 51.9
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2018 90.8 58.6 55.3 3.3 64.5 5.6 60.9
2019 89.6 56.1 53.8 2.3 62.6 4.1 60.0
Ontario              
2018 11,791.8 7,530.5 7,125.8 404.6 63.9 5.4 60.4
2019 12,018.6 7,703.1 7,286.5 416.6 64.1 5.4 60.6
Ottawa              
2018 1,131.6 740.1 701.8 38.3 65.4 5.2 62.0
2019 1,152.2 750.0 714.0 36.1 65.1 4.8 62.0
Kingston–Pembroke              
2018 382.0 210.2 201.8 8.5 55.0 4.0 52.8
2019 385.7 225.3 212.5 12.7 58.4 5.6 55.1
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2018 332.3 184.5 173.2 11.3 55.5 6.1 52.1
2019 336.7 183.9 172.1 11.9 54.6 6.5 51.1
Toronto              
2018 5,615.2 3,696.7 3,495.4 201.3 65.8 5.4 62.2
2019 5,753.4 3,783.4 3,560.9 222.5 65.8 5.9 61.9
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2018 1,121.0 729.4 692.6 36.8 65.1 5.0 61.8
2019 1,145.3 771.9 741.3 30.5 67.4 4.0 64.7
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2018 1,235.2 790.3 748.2 42.1 64.0 5.3 60.6
2019 1,254.4 794.0 757.3 36.7 63.3 4.6 60.4
London              
2018 569.1 344.1 322.8 21.3 60.5 6.2 56.7
2019 578.8 352.2 334.6 17.6 60.9 5.0 57.8
Windsor–Sarnia              
2018 530.7 313.6 298.5 15.1 59.1 4.8 56.2
2019 536.2 322.1 303.4 18.7 60.1 5.8 56.6
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2018 247.4 162.5 155.1 7.3 65.7 4.5 62.7
2019 249.3 148.8 140.4 8.3 59.7 5.6 56.3
Northeast              
2018 455.3 253.3 236.4 16.9 55.6 6.7 51.9
2019 454.9 266.2 250.2 16.0 58.5 6.0 55.0
Northwest              
2018 171.9 105.9 100.1 5.8 61.6 5.5 58.2
2019 171.8 105.4 99.7 5.7 61.4 5.4 58.0
Manitoba              
2018 1,019.6 675.0 635.7 39.3 66.2 5.8 62.3
2019 1,031.0 686.2 647.3 38.9 66.6 5.7 62.8
Southeast              
2018 93.8 63.0 59.5 3.5 67.2 5.6 63.4
2019 95.0 61.2 58.3 2.9 64.4 4.7 61.4
South Central and North Central              
2018 86.9 57.5 55.5 2.0 66.2 3.5 63.9
2019 87.6 59.2 56.9 2.3 67.6 3.9 65.0
Southwest              
2018 89.7 57.4 54.8 2.6 64.0 4.5 61.1
2019 90.2 61.7 58.7 2.9 68.4 4.7 65.1
Winnipeg              
2018 618.7 412.9 385.8 27.2 66.7 6.6 62.4
2019 629.0 422.5 397.8 24.6 67.2 5.8 63.2
Interlake              
2018 76.1 46.7 44.6 2.1 61.4 4.5 58.6
2019 76.2 47.0 43.7 3.3 61.7 7.0 57.3
Parklands and North              
2018 54.5 37.4 35.5 1.9 68.6 5.1 65.1
2019 53.0 34.7 31.9 2.7 65.5 7.8 60.2
Saskatchewan              
2018 880.8 595.5 559.4 36.1 67.6 6.1 63.5
2019 887.5 602.9 568.6 34.3 67.9 5.7 64.1
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2018 270.9 192.3 182.1 10.3 71.0 5.4 67.2
2019 274.1 195.3 186.2 9.1 71.3 4.7 67.9
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2018 81.3 52.3 50.0 2.2 64.3 4.2 61.5
2019 80.9 52.8 50.2 2.6 65.3 4.9 62.1
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2018 308.4 207.4 193.5 13.9 67.3 6.7 62.7
2019 314.1 213.9 201.3 12.6 68.1 5.9 64.1
Yorkton–Melville              
2018 60.6 37.8 34.8 3.0 62.4 7.9 57.4
2019 59.7 37.3 35.4 1.9 62.5 5.1 59.3
Prince Albert and Northern              
2018 159.6 105.6 99.0 6.7 66.2 6.3 62.0
2019 158.7 103.6 95.5 8.2 65.3 7.9 60.2
Alberta              
2018 3,447.2 2,464.9 2,297.4 167.5 71.5 6.8 66.6
2019 3,498.1 2,481.3 2,311.4 170.0 70.9 6.9 66.1
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2018 229.9 153.5 143.0 10.6 66.8 6.9 62.2
2019 231.8 145.2 136.8 8.4 62.6 5.8 59.0
Camrose–Drumheller              
2018 159.4 106.1 101.8 4.3 66.6 4.1 63.9
2019 158.9 95.7 87.3 8.4 60.2 8.8 54.9
Calgary              
2018 1,318.7 968.5 894.1 74.4 73.4 7.7 67.8
2019 1,347.6 967.6 895.7 71.9 71.8 7.4 66.5
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2018 275.1 197.4 187.0 10.4 71.8 5.3 68.0
2019 273.7 196.0 186.0 10.0 71.6 5.1 68.0
Red Deer              
2018 173.6 122.3 115.5 6.7 70.4 5.5 66.5
2019 174.9 123.9 118.0 5.8 70.8 4.7 67.5
Edmonton              
2018 1,174.2 828.3 772.5 55.8 70.5 6.7 65.8
2019 1,197.7 865.7 805.3 60.4 72.3 7.0 67.2
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2018 116.2 88.8 83.4 5.3 76.4 6.0 71.8
2019 113.5 87.3 82.1 5.1 76.9 5.8 72.3
British Columbia              
2018 4,004.0 2,581.5 2,456.2 125.3 64.5 4.9 61.3
2019 4,063.2 2,642.2 2,518.7 123.5 65.0 4.7 62.0
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2018 672.6 404.1 380.6 23.5 60.1 5.8 56.6
2019 681.5 396.7 381.9 14.8 58.2 3.7 56.0
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2018 2,512.9 1,670.2 1,604.1 66.2 66.5 4.0 63.8
2019 2,558.7 1,725.6 1,642.2 83.3 67.4 4.8 64.2
Thompson–Okanagan              
2018 444.2 264.5 244.6 19.9 59.5 7.5 55.1
2019 449.9 274.7 261.8 12.8 61.1 4.7 58.2
Kootenay              
2018 123.1 70.2 65.4 4.7 57.0 6.7 53.1
2019 123.2 78.5 75.4 3.1 63.7 3.9 61.2
Cariboo              
2018 127.9 85.9 79.7 6.3 67.2 7.3 62.3
2019 128.0 81.7 76.4 5.3 63.8 6.5 59.7
North Coast and Nechako              
2018 66.7 46.8 43.9 2.9 70.2 6.2 65.8
2019 66.3 43.7 42.0 1.7 65.9 3.9 63.3
Northeast              
2018 56.4 39.8 38.0 1.8 70.6 4.5 67.4
2019 55.7 41.4 38.9 2.5 74.3 6.0 69.8
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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