Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in March 2018 and March 2019, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2018 | 30,123.7 | 19,483.4 | 18,274.1 | 1,209.2 | 64.7 | 6.2 | 60.7 |
2019 | 30,553.9 | 19,851.8 | 18,632.2 | 1,219.6 | 65.0 | 6.1 | 61.0 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2018 | 444.7 | 254.1 | 212.2 | 42.0 | 57.1 | 16.5 | 47.7 |
2019 | 441.7 | 253.4 | 220.0 | 33.4 | 57.4 | 13.2 | 49.8 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2018 | 237.8 | 142.9 | 123.7 | 19.2 | 60.1 | 13.4 | 52.0 |
2019 | 237.5 | 147.9 | 132.3 | 15.6 | 62.3 | 10.5 | 55.7 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2018 | 120.8 | 63.9 | 49.1 | 14.8 | 52.9 | 23.2 | 40.6 |
2019 | 119.2 | 59.2 | 48.1 | 11.1 | 49.7 | 18.8 | 40.4 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2018 | 86.1 | 47.3 | 39.4 | 7.9 | 54.9 | 16.7 | 45.8 |
2019 | 85.0 | 46.4 | 39.6 | 6.8 | 54.6 | 14.7 | 46.6 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2018 | 124.7 | 81.3 | 71.1 | 10.2 | 65.2 | 12.5 | 57.0 |
2019 | 127.2 | 81.2 | 71.5 | 9.7 | 63.8 | 11.9 | 56.2 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2018 | 796.2 | 483.1 | 440.4 | 42.7 | 60.7 | 8.8 | 55.3 |
2019 | 803.4 | 488.9 | 453.0 | 35.8 | 60.9 | 7.3 | 56.4 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2018 | 104.8 | 53.7 | 45.2 | 8.5 | 51.2 | 15.8 | 43.1 |
2019 | 104.1 | 54.4 | 46.0 | 8.5 | 52.3 | 15.6 | 44.2 |
North Shore | |||||||
2018 | 127.6 | 72.5 | 65.0 | 7.4 | 56.8 | 10.2 | 50.9 |
2019 | 127.7 | 70.7 | 65.5 | 5.2 | 55.4 | 7.4 | 51.3 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2018 | 103.1 | 61.6 | 55.7 | 6.0 | 59.7 | 9.7 | 54.0 |
2019 | 103.3 | 61.7 | 56.8 | 4.8 | 59.7 | 7.8 | 55.0 |
Southern | |||||||
2018 | 97.5 | 50.7 | 46.2 | 4.5 | 52.0 | 8.9 | 47.4 |
2019 | 97.7 | 55.9 | 51.5 | 4.4 | 57.2 | 7.9 | 52.7 |
Halifax | |||||||
2018 | 363.2 | 244.5 | 228.3 | 16.3 | 67.3 | 6.7 | 62.9 |
2019 | 370.5 | 246.2 | 233.2 | 13.0 | 66.5 | 5.3 | 62.9 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2018 | 626.2 | 375.7 | 339.8 | 35.9 | 60.0 | 9.6 | 54.3 |
2019 | 629.0 | 379.5 | 343.8 | 35.7 | 60.3 | 9.4 | 54.7 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2018 | 127.5 | 67.2 | 57.5 | 9.7 | 52.7 | 14.4 | 45.1 |
2019 | 126.9 | 65.7 | 54.8 | 10.9 | 51.8 | 16.6 | 43.2 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2018 | 181.0 | 115.8 | 106.2 | 9.6 | 64.0 | 8.3 | 58.7 |
2019 | 182.9 | 115.8 | 105.7 | 10.1 | 63.3 | 8.7 | 57.8 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2018 | 142.1 | 82.1 | 75.7 | 6.4 | 57.8 | 7.8 | 53.3 |
2019 | 142.6 | 92.6 | 86.4 | 6.1 | 64.9 | 6.6 | 60.6 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2018 | 112.6 | 71.6 | 64.8 | 6.7 | 63.6 | 9.4 | 57.5 |
2019 | 113.7 | 68.5 | 63.0 | 5.5 | 60.2 | 8.0 | 55.4 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2018 | 62.9 | 38.9 | 35.6 | 3.3 | 61.8 | 8.5 | 56.6 |
2019 | 62.8 | 36.8 | 33.8 | 3.0 | 58.6 | 8.2 | 53.8 |
Quebec | |||||||
2018 | 6,961.1 | 4,462.3 | 4,187.7 | 274.6 | 64.1 | 6.2 | 60.2 |
2019 | 7,026.9 | 4,498.3 | 4,230.7 | 267.6 | 64.0 | 5.9 | 60.2 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2018 | 76.4 | 39.6 | 33.7 | 5.9 | 51.8 | 14.9 | 44.1 |
2019 | 75.8 | 35.8 | 29.9 | 5.8 | 47.2 | 16.2 | 39.4 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2018 | 168.2 | 92.5 | 86.1 | 6.3 | 55.0 | 6.8 | 51.2 |
2019 | 167.9 | 98.0 | 89.4 | 8.6 | 58.4 | 8.8 | 53.2 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2018 | 626.9 | 426.7 | 406.8 | 19.9 | 68.1 | 4.7 | 64.9 |
2019 | 629.9 | 426.7 | 406.6 | 20.1 | 67.7 | 4.7 | 64.5 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2018 | 352.0 | 224.5 | 216.9 | 7.6 | 63.8 | 3.4 | 61.6 |
2019 | 353.4 | 220.9 | 209.9 | 11.0 | 62.5 | 5.0 | 59.4 |
Estrie | |||||||
2018 | 273.5 | 160.6 | 150.8 | 9.7 | 58.7 | 6.0 | 55.1 |
2019 | 276.3 | 166.0 | 158.7 | 7.3 | 60.1 | 4.4 | 57.4 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2018 | 202.6 | 118.0 | 111.1 | 6.8 | 58.2 | 5.8 | 54.8 |
2019 | 203.8 | 126.8 | 118.6 | 8.2 | 62.2 | 6.5 | 58.2 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2018 | 1,274.6 | 856.6 | 814.2 | 42.4 | 67.2 | 4.9 | 63.9 |
2019 | 1,285.0 | 827.4 | 783.6 | 43.8 | 64.4 | 5.3 | 61.0 |
Montréal | |||||||
2018 | 1,707.6 | 1,112.6 | 1,028.9 | 83.7 | 65.2 | 7.5 | 60.3 |
2019 | 1,740.5 | 1,140.8 | 1,056.7 | 84.1 | 65.5 | 7.4 | 60.7 |
Laval | |||||||
2018 | 360.7 | 252.3 | 236.5 | 15.9 | 69.9 | 6.3 | 65.6 |
2019 | 365.8 | 244.0 | 229.5 | 14.6 | 66.7 | 6.0 | 62.7 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2018 | 419.6 | 275.8 | 255.6 | 20.2 | 65.7 | 7.3 | 60.9 |
2019 | 422.6 | 263.4 | 251.1 | 12.3 | 62.3 | 4.7 | 59.4 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2018 | 508.1 | 303.4 | 284.4 | 19.0 | 59.7 | 6.3 | 56.0 |
2019 | 514.5 | 342.9 | 326.9 | 16.0 | 66.6 | 4.7 | 63.5 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2018 | 323.8 | 211.4 | 199.7 | 11.8 | 65.3 | 5.6 | 61.7 |
2019 | 326.8 | 217.1 | 203.1 | 13.9 | 66.4 | 6.4 | 62.1 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2018 | 120.3 | 80.0 | 76.4 | 3.6 | 66.5 | 4.5 | 63.5 |
2019 | 120.0 | 81.0 | 78.1 | 2.9 | 67.5 | 3.6 | 65.1 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2018 | 225.4 | 114.7 | 105.8 | 8.9 | 50.9 | 7.8 | 46.9 |
2019 | 225.6 | 124.4 | 117.2 | 7.2 | 55.1 | 5.8 | 52.0 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2018 | 230.6 | 135.6 | 126.3 | 9.3 | 58.8 | 6.9 | 54.8 |
2019 | 229.6 | 128.7 | 119.6 | 9.1 | 56.1 | 7.1 | 52.1 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2018 | 90.7 | 58.1 | 54.5 | 3.6 | 64.1 | 6.2 | 60.1 |
2019 | 89.4 | 54.4 | 51.7 | 2.7 | 60.9 | 5.0 | 57.8 |
Ontario | |||||||
2018 | 11,810.3 | 7,510.5 | 7,082.3 | 428.2 | 63.6 | 5.7 | 60.0 |
2019 | 12,036.4 | 7,728.0 | 7,268.2 | 459.8 | 64.2 | 5.9 | 60.4 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2018 | 1,133.3 | 739.2 | 701.5 | 37.7 | 65.2 | 5.1 | 61.9 |
2019 | 1,153.8 | 753.6 | 715.3 | 38.3 | 65.3 | 5.1 | 62.0 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2018 | 382.3 | 214.3 | 203.9 | 10.4 | 56.1 | 4.9 | 53.3 |
2019 | 385.9 | 228.9 | 216.3 | 12.5 | 59.3 | 5.5 | 56.1 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2018 | 332.7 | 182.0 | 170.6 | 11.4 | 54.7 | 6.3 | 51.3 |
2019 | 337.0 | 183.7 | 168.8 | 14.9 | 54.5 | 8.1 | 50.1 |
Toronto | |||||||
2018 | 5,626.6 | 3,675.3 | 3,466.6 | 208.7 | 65.3 | 5.7 | 61.6 |
2019 | 5,764.7 | 3,809.1 | 3,563.5 | 245.6 | 66.1 | 6.4 | 61.8 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2018 | 1,123.0 | 730.6 | 688.9 | 41.7 | 65.1 | 5.7 | 61.3 |
2019 | 1,147.3 | 772.1 | 733.8 | 38.4 | 67.3 | 5.0 | 64.0 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2018 | 1,236.8 | 785.0 | 739.0 | 46.1 | 63.5 | 5.9 | 59.8 |
2019 | 1,255.8 | 785.4 | 748.1 | 37.3 | 62.5 | 4.7 | 59.6 |
London | |||||||
2018 | 569.9 | 346.7 | 324.9 | 21.9 | 60.8 | 6.3 | 57.0 |
2019 | 579.5 | 352.3 | 333.6 | 18.7 | 60.8 | 5.3 | 57.6 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2018 | 531.1 | 313.1 | 294.7 | 18.4 | 59.0 | 5.9 | 55.5 |
2019 | 536.6 | 323.3 | 302.3 | 21.0 | 60.2 | 6.5 | 56.3 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2018 | 247.6 | 163.7 | 155.6 | 8.1 | 66.1 | 4.9 | 62.8 |
2019 | 249.3 | 146.8 | 136.5 | 10.2 | 58.9 | 6.9 | 54.8 |
Northeast | |||||||
2018 | 455.3 | 254.7 | 236.5 | 18.2 | 55.9 | 7.1 | 51.9 |
2019 | 454.7 | 267.0 | 250.2 | 16.7 | 58.7 | 6.3 | 55.0 |
Northwest | |||||||
2018 | 171.9 | 105.8 | 100.1 | 5.7 | 61.5 | 5.4 | 58.2 |
2019 | 171.8 | 105.9 | 99.8 | 6.2 | 61.6 | 5.9 | 58.1 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2018 | 1,020.5 | 675.6 | 633.8 | 41.8 | 66.2 | 6.2 | 62.1 |
2019 | 1,032.2 | 683.6 | 646.4 | 37.2 | 66.2 | 5.4 | 62.6 |
Southeast | |||||||
2018 | 93.9 | 63.3 | 60.0 | 3.4 | 67.4 | 5.4 | 63.9 |
2019 | 95.1 | 61.9 | 59.2 | 2.7 | 65.1 | 4.4 | 62.3 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2018 | 86.9 | 56.5 | 54.7 | 1.8 | 65.0 | 3.2 | 62.9 |
2019 | 87.6 | 58.8 | 56.4 | 2.4 | 67.1 | 4.1 | 64.4 |
Southwest | |||||||
2018 | 89.7 | 56.8 | 54.0 | 2.8 | 63.3 | 4.9 | 60.2 |
2019 | 90.2 | 61.1 | 58.5 | 2.6 | 67.7 | 4.3 | 64.9 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2018 | 619.5 | 413.0 | 383.9 | 29.1 | 66.7 | 7.0 | 62.0 |
2019 | 630.1 | 420.6 | 396.3 | 24.3 | 66.8 | 5.8 | 62.9 |
Interlake | |||||||
2018 | 76.1 | 48.0 | 45.3 | 2.7 | 63.1 | 5.6 | 59.5 |
2019 | 76.2 | 46.6 | 43.8 | 2.8 | 61.2 | 6.0 | 57.5 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2018 | 54.3 | 37.9 | 35.9 | 2.0 | 69.8 | 5.3 | 66.1 |
2019 | 52.9 | 34.7 | 32.2 | 2.4 | 65.6 | 6.9 | 60.9 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2018 | 881.7 | 596.2 | 559.5 | 36.6 | 67.6 | 6.1 | 63.5 |
2019 | 887.8 | 602.0 | 568.4 | 33.6 | 67.8 | 5.6 | 64.0 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2018 | 271.2 | 192.9 | 182.3 | 10.6 | 71.1 | 5.5 | 67.2 |
2019 | 274.3 | 195.2 | 186.0 | 9.1 | 71.2 | 4.7 | 67.8 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2018 | 81.3 | 51.9 | 49.5 | 2.4 | 63.8 | 4.6 | 60.9 |
2019 | 80.8 | 52.4 | 49.6 | 2.8 | 64.9 | 5.3 | 61.4 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2018 | 309.0 | 206.8 | 193.3 | 13.5 | 66.9 | 6.5 | 62.6 |
2019 | 314.5 | 214.2 | 201.8 | 12.4 | 68.1 | 5.8 | 64.2 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2018 | 60.5 | 38.0 | 34.5 | 3.5 | 62.8 | 9.2 | 57.0 |
2019 | 59.6 | 36.8 | 34.9 | 1.9 | 61.7 | 5.2 | 58.6 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2018 | 159.7 | 106.7 | 100.0 | 6.7 | 66.8 | 6.3 | 62.6 |
2019 | 158.6 | 103.4 | 96.1 | 7.3 | 65.2 | 7.1 | 60.6 |
Alberta | |||||||
2018 | 3,450.6 | 2,466.2 | 2,297.8 | 168.4 | 71.5 | 6.8 | 66.6 |
2019 | 3,501.9 | 2,485.4 | 2,306.8 | 178.6 | 71.0 | 7.2 | 65.9 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2018 | 230.0 | 151.6 | 141.7 | 9.9 | 65.9 | 6.5 | 61.6 |
2019 | 231.9 | 145.3 | 136.5 | 8.8 | 62.7 | 6.1 | 58.9 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2018 | 159.3 | 108.5 | 104.3 | 4.2 | 68.1 | 3.9 | 65.5 |
2019 | 158.8 | 94.7 | 85.5 | 9.2 | 59.6 | 9.7 | 53.8 |
Calgary | |||||||
2018 | 1,320.8 | 966.4 | 889.5 | 76.9 | 73.2 | 8.0 | 67.3 |
2019 | 1,349.9 | 971.1 | 894.2 | 76.8 | 71.9 | 7.9 | 66.2 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2018 | 274.9 | 201.5 | 191.2 | 10.3 | 73.3 | 5.1 | 69.6 |
2019 | 273.6 | 198.7 | 189.9 | 8.8 | 72.6 | 4.4 | 69.4 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2018 | 173.7 | 120.9 | 115.0 | 5.9 | 69.6 | 4.9 | 66.2 |
2019 | 175.0 | 120.0 | 113.7 | 6.4 | 68.6 | 5.3 | 65.0 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2018 | 1,175.9 | 828.3 | 772.1 | 56.2 | 70.4 | 6.8 | 65.7 |
2019 | 1,199.5 | 867.3 | 804.1 | 63.2 | 72.3 | 7.3 | 67.0 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2018 | 116.0 | 89.1 | 84.0 | 5.1 | 76.8 | 5.7 | 72.4 |
2019 | 113.2 | 88.3 | 82.9 | 5.4 | 78.0 | 6.1 | 73.2 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2018 | 4,007.8 | 2,578.5 | 2,449.5 | 129.0 | 64.3 | 5.0 | 61.1 |
2019 | 4,067.5 | 2,651.5 | 2,523.4 | 128.1 | 65.2 | 4.8 | 62.0 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2018 | 673.2 | 406.2 | 383.5 | 22.7 | 60.3 | 5.6 | 57.0 |
2019 | 682.1 | 395.2 | 380.8 | 14.3 | 57.9 | 3.6 | 55.8 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2018 | 2,516.0 | 1,666.6 | 1,595.8 | 70.9 | 66.2 | 4.3 | 63.4 |
2019 | 2,562.3 | 1,732.8 | 1,647.6 | 85.2 | 67.6 | 4.9 | 64.3 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2018 | 444.6 | 262.4 | 242.9 | 19.5 | 59.0 | 7.4 | 54.6 |
2019 | 450.2 | 276.7 | 262.1 | 14.6 | 61.5 | 5.3 | 58.2 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2018 | 123.1 | 67.9 | 63.7 | 4.3 | 55.2 | 6.3 | 51.7 |
2019 | 123.2 | 78.7 | 75.0 | 3.7 | 63.9 | 4.7 | 60.9 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2018 | 127.9 | 87.6 | 81.8 | 5.8 | 68.5 | 6.6 | 64.0 |
2019 | 127.9 | 82.8 | 77.4 | 5.3 | 64.7 | 6.4 | 60.5 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2018 | 66.7 | 47.2 | 43.6 | 3.6 | 70.8 | 7.6 | 65.4 |
2019 | 66.2 | 44.4 | 42.8 | 1.7 | 67.1 | 3.8 | 64.7 |
Northeast | |||||||
2018 | 56.3 | 40.4 | 38.2 | 2.3 | 71.8 | 5.7 | 67.9 |
2019 | 55.6 | 41.0 | 37.7 | 3.2 | 73.7 | 7.8 | 67.8 |
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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