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

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in May 2018 and May 2019, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2018 30,195.6 19,708.1 18,506.7 1,201.4 65.3 6.1 61.3
2019 30,623.6 20,096.2 18,918.3 1,177.9 65.6 5.9 61.8
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2018 444.3 260.4 219.8 40.6 58.6 15.6 49.5
2019 441.2 257.7 224.6 33.1 58.4 12.8 50.9
Avalon Peninsula              
2018 237.8 146.5 128.8 17.7 61.6 12.1 54.2
2019 237.4 150.1 134.6 15.4 63.2 10.3 56.7
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2018 120.6 65.1 51.6 13.5 54.0 20.7 42.8
2019 119.0 59.9 49.1 10.8 50.3 18.0 41.3
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2018 85.9 48.8 39.4 9.4 56.8 19.3 45.9
2019 84.8 47.7 40.8 6.9 56.3 14.5 48.1
Prince Edward Island              
2018 125.1 83.6 73.7 9.9 66.8 11.8 58.9
2019 127.8 84.3 75.5 8.8 66.0 10.4 59.1
Nova Scotia              
2018 797.0 488.9 451.0 37.9 61.3 7.8 56.6
2019 804.5 498.2 463.1 35.1 61.9 7.0 57.6
Cape Breton              
2018 104.7 53.6 46.1 7.5 51.2 14.0 44.0
2019 104.0 56.6 48.8 7.8 54.4 13.8 46.9
North Shore              
2018 127.6 73.2 66.1 7.2 57.4 9.8 51.8
2019 127.7 74.3 68.5 5.8 58.2 7.8 53.6
Annapolis Valley              
2018 103.1 61.9 57.1 4.8 60.0 7.8 55.4
2019 103.4 62.0 58.1 3.8 60.0 6.1 56.2
Southern              
2018 97.5 53.5 50.1 3.4 54.9 6.4 51.4
2019 97.7 53.9 50.1 3.8 55.2 7.1 51.3
Halifax              
2018 364.2 246.7 231.7 15.0 67.7 6.1 63.6
2019 371.7 251.4 237.7 13.8 67.6 5.5 63.9
New Brunswick              
2018 626.9 382.8 349.7 33.1 61.1 8.6 55.8
2019 629.8 385.8 352.7 33.2 61.3 8.6 56.0
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2018 127.5 72.3 63.2 9.1 56.7 12.6 49.6
2019 126.9 67.8 58.8 9.1 53.4 13.4 46.3
Moncton–Richibucto              
2018 181.4 115.3 105.9 9.4 63.6 8.2 58.4
2019 183.3 118.5 108.9 9.6 64.6 8.1 59.4
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2018 142.2 83.0 77.0 5.9 58.4 7.1 54.1
2019 142.8 91.1 85.2 5.9 63.8 6.5 59.7
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2018 112.8 73.3 67.9 5.4 65.0 7.4 60.2
2019 114.0 70.8 65.4 5.4 62.1 7.6 57.4
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2018 63.0 39.0 35.7 3.3 61.9 8.5 56.7
2019 62.8 37.5 34.4 3.1 59.7 8.3 54.8
Quebec              
2018 6,970.7 4,499.0 4,241.1 257.9 64.5 5.7 60.8
2019 7,035.7 4,538.7 4,295.8 243.0 64.5 5.4 61.1
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2018 76.3 42.3 36.1 6.2 55.4 14.7 47.3
2019 75.7 38.3 32.3 6.0 50.6 15.7 42.7
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2018 168.2 96.9 90.0 6.9 57.6 7.1 53.5
2019 167.8 98.9 91.6 7.3 58.9 7.4 54.6
Capitale-Nationale              
2018 627.4 425.7 408.0 17.6 67.9 4.1 65.0
2019 630.2 436.3 419.1 17.1 69.2 3.9 66.5
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2018 352.2 225.5 218.0 7.5 64.0 3.3 61.9
2019 353.5 224.2 216.0 8.2 63.4 3.7 61.1
Estrie              
2018 274.0 167.4 159.2 8.2 61.1 4.9 58.1
2019 276.7 167.3 160.8 6.5 60.5 3.9 58.1
Centre-du-Québec              
2018 202.8 120.7 114.4 6.3 59.5 5.2 56.4
2019 203.9 132.7 125.5 7.2 65.1 5.4 61.5
Montérégie              
2018 1,276.3 854.7 819.7 35.0 67.0 4.1 64.2
2019 1,286.5 837.7 799.2 38.5 65.1 4.6 62.1
Montréal              
2018 1,712.0 1,124.1 1,039.7 84.3 65.7 7.5 60.7
2019 1,745.4 1,141.6 1,063.2 78.4 65.4 6.9 60.9
Laval              
2018 361.5 249.0 236.0 13.0 68.9 5.2 65.3
2019 366.5 238.0 226.2 11.8 64.9 5.0 61.7
Lanaudière              
2018 420.1 272.8 255.8 17.0 64.9 6.2 60.9
2019 423.0 265.4 252.8 12.6 62.7 4.7 59.8
Laurentides              
2018 509.1 310.7 291.6 19.1 61.0 6.1 57.3
2019 515.4 334.2 322.1 12.1 64.8 3.6 62.5
Outaouais              
2018 324.3 215.5 202.7 12.8 66.5 5.9 62.5
2019 327.2 223.0 210.1 12.9 68.2 5.8 64.2
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2018 120.2 81.1 77.5 3.6 67.5 4.4 64.5
2019 119.9 81.0 76.7 4.3 67.6 5.3 64.0
Mauricie              
2018 225.5 122.1 115.2 7.0 54.1 5.7 51.1
2019 225.5 130.7 122.8 7.9 58.0 6.0 54.5
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2018 230.4 134.2 123.9 10.2 58.2 7.6 53.8
2019 229.4 134.9 126.3 8.6 58.8 6.4 55.1
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2018 90.5 56.1 53.0 3.2 62.0 5.7 58.6
2019 89.2 54.6 51.2 3.4 61.2 6.2 57.4
Ontario              
2018 11,848.7 7,620.1 7,174.7 445.4 64.3 5.8 60.6
2019 12,073.4 7,839.0 7,376.9 462.1 64.9 5.9 61.1
Ottawa              
2018 1,136.9 748.2 714.6 33.6 65.8 4.5 62.9
2019 1,157.2 764.1 723.2 40.9 66.0 5.4 62.5
Kingston–Pembroke              
2018 382.9 217.4 206.4 11.1 56.8 5.1 53.9
2019 386.5 237.8 225.6 12.2 61.5 5.1 58.4
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2018 333.4 179.6 167.4 12.2 53.9 6.8 50.2
2019 337.7 184.6 173.3 11.3 54.7 6.1 51.3
Toronto              
2018 5,649.6 3,732.4 3,498.4 234.1 66.1 6.3 61.9
2019 5,787.7 3,865.4 3,621.1 244.3 66.8 6.3 62.6
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2018 1,127.1 747.9 704.2 43.7 66.4 5.8 62.5
2019 1,151.2 792.8 747.1 45.7 68.9 5.8 64.9
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2018 1,240.1 786.1 743.0 43.1 63.4 5.5 59.9
2019 1,258.8 786.9 748.5 38.4 62.5 4.9 59.5
London              
2018 571.5 353.5 333.6 19.9 61.9 5.6 58.4
2019 581.0 346.9 329.5 17.4 59.7 5.0 56.7
Windsor–Sarnia              
2018 532.1 320.6 301.4 19.2 60.3 6.0 56.6
2019 537.4 325.0 305.8 19.2 60.5 5.9 56.9
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2018 247.9 163.1 157.7 5.4 65.8 3.3 63.6
2019 249.6 158.7 151.2 7.5 63.6 4.7 60.6
Northeast              
2018 455.2 261.6 244.6 17.0 57.5 6.5 53.7
2019 454.5 267.1 248.4 18.7 58.8 7.0 54.7
Northwest              
2018 171.9 109.6 103.4 6.2 63.8 5.7 60.2
2019 171.7 109.6 103.2 6.4 63.8 5.8 60.1
Manitoba              
2018 1,022.6 687.8 643.8 44.1 67.3 6.4 63.0
2019 1,034.2 687.9 652.6 35.2 66.5 5.1 63.1
Southeast              
2018 94.2 65.5 62.0 3.5 69.5 5.3 65.8
2019 95.3 63.9 61.9 2.0 67.1 3.1 65.0
South Central and North Central              
2018 87.1 57.4 55.4 2.0 65.9 3.5 63.6
2019 87.8 57.0 54.4 2.6 64.9 4.6 62.0
Southwest              
2018 89.8 58.4 55.7 2.7 65.0 4.6 62.0
2019 90.3 61.1 57.7 3.4 67.7 5.6 63.9
Winnipeg              
2018 621.4 418.3 388.8 29.5 67.3 7.1 62.6
2019 631.9 425.6 403.0 22.6 67.4 5.3 63.8
Interlake              
2018 76.1 49.5 45.7 3.9 65.0 7.9 60.1
2019 76.2 46.7 44.4 2.3 61.3 4.9 58.3
Parklands and North              
2018 54.1 38.7 36.2 2.5 71.5 6.5 66.9
2019 52.7 33.6 31.3 2.3 63.8 6.8 59.4
Saskatchewan              
2018 883.4 605.5 564.2 41.3 68.5 6.8 63.9
2019 888.4 611.0 577.0 33.9 68.8 5.5 64.9
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2018 271.9 197.2 185.2 12.0 72.5 6.1 68.1
2019 274.7 199.7 190.8 9.0 72.7 4.5 69.5
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2018 81.3 52.1 49.7 2.4 64.1 4.6 61.1
2019 80.6 52.4 49.5 2.9 65.0 5.5 61.4
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2018 310.2 210.8 196.0 14.8 68.0 7.0 63.2
2019 315.2 215.3 201.9 13.4 68.3 6.2 64.1
Yorkton–Melville              
2018 60.4 37.9 34.1 3.8 62.7 10.0 56.5
2019 59.5 38.7 36.9 1.8 65.0 4.7 62.0
Prince Albert and Northern              
2018 159.7 107.5 99.3 8.2 67.3 7.6 62.2
2019 158.3 104.9 98.0 6.9 66.3 6.6 61.9
Alberta              
2018 3,458.8 2,485.0 2,320.7 164.3 71.8 6.6 67.1
2019 3,510.8 2,511.3 2,339.8 171.5 71.5 6.8 66.6
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2018 230.3 152.0 144.1 7.9 66.0 5.2 62.6
2019 232.2 148.8 139.0 9.7 64.1 6.5 59.9
Camrose–Drumheller              
2018 159.2 109.8 105.4 4.4 69.0 4.0 66.2
2019 158.7 97.8 89.1 8.7 61.6 8.9 56.1
Calgary              
2018 1,325.5 964.7 894.5 70.2 72.8 7.3 67.5
2019 1,354.9 986.7 919.9 66.8 72.8 6.8 67.9
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2018 274.6 204.6 191.3 13.4 74.5 6.5 69.7
2019 273.4 201.9 190.4 11.5 73.8 5.7 69.6
Red Deer              
2018 173.9 123.3 117.2 6.1 70.9 4.9 67.4
2019 175.3 118.0 109.0 8.9 67.3 7.5 62.2
Edmonton              
2018 1,179.7 840.3 783.7 56.5 71.2 6.7 66.4
2019 1,203.6 867.9 807.4 60.5 72.1 7.0 67.1
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2018 115.5 90.3 84.6 5.8 78.2 6.4 73.2
2019 112.8 90.4 85.0 5.4 80.1 6.0 75.4
British Columbia              
2018 4,018.1 2,595.0 2,468.0 127.0 64.6 4.9 61.4
2019 4,077.8 2,682.2 2,560.4 121.9 65.8 4.5 62.8
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2018 674.8 420.5 399.9 20.6 62.3 4.9 59.3
2019 683.6 406.2 390.1 16.1 59.4 4.0 57.1
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2018 2,523.7 1,656.1 1,584.0 72.1 65.6 4.4 62.8
2019 2,570.4 1,739.9 1,664.4 75.4 67.7 4.3 64.8
Thompson–Okanagan              
2018 445.6 268.4 250.2 18.2 60.2 6.8 56.1
2019 451.2 284.6 269.1 15.5 63.1 5.4 59.6
Kootenay              
2018 123.2 72.3 68.6 3.7 58.7 5.1 55.7
2019 123.2 77.7 72.9 4.9 63.1 6.3 59.2
Cariboo              
2018 128.0 89.1 84.1 5.0 69.6 5.6 65.7
2019 127.9 87.3 82.5 4.8 68.3 5.5 64.5
North Coast and Nechako              
2018 66.6 46.7 42.6 4.1 70.1 8.8 64.0
2019 66.1 45.4 43.6 1.7 68.7 3.7 66.0
Northeast              
2018 56.2 41.8 38.5 3.3 74.4 7.9 68.5
2019 55.5 41.1 37.7 3.4 74.1 8.3 67.9
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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