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

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in August 2018 and August 2019, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2018 30,313.5 20,148.2 18,917.3 1,230.9 66.5 6.1 62.4
2019 30,757.4 20,528.2 19,331.6 1,196.6 66.7 5.8 62.9
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2018 443.5 271.5 235.6 35.9 61.2 13.2 53.1
2019 440.1 266.5 234.6 31.9 60.6 12.0 53.3
Avalon Peninsula              
2018 237.7 152.9 135.3 17.6 64.3 11.5 56.9
2019 237.2 152.4 137.4 15.1 64.2 9.9 57.9
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2018 120.2 64.9 54.4 10.5 54.0 16.2 45.3
2019 118.5 63.4 53.6 9.9 53.5 15.6 45.2
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2018 85.7 53.7 45.9 7.8 62.7 14.5 53.6
2019 84.5 50.6 43.7 6.9 59.9 13.6 51.7
Prince Edward Island              
2018 125.7 87.5 81.2 6.3 69.6 7.2 64.6
2019 129.0 89.6 83.5 6.1 69.5 6.8 64.7
Nova Scotia              
2018 798.8 504.7 465.6 39.2 63.2 7.8 58.3
2019 807.4 511.9 475.3 36.6 63.4 7.1 58.9
Cape Breton              
2018 104.5 56.1 48.0 8.2 53.7 14.6 45.9
2019 104.0 58.0 50.5 7.6 55.8 13.1 48.6
North Shore              
2018 127.6 75.6 68.5 7.1 59.2 9.4 53.7
2019 127.8 76.4 71.1 5.3 59.8 6.9 55.6
Annapolis Valley              
2018 103.1 61.9 58.3 3.6 60.0 5.8 56.5
2019 103.5 62.7 58.5 4.2 60.6 6.7 56.5
Southern              
2018 97.6 57.3 53.8 3.5 58.7 6.1 55.1
2019 97.9 51.9 47.2 4.7 53.0 9.1 48.2
Halifax              
2018 366.0 253.9 237.1 16.8 69.4 6.6 64.8
2019 374.1 262.9 248.0 14.9 70.3 5.7 66.3
New Brunswick              
2018 627.6 395.0 366.0 29.0 62.9 7.3 58.3
2019 631.7 400.2 369.3 30.9 63.4 7.7 58.5
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2018 127.3 74.8 66.5 8.3 58.8 11.1 52.2
2019 127.0 70.1 62.2 8.0 55.2 11.4 49.0
Moncton–Richibucto              
2018 181.9 116.6 109.0 7.5 64.1 6.4 59.9
2019 184.1 119.7 111.4 8.3 65.0 6.9 60.5
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2018 142.4 89.6 83.2 6.5 62.9 7.3 58.4
2019 143.3 95.3 88.3 7.0 66.5 7.3 61.6
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2018 113.1 74.4 69.5 4.9 65.8 6.6 61.5
2019 114.4 75.6 70.6 4.9 66.1 6.5 61.7
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2018 62.9 39.7 37.8 1.9 63.1 4.8 60.1
2019 62.9 39.5 36.8 2.7 62.8 6.8 58.5
Quebec              
2018 6,988.6 4,574.8 4,323.5 251.3 65.5 5.5 61.9
2019 7,054.1 4,642.5 4,418.6 223.8 65.8 4.8 62.6
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2018 76.2 41.4 37.1 4.3 54.3 10.4 48.7
2019 75.6 40.9 37.6 3.4 54.1 8.3 49.7
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2018 168.1 100.2 95.5 4.7 59.6 4.7 56.8
2019 167.7 101.8 98.3 3.5 60.7 3.4 58.6
Capitale-Nationale              
2018 628.2 410.2 392.7 17.5 65.3 4.3 62.5
2019 631.1 431.7 420.3 11.4 68.4 2.6 66.6
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2018 352.7 233.1 225.7 7.4 66.1 3.2 64.0
2019 354.0 231.6 226.2 5.4 65.4 2.3 63.9
Estrie              
2018 274.7 177.1 169.6 7.5 64.5 4.2 61.7
2019 277.4 175.9 167.7 8.2 63.4 4.7 60.5
Centre-du-Québec              
2018 203.2 127.8 119.4 8.4 62.9 6.6 58.8
2019 204.2 132.0 127.0 5.0 64.6 3.8 62.2
Montérégie              
2018 1,279.6 842.6 804.8 37.9 65.8 4.5 62.9
2019 1,289.9 849.1 817.6 31.5 65.8 3.7 63.4
Montréal              
2018 1,720.0 1,168.6 1,078.4 90.2 67.9 7.7 62.7
2019 1,753.8 1,209.6 1,111.3 98.3 69.0 8.1 63.4
Laval              
2018 362.8 249.8 238.0 11.8 68.9 4.7 65.6
2019 367.8 227.0 218.9 8.2 61.7 3.6 59.5
Lanaudière              
2018 421.0 264.9 250.5 14.4 62.9 5.4 59.5
2019 423.8 280.7 271.6 9.1 66.2 3.2 64.1
Laurentides              
2018 510.8 337.2 317.9 19.3 66.0 5.7 62.2
2019 517.1 331.9 317.8 14.1 64.2 4.2 61.5
Outaouais              
2018 325.1 217.3 206.7 10.6 66.8 4.9 63.6
2019 328.0 223.4 214.6 8.8 68.1 3.9 65.4
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2018 120.2 79.0 76.5 2.5 65.7 3.2 63.6
2019 119.9 79.8 76.9 2.9 66.6 3.6 64.1
Mauricie              
2018 225.6 133.7 128.3 5.4 59.3 4.0 56.9
2019 225.7 130.7 125.3 5.4 57.9 4.1 55.5
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2018 230.2 134.5 127.4 7.1 58.4 5.3 55.3
2019 229.2 139.6 132.9 6.7 60.9 4.8 58.0
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2018 90.3 57.3 54.9 2.4 63.5 4.2 60.8
2019 88.9 56.8 54.7 2.1 63.9 3.7 61.5
Ontario              
2018 11,909.8 7,832.3 7,356.0 476.4 65.8 6.1 61.8
2019 12,139.6 8,019.3 7,540.9 478.4 66.1 6.0 62.1
Ottawa              
2018 1,142.4 753.6 714.2 39.4 66.0 5.2 62.5
2019 1,163.1 802.7 761.2 41.4 69.0 5.2 65.4
Kingston–Pembroke              
2018 384.1 219.5 206.0 13.5 57.1 6.2 53.6
2019 387.8 232.6 218.6 14.0 60.0 6.0 56.4
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2018 334.7 197.3 184.8 12.5 58.9 6.3 55.2
2019 339.0 187.3 176.2 11.1 55.3 5.9 52.0
Toronto              
2018 5,686.2 3,820.0 3,565.3 254.7 67.2 6.7 62.7
2019 5,827.3 3,945.6 3,699.0 246.6 67.7 6.3 63.5
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2018 1,133.6 786.6 747.9 38.7 69.4 4.9 66.0
2019 1,158.3 804.1 760.2 43.9 69.4 5.5 65.6
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2018 1,245.3 806.1 758.6 47.6 64.7 5.9 60.9
2019 1,264.4 814.7 771.1 43.5 64.4 5.3 61.0
London              
2018 574.1 369.8 348.3 21.5 64.4 5.8 60.7
2019 583.9 358.0 334.6 23.4 61.3 6.5 57.3
Windsor–Sarnia              
2018 533.7 323.9 303.1 20.7 60.7 6.4 56.8
2019 539.2 324.5 301.8 22.7 60.2 7.0 56.0
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2018 248.5 166.7 161.3 5.4 67.1 3.2 64.9
2019 250.2 168.4 161.0 7.3 67.3 4.3 64.3
Northeast              
2018 455.3 275.9 259.3 16.6 60.6 6.0 57.0
2019 454.7 269.7 251.4 18.2 59.3 6.7 55.3
Northwest              
2018 172.0 112.9 107.2 5.7 65.6 5.0 62.3
2019 171.8 111.9 105.8 6.1 65.1 5.5 61.6
Manitoba              
2018 1,025.9 699.5 656.2 43.2 68.2 6.2 64.0
2019 1,037.9 700.0 658.6 41.4 67.4 5.9 63.5
Southeast              
2018 94.5 67.7 64.5 3.2 71.6 4.7 68.3
2019 95.7 63.8 61.4 2.4 66.7 3.8 64.2
South Central and North Central              
2018 87.3 57.0 54.4 2.6 65.3 4.6 62.3
2019 88.0 57.1 53.8 3.3 64.9 5.8 61.1
Southwest              
2018 89.9 58.8 56.1 2.7 65.4 4.6 62.4
2019 90.5 62.6 59.4 3.2 69.2 5.1 65.6
Winnipeg              
2018 624.3 431.6 401.6 30.0 69.1 7.0 64.3
2019 635.0 433.5 406.5 27.0 68.3 6.2 64.0
Interlake              
2018 76.2 48.5 45.9 2.6 63.6 5.4 60.2
2019 76.3 49.8 47.4 2.3 65.3 4.6 62.1
Parklands and North              
2018 53.7 35.7 33.7 2.0 66.5 5.6 62.8
2019 52.4 33.3 30.2 3.1 63.5 9.3 57.6
Saskatchewan              
2018 885.2 617.9 576.5 41.4 69.8 6.7 65.1
2019 889.6 622.9 588.0 35.0 70.0 5.6 66.1
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2018 272.8 198.1 186.1 12.1 72.6 6.1 68.2
2019 275.4 199.0 188.8 10.3 72.3 5.2 68.6
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2018 81.2 53.2 50.6 2.6 65.5 4.9 62.3
2019 80.5 54.5 51.7 2.7 67.7 5.0 64.2
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2018 311.6 220.7 205.2 15.5 70.8 7.0 65.9
2019 316.5 221.5 208.8 12.7 70.0 5.7 66.0
Yorkton–Melville              
2018 60.2 38.0 36.2 1.8 63.1 4.7 60.1
2019 59.2 40.6 39.5 1.2 68.6 3.0 66.7
Prince Albert and Northern              
2018 159.4 107.8 98.5 9.3 67.6 8.6 61.8
2019 157.9 107.3 99.1 8.1 68.0 7.5 62.8
Alberta              
2018 3,472.8 2,525.5 2,350.9 174.6 72.7 6.9 67.7
2019 3,528.2 2,551.4 2,366.8 184.5 72.3 7.2 67.1
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2018 230.8 155.3 147.5 7.9 67.3 5.1 63.9
2019 233.0 159.5 148.0 11.4 68.5 7.1 63.5
Camrose–Drumheller              
2018 159.1 110.1 105.2 4.8 69.2 4.4 66.1
2019 158.8 102.5 96.8 5.7 64.5 5.6 61.0
Calgary              
2018 1,333.3 966.9 888.6 78.3 72.5 8.1 66.6
2019 1,364.0 1,006.7 932.4 74.3 73.8 7.4 68.4
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2018 274.4 206.4 194.2 12.2 75.2 5.9 70.8
2019 273.3 200.0 189.3 10.7 73.2 5.4 69.3
Red Deer              
2018 174.3 129.2 120.7 8.6 74.1 6.7 69.2
2019 175.8 123.9 114.8 9.1 70.5 7.3 65.3
Edmonton              
2018 1,186.0 868.5 811.0 57.5 73.2 6.6 68.4
2019 1,211.1 868.9 801.4 67.6 71.7 7.8 66.2
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2018 114.8 89.0 83.7 5.3 77.5 6.0 72.9
2019 112.2 89.8 84.1 5.7 80.0 6.3 75.0
British Columbia              
2018 4,035.5 2,639.5 2,505.8 133.7 65.4 5.1 62.1
2019 4,099.9 2,723.9 2,596.0 127.9 66.4 4.7 63.3
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2018 677.5 430.5 409.3 21.3 63.5 4.9 60.4
2019 686.9 417.7 400.2 17.5 60.8 4.2 58.3
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2018 2,536.8 1,673.1 1,593.1 80.0 66.0 4.8 62.8
2019 2,586.6 1,759.6 1,677.4 82.2 68.0 4.7 64.8
Thompson–Okanagan              
2018 447.4 279.6 262.5 17.1 62.5 6.1 58.7
2019 453.3 295.9 282.3 13.7 65.3 4.6 62.3
Kootenay              
2018 123.3 79.3 73.5 5.8 64.3 7.3 59.6
2019 123.4 74.5 70.0 4.5 60.4 6.0 56.7
Cariboo              
2018 128.1 87.8 83.4 4.4 68.5 5.0 65.1
2019 128.1 88.4 82.9 5.5 69.0 6.2 64.7
North Coast and Nechako              
2018 66.5 45.8 43.4 2.4 68.9 5.2 65.3
2019 66.1 45.8 43.5 2.3 69.3 5.0 65.8
Northeast              
2018 56.1 43.4 40.7 2.6 77.4 6.0 72.5
2019 55.4 41.9 39.6 2.3 75.6 5.5 71.5
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0293-02 (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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