Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in January 2019 and January 2020, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2019 | 30,488.1 | 19,808.3 | 18,719.4 | 1,088.9 | 65.0 | 5.5 | 61.4 |
2020 | 30,964.3 | 20,113.9 | 19,012.8 | 1,101.2 | 65.0 | 5.5 | 61.4 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2019 | 442.2 | 255.3 | 223.7 | 31.6 | 57.7 | 12.4 | 50.6 |
2020 | 439.8 | 247.9 | 217.8 | 30.2 | 56.4 | 12.2 | 49.5 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2019 | 237.5 | 146.9 | 133.0 | 13.8 | 61.9 | 9.4 | 56.0 |
2020 | 237.5 | 148.5 | 134.5 | 13.9 | 62.5 | 9.4 | 56.6 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2019 | 119.5 | 61.6 | 51.7 | 9.9 | 51.5 | 16.1 | 43.3 |
2020 | 118.1 | 54.5 | 44.6 | 9.8 | 46.1 | 18.0 | 37.8 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2019 | 85.2 | 46.8 | 39.1 | 7.8 | 54.9 | 16.7 | 45.9 |
2020 | 84.2 | 45.0 | 38.6 | 6.4 | 53.4 | 14.2 | 45.8 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2019 | 126.7 | 81.5 | 73.0 | 8.5 | 64.3 | 10.4 | 57.6 |
2020 | 130.1 | 84.1 | 76.7 | 7.4 | 64.6 | 8.8 | 59.0 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2019 | 802.3 | 489.4 | 456.5 | 32.9 | 61.0 | 6.7 | 56.9 |
2020 | 812.3 | 500.5 | 461.4 | 39.2 | 61.6 | 7.8 | 56.8 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2019 | 104.3 | 54.4 | 45.3 | 9.1 | 52.2 | 16.7 | 43.4 |
2020 | 103.9 | 56.7 | 49.8 | 6.9 | 54.6 | 12.2 | 47.9 |
North Shore | |||||||
2019 | 127.7 | 69.2 | 64.7 | 4.5 | 54.2 | 6.5 | 50.7 |
2020 | 128.1 | 74.7 | 68.2 | 6.5 | 58.3 | 8.7 | 53.2 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2019 | 103.3 | 60.2 | 55.9 | 4.4 | 58.3 | 7.3 | 54.1 |
2020 | 103.8 | 61.2 | 57.3 | 4.0 | 59.0 | 6.5 | 55.2 |
Southern | |||||||
2019 | 97.7 | 57.2 | 53.4 | 3.7 | 58.5 | 6.5 | 54.7 |
2020 | 98.2 | 52.2 | 47.0 | 5.1 | 53.2 | 9.8 | 47.9 |
Halifax | |||||||
2019 | 369.3 | 248.4 | 237.2 | 11.3 | 67.3 | 4.5 | 64.2 |
2020 | 378.3 | 255.7 | 239.0 | 16.7 | 67.6 | 6.5 | 63.2 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2019 | 628.5 | 378.7 | 347.1 | 31.7 | 60.3 | 8.4 | 55.2 |
2020 | 634.3 | 380.1 | 350.7 | 29.4 | 59.9 | 7.7 | 55.3 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2019 | 127.1 | 67.3 | 57.3 | 9.9 | 53.0 | 14.7 | 45.1 |
2020 | 127.0 | 63.3 | 55.3 | 8.0 | 49.8 | 12.6 | 43.5 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2019 | 182.6 | 114.3 | 106.5 | 7.8 | 62.6 | 6.8 | 58.3 |
2020 | 185.3 | 117.4 | 110.2 | 7.2 | 63.4 | 6.1 | 59.5 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2019 | 142.5 | 93.5 | 87.4 | 6.1 | 65.6 | 6.5 | 61.3 |
2020 | 143.8 | 90.6 | 83.4 | 7.1 | 63.0 | 7.8 | 58.0 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2019 | 113.5 | 65.3 | 60.3 | 5.0 | 57.5 | 7.7 | 53.1 |
2020 | 115.2 | 71.1 | 66.2 | 4.9 | 61.7 | 6.9 | 57.5 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2019 | 62.9 | 38.4 | 35.6 | 2.8 | 61.0 | 7.3 | 56.6 |
2020 | 63.0 | 37.7 | 35.5 | 2.1 | 59.8 | 5.6 | 56.3 |
Quebec | |||||||
2019 | 7,017.5 | 4,495.3 | 4,254.7 | 240.7 | 64.1 | 5.4 | 60.6 |
2020 | 7,083.0 | 4,552.1 | 4,317.8 | 234.2 | 64.3 | 5.1 | 61.0 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2019 | 76.0 | 35.7 | 30.5 | 5.2 | 47.0 | 14.6 | 40.1 |
2020 | 75.3 | 38.3 | 31.9 | 6.4 | 50.9 | 16.7 | 42.4 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2019 | 168.0 | 97.8 | 92.0 | 5.8 | 58.2 | 5.9 | 54.8 |
2020 | 167.6 | 92.7 | 87.4 | 5.3 | 55.3 | 5.7 | 52.1 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2019 | 629.7 | 414.2 | 397.5 | 16.7 | 65.8 | 4.0 | 63.1 |
2020 | 632.5 | 404.7 | 386.4 | 18.3 | 64.0 | 4.5 | 61.1 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2019 | 353.3 | 224.6 | 215.7 | 9.0 | 63.6 | 4.0 | 61.1 |
2020 | 354.6 | 232.3 | 223.0 | 9.3 | 65.5 | 4.0 | 62.9 |
Estrie | |||||||
2019 | 275.9 | 167.6 | 160.5 | 7.1 | 60.7 | 4.2 | 58.2 |
2020 | 278.6 | 170.6 | 163.2 | 7.5 | 61.2 | 4.4 | 58.6 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2019 | 203.6 | 124.6 | 117.4 | 7.2 | 61.2 | 5.8 | 57.7 |
2020 | 204.7 | 132.3 | 130.4 | 1.9 | 64.6 | 1.4 | 63.7 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2019 | 1,283.7 | 826.0 | 785.2 | 40.8 | 64.3 | 4.9 | 61.2 |
2020 | 1,294.4 | 859.7 | 827.0 | 32.7 | 66.4 | 3.8 | 63.9 |
Montréal | |||||||
2019 | 1,734.7 | 1,149.5 | 1,072.2 | 77.3 | 66.3 | 6.7 | 61.8 |
2020 | 1,768.1 | 1,195.2 | 1,111.0 | 84.1 | 67.6 | 7.0 | 62.8 |
Laval | |||||||
2019 | 365.0 | 244.4 | 232.0 | 12.4 | 67.0 | 5.1 | 63.6 |
2020 | 370.0 | 215.7 | 207.1 | 8.6 | 58.3 | 4.0 | 56.0 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2019 | 422.3 | 261.3 | 249.2 | 12.1 | 61.9 | 4.6 | 59.0 |
2020 | 425.1 | 278.6 | 266.6 | 12.0 | 65.5 | 4.3 | 62.7 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2019 | 513.5 | 346.7 | 328.8 | 17.9 | 67.5 | 5.2 | 64.0 |
2020 | 519.9 | 318.9 | 302.9 | 16.1 | 61.3 | 5.0 | 58.3 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2019 | 326.4 | 214.5 | 203.8 | 10.7 | 65.7 | 5.0 | 62.4 |
2020 | 329.4 | 210.5 | 200.3 | 10.2 | 63.9 | 4.8 | 60.8 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2019 | 120.1 | 80.8 | 78.4 | 2.3 | 67.3 | 2.8 | 65.3 |
2020 | 119.8 | 77.1 | 74.2 | 2.9 | 64.4 | 3.8 | 61.9 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2019 | 225.6 | 124.3 | 118.9 | 5.4 | 55.1 | 4.3 | 52.7 |
2020 | 225.7 | 131.2 | 123.6 | 7.6 | 58.1 | 5.8 | 54.8 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2019 | 229.9 | 126.4 | 118.0 | 8.3 | 55.0 | 6.6 | 51.3 |
2020 | 228.8 | 135.1 | 127.1 | 8.0 | 59.0 | 5.9 | 55.6 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2019 | 89.8 | 56.9 | 54.6 | 2.3 | 63.4 | 4.0 | 60.8 |
2020 | 88.5 | 59.2 | 55.8 | 3.4 | 66.9 | 5.7 | 63.1 |
Ontario | |||||||
2019 | 12,000.6 | 7,690.1 | 7,293.3 | 396.8 | 64.1 | 5.2 | 60.8 |
2020 | 12,239.0 | 7,906.1 | 7,512.5 | 393.6 | 64.6 | 5.0 | 61.4 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2019 | 1,150.6 | 743.3 | 706.9 | 36.3 | 64.6 | 4.9 | 61.4 |
2020 | 1,172.1 | 784.1 | 753.7 | 30.4 | 66.9 | 3.9 | 64.3 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2019 | 385.5 | 223.9 | 211.6 | 12.3 | 58.1 | 5.5 | 54.9 |
2020 | 389.4 | 225.8 | 213.1 | 12.7 | 58.0 | 5.6 | 54.7 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2019 | 336.4 | 189.6 | 179.3 | 10.3 | 56.4 | 5.4 | 53.3 |
2020 | 341.0 | 187.5 | 172.2 | 15.3 | 55.0 | 8.2 | 50.5 |
Toronto | |||||||
2019 | 5,741.9 | 3,764.8 | 3,552.8 | 212.0 | 65.6 | 5.6 | 61.9 |
2020 | 5,887.6 | 3,898.8 | 3,700.1 | 198.7 | 66.2 | 5.1 | 62.8 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2019 | 1,143.3 | 776.3 | 748.7 | 27.6 | 67.9 | 3.6 | 65.5 |
2020 | 1,169.1 | 789.8 | 754.1 | 35.7 | 67.6 | 4.5 | 64.5 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2019 | 1,252.9 | 794.6 | 757.5 | 37.1 | 63.4 | 4.7 | 60.5 |
2020 | 1,272.8 | 810.3 | 772.3 | 38.0 | 63.7 | 4.7 | 60.7 |
London | |||||||
2019 | 578.0 | 351.0 | 333.9 | 17.1 | 60.7 | 4.9 | 57.8 |
2020 | 588.1 | 365.2 | 350.1 | 15.0 | 62.1 | 4.1 | 59.5 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2019 | 535.8 | 322.5 | 306.7 | 15.8 | 60.2 | 4.9 | 57.2 |
2020 | 541.6 | 312.5 | 290.7 | 21.8 | 57.7 | 7.0 | 53.7 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2019 | 249.2 | 151.9 | 145.0 | 6.9 | 61.0 | 4.5 | 58.2 |
2020 | 251.0 | 165.6 | 158.8 | 6.8 | 66.0 | 4.1 | 63.3 |
Northeast | |||||||
2019 | 455.1 | 265.9 | 249.9 | 16.0 | 58.4 | 6.0 | 54.9 |
2020 | 454.6 | 261.8 | 248.0 | 13.7 | 57.6 | 5.2 | 54.6 |
Northwest | |||||||
2019 | 171.9 | 106.4 | 100.9 | 5.4 | 61.9 | 5.1 | 58.7 |
2020 | 171.8 | 104.6 | 99.3 | 5.3 | 60.9 | 5.1 | 57.8 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2019 | 1,029.9 | 688.7 | 650.3 | 38.3 | 66.9 | 5.6 | 63.1 |
2020 | 1,043.6 | 686.2 | 651.7 | 34.5 | 65.8 | 5.0 | 62.4 |
Southeast | |||||||
2019 | 94.9 | 62.2 | 59.3 | 2.8 | 65.5 | 4.5 | 62.5 |
2020 | 96.3 | 62.0 | 58.1 | 3.9 | 64.4 | 6.3 | 60.3 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2019 | 87.5 | 58.5 | 56.3 | 2.3 | 66.9 | 3.9 | 64.3 |
2020 | 88.4 | 56.4 | 54.1 | 2.4 | 63.8 | 4.3 | 61.2 |
Southwest | |||||||
2019 | 90.1 | 61.8 | 59.3 | 2.6 | 68.6 | 4.2 | 65.8 |
2020 | 90.8 | 59.8 | 56.5 | 3.3 | 65.9 | 5.5 | 62.2 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2019 | 628.0 | 424.4 | 400.1 | 24.3 | 67.6 | 5.7 | 63.7 |
2020 | 639.8 | 428.1 | 406.8 | 21.2 | 66.9 | 5.0 | 63.6 |
Interlake | |||||||
2019 | 76.2 | 47.2 | 43.7 | 3.5 | 61.9 | 7.4 | 57.3 |
2020 | 76.5 | 47.9 | 45.8 | 2.1 | 62.6 | 4.4 | 59.9 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2019 | 53.2 | 34.5 | 31.6 | 2.9 | 64.8 | 8.4 | 59.4 |
2020 | 51.9 | 32.0 | 30.4 | 1.6 | 61.7 | 5.0 | 58.6 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2019 | 887.0 | 605.6 | 572.9 | 32.6 | 68.3 | 5.4 | 64.6 |
2020 | 893.0 | 612.6 | 577.9 | 34.7 | 68.6 | 5.7 | 64.7 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2019 | 273.8 | 194.2 | 185.9 | 8.3 | 70.9 | 4.3 | 67.9 |
2020 | 277.0 | 191.3 | 179.7 | 11.6 | 69.1 | 6.1 | 64.9 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2019 | 80.9 | 53.2 | 50.6 | 2.5 | 65.8 | 4.7 | 62.5 |
2020 | 80.4 | 55.8 | 53.4 | 2.4 | 69.4 | 4.3 | 66.4 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2019 | 313.6 | 216.0 | 203.9 | 12.1 | 68.9 | 5.6 | 65.0 |
2020 | 319.2 | 220.0 | 207.8 | 12.2 | 68.9 | 5.5 | 65.1 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2019 | 59.8 | 37.9 | 36.4 | 1.5 | 63.4 | 4.0 | 60.9 |
2020 | 58.9 | 39.8 | 37.6 | 2.2 | 67.6 | 5.5 | 63.8 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2019 | 158.8 | 104.2 | 96.1 | 8.1 | 65.6 | 7.8 | 60.5 |
2020 | 157.5 | 105.8 | 99.4 | 6.4 | 67.2 | 6.0 | 63.1 |
Alberta | |||||||
2019 | 3,494.3 | 2,481.1 | 2,325.7 | 155.4 | 71.0 | 6.3 | 66.6 |
2020 | 3,554.3 | 2,491.8 | 2,318.5 | 173.3 | 70.1 | 7.0 | 65.2 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2019 | 231.6 | 146.2 | 138.3 | 7.9 | 63.1 | 5.4 | 59.7 |
2020 | 234.0 | 149.4 | 142.7 | 6.7 | 63.8 | 4.5 | 61.0 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2019 | 159.0 | 98.8 | 91.1 | 7.7 | 62.1 | 7.8 | 57.3 |
2020 | 158.7 | 105.1 | 99.7 | 5.4 | 66.2 | 5.1 | 62.8 |
Calgary | |||||||
2019 | 1,345.3 | 962.3 | 896.1 | 66.3 | 71.5 | 6.9 | 66.6 |
2020 | 1,378.1 | 976.6 | 909.4 | 67.2 | 70.9 | 6.9 | 66.0 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2019 | 273.9 | 195.0 | 185.5 | 9.4 | 71.2 | 4.8 | 67.7 |
2020 | 273.0 | 193.5 | 181.0 | 12.5 | 70.9 | 6.5 | 66.3 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2019 | 174.9 | 126.2 | 120.6 | 5.6 | 72.2 | 4.4 | 69.0 |
2020 | 176.5 | 116.0 | 107.4 | 8.6 | 65.7 | 7.4 | 60.8 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2019 | 1,195.9 | 866.5 | 812.8 | 53.7 | 72.5 | 6.2 | 68.0 |
2020 | 1,222.7 | 868.9 | 800.3 | 68.5 | 71.1 | 7.9 | 65.5 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2019 | 113.7 | 86.1 | 81.3 | 4.8 | 75.7 | 5.6 | 71.5 |
2020 | 111.2 | 82.4 | 78.0 | 4.4 | 74.1 | 5.3 | 70.1 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2019 | 4,058.9 | 2,642.6 | 2,522.3 | 120.3 | 65.1 | 4.6 | 62.1 |
2020 | 4,134.8 | 2,652.3 | 2,527.7 | 124.6 | 64.1 | 4.7 | 61.1 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2019 | 681.0 | 399.7 | 384.7 | 15.0 | 58.7 | 3.8 | 56.5 |
2020 | 692.2 | 395.3 | 375.3 | 20.0 | 57.1 | 5.1 | 54.2 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2019 | 2,555.1 | 1,724.6 | 1,644.2 | 80.4 | 67.5 | 4.7 | 64.3 |
2020 | 2,612.6 | 1,737.9 | 1,661.4 | 76.5 | 66.5 | 4.4 | 63.6 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2019 | 449.5 | 274.4 | 260.5 | 13.8 | 61.0 | 5.0 | 58.0 |
2020 | 456.7 | 279.5 | 264.2 | 15.4 | 61.2 | 5.5 | 57.8 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2019 | 123.3 | 78.3 | 75.9 | 2.4 | 63.5 | 3.1 | 61.6 |
2020 | 123.6 | 73.5 | 70.3 | 3.2 | 59.5 | 4.4 | 56.9 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2019 | 128.0 | 79.8 | 75.1 | 4.7 | 62.3 | 5.9 | 58.7 |
2020 | 128.3 | 82.9 | 76.6 | 6.2 | 64.6 | 7.5 | 59.7 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2019 | 66.3 | 43.7 | 41.9 | 1.8 | 65.9 | 4.1 | 63.2 |
2020 | 66.1 | 42.5 | 41.0 | 1.5 | 64.3 | 3.5 | 62.0 |
Northeast | |||||||
2019 | 55.8 | 42.1 | 39.9 | 2.3 | 75.4 | 5.5 | 71.5 |
2020 | 55.2 | 40.7 | 39.0 | 1.7 | 73.7 | 4.2 | 70.7 |
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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