Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in July 2020 and July 2021, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2020 | 31,035.9 | 19,917.0 | 17,461.4 | 2,455.6 | 64.2 | 12.3 | 56.3 |
2021 | 31,288.2 | 20,618.3 | 19,006.4 | 1,611.9 | 65.9 | 7.8 | 60.7 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2020 | 445.5 | 251.7 | 210.9 | 40.8 | 56.5 | 16.2 | 47.3 |
2021 | 445.0 | 260.5 | 228.4 | 32.1 | 58.5 | 12.3 | 51.3 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2020 | 236.3 | 144.2 | 123.6 | 20.6 | 61.0 | 14.3 | 52.3 |
2021 | 236.8 | 142.8 | 129.1 | 13.7 | 60.3 | 9.6 | 54.5 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2020 | 121.7 | 59.3 | 48.2 | 11.1 | 48.7 | 18.7 | 39.6 |
2021 | 120.9 | 63.8 | 54.1 | 9.8 | 52.8 | 15.4 | 44.7 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2020 | 87.5 | 48.2 | 39.1 | 9.1 | 55.1 | 18.9 | 44.7 |
2021 | 87.2 | 53.8 | 45.2 | 8.6 | 61.7 | 16.0 | 51.8 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2020 | 132.4 | 88.6 | 78.7 | 9.9 | 66.9 | 11.2 | 59.4 |
2021 | 133.7 | 91.1 | 83.0 | 8.0 | 68.1 | 8.8 | 62.1 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2020 | 813.4 | 489.0 | 430.6 | 58.4 | 60.1 | 11.9 | 52.9 |
2021 | 819.6 | 509.0 | 464.9 | 44.1 | 62.1 | 8.7 | 56.7 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2020 | 109.6 | 57.5 | 48.0 | 9.6 | 52.5 | 16.7 | 43.8 |
2021 | 108.8 | 56.5 | 49.5 | 7.1 | 51.9 | 12.6 | 45.5 |
North Shore | |||||||
2020 | 127.4 | 69.3 | 60.2 | 9.2 | 54.4 | 13.3 | 47.3 |
2021 | 127.2 | 76.6 | 70.8 | 5.7 | 60.2 | 7.4 | 55.7 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2020 | 105.6 | 57.4 | 51.4 | 6.1 | 54.4 | 10.6 | 48.7 |
2021 | 106.1 | 62.9 | 57.6 | 5.3 | 59.3 | 8.4 | 54.3 |
Southern | |||||||
2020 | 98.3 | 55.8 | 49.0 | 6.8 | 56.8 | 12.2 | 49.8 |
2021 | 98.0 | 56.0 | 52.0 | 4.0 | 57.1 | 7.1 | 53.1 |
Halifax | |||||||
2020 | 372.6 | 248.9 | 222.1 | 26.8 | 66.8 | 10.8 | 59.6 |
2021 | 379.4 | 257.0 | 234.9 | 22.1 | 67.7 | 8.6 | 61.9 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2020 | 646.7 | 400.5 | 358.4 | 42.1 | 61.9 | 10.5 | 55.4 |
2021 | 649.8 | 405.6 | 370.0 | 35.6 | 62.4 | 8.8 | 56.9 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2020 | 131.5 | 73.5 | 62.7 | 10.8 | 55.9 | 14.7 | 47.7 |
2021 | 130.8 | 71.5 | 62.6 | 9.0 | 54.7 | 12.6 | 47.9 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2020 | 187.6 | 122.2 | 111.0 | 11.2 | 65.1 | 9.2 | 59.2 |
2021 | 189.6 | 127.9 | 118.0 | 9.9 | 67.5 | 7.7 | 62.2 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2020 | 146.0 | 90.9 | 81.8 | 9.1 | 62.3 | 10.0 | 56.0 |
2021 | 146.6 | 91.6 | 83.9 | 7.7 | 62.5 | 8.4 | 57.2 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2020 | 117.0 | 72.6 | 65.4 | 7.1 | 62.1 | 9.8 | 55.9 |
2021 | 118.4 | 76.9 | 70.5 | 6.4 | 64.9 | 8.3 | 59.5 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2020 | 64.7 | 41.4 | 37.4 | 4.0 | 64.0 | 9.7 | 57.8 |
2021 | 64.4 | 37.7 | 35.0 | 2.7 | 58.5 | 7.2 | 54.3 |
Quebec | |||||||
2020 | 7,048.5 | 4,526.4 | 4,033.4 | 493.0 | 64.2 | 10.9 | 57.2 |
2021 | 7,094.4 | 4,623.5 | 4,345.2 | 278.2 | 65.2 | 6.0 | 61.2 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2020 | 76.4 | 35.6 | 31.8 | 3.8 | 46.6 | 10.7 | 41.6 |
2021 | 76.2 | 40.3 | 37.0 | 3.3 | 52.9 | 8.2 | 48.6 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2020 | 166.3 | 94.2 | 86.8 | 7.4 | 56.6 | 7.9 | 52.2 |
2021 | 165.7 | 95.6 | 92.1 | 3.4 | 57.7 | 3.6 | 55.6 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2020 | 622.9 | 398.6 | 366.6 | 32.0 | 64.0 | 8.0 | 58.9 |
2021 | 625.1 | 402.8 | 387.8 | 15.0 | 64.4 | 3.7 | 62.0 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2020 | 355.3 | 240.8 | 226.0 | 14.8 | 67.8 | 6.1 | 63.6 |
2021 | 356.5 | 224.3 | 217.3 | 7.0 | 62.9 | 3.1 | 61.0 |
Estrie | |||||||
2020 | 276.4 | 172.3 | 159.7 | 12.6 | 62.3 | 7.3 | 57.8 |
2021 | 278.5 | 170.0 | 162.6 | 7.4 | 61.0 | 4.4 | 58.4 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2020 | 206.4 | 128.3 | 119.1 | 9.2 | 62.2 | 7.2 | 57.7 |
2021 | 207.5 | 136.0 | 130.7 | 5.3 | 65.5 | 3.9 | 63.0 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2020 | 1,302.5 | 869.6 | 779.9 | 89.8 | 66.8 | 10.3 | 59.9 |
2021 | 1,315.3 | 878.0 | 832.6 | 45.4 | 66.8 | 5.2 | 63.3 |
Montréal | |||||||
2020 | 1,747.5 | 1,150.9 | 969.5 | 181.3 | 65.9 | 15.8 | 55.5 |
2021 | 1,762.1 | 1,198.3 | 1,082.3 | 116.0 | 68.0 | 9.7 | 61.4 |
Laval | |||||||
2020 | 363.2 | 233.1 | 211.9 | 21.2 | 64.2 | 9.1 | 58.3 |
2021 | 365.8 | 248.2 | 231.6 | 16.6 | 67.9 | 6.7 | 63.3 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2020 | 423.5 | 302.2 | 270.3 | 32.0 | 71.4 | 10.6 | 63.8 |
2021 | 426.6 | 280.2 | 270.2 | 10.0 | 65.7 | 3.6 | 63.3 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2020 | 519.9 | 297.0 | 266.1 | 30.9 | 57.1 | 10.4 | 51.2 |
2021 | 526.1 | 340.4 | 322.3 | 18.1 | 64.7 | 5.3 | 61.3 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2020 | 326.4 | 205.8 | 187.4 | 18.4 | 63.1 | 8.9 | 57.4 |
2021 | 329.0 | 212.8 | 201.9 | 10.9 | 64.7 | 5.1 | 61.4 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2020 | 118.7 | 71.5 | 66.2 | 5.3 | 60.2 | 7.4 | 55.8 |
2021 | 118.3 | 79.2 | 76.2 | 3.0 | 66.9 | 3.8 | 64.4 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2020 | 227.4 | 136.4 | 122.9 | 13.5 | 60.0 | 9.9 | 54.0 |
2021 | 227.2 | 134.7 | 127.7 | 7.0 | 59.3 | 5.2 | 56.2 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2020 | 229.5 | 136.8 | 120.9 | 15.9 | 59.6 | 11.6 | 52.7 |
2021 | 228.9 | 130.1 | 122.8 | 7.4 | 56.8 | 5.7 | 53.6 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2020 | 86.2 | 53.3 | 48.3 | 5.0 | 61.8 | 9.4 | 56.0 |
2021 | 85.4 | 52.5 | 50.2 | 2.2 | 61.5 | 4.2 | 58.8 |
Ontario | |||||||
2020 | 12,210.7 | 7,720.4 | 6,731.6 | 988.8 | 63.2 | 12.8 | 55.1 |
2021 | 12,326.6 | 8,090.5 | 7,372.5 | 718.0 | 65.6 | 8.9 | 59.8 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2020 | 1,185.7 | 765.5 | 691.4 | 74.1 | 64.6 | 9.7 | 58.3 |
2021 | 1,199.3 | 823.1 | 759.9 | 63.2 | 68.6 | 7.7 | 63.4 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2020 | 394.0 | 217.7 | 196.2 | 21.6 | 55.3 | 9.9 | 49.8 |
2021 | 396.4 | 231.7 | 212.5 | 19.2 | 58.5 | 8.3 | 53.6 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2020 | 346.2 | 190.4 | 169.4 | 21.0 | 55.0 | 11.0 | 48.9 |
2021 | 348.7 | 201.3 | 185.2 | 16.1 | 57.7 | 8.0 | 53.1 |
Toronto | |||||||
2020 | 5,756.5 | 3,758.5 | 3,198.2 | 560.3 | 65.3 | 14.9 | 55.6 |
2021 | 5,819.3 | 3,915.4 | 3,518.7 | 396.7 | 67.3 | 10.1 | 60.5 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2020 | 1,198.0 | 795.9 | 703.5 | 92.3 | 66.4 | 11.6 | 58.7 |
2021 | 1,215.3 | 829.8 | 773.2 | 56.6 | 68.3 | 6.8 | 63.6 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2020 | 1,269.6 | 776.1 | 684.2 | 91.9 | 61.1 | 11.8 | 53.9 |
2021 | 1,278.0 | 808.1 | 740.9 | 67.2 | 63.2 | 8.3 | 58.0 |
London | |||||||
2020 | 602.8 | 372.2 | 334.6 | 37.6 | 61.7 | 10.1 | 55.5 |
2021 | 610.3 | 405.9 | 371.3 | 34.7 | 66.5 | 8.5 | 60.8 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2020 | 557.2 | 302.8 | 262.7 | 40.1 | 54.3 | 13.2 | 47.1 |
2021 | 559.6 | 333.7 | 301.0 | 32.7 | 59.6 | 9.8 | 53.8 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2020 | 262.8 | 164.7 | 150.3 | 14.4 | 62.7 | 8.7 | 57.2 |
2021 | 264.9 | 168.9 | 162.8 | 6.1 | 63.8 | 3.6 | 61.5 |
Northeast | |||||||
2020 | 463.3 | 275.0 | 249.3 | 25.7 | 59.4 | 9.3 | 53.8 |
2021 | 461.4 | 264.8 | 246.6 | 18.2 | 57.4 | 6.9 | 53.4 |
Northwest | |||||||
2020 | 174.6 | 101.6 | 91.9 | 9.8 | 58.2 | 9.6 | 52.6 |
2021 | 173.6 | 107.8 | 100.4 | 7.4 | 62.1 | 6.9 | 57.8 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2020 | 1,047.4 | 688.6 | 620.0 | 68.6 | 65.7 | 10.0 | 59.2 |
2021 | 1,050.8 | 709.5 | 660.4 | 49.2 | 67.5 | 6.9 | 62.8 |
Southeast | |||||||
2020 | 98.2 | 62.5 | 58.5 | 4.0 | 63.6 | 6.4 | 59.6 |
2021 | 99.2 | 65.9 | 62.5 | 3.4 | 66.4 | 5.2 | 63.0 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2020 | 90.5 | 56.5 | 53.4 | 3.1 | 62.4 | 5.5 | 59.0 |
2021 | 91.1 | 58.2 | 53.9 | 4.2 | 63.9 | 7.2 | 59.2 |
Southwest | |||||||
2020 | 90.7 | 58.1 | 53.3 | 4.8 | 64.1 | 8.3 | 58.8 |
2021 | 90.5 | 59.2 | 55.8 | 3.3 | 65.4 | 5.6 | 61.7 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2020 | 636.5 | 431.9 | 382.1 | 49.9 | 67.9 | 11.6 | 60.0 |
2021 | 639.5 | 443.4 | 409.7 | 33.7 | 69.3 | 7.6 | 64.1 |
Interlake | |||||||
2020 | 76.2 | 45.8 | 41.8 | 4.0 | 60.1 | 8.7 | 54.9 |
2021 | 76.4 | 49.1 | 46.2 | 2.8 | 64.3 | 5.7 | 60.5 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2020 | 55.4 | 33.7 | 30.9 | 2.8 | 60.8 | 8.3 | 55.8 |
2021 | 54.0 | 33.8 | 32.1 | 1.7 | 62.6 | 5.0 | 59.4 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2020 | 887.8 | 598.0 | 533.0 | 65.1 | 67.4 | 10.9 | 60.0 |
2021 | 889.3 | 605.0 | 565.0 | 40.0 | 68.0 | 6.6 | 63.5 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2020 | 274.3 | 184.7 | 165.0 | 19.7 | 67.3 | 10.7 | 60.2 |
2021 | 275.9 | 195.4 | 182.3 | 13.0 | 70.8 | 6.7 | 66.1 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2020 | 83.4 | 57.1 | 52.0 | 5.1 | 68.5 | 8.9 | 62.4 |
2021 | 82.9 | 56.9 | 53.0 | 3.9 | 68.6 | 6.9 | 63.9 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2020 | 309.5 | 213.3 | 186.3 | 26.9 | 68.9 | 12.6 | 60.2 |
2021 | 312.7 | 214.0 | 197.7 | 16.2 | 68.4 | 7.6 | 63.2 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2020 | 62.7 | 39.4 | 36.4 | 3.0 | 62.8 | 7.6 | 58.1 |
2021 | 61.8 | 36.2 | 34.7 | 1.5 | 58.6 | 4.1 | 56.1 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2020 | 157.8 | 103.6 | 93.2 | 10.4 | 65.7 | 10.0 | 59.1 |
2021 | 156.0 | 102.6 | 97.2 | 5.3 | 65.8 | 5.2 | 62.3 |
Alberta | |||||||
2020 | 3,505.9 | 2,415.5 | 2,063.0 | 352.5 | 68.9 | 14.6 | 58.8 |
2021 | 3,538.3 | 2,465.7 | 2,248.4 | 217.2 | 69.7 | 8.8 | 63.5 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2020 | 238.7 | 148.1 | 134.2 | 13.9 | 62.0 | 9.4 | 56.2 |
2021 | 239.2 | 150.9 | 144.2 | 6.7 | 63.1 | 4.4 | 60.3 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2020 | 162.5 | 107.8 | 93.6 | 14.2 | 66.3 | 13.2 | 57.6 |
2021 | 161.8 | 107.6 | 99.9 | 7.7 | 66.5 | 7.2 | 61.7 |
Calgary | |||||||
2020 | 1,336.5 | 948.2 | 806.5 | 141.7 | 70.9 | 14.9 | 60.3 |
2021 | 1,352.8 | 947.8 | 856.1 | 91.7 | 70.1 | 9.7 | 63.3 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2020 | 274.3 | 186.0 | 159.1 | 26.9 | 67.8 | 14.5 | 58.0 |
2021 | 274.2 | 193.8 | 178.0 | 15.8 | 70.7 | 8.2 | 64.9 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2020 | 174.8 | 119.5 | 102.5 | 17.0 | 68.4 | 14.2 | 58.6 |
2021 | 176.0 | 124.1 | 111.4 | 12.6 | 70.5 | 10.2 | 63.3 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2020 | 1,214.3 | 827.8 | 698.3 | 129.5 | 68.2 | 15.6 | 57.5 |
2021 | 1,230.0 | 862.8 | 784.9 | 77.9 | 70.1 | 9.0 | 63.8 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2020 | 104.7 | 78.2 | 68.9 | 9.3 | 74.7 | 11.9 | 65.8 |
2021 | 104.3 | 78.8 | 73.9 | 4.9 | 75.6 | 6.2 | 70.9 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2020 | 4,297.5 | 2,738.2 | 2,401.8 | 336.4 | 63.7 | 12.3 | 55.9 |
2021 | 4,340.7 | 2,858.0 | 2,668.5 | 189.4 | 65.8 | 6.6 | 61.5 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2020 | 735.6 | 443.9 | 393.6 | 50.2 | 60.3 | 11.3 | 53.5 |
2021 | 745.5 | 434.4 | 412.7 | 21.7 | 58.3 | 5.0 | 55.4 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2020 | 2,662.7 | 1,709.4 | 1,487.2 | 222.2 | 64.2 | 13.0 | 55.9 |
2021 | 2,686.4 | 1,849.3 | 1,712.7 | 136.5 | 68.8 | 7.4 | 63.8 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2020 | 498.8 | 317.4 | 285.2 | 32.3 | 63.6 | 10.2 | 57.2 |
2021 | 505.8 | 309.1 | 293.4 | 15.7 | 61.1 | 5.1 | 58.0 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2020 | 137.5 | 92.0 | 79.9 | 12.1 | 66.9 | 13.2 | 58.1 |
2021 | 138.5 | 86.8 | 81.8 | 5.0 | 62.7 | 5.8 | 59.1 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2020 | 139.3 | 90.7 | 81.3 | 9.5 | 65.1 | 10.5 | 58.4 |
2021 | 140.6 | 93.7 | 88.2 | 5.6 | 66.6 | 6.0 | 62.7 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2020 | 68.9 | 45.3 | 38.8 | 6.5 | 65.7 | 14.3 | 56.3 |
2021 | 69.0 | 46.8 | 43.1 | 3.7 | 67.8 | 7.9 | 62.5 |
Northeast | |||||||
2020 | 54.8 | 39.5 | 35.8 | 3.7 | 72.1 | 9.4 | 65.3 |
2021 | 54.9 | 37.9 | 36.6 | x | 69.0 | x | 66.7 |
x
suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0387-02.
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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