Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in December 2020 and December 2021, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
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thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2020 | 31,159.2 | 20,139.2 | 18,509.5 | 1,629.6 | 64.6 | 8.1 | 59.4 |
2021 | 31,468.9 | 20,439.1 | 19,282.7 | 1,156.4 | 65.0 | 5.7 | 61.3 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2020 | 445.4 | 253.8 | 223.4 | 30.3 | 57.0 | 11.9 | 50.2 |
2021 | 445.7 | 252.2 | 224.1 | 28.2 | 56.6 | 11.2 | 50.3 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2020 | 236.7 | 143.1 | 129.8 | 13.3 | 60.5 | 9.3 | 54.8 |
2021 | 237.5 | 146.4 | 134.2 | 12.2 | 61.6 | 8.3 | 56.5 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2020 | 121.4 | 61.4 | 50.0 | 11.4 | 50.6 | 18.6 | 41.2 |
2021 | 121.0 | 58.6 | 50.3 | 8.3 | 48.4 | 14.2 | 41.6 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2020 | 87.4 | 49.3 | 43.7 | 5.6 | 56.4 | 11.4 | 50.0 |
2021 | 87.3 | 47.2 | 39.6 | 7.6 | 54.1 | 16.1 | 45.4 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2020 | 133.0 | 84.8 | 76.4 | 8.4 | 63.8 | 9.9 | 57.4 |
2021 | 136.0 | 87.7 | 80.7 | 7.0 | 64.5 | 8.0 | 59.3 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2020 | 816.8 | 493.7 | 455.8 | 37.9 | 60.4 | 7.7 | 55.8 |
2021 | 826.7 | 507.9 | 469.0 | 38.9 | 61.4 | 7.7 | 56.7 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2020 | 109.5 | 56.8 | 49.7 | 7.2 | 51.9 | 12.7 | 45.4 |
2021 | 109.0 | 59.1 | 50.9 | 8.2 | 54.2 | 13.9 | 46.7 |
North Shore | |||||||
2020 | 127.3 | 70.7 | 66.1 | 4.6 | 55.5 | 6.5 | 51.9 |
2021 | 127.8 | 74.0 | 68.4 | 5.6 | 57.9 | 7.6 | 53.5 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2020 | 105.9 | 60.4 | 57.4 | 2.9 | 57.0 | 4.8 | 54.2 |
2021 | 106.9 | 63.6 | 59.0 | 4.6 | 59.5 | 7.2 | 55.2 |
Southern | |||||||
2020 | 98.2 | 51.4 | 46.8 | 4.6 | 52.3 | 8.9 | 47.7 |
2021 | 98.5 | 54.3 | 48.5 | 5.8 | 55.1 | 10.7 | 49.2 |
Halifax | |||||||
2020 | 375.9 | 254.4 | 235.9 | 18.6 | 67.7 | 7.3 | 62.8 |
2021 | 384.4 | 257.0 | 242.3 | 14.6 | 66.9 | 5.7 | 63.0 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2020 | 648.0 | 393.6 | 358.1 | 35.5 | 60.7 | 9.0 | 55.3 |
2021 | 654.0 | 392.5 | 362.5 | 30.0 | 60.0 | 7.6 | 55.4 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2020 | 131.2 | 72.6 | 63.5 | 9.1 | 55.3 | 12.5 | 48.4 |
2021 | 131.0 | 65.8 | 57.7 | 8.1 | 50.2 | 12.3 | 44.0 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2020 | 188.5 | 120.0 | 109.2 | 10.8 | 63.7 | 9.0 | 57.9 |
2021 | 191.3 | 122.2 | 113.0 | 9.2 | 63.9 | 7.5 | 59.1 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2020 | 146.2 | 90.8 | 81.9 | 8.9 | 62.1 | 9.8 | 56.0 |
2021 | 147.5 | 88.4 | 81.2 | 7.2 | 59.9 | 8.1 | 55.1 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2020 | 117.5 | 73.3 | 68.6 | 4.7 | 62.4 | 6.4 | 58.4 |
2021 | 119.6 | 77.9 | 74.1 | 3.8 | 65.1 | 4.9 | 62.0 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2020 | 64.6 | 36.9 | 34.9 | 2.0 | 57.1 | 5.4 | 54.0 |
2021 | 64.6 | 38.2 | 36.4 | 1.7 | 59.1 | 4.5 | 56.3 |
Quebec | |||||||
2020 | 7,073.7 | 4,513.4 | 4,209.1 | 304.4 | 63.8 | 6.7 | 59.5 |
2021 | 7,116.1 | 4,547.0 | 4,344.7 | 202.3 | 63.9 | 4.4 | 61.1 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2020 | 76.4 | 34.0 | 30.5 | 3.5 | 44.5 | 10.3 | 39.9 |
2021 | 76.3 | 40.8 | 34.7 | 6.1 | 53.5 | 15.0 | 45.5 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2020 | 166.0 | 95.8 | 92.1 | 3.7 | 57.7 | 3.9 | 55.5 |
2021 | 165.7 | 91.3 | 87.4 | 3.8 | 55.1 | 4.2 | 52.7 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2020 | 624.2 | 396.1 | 377.6 | 18.5 | 63.5 | 4.7 | 60.5 |
2021 | 626.5 | 396.5 | 385.6 | 10.9 | 63.3 | 2.7 | 61.5 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2020 | 355.7 | 237.4 | 228.4 | 9.0 | 66.7 | 3.8 | 64.2 |
2021 | 357.6 | 224.1 | 218.4 | 5.7 | 62.7 | 2.5 | 61.1 |
Estrie | |||||||
2020 | 277.3 | 173.1 | 162.4 | 10.7 | 62.4 | 6.2 | 58.6 |
2021 | 279.7 | 169.0 | 163.6 | 5.4 | 60.4 | 3.2 | 58.5 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2020 | 206.9 | 126.7 | 120.0 | 6.6 | 61.2 | 5.2 | 58.0 |
2021 | 208.3 | 141.5 | 137.0 | 4.4 | 67.9 | 3.1 | 65.8 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2020 | 1,307.9 | 840.9 | 780.8 | 60.1 | 64.3 | 7.1 | 59.7 |
2021 | 1,321.5 | 856.4 | 819.5 | 36.9 | 64.8 | 4.3 | 62.0 |
Montréal | |||||||
2020 | 1,759.7 | 1,150.6 | 1,055.2 | 95.4 | 65.4 | 8.3 | 60.0 |
2021 | 1,764.0 | 1,193.1 | 1,120.0 | 73.0 | 67.6 | 6.1 | 63.5 |
Laval | |||||||
2020 | 364.3 | 241.1 | 226.0 | 15.2 | 66.2 | 6.3 | 62.0 |
2021 | 367.3 | 242.8 | 232.7 | 10.1 | 66.1 | 4.2 | 63.4 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2020 | 424.7 | 278.2 | 260.4 | 17.8 | 65.5 | 6.4 | 61.3 |
2021 | 428.7 | 272.2 | 259.3 | 12.9 | 63.5 | 4.7 | 60.5 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2020 | 522.3 | 341.0 | 312.0 | 29.1 | 65.3 | 8.5 | 59.7 |
2021 | 529.6 | 333.1 | 321.0 | 12.1 | 62.9 | 3.6 | 60.6 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2020 | 327.4 | 203.7 | 190.6 | 13.2 | 62.2 | 6.5 | 58.2 |
2021 | 330.7 | 212.3 | 204.1 | 8.3 | 64.2 | 3.9 | 61.7 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2020 | 118.5 | 74.9 | 71.1 | 3.9 | 63.2 | 5.2 | 60.0 |
2021 | 118.4 | 73.1 | 71.2 | 1.9 | 61.7 | 2.6 | 60.1 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2020 | 227.4 | 131.5 | 123.1 | 8.5 | 57.8 | 6.5 | 54.1 |
2021 | 227.5 | 122.4 | 118.9 | 3.5 | 53.8 | 2.9 | 52.3 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2020 | 229.3 | 135.0 | 128.2 | 6.8 | 58.9 | 5.0 | 55.9 |
2021 | 228.9 | 128.2 | 122.5 | 5.7 | 56.0 | 4.4 | 53.5 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2020 | 85.8 | 53.3 | 50.9 | 2.5 | 62.1 | 4.7 | 59.3 |
2021 | 85.3 | 50.3 | 48.8 | 1.6 | 59.0 | 3.2 | 57.2 |
Ontario | |||||||
2020 | 12,266.1 | 7,913.7 | 7,236.4 | 677.3 | 64.5 | 8.6 | 59.0 |
2021 | 12,401.0 | 8,071.5 | 7,601.7 | 469.8 | 65.1 | 5.8 | 61.3 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2020 | 1,191.1 | 760.5 | 712.8 | 47.7 | 63.8 | 6.3 | 59.8 |
2021 | 1,208.0 | 755.2 | 724.2 | 31.0 | 62.5 | 4.1 | 60.0 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2020 | 394.9 | 225.5 | 211.3 | 14.2 | 57.1 | 6.3 | 53.5 |
2021 | 398.6 | 239.3 | 228.6 | 10.7 | 60.0 | 4.5 | 57.4 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2020 | 347.2 | 199.0 | 184.4 | 14.6 | 57.3 | 7.3 | 53.1 |
2021 | 350.8 | 170.5 | 160.4 | 10.1 | 48.6 | 5.9 | 45.7 |
Toronto | |||||||
2020 | 5,788.7 | 3,896.1 | 3,504.0 | 392.2 | 67.3 | 10.1 | 60.5 |
2021 | 5,855.0 | 3,987.7 | 3,723.7 | 264.1 | 68.1 | 6.6 | 63.6 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2020 | 1,205.6 | 806.8 | 746.5 | 60.3 | 66.9 | 7.5 | 61.9 |
2021 | 1,225.4 | 825.2 | 784.8 | 40.4 | 67.3 | 4.9 | 64.0 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2020 | 1,273.5 | 796.0 | 736.7 | 59.3 | 62.5 | 7.4 | 57.8 |
2021 | 1,284.8 | 814.1 | 766.5 | 47.6 | 63.4 | 5.8 | 59.7 |
London | |||||||
2020 | 606.3 | 378.1 | 351.2 | 26.9 | 62.4 | 7.1 | 57.9 |
2021 | 614.6 | 408.7 | 386.5 | 22.1 | 66.5 | 5.4 | 62.9 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2020 | 558.8 | 312.7 | 285.4 | 27.3 | 56.0 | 8.7 | 51.1 |
2021 | 561.5 | 338.8 | 318.5 | 20.3 | 60.3 | 6.0 | 56.7 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2020 | 263.5 | 168.5 | 158.6 | 9.9 | 63.9 | 5.9 | 60.2 |
2021 | 266.7 | 164.2 | 159.2 | 5.0 | 61.6 | 3.0 | 59.7 |
Northeast | |||||||
2020 | 462.4 | 266.1 | 247.6 | 18.4 | 57.5 | 6.9 | 53.5 |
2021 | 462.0 | 263.4 | 250.5 | 13.0 | 57.0 | 4.9 | 54.2 |
Northwest | |||||||
2020 | 174.2 | 104.5 | 97.9 | 6.5 | 60.0 | 6.2 | 56.2 |
2021 | 173.6 | 104.5 | 98.8 | 5.6 | 60.2 | 5.4 | 56.9 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2020 | 1,049.3 | 684.7 | 636.0 | 48.8 | 65.3 | 7.1 | 60.6 |
2021 | 1,053.4 | 692.1 | 659.1 | 33.0 | 65.7 | 4.8 | 62.6 |
Southeast | |||||||
2020 | 98.5 | 63.3 | 60.1 | 3.2 | 64.3 | 5.1 | 61.0 |
2021 | 99.8 | 67.0 | 63.6 | 3.4 | 67.1 | 5.1 | 63.7 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2020 | 90.7 | 59.5 | 58.2 | 1.3 | 65.6 | 2.2 | 64.2 |
2021 | 91.5 | 59.2 | 57.3 | 1.9 | 64.7 | 3.2 | 62.6 |
Southwest | |||||||
2020 | 90.6 | 59.1 | 56.2 | 2.9 | 65.2 | 4.9 | 62.0 |
2021 | 90.6 | 54.9 | 51.7 | 3.3 | 60.6 | 6.0 | 57.1 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2020 | 638.3 | 425.4 | 389.1 | 36.4 | 66.6 | 8.6 | 61.0 |
2021 | 641.4 | 431.4 | 410.5 | 20.9 | 67.3 | 4.8 | 64.0 |
Interlake | |||||||
2020 | 76.2 | 43.2 | 40.2 | 3.0 | 56.7 | 6.9 | 52.8 |
2021 | 76.7 | 46.3 | 44.2 | 2.1 | 60.4 | 4.5 | 57.6 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2020 | 54.8 | 34.3 | 32.3 | 2.1 | 62.6 | 6.1 | 58.9 |
2021 | 53.5 | 33.3 | 31.8 | 1.5 | 62.2 | 4.5 | 59.4 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2020 | 888.0 | 590.7 | 551.8 | 38.9 | 66.5 | 6.6 | 62.1 |
2021 | 890.3 | 593.1 | 563.7 | 29.3 | 66.6 | 4.9 | 63.3 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2020 | 274.9 | 185.0 | 173.8 | 11.2 | 67.3 | 6.1 | 63.2 |
2021 | 276.6 | 186.3 | 177.7 | 8.6 | 67.4 | 4.6 | 64.2 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2020 | 83.2 | 55.6 | 51.8 | 3.7 | 66.8 | 6.7 | 62.3 |
2021 | 82.7 | 53.9 | 50.6 | 3.4 | 65.2 | 6.3 | 61.2 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2020 | 310.7 | 211.1 | 196.0 | 15.2 | 67.9 | 7.2 | 63.1 |
2021 | 314.2 | 213.9 | 203.3 | 10.6 | 68.1 | 5.0 | 64.7 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2020 | 62.3 | 36.5 | 34.3 | 2.1 | 58.6 | 5.8 | 55.1 |
2021 | 61.4 | 36.1 | 34.4 | 1.6 | 58.8 | 4.4 | 56.0 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2020 | 157.0 | 102.5 | 95.9 | 6.6 | 65.3 | 6.4 | 61.1 |
2021 | 155.4 | 102.9 | 97.7 | 5.2 | 66.2 | 5.1 | 62.9 |
Alberta | |||||||
2020 | 3,521.9 | 2,425.4 | 2,177.7 | 247.7 | 68.9 | 10.2 | 61.8 |
2021 | 3,562.1 | 2,450.4 | 2,281.0 | 169.4 | 68.8 | 6.9 | 64.0 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2020 | 239.2 | 151.4 | 135.2 | 16.2 | 63.3 | 10.7 | 56.5 |
2021 | 240.1 | 148.2 | 138.5 | 9.7 | 61.7 | 6.5 | 57.7 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2020 | 162.3 | 89.3 | 80.2 | 9.1 | 55.0 | 10.2 | 49.4 |
2021 | 161.9 | 97.3 | 88.7 | 8.6 | 60.1 | 8.8 | 54.8 |
Calgary | |||||||
2020 | 1,344.2 | 967.7 | 869.4 | 98.3 | 72.0 | 10.2 | 64.7 |
2021 | 1,363.5 | 958.5 | 885.4 | 73.1 | 70.3 | 7.6 | 64.9 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2020 | 274.4 | 191.3 | 172.7 | 18.5 | 69.7 | 9.7 | 62.9 |
2021 | 275.0 | 189.9 | 177.7 | 12.2 | 69.1 | 6.4 | 64.6 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2020 | 175.4 | 110.3 | 99.8 | 10.5 | 62.9 | 9.5 | 56.9 |
2021 | 177.0 | 113.2 | 105.8 | 7.4 | 64.0 | 6.5 | 59.8 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2020 | 1,221.9 | 837.9 | 749.4 | 88.6 | 68.6 | 10.6 | 61.3 |
2021 | 1,240.1 | 866.8 | 813.7 | 53.1 | 69.9 | 6.1 | 65.6 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2020 | 104.6 | 77.5 | 70.9 | 6.6 | 74.1 | 8.5 | 67.8 |
2021 | 104.5 | 76.5 | 71.2 | 5.3 | 73.2 | 6.9 | 68.1 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2020 | 4,317.1 | 2,785.3 | 2,584.9 | 200.4 | 64.5 | 7.2 | 59.9 |
2021 | 4,383.6 | 2,844.6 | 2,696.1 | 148.6 | 64.9 | 5.2 | 61.5 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2020 | 739.0 | 433.1 | 401.9 | 31.2 | 58.6 | 7.2 | 54.4 |
2021 | 754.4 | 453.0 | 432.4 | 20.6 | 60.0 | 4.5 | 57.3 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2020 | 2,675.1 | 1,769.6 | 1,643.6 | 126.0 | 66.2 | 7.1 | 61.4 |
2021 | 2,711.2 | 1,820.1 | 1,719.7 | 100.4 | 67.1 | 5.5 | 63.4 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2020 | 501.8 | 319.6 | 294.9 | 24.7 | 63.7 | 7.7 | 58.8 |
2021 | 511.5 | 316.4 | 301.9 | 14.5 | 61.9 | 4.6 | 59.0 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2020 | 137.8 | 83.2 | 77.6 | 5.5 | 60.4 | 6.6 | 56.3 |
2021 | 139.8 | 78.7 | 74.0 | 4.7 | 56.3 | 6.0 | 52.9 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2020 | 139.7 | 94.0 | 85.2 | 8.8 | 67.3 | 9.4 | 61.0 |
2021 | 141.9 | 91.6 | 87.5 | 4.1 | 64.6 | 4.5 | 61.7 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2020 | 68.9 | 43.6 | 41.2 | 2.4 | 63.3 | 5.5 | 59.8 |
2021 | 69.5 | 45.6 | 42.9 | 2.8 | 65.6 | 6.1 | 61.7 |
Northeast | |||||||
2020 | 54.8 | 42.2 | 40.4 | 1.8 | 77.0 | 4.3 | 73.7 |
2021 | 55.3 | 39.1 | 37.8 | x | 70.7 | x | 68.4 |
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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