Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in January 2021 and January 2022, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2021 | 31,176.7 | 20,030.5 | 18,304.9 | 1,725.6 | 64.2 | 8.6 | 58.7 |
2022 | 31,507.9 | 20,349.8 | 19,147.7 | 1,202.1 | 64.6 | 5.9 | 60.8 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2021 | 445.4 | 251.2 | 218.6 | 32.7 | 56.4 | 13.0 | 49.1 |
2022 | 446.0 | 248.8 | 219.4 | 29.4 | 55.8 | 11.8 | 49.2 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2021 | 236.7 | 143.1 | 127.8 | 15.3 | 60.5 | 10.7 | 54.0 |
2022 | 237.8 | 145.0 | 131.8 | 13.2 | 61.0 | 9.1 | 55.4 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2021 | 121.3 | 58.8 | 47.9 | 10.9 | 48.5 | 18.5 | 39.5 |
2022 | 121.0 | 57.6 | 48.9 | 8.7 | 47.6 | 15.1 | 40.4 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2021 | 87.4 | 49.3 | 42.9 | 6.4 | 56.4 | 13.0 | 49.1 |
2022 | 87.3 | 46.2 | 38.8 | 7.5 | 52.9 | 16.2 | 44.4 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2021 | 133.0 | 83.6 | 74.8 | 8.8 | 62.9 | 10.5 | 56.2 |
2022 | 136.4 | 87.2 | 78.9 | 8.2 | 63.9 | 9.4 | 57.8 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2021 | 817.0 | 493.3 | 454.1 | 39.3 | 60.4 | 8.0 | 55.6 |
2022 | 828.3 | 504.4 | 466.3 | 38.1 | 60.9 | 7.6 | 56.3 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2021 | 109.4 | 54.5 | 47.0 | 7.5 | 49.8 | 13.8 | 43.0 |
2022 | 109.1 | 57.4 | 49.3 | 8.1 | 52.6 | 14.1 | 45.2 |
North Shore | |||||||
2021 | 127.3 | 71.1 | 66.5 | 4.6 | 55.9 | 6.5 | 52.2 |
2022 | 128.0 | 72.6 | 67.7 | 4.8 | 56.7 | 6.6 | 52.9 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2021 | 105.9 | 59.9 | 56.4 | 3.5 | 56.6 | 5.8 | 53.3 |
2022 | 107.1 | 64.8 | 59.7 | 5.1 | 60.5 | 7.9 | 55.7 |
Southern | |||||||
2021 | 98.1 | 51.5 | 46.8 | 4.7 | 52.5 | 9.1 | 47.7 |
2022 | 98.6 | 54.1 | 48.3 | 5.8 | 54.9 | 10.7 | 49.0 |
Halifax | |||||||
2021 | 376.4 | 256.3 | 237.3 | 19.0 | 68.1 | 7.4 | 63.0 |
2022 | 385.5 | 255.5 | 241.2 | 14.4 | 66.3 | 5.6 | 62.6 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2021 | 648.2 | 391.2 | 353.3 | 37.9 | 60.4 | 9.7 | 54.5 |
2022 | 655.0 | 387.2 | 355.1 | 32.1 | 59.1 | 8.3 | 54.2 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2021 | 131.1 | 71.0 | 61.9 | 9.2 | 54.2 | 13.0 | 47.2 |
2022 | 131.1 | 63.7 | 55.4 | 8.4 | 48.6 | 13.2 | 42.3 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2021 | 188.6 | 118.7 | 107.0 | 11.7 | 62.9 | 9.9 | 56.7 |
2022 | 191.8 | 120.4 | 110.3 | 10.1 | 62.8 | 8.4 | 57.5 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2021 | 146.3 | 91.6 | 81.4 | 10.1 | 62.6 | 11.0 | 55.6 |
2022 | 147.7 | 88.2 | 80.8 | 7.5 | 59.7 | 8.5 | 54.7 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2021 | 117.6 | 74.2 | 69.4 | 4.8 | 63.1 | 6.5 | 59.0 |
2022 | 119.8 | 77.3 | 73.4 | 3.9 | 64.5 | 5.0 | 61.3 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2021 | 64.6 | 35.7 | 33.6 | 2.1 | 55.3 | 5.9 | 52.0 |
2022 | 64.7 | 37.6 | 35.3 | 2.3 | 58.1 | 6.1 | 54.6 |
Quebec | |||||||
2021 | 7,077.6 | 4,475.0 | 4,135.4 | 339.6 | 63.2 | 7.6 | 58.4 |
2022 | 7,119.8 | 4,513.0 | 4,296.0 | 217.0 | 63.4 | 4.8 | 60.3 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2021 | 76.3 | 33.8 | 29.6 | 4.2 | 44.3 | 12.4 | 38.8 |
2022 | 76.3 | 40.0 | 33.1 | 6.9 | 52.4 | 17.3 | 43.4 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2021 | 166.0 | 95.6 | 89.8 | 5.9 | 57.6 | 6.2 | 54.1 |
2022 | 165.7 | 90.0 | 84.6 | 5.5 | 54.3 | 6.1 | 51.1 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2021 | 624.3 | 393.5 | 370.7 | 22.8 | 63.0 | 5.8 | 59.4 |
2022 | 626.7 | 391.1 | 374.4 | 16.8 | 62.4 | 4.3 | 59.7 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2021 | 355.8 | 233.1 | 223.4 | 9.7 | 65.5 | 4.2 | 62.8 |
2022 | 357.8 | 221.4 | 215.2 | 6.2 | 61.9 | 2.8 | 60.1 |
Estrie | |||||||
2021 | 277.5 | 173.4 | 160.1 | 13.2 | 62.5 | 7.6 | 57.7 |
2022 | 279.9 | 166.5 | 161.4 | 5.1 | 59.5 | 3.1 | 57.7 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2021 | 207.0 | 128.8 | 119.4 | 9.4 | 62.2 | 7.3 | 57.7 |
2022 | 208.4 | 139.6 | 133.8 | 5.7 | 67.0 | 4.1 | 64.2 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2021 | 1,309.1 | 836.6 | 770.7 | 65.9 | 63.9 | 7.9 | 58.9 |
2022 | 1,322.7 | 849.5 | 811.0 | 38.5 | 64.2 | 4.5 | 61.3 |
Montréal | |||||||
2021 | 1,760.8 | 1,139.2 | 1,041.5 | 97.7 | 64.7 | 8.6 | 59.1 |
2022 | 1,764.5 | 1,194.8 | 1,124.3 | 70.5 | 67.7 | 5.9 | 63.7 |
Laval | |||||||
2021 | 364.6 | 239.9 | 219.7 | 20.2 | 65.8 | 8.4 | 60.3 |
2022 | 367.6 | 240.0 | 231.5 | 8.6 | 65.3 | 3.6 | 63.0 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2021 | 425.0 | 271.3 | 253.5 | 17.8 | 63.8 | 6.6 | 59.6 |
2022 | 429.0 | 272.4 | 258.2 | 14.2 | 63.5 | 5.2 | 60.2 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2021 | 522.8 | 339.2 | 307.9 | 31.4 | 64.9 | 9.3 | 58.9 |
2022 | 530.2 | 327.0 | 314.4 | 12.6 | 61.7 | 3.9 | 59.3 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2021 | 327.6 | 201.7 | 187.3 | 14.4 | 61.6 | 7.1 | 57.2 |
2022 | 331.0 | 212.0 | 202.3 | 9.8 | 64.0 | 4.6 | 61.1 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2021 | 118.5 | 74.6 | 69.0 | 5.6 | 63.0 | 7.5 | 58.2 |
2022 | 118.4 | 72.9 | 70.2 | 2.7 | 61.6 | 3.7 | 59.3 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2021 | 227.3 | 126.9 | 116.6 | 10.2 | 55.8 | 8.0 | 51.3 |
2022 | 227.5 | 118.0 | 113.1 | 4.9 | 51.9 | 4.2 | 49.7 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2021 | 229.2 | 134.7 | 126.0 | 8.7 | 58.8 | 6.5 | 55.0 |
2022 | 228.9 | 127.4 | 120.6 | 6.8 | 55.7 | 5.3 | 52.7 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2021 | 85.8 | 52.9 | 50.3 | 2.6 | 61.7 | 4.9 | 58.6 |
2022 | 85.3 | 50.3 | 48.1 | 2.2 | 59.0 | 4.4 | 56.4 |
Ontario | |||||||
2021 | 12,274.1 | 7,867.7 | 7,159.0 | 708.7 | 64.1 | 9.0 | 58.3 |
2022 | 12,418.4 | 8,043.8 | 7,551.0 | 492.8 | 64.8 | 6.1 | 60.8 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2021 | 1,192.1 | 765.0 | 716.6 | 48.4 | 64.2 | 6.3 | 60.1 |
2022 | 1,210.0 | 754.3 | 721.0 | 33.3 | 62.3 | 4.4 | 59.6 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2021 | 395.0 | 230.9 | 212.7 | 18.3 | 58.5 | 7.9 | 53.8 |
2022 | 399.0 | 237.2 | 226.8 | 10.4 | 59.4 | 4.4 | 56.8 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2021 | 347.4 | 199.2 | 183.1 | 16.1 | 57.3 | 8.1 | 52.7 |
2022 | 351.2 | 169.1 | 159.3 | 9.8 | 48.1 | 5.8 | 45.4 |
Toronto | |||||||
2021 | 5,793.1 | 3,860.5 | 3,458.7 | 401.9 | 66.6 | 10.4 | 59.7 |
2022 | 5,863.8 | 3,973.7 | 3,696.8 | 276.9 | 67.8 | 7.0 | 63.0 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2021 | 1,206.9 | 798.7 | 729.6 | 69.1 | 66.2 | 8.7 | 60.5 |
2022 | 1,227.6 | 815.4 | 774.0 | 41.4 | 66.4 | 5.1 | 63.0 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2021 | 1,274.0 | 788.5 | 725.1 | 63.5 | 61.9 | 8.1 | 56.9 |
2022 | 1,286.3 | 815.2 | 767.9 | 47.3 | 63.4 | 5.8 | 59.7 |
London | |||||||
2021 | 606.8 | 382.3 | 354.9 | 27.4 | 63.0 | 7.2 | 58.5 |
2022 | 615.6 | 409.4 | 386.1 | 23.3 | 66.5 | 5.7 | 62.7 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2021 | 558.9 | 309.7 | 282.4 | 27.3 | 55.4 | 8.8 | 50.5 |
2022 | 562.1 | 336.9 | 314.7 | 22.2 | 59.9 | 6.6 | 56.0 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2021 | 263.6 | 165.2 | 154.8 | 10.4 | 62.7 | 6.3 | 58.7 |
2022 | 267.1 | 161.0 | 153.6 | 7.4 | 60.3 | 4.6 | 57.5 |
Northeast | |||||||
2021 | 462.2 | 263.3 | 243.8 | 19.5 | 57.0 | 7.4 | 52.7 |
2022 | 462.1 | 267.7 | 253.1 | 14.6 | 57.9 | 5.5 | 54.8 |
Northwest | |||||||
2021 | 174.1 | 104.4 | 97.3 | 7.1 | 60.0 | 6.8 | 55.9 |
2022 | 173.7 | 103.8 | 97.7 | 6.2 | 59.8 | 6.0 | 56.2 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2021 | 1,049.3 | 677.0 | 625.0 | 52.0 | 64.5 | 7.7 | 59.6 |
2022 | 1,054.4 | 690.7 | 657.5 | 33.1 | 65.5 | 4.8 | 62.4 |
Southeast | |||||||
2021 | 98.6 | 63.8 | 60.1 | 3.7 | 64.7 | 5.8 | 61.0 |
2022 | 100.0 | 67.1 | 63.5 | 3.6 | 67.1 | 5.4 | 63.5 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2021 | 90.8 | 60.4 | 58.4 | 2.0 | 66.5 | 3.3 | 64.3 |
2022 | 91.6 | 58.0 | 56.0 | 2.0 | 63.3 | 3.4 | 61.1 |
Southwest | |||||||
2021 | 90.6 | 58.5 | 55.2 | 3.4 | 64.6 | 5.8 | 60.9 |
2022 | 90.6 | 55.3 | 52.0 | 3.3 | 61.0 | 6.0 | 57.4 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2021 | 638.4 | 418.7 | 381.6 | 37.1 | 65.6 | 8.9 | 59.8 |
2022 | 642.0 | 429.4 | 408.8 | 20.6 | 66.9 | 4.8 | 63.7 |
Interlake | |||||||
2021 | 76.2 | 42.5 | 39.2 | 3.3 | 55.8 | 7.8 | 51.4 |
2022 | 76.7 | 47.4 | 45.2 | 2.2 | 61.8 | 4.6 | 58.9 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2021 | 54.7 | 33.0 | 30.5 | 2.5 | 60.3 | 7.6 | 55.8 |
2022 | 53.5 | 33.5 | 32.0 | 1.5 | 62.6 | 4.5 | 59.8 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2021 | 888.1 | 588.0 | 545.3 | 42.8 | 66.2 | 7.3 | 61.4 |
2022 | 890.9 | 594.8 | 564.1 | 30.7 | 66.8 | 5.2 | 63.3 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2021 | 275.0 | 184.1 | 170.9 | 13.2 | 66.9 | 7.2 | 62.1 |
2022 | 276.9 | 185.4 | 177.5 | 8.0 | 67.0 | 4.3 | 64.1 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2021 | 83.1 | 54.9 | 51.1 | 3.8 | 66.1 | 6.9 | 61.5 |
2022 | 82.7 | 54.1 | 50.0 | 4.1 | 65.4 | 7.6 | 60.5 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2021 | 310.9 | 209.6 | 193.2 | 16.4 | 67.4 | 7.8 | 62.1 |
2022 | 314.6 | 216.7 | 205.7 | 11.0 | 68.9 | 5.1 | 65.4 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2021 | 62.2 | 36.9 | 34.7 | 2.2 | 59.3 | 6.0 | 55.8 |
2022 | 61.4 | 36.5 | 34.3 | 2.2 | 59.4 | 6.0 | 55.9 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2021 | 156.8 | 102.6 | 95.4 | 7.2 | 65.4 | 7.0 | 60.8 |
2022 | 155.4 | 102.1 | 96.6 | 5.5 | 65.7 | 5.4 | 62.2 |
Alberta | |||||||
2021 | 3,524.9 | 2,417.6 | 2,160.4 | 257.2 | 68.6 | 10.6 | 61.3 |
2022 | 3,568.0 | 2,449.5 | 2,277.0 | 172.6 | 68.7 | 7.0 | 63.8 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2021 | 239.2 | 150.7 | 133.4 | 17.2 | 63.0 | 11.4 | 55.8 |
2022 | 240.3 | 145.8 | 134.9 | 10.9 | 60.7 | 7.5 | 56.1 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2021 | 162.3 | 89.2 | 80.3 | 8.9 | 55.0 | 10.0 | 49.5 |
2022 | 161.9 | 97.0 | 91.0 | 6.0 | 59.9 | 6.2 | 56.2 |
Calgary | |||||||
2021 | 1,345.7 | 954.5 | 856.4 | 98.1 | 70.9 | 10.3 | 63.6 |
2022 | 1,366.0 | 952.8 | 878.5 | 74.3 | 69.8 | 7.8 | 64.3 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2021 | 274.4 | 191.5 | 172.6 | 18.9 | 69.8 | 9.9 | 62.9 |
2022 | 275.3 | 193.3 | 183.0 | 10.3 | 70.2 | 5.3 | 66.5 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2021 | 175.5 | 109.2 | 99.3 | 9.9 | 62.2 | 9.1 | 56.6 |
2022 | 177.3 | 114.2 | 106.2 | 8.0 | 64.4 | 7.0 | 59.9 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2021 | 1,223.2 | 845.6 | 748.7 | 96.9 | 69.1 | 11.5 | 61.2 |
2022 | 1,242.5 | 868.8 | 811.5 | 57.3 | 69.9 | 6.6 | 65.3 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2021 | 104.6 | 76.8 | 69.6 | 7.2 | 73.4 | 9.4 | 66.5 |
2022 | 104.6 | 77.6 | 71.8 | 5.8 | 74.2 | 7.5 | 68.6 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2021 | 4,319.1 | 2,785.9 | 2,579.2 | 206.7 | 64.5 | 7.4 | 59.7 |
2022 | 4,390.5 | 2,830.5 | 2,682.4 | 148.1 | 64.5 | 5.2 | 61.1 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2021 | 739.7 | 432.4 | 401.7 | 30.7 | 58.5 | 7.1 | 54.3 |
2022 | 755.8 | 454.1 | 432.2 | 21.8 | 60.1 | 4.8 | 57.2 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2021 | 2,676.0 | 1,779.0 | 1,644.7 | 134.3 | 66.5 | 7.5 | 61.5 |
2022 | 2,715.3 | 1,812.1 | 1,714.8 | 97.3 | 66.7 | 5.4 | 63.2 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2021 | 502.2 | 313.1 | 289.9 | 23.2 | 62.3 | 7.4 | 57.7 |
2022 | 512.4 | 311.8 | 293.5 | 18.3 | 60.9 | 5.9 | 57.3 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2021 | 137.8 | 81.7 | 75.8 | 5.9 | 59.3 | 7.2 | 55.0 |
2022 | 140.0 | 78.5 | 73.5 | 5.0 | 56.1 | 6.4 | 52.5 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2021 | 139.8 | 93.1 | 84.9 | 8.2 | 66.6 | 8.8 | 60.7 |
2022 | 142.1 | 91.5 | 88.6 | 2.9 | 64.4 | 3.2 | 62.4 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2021 | 68.9 | 44.8 | 42.1 | 2.8 | 65.0 | 6.3 | 61.1 |
2022 | 69.5 | 44.3 | 42.4 | 1.9 | 63.7 | 4.3 | 61.0 |
Northeast | |||||||
2021 | 54.8 | 41.8 | 40.1 | 1.7 | 76.3 | 4.1 | 73.2 |
2022 | 55.4 | 38.3 | 37.3 | x | 69.1 | x | 67.3 |
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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