Table 3 
Labour force characteristics by province, seasonally adjusted 

Labour force characteristics by province, seasonally adjusted
  December
2022
January
2023
Standard error1 December 2022 to January 2023 January 2022 to January 2023 December 2022 to January 2023 January 2022 to January 2023
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Newfoundland and Labrador              
Population 450.8 451.4 ... 0.6 5.0 0.1 1.1
Labour force 263.3 265.9 2.1 2.6 5.4 1.0 2.1
Employment 236.8 234.5 2.3 -2.3 11.0 -1.0 4.9
Full-time employment 200.5 198.8 2.5 -1.7 3.4 -0.8 1.7
Part-time employment 36.2 35.7 1.9 -0.5 7.6 -1.4 27.0
Unemployment 26.5 31.4 2.0 4.9 -5.6 18.5 -15.1
Participation rate 58.4 58.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.1 11.8 0.7 1.7 -2.4 ... ...
Employment rate 52.5 51.9 0.5 -0.6 1.8 ... ...
Prince Edward Island              
Population 141.0 141.5 ... 0.5 4.7 0.4 3.4
Labour force 89.4 90.8 1.0 1.4 0.4 1.6 0.4
Employment 84.3 83.9 1.1 -0.4 2.4 -0.5 2.9
Full-time employment 70.6 70.1 1.2 -0.5 1.0 -0.7 1.4
Part-time employment 13.7 13.8 1.0 0.1 1.4 0.7 11.3
Unemployment 5.1 7.0 0.8 1.9 -1.9 37.3 -21.3
Participation rate 63.4 64.2 0.6 0.8 -1.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 7.7 0.8 2.0 -2.1 ... ...
Employment rate 59.8 59.3 0.6 -0.5 -0.3 ... ...
Nova Scotia              
Population 850.1 851.7 ... 1.6 21.7 0.2 2.6
Labour force 524.6 528.1 3.0 3.5 16.5 0.7 3.2
Employment 492.2 501.6 3.1 9.4 24.8 1.9 5.2
Full-time employment 409.3 413.8 3.9 4.5 13.3 1.1 3.3
Part-time employment 82.9 87.7 3.4 4.8 11.4 5.8 14.9
Unemployment 32.4 26.5 2.5 -5.9 -8.3 -18.2 -23.9
Participation rate 61.7 62.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 5.0 0.5 -1.2 -1.8 ... ...
Employment rate 57.9 58.9 0.4 1.0 1.5 ... ...
New Brunswick              
Population 672.5 674.3 ... 1.8 18.0 0.3 2.7
Labour force 411.2 409.4 2.3 -1.8 14.5 -0.4 3.7
Employment 379.1 378.5 2.4 -0.6 17.5 -0.2 4.8
Full-time employment 320.7 321.0 2.9 0.3 9.2 0.1 3.0
Part-time employment 58.5 57.5 2.4 -1.0 8.3 -1.7 16.9
Unemployment 32.1 30.8 2.0 -1.3 -3.2 -4.0 -9.4
Participation rate 61.1 60.7 0.3 -0.4 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.8 7.5 0.5 -0.3 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 56.4 56.1 0.4 -0.3 1.1 ... ...
Quebec              
Population 7,195.2 7,204.5 ... 9.3 81.0 0.1 1.1
Labour force 4,652.9 4,696.9 15.9 44.0 151.3 0.9 3.3
Employment 4,464.2 4,511.6 16.0 47.4 196.6 1.1 4.6
Full-time employment 3,666.3 3,694.3 20.2 28.0 129.1 0.8 3.6
Part-time employment 798.0 817.3 18.9 19.3 67.5 2.4 9.0
Unemployment 188.6 185.3 12.0 -3.3 -45.3 -1.7 -19.6
Participation rate 64.7 65.2 0.2 0.5 1.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.1 3.9 0.3 -0.2 -1.2 ... ...
Employment rate 62.0 62.6 0.2 0.6 2.0 ... ...
Ontario              
Population 12,601.7 12,628.2 ... 26.5 192.1 0.2 1.5
Labour force 8,225.4 8,276.3 20.7 50.9 130.6 0.6 1.6
Employment 7,786.9 7,849.7 20.7 62.8 311.2 0.8 4.1
Full-time employment 6,449.8 6,507.2 26.9 57.4 242.6 0.9 3.9
Part-time employment 1,337.1 1,342.5 24.6 5.4 68.5 0.4 5.4
Unemployment 438.6 426.6 17.1 -12.0 -180.6 -2.7 -29.7
Participation rate 65.3 65.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.2 0.2 -0.1 -2.3 ... ...
Employment rate 61.8 62.2 0.2 0.4 1.6 ... ...
Manitoba              
Population 1,071.6 1,073.3 ... 1.7 17.6 0.2 1.7
Labour force 713.3 712.8 3.3 -0.5 3.9 -0.1 0.6
Employment 682.4 683.2 3.3 0.8 8.5 0.1 1.3
Full-time employment 560.2 559.3 4.3 -0.9 8.4 -0.2 1.5
Part-time employment 122.1 123.9 4.0 1.8 0.1 1.5 0.1
Unemployment 31.0 29.6 2.5 -1.4 -4.6 -4.5 -13.5
Participation rate 66.6 66.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 63.7 63.7 0.3 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Saskatchewan              
Population 910.1 912.0 ... 1.9 20.2 0.2 2.3
Labour force 611.4 615.5 3.0 4.1 6.9 0.7 1.1
Employment 584.5 589.0 3.1 4.5 14.2 0.8 2.5
Full-time employment 473.9 479.0 4.1 5.1 1.1 1.1 0.2
Part-time employment 110.5 110.0 3.7 -0.5 13.1 -0.5 13.5
Unemployment 26.9 26.5 2.4 -0.4 -7.4 -1.5 -21.8
Participation rate 67.2 67.5 0.3 0.3 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.3 0.4 -0.1 -1.3 ... ...
Employment rate 64.2 64.6 0.3 0.4 0.1 ... ...
Alberta              
Population 3,666.2 3,678.4 ... 12.2 104.5 0.3 2.9
Labour force 2,552.4 2,585.6 11.1 33.2 84.3 1.3 3.4
Employment 2,409.0 2,429.7 11.0 20.7 99.4 0.9 4.3
Full-time employment 1,970.6 1,977.4 15.0 6.8 92.0 0.3 4.9
Part-time employment 438.5 452.3 13.7 13.8 7.4 3.1 1.7
Unemployment 143.3 155.9 9.4 12.6 -15.1 8.8 -8.8
Participation rate 69.6 70.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 6.0 0.4 0.4 -0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 66.1 0.3 0.4 0.9 ... ...
British Columbia              
Population 4,448.1 4,455.2 ... 7.1 58.9 0.2 1.3
Labour force 2,881.8 2,897.1 10.6 15.3 40.8 0.5 1.4
Employment 2,763.0 2,770.7 10.6 7.7 60.8 0.3 2.2
Full-time employment 2,194.0 2,216.0 14.3 22.0 91.3 1.0 4.3
Part-time employment 569.0 554.7 13.5 -14.3 -30.5 -2.5 -5.2
Unemployment 118.8 126.4 8.1 7.6 -20.0 6.4 -13.7
Participation rate 64.8 65.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.4 0.3 0.3 -0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 62.1 62.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
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