Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in January 2022 and January 2023, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2022 | 31,507.6 | 20,484.3 | 19,250.3 | 1,234.1 | 65.0 | 6.0 | 61.1 |
2023 | 32,014.0 | 20,803.3 | 19,786.7 | 1,016.6 | 65.0 | 4.9 | 61.8 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2022 | 446.0 | 253.1 | 221.0 | 32.1 | 56.7 | 12.7 | 49.6 |
2023 | 450.8 | 259.7 | 231.3 | 28.4 | 57.6 | 10.9 | 51.3 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 237.8 | 146.3 | 132.2 | 14.1 | 61.5 | 9.6 | 55.6 |
2023 | 241.7 | 150.2 | 138.8 | 11.4 | 62.1 | 7.6 | 57.4 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2022 | 121.0 | 59.2 | 49.2 | 10.0 | 48.9 | 16.9 | 40.7 |
2023 | 121.2 | 60.1 | 49.6 | 10.4 | 49.6 | 17.3 | 40.9 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2022 | 87.3 | 47.7 | 39.7 | 8.0 | 54.6 | 16.8 | 45.5 |
2023 | 87.9 | 49.5 | 42.9 | 6.6 | 56.3 | 13.3 | 48.8 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2022 | 136.4 | 88.6 | 79.6 | 9.0 | 65.0 | 10.2 | 58.4 |
2023 | 141.1 | 87.5 | 80.8 | 6.6 | 62.0 | 7.5 | 57.3 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2022 | 828.3 | 508.7 | 469.5 | 39.2 | 61.4 | 7.7 | 56.7 |
2023 | 850.3 | 518.7 | 489.3 | 29.3 | 61.0 | 5.6 | 57.5 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2022 | 109.1 | 57.7 | 49.6 | 8.0 | 52.9 | 13.9 | 45.5 |
2023 | 110.7 | 58.0 | 52.0 | 6.0 | 52.4 | 10.3 | 47.0 |
North Shore | |||||||
2022 | 128.0 | 73.4 | 68.3 | 5.1 | 57.3 | 6.9 | 53.4 |
2023 | 129.8 | 67.4 | 62.7 | 4.7 | 51.9 | 7.0 | 48.3 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2022 | 107.1 | 65.9 | 60.9 | 5.0 | 61.5 | 7.6 | 56.9 |
2023 | 109.4 | 65.9 | 62.7 | 3.3 | 60.2 | 5.0 | 57.3 |
Southern | |||||||
2022 | 98.6 | 55.6 | 49.1 | 6.5 | 56.4 | 11.7 | 49.8 |
2023 | 100.0 | 56.0 | 52.1 | 3.9 | 56.0 | 7.0 | 52.1 |
Halifax | |||||||
2022 | 385.5 | 256.3 | 241.6 | 14.7 | 66.5 | 5.7 | 62.7 |
2023 | 400.4 | 271.3 | 259.8 | 11.5 | 67.8 | 4.2 | 64.9 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2022 | 655.1 | 391.0 | 357.7 | 33.3 | 59.7 | 8.5 | 54.6 |
2023 | 672.7 | 402.3 | 371.6 | 30.8 | 59.8 | 7.7 | 55.2 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2022 | 131.1 | 64.3 | 55.9 | 8.4 | 49.0 | 13.1 | 42.6 |
2023 | 132.8 | 70.4 | 62.0 | 8.4 | 53.0 | 11.9 | 46.7 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2022 | 191.8 | 121.3 | 111.0 | 10.3 | 63.2 | 8.5 | 57.9 |
2023 | 198.8 | 124.6 | 115.8 | 8.8 | 62.7 | 7.1 | 58.2 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2022 | 147.7 | 89.9 | 81.7 | 8.1 | 60.9 | 9.0 | 55.3 |
2023 | 151.3 | 92.6 | 86.1 | 6.5 | 61.2 | 7.0 | 56.9 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2022 | 119.8 | 77.5 | 73.5 | 4.0 | 64.7 | 5.2 | 61.4 |
2023 | 124.0 | 76.6 | 71.8 | 4.7 | 61.8 | 6.1 | 57.9 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2022 | 64.7 | 38.0 | 35.6 | 2.4 | 58.7 | 6.3 | 55.0 |
2023 | 65.8 | 38.2 | 35.9 | 2.3 | 58.1 | 6.0 | 54.6 |
Quebec | |||||||
2022 | 7,119.7 | 4,536.6 | 4,314.7 | 221.9 | 63.7 | 4.9 | 60.6 |
2023 | 7,195.7 | 4,636.5 | 4,443.7 | 192.7 | 64.4 | 4.2 | 61.8 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2022 | 76.3 | 40.2 | 33.1 | 7.1 | 52.7 | 17.7 | 43.4 |
2023 | 76.5 | 36.6 | 33.1 | 3.6 | 47.8 | 9.8 | 43.3 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2022 | 165.7 | 90.8 | 84.8 | 6.0 | 54.8 | 6.6 | 51.2 |
2023 | 165.8 | 94.4 | 90.0 | 4.4 | 56.9 | 4.7 | 54.3 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2022 | 626.7 | 391.9 | 375.6 | 16.3 | 62.5 | 4.2 | 59.9 |
2023 | 631.4 | 402.3 | 388.3 | 14.0 | 63.7 | 3.5 | 61.5 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2022 | 357.8 | 220.8 | 214.2 | 6.6 | 61.7 | 3.0 | 59.9 |
2023 | 360.6 | 232.7 | 228.3 | 4.3 | 64.5 | 1.8 | 63.3 |
Estrie | |||||||
2022 | 279.9 | 167.5 | 161.8 | 5.7 | 59.8 | 3.4 | 57.8 |
2023 | 283.2 | 170.4 | 164.1 | 6.3 | 60.2 | 3.7 | 57.9 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2022 | 208.5 | 140.2 | 134.6 | 5.6 | 67.2 | 4.0 | 64.6 |
2023 | 210.5 | 122.3 | 118.8 | 3.4 | 58.1 | 2.8 | 56.4 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2022 | 1,322.7 | 856.0 | 817.2 | 38.8 | 64.7 | 4.5 | 61.8 |
2023 | 1,340.6 | 883.4 | 847.6 | 35.8 | 65.9 | 4.1 | 63.2 |
Montréal | |||||||
2022 | 1,764.5 | 1,201.1 | 1,129.4 | 71.7 | 68.1 | 6.0 | 64.0 |
2023 | 1,784.2 | 1,214.3 | 1,151.3 | 63.0 | 68.1 | 5.2 | 64.5 |
Laval | |||||||
2022 | 367.6 | 241.9 | 233.5 | 8.5 | 65.8 | 3.5 | 63.5 |
2023 | 371.7 | 245.5 | 234.3 | 11.3 | 66.0 | 4.6 | 63.0 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2022 | 429.0 | 273.4 | 257.9 | 15.6 | 63.7 | 5.7 | 60.1 |
2023 | 434.2 | 289.1 | 270.1 | 18.9 | 66.6 | 6.5 | 62.2 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2022 | 530.2 | 330.1 | 316.6 | 13.5 | 62.3 | 4.1 | 59.7 |
2023 | 539.0 | 353.4 | 346.8 | 6.6 | 65.6 | 1.9 | 64.3 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2022 | 331.0 | 212.7 | 202.9 | 9.8 | 64.3 | 4.6 | 61.3 |
2023 | 335.3 | 219.7 | 212.1 | 7.6 | 65.5 | 3.5 | 63.3 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2022 | 118.4 | 73.0 | 70.3 | 2.8 | 61.7 | 3.8 | 59.4 |
2023 | 118.6 | 73.2 | 70.8 | 2.5 | 61.7 | 3.4 | 59.7 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2022 | 227.5 | 118.7 | 113.9 | 4.8 | 52.2 | 4.0 | 50.1 |
2023 | 228.6 | 122.9 | 117.4 | 5.5 | 53.8 | 4.5 | 51.4 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2022 | 228.9 | 127.9 | 120.9 | 7.0 | 55.9 | 5.5 | 52.8 |
2023 | 229.2 | 126.5 | 122.3 | 4.2 | 55.2 | 3.3 | 53.4 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2022 | 85.3 | 50.4 | 48.3 | 2.1 | 59.1 | 4.2 | 56.6 |
2023 | 86.4 | 50.0 | 48.6 | x | 57.9 | x | 56.3 |
Ontario | |||||||
2022 | 12,418.4 | 8,107.1 | 7,595.1 | 512.0 | 65.3 | 6.3 | 61.2 |
2023 | 12,605.0 | 8,183.1 | 7,776.6 | 406.4 | 64.9 | 5.0 | 61.7 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2022 | 1,210.0 | 760.9 | 724.6 | 36.4 | 62.9 | 4.8 | 59.9 |
2023 | 1,229.7 | 807.0 | 779.1 | 27.9 | 65.6 | 3.5 | 63.4 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2022 | 399.0 | 239.3 | 229.0 | 10.4 | 60.0 | 4.3 | 57.4 |
2023 | 403.8 | 244.6 | 231.4 | 13.2 | 60.6 | 5.4 | 57.3 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2022 | 351.2 | 171.2 | 161.4 | 9.8 | 48.7 | 5.7 | 46.0 |
2023 | 354.9 | 193.3 | 184.5 | 8.8 | 54.5 | 4.6 | 52.0 |
Toronto | |||||||
2022 | 5,863.8 | 4,017.7 | 3,729.5 | 288.2 | 68.5 | 7.2 | 63.6 |
2023 | 5,963.9 | 3,934.7 | 3,725.0 | 209.7 | 66.0 | 5.3 | 62.5 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2022 | 1,227.6 | 818.2 | 775.2 | 43.0 | 66.7 | 5.3 | 63.1 |
2023 | 1,250.8 | 872.7 | 829.3 | 43.3 | 69.8 | 5.0 | 66.3 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 1,286.3 | 815.4 | 767.2 | 48.2 | 63.4 | 5.9 | 59.6 |
2023 | 1,300.9 | 827.5 | 787.2 | 40.4 | 63.6 | 4.9 | 60.5 |
London | |||||||
2022 | 615.6 | 410.5 | 386.9 | 23.6 | 66.7 | 5.7 | 62.8 |
2023 | 626.2 | 409.0 | 391.0 | 18.0 | 65.3 | 4.4 | 62.4 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2022 | 562.1 | 340.4 | 316.5 | 23.9 | 60.6 | 7.0 | 56.3 |
2023 | 567.5 | 357.0 | 336.3 | 20.7 | 62.9 | 5.8 | 59.3 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 267.1 | 160.4 | 153.4 | 7.0 | 60.1 | 4.4 | 57.4 |
2023 | 270.1 | 162.3 | 155.0 | 7.2 | 60.1 | 4.4 | 57.4 |
Northeast | |||||||
2022 | 462.1 | 269.0 | 253.9 | 15.1 | 58.2 | 5.6 | 54.9 |
2023 | 462.6 | 270.5 | 257.8 | 12.7 | 58.5 | 4.7 | 55.7 |
Northwest | |||||||
2022 | 173.7 | 103.9 | 97.6 | 6.4 | 59.8 | 6.2 | 56.2 |
2023 | 174.6 | 104.6 | 100.0 | 4.6 | 59.9 | 4.4 | 57.3 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2022 | 1,054.4 | 700.0 | 666.1 | 33.9 | 66.4 | 4.8 | 63.2 |
2023 | 1,071.7 | 707.6 | 678.6 | 29.0 | 66.0 | 4.1 | 63.3 |
Southeast | |||||||
2022 | 100.0 | 67.8 | 64.1 | 3.7 | 67.8 | 5.5 | 64.1 |
2023 | 102.0 | 68.5 | 66.0 | 2.5 | 67.2 | 3.6 | 64.7 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2022 | 91.6 | 59.0 | 56.6 | 2.4 | 64.4 | 4.1 | 61.8 |
2023 | 93.2 | 63.3 | 60.9 | 2.4 | 67.9 | 3.8 | 65.3 |
Southwest | |||||||
2022 | 90.6 | 55.9 | 52.7 | 3.2 | 61.7 | 5.7 | 58.2 |
2023 | 91.4 | 57.9 | 55.6 | 2.2 | 63.3 | 3.8 | 60.8 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2022 | 642.0 | 435.0 | 414.3 | 20.7 | 67.8 | 4.8 | 64.5 |
2023 | 652.3 | 438.9 | 420.5 | 18.5 | 67.3 | 4.2 | 64.5 |
Interlake | |||||||
2022 | 76.7 | 48.1 | 45.8 | 2.3 | 62.7 | 4.8 | 59.7 |
2023 | 77.7 | 45.4 | 43.5 | 2.0 | 58.4 | 4.4 | 56.0 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2022 | 53.5 | 34.2 | 32.6 | 1.5 | 63.9 | 4.4 | 60.9 |
2023 | 55.0 | 33.6 | 32.2 | 1.4 | 61.1 | 4.2 | 58.5 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2022 | 890.9 | 594.9 | 562.9 | 32.0 | 66.8 | 5.4 | 63.2 |
2023 | 910.1 | 604.4 | 579.0 | 25.4 | 66.4 | 4.2 | 63.6 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2022 | 276.9 | 186.3 | 178.2 | 8.2 | 67.3 | 4.4 | 64.4 |
2023 | 283.4 | 186.5 | 178.6 | 7.9 | 65.8 | 4.2 | 63.0 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2022 | 82.7 | 53.8 | 49.4 | 4.5 | 65.1 | 8.4 | 59.7 |
2023 | 83.3 | 56.7 | 54.5 | 2.2 | 68.1 | 3.9 | 65.4 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2022 | 314.6 | 215.5 | 204.4 | 11.1 | 68.5 | 5.2 | 65.0 |
2023 | 323.3 | 219.0 | 210.1 | 8.8 | 67.7 | 4.0 | 65.0 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2022 | 61.4 | 36.2 | 34.1 | 2.2 | 59.0 | 6.1 | 55.5 |
2023 | 61.7 | 39.3 | 37.1 | 2.2 | 63.7 | 5.6 | 60.1 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2022 | 155.4 | 102.9 | 96.9 | 6.1 | 66.2 | 5.9 | 62.4 |
2023 | 158.4 | 102.9 | 98.6 | 4.2 | 65.0 | 4.1 | 62.2 |
Alberta | |||||||
2022 | 3,568.0 | 2,471.0 | 2,298.0 | 173.0 | 69.3 | 7.0 | 64.4 |
2023 | 3,667.3 | 2,537.1 | 2,390.4 | 146.7 | 69.2 | 5.8 | 65.2 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2022 | 240.3 | 146.3 | 135.8 | 10.5 | 60.9 | 7.2 | 56.5 |
2023 | 245.1 | 153.7 | 148.0 | 5.7 | 62.7 | 3.7 | 60.4 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2022 | 161.9 | 99.4 | 93.4 | 6.0 | 61.4 | 6.0 | 57.7 |
2023 | 164.0 | 110.1 | 106.8 | 3.3 | 67.1 | 3.0 | 65.1 |
Calgary | |||||||
2022 | 1,366.0 | 959.5 | 886.2 | 73.3 | 70.2 | 7.6 | 64.9 |
2023 | 1,407.7 | 986.4 | 923.5 | 62.9 | 70.1 | 6.4 | 65.6 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2022 | 275.3 | 195.4 | 184.5 | 11.0 | 71.0 | 5.6 | 67.0 |
2023 | 280.8 | 195.3 | 185.2 | 10.2 | 69.6 | 5.2 | 66.0 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2022 | 177.3 | 115.6 | 107.1 | 8.5 | 65.2 | 7.4 | 60.4 |
2023 | 181.7 | 121.2 | 111.9 | 9.3 | 66.7 | 7.7 | 61.6 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2022 | 1,242.5 | 876.6 | 818.2 | 58.4 | 70.6 | 6.7 | 65.9 |
2023 | 1,281.6 | 892.2 | 840.7 | 51.5 | 69.6 | 5.8 | 65.6 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2022 | 104.6 | 78.2 | 72.8 | 5.5 | 74.8 | 7.0 | 69.6 |
2023 | 106.5 | 78.1 | 74.4 | 3.8 | 73.3 | 4.9 | 69.9 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2022 | 4,390.5 | 2,833.2 | 2,685.6 | 147.6 | 64.5 | 5.2 | 61.2 |
2023 | 4,449.3 | 2,866.5 | 2,745.3 | 121.2 | 64.4 | 4.2 | 61.7 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2022 | 755.8 | 450.7 | 427.6 | 23.0 | 59.6 | 5.1 | 56.6 |
2023 | 767.6 | 454.8 | 441.7 | 13.2 | 59.2 | 2.9 | 57.5 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2022 | 2,715.3 | 1,816.1 | 1,720.5 | 95.6 | 66.9 | 5.3 | 63.4 |
2023 | 2,752.1 | 1,839.0 | 1,756.4 | 82.6 | 66.8 | 4.5 | 63.8 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2022 | 512.4 | 312.5 | 293.9 | 18.6 | 61.0 | 6.0 | 57.4 |
2023 | 519.7 | 318.1 | 304.4 | 13.8 | 61.2 | 4.3 | 58.6 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2022 | 140.0 | 79.0 | 74.2 | 4.7 | 56.4 | 5.9 | 53.0 |
2023 | 141.2 | 82.0 | 79.1 | 2.9 | 58.1 | 3.5 | 56.0 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2022 | 142.1 | 92.9 | 90.0 | 2.9 | 65.4 | 3.1 | 63.3 |
2023 | 143.5 | 88.0 | 82.6 | 5.4 | 61.3 | 6.1 | 57.6 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2022 | 69.5 | 44.1 | 42.1 | 2.1 | 63.5 | 4.8 | 60.6 |
2023 | 69.6 | 47.3 | 45.1 | 2.2 | 68.0 | 4.7 | 64.8 |
Northeast | |||||||
2022 | 55.4 | 37.9 | 37.2 | x | 68.4 | x | 67.1 |
2023 | 55.6 | 37.2 | 36.1 | x | 66.9 | x | 64.9 |
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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