Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in June 2022 and June 2023, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2022 | 31,704.6 | 20,909.2 | 19,845.7 | 1,063.5 | 66.0 | 5.1 | 62.6 |
2023 | 32,366.2 | 21,374.8 | 20,264.7 | 1,110.1 | 66.0 | 5.2 | 62.6 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2022 | 447.7 | 263.8 | 234.9 | 28.9 | 58.9 | 11.0 | 52.5 |
2023 | 454.3 | 264.0 | 237.7 | 26.3 | 58.1 | 10.0 | 52.3 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 239.2 | 151.8 | 139.0 | 12.8 | 63.5 | 8.4 | 58.1 |
2023 | 244.5 | 149.2 | 139.1 | 10.1 | 61.0 | 6.8 | 56.9 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2022 | 121.0 | 61.0 | 52.3 | 8.7 | 50.4 | 14.3 | 43.2 |
2023 | 121.5 | 61.8 | 52.5 | 9.3 | 50.9 | 15.0 | 43.2 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2022 | 87.5 | 51.1 | 43.6 | 7.5 | 58.4 | 14.7 | 49.8 |
2023 | 88.3 | 53.0 | 46.1 | 6.9 | 60.0 | 13.0 | 52.2 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2022 | 138.7 | 93.6 | 87.2 | 6.4 | 67.5 | 6.8 | 62.9 |
2023 | 144.0 | 97.0 | 90.2 | 6.8 | 67.4 | 7.0 | 62.6 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2022 | 836.6 | 523.0 | 490.7 | 32.3 | 62.5 | 6.2 | 58.7 |
2023 | 860.0 | 532.1 | 500.0 | 32.1 | 61.9 | 6.0 | 58.1 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2022 | 109.7 | 60.6 | 52.9 | 7.6 | 55.2 | 12.5 | 48.2 |
2023 | 111.5 | 54.4 | 48.9 | 5.6 | 48.8 | 10.3 | 43.9 |
North Shore | |||||||
2022 | 128.6 | 74.4 | 68.6 | 5.8 | 57.9 | 7.8 | 53.3 |
2023 | 130.5 | 74.3 | 70.0 | 4.2 | 56.9 | 5.7 | 53.6 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2022 | 108.0 | 66.6 | 63.3 | 3.3 | 61.7 | 5.0 | 58.6 |
2023 | 110.3 | 68.0 | 64.8 | 3.2 | 61.7 | 4.7 | 58.7 |
Southern | |||||||
2022 | 99.1 | 56.1 | 52.0 | 4.1 | 56.6 | 7.3 | 52.5 |
2023 | 100.3 | 56.9 | 53.7 | 3.2 | 56.7 | 5.6 | 53.5 |
Halifax | |||||||
2022 | 391.3 | 265.4 | 254.0 | 11.4 | 67.8 | 4.3 | 64.9 |
2023 | 407.4 | 278.5 | 262.6 | 15.9 | 68.4 | 5.7 | 64.5 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2022 | 661.2 | 405.8 | 379.2 | 26.5 | 61.4 | 6.5 | 57.4 |
2023 | 680.4 | 415.1 | 389.7 | 25.4 | 61.0 | 6.1 | 57.3 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2022 | 131.6 | 71.3 | 63.7 | 7.6 | 54.2 | 10.7 | 48.4 |
2023 | 133.4 | 74.9 | 68.0 | 6.9 | 56.1 | 9.2 | 51.0 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2022 | 194.4 | 125.6 | 119.5 | 6.1 | 64.6 | 4.9 | 61.5 |
2023 | 202.1 | 131.1 | 123.6 | 7.5 | 64.9 | 5.7 | 61.2 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2022 | 149.0 | 91.4 | 85.6 | 5.8 | 61.3 | 6.3 | 57.4 |
2023 | 152.9 | 90.3 | 85.4 | 4.9 | 59.1 | 5.4 | 55.9 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2022 | 121.1 | 78.9 | 73.9 | 5.0 | 65.2 | 6.3 | 61.0 |
2023 | 125.8 | 80.1 | 76.1 | 4.0 | 63.7 | 5.0 | 60.5 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2022 | 65.0 | 38.6 | 36.5 | 2.0 | 59.4 | 5.2 | 56.2 |
2023 | 66.2 | 38.7 | 36.6 | 2.1 | 58.5 | 5.4 | 55.3 |
Quebec | |||||||
2022 | 7,143.9 | 4,607.9 | 4,418.7 | 189.2 | 64.5 | 4.1 | 61.9 |
2023 | 7,239.1 | 4,714.6 | 4,525.3 | 189.3 | 65.1 | 4.0 | 62.5 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2022 | 76.3 | 38.7 | 35.7 | 3.0 | 50.7 | 7.8 | 46.8 |
2023 | 76.6 | 43.9 | 41.5 | 2.4 | 57.3 | 5.5 | 54.2 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2022 | 165.6 | 93.7 | 89.7 | 4.1 | 56.6 | 4.4 | 54.2 |
2023 | 165.9 | 94.5 | 90.0 | 4.6 | 57.0 | 4.9 | 54.2 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2022 | 627.9 | 410.8 | 397.2 | 13.7 | 65.4 | 3.3 | 63.3 |
2023 | 633.9 | 413.1 | 400.9 | 12.3 | 65.2 | 3.0 | 63.2 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2022 | 358.7 | 235.1 | 230.9 | 4.2 | 65.5 | 1.8 | 64.4 |
2023 | 361.8 | 228.2 | 222.2 | 6.0 | 63.1 | 2.6 | 61.4 |
Estrie | |||||||
2022 | 281.1 | 163.8 | 158.7 | 5.1 | 58.3 | 3.1 | 56.5 |
2023 | 284.9 | 162.7 | 156.6 | 6.1 | 57.1 | 3.7 | 55.0 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2022 | 209.2 | 140.5 | 137.1 | 3.5 | 67.2 | 2.5 | 65.5 |
2023 | 211.4 | 133.3 | 131.1 | 2.1 | 63.1 | 1.6 | 62.0 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2022 | 1,329.3 | 866.2 | 834.4 | 31.8 | 65.2 | 3.7 | 62.8 |
2023 | 1,348.7 | 871.1 | 839.6 | 31.5 | 64.6 | 3.6 | 62.3 |
Montréal | |||||||
2022 | 1,769.1 | 1,188.0 | 1,120.2 | 67.8 | 67.2 | 5.7 | 63.3 |
2023 | 1,802.6 | 1,235.1 | 1,170.3 | 64.7 | 68.5 | 5.2 | 64.9 |
Laval | |||||||
2022 | 369.0 | 235.0 | 223.6 | 11.4 | 63.7 | 4.9 | 60.6 |
2023 | 373.6 | 251.8 | 238.0 | 13.8 | 67.4 | 5.5 | 63.7 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2022 | 430.9 | 298.0 | 288.0 | 9.9 | 69.2 | 3.3 | 66.8 |
2023 | 436.3 | 290.9 | 277.9 | 13.0 | 66.7 | 4.5 | 63.7 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2022 | 533.6 | 340.2 | 325.3 | 14.9 | 63.8 | 4.4 | 61.0 |
2023 | 542.7 | 370.6 | 358.7 | 11.8 | 68.3 | 3.2 | 66.1 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2022 | 332.6 | 219.1 | 212.6 | 6.6 | 65.9 | 3.0 | 63.9 |
2023 | 337.2 | 219.8 | 211.7 | 8.1 | 65.2 | 3.7 | 62.8 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2022 | 118.4 | 77.1 | 74.8 | 2.3 | 65.1 | 3.0 | 63.2 |
2023 | 118.7 | 74.3 | 71.7 | 2.6 | 62.6 | 3.5 | 60.4 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2022 | 227.8 | 120.3 | 116.0 | 4.2 | 52.8 | 3.5 | 50.9 |
2023 | 229.1 | 129.9 | 126.1 | 3.7 | 56.7 | 2.8 | 55.0 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2022 | 228.8 | 129.9 | 125.1 | 4.8 | 56.8 | 3.7 | 54.7 |
2023 | 229.6 | 140.2 | 135.4 | 4.7 | 61.1 | 3.4 | 59.0 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2022 | 85.7 | 51.4 | 49.5 | 1.9 | 60.0 | 3.7 | 57.8 |
2023 | 86.3 | 55.2 | 53.4 | 1.8 | 64.0 | 3.3 | 61.9 |
Ontario | |||||||
2022 | 12,495.4 | 8,252.7 | 7,809.2 | 443.4 | 66.0 | 5.4 | 62.5 |
2023 | 12,750.3 | 8,432.8 | 7,971.2 | 461.6 | 66.1 | 5.5 | 62.5 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2022 | 1,218.7 | 806.5 | 772.4 | 34.1 | 66.2 | 4.2 | 63.4 |
2023 | 1,243.1 | 838.9 | 803.0 | 35.9 | 67.5 | 4.3 | 64.6 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2022 | 401.4 | 251.8 | 242.5 | 9.3 | 62.7 | 3.7 | 60.4 |
2023 | 407.0 | 241.1 | 229.3 | 11.8 | 59.2 | 4.9 | 56.3 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2022 | 352.9 | 197.9 | 187.8 | 10.0 | 56.1 | 5.1 | 53.2 |
2023 | 357.4 | 212.5 | 204.6 | 7.9 | 59.5 | 3.7 | 57.2 |
Toronto | |||||||
2022 | 5,903.5 | 4,019.9 | 3,769.6 | 250.3 | 68.1 | 6.2 | 63.9 |
2023 | 6,046.1 | 4,115.2 | 3,860.1 | 255.1 | 68.1 | 6.2 | 63.8 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2022 | 1,237.2 | 841.1 | 802.9 | 38.2 | 68.0 | 4.5 | 64.9 |
2023 | 1,266.1 | 900.3 | 853.2 | 47.1 | 71.1 | 5.2 | 67.4 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 1,292.5 | 835.0 | 798.4 | 36.5 | 64.6 | 4.4 | 61.8 |
2023 | 1,312.5 | 821.3 | 782.3 | 39.0 | 62.6 | 4.7 | 59.6 |
London | |||||||
2022 | 620.1 | 419.4 | 395.5 | 23.9 | 67.6 | 5.7 | 63.8 |
2023 | 633.9 | 406.9 | 386.2 | 20.7 | 64.2 | 5.1 | 60.9 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2022 | 564.2 | 329.1 | 311.3 | 17.8 | 58.3 | 5.4 | 55.2 |
2023 | 573.2 | 356.8 | 337.8 | 19.0 | 62.2 | 5.3 | 58.9 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 268.5 | 172.6 | 165.0 | 7.5 | 64.3 | 4.3 | 61.5 |
2023 | 271.8 | 164.6 | 157.1 | 7.4 | 60.6 | 4.5 | 57.8 |
Northeast | |||||||
2022 | 462.4 | 275.1 | 263.9 | 11.2 | 59.5 | 4.1 | 57.1 |
2023 | 464.0 | 265.5 | 253.2 | 12.3 | 57.2 | 4.6 | 54.6 |
Northwest | |||||||
2022 | 174.0 | 104.3 | 99.7 | 4.6 | 59.9 | 4.4 | 57.3 |
2023 | 175.2 | 109.7 | 104.5 | 5.2 | 62.6 | 4.7 | 59.6 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2022 | 1,061.8 | 712.7 | 681.5 | 31.2 | 67.1 | 4.4 | 64.2 |
2023 | 1,084.4 | 733.5 | 699.4 | 34.2 | 67.6 | 4.7 | 64.5 |
Southeast | |||||||
2022 | 100.8 | 67.7 | 64.4 | 3.3 | 67.2 | 4.9 | 63.9 |
2023 | 103.2 | 71.5 | 69.1 | 2.3 | 69.3 | 3.2 | 67.0 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2022 | 92.3 | 61.4 | 59.5 | 1.9 | 66.5 | 3.1 | 64.5 |
2023 | 94.1 | 66.2 | 63.8 | 2.4 | 70.4 | 3.6 | 67.8 |
Southwest | |||||||
2022 | 90.9 | 59.7 | 57.5 | 2.2 | 65.7 | 3.7 | 63.3 |
2023 | 92.2 | 60.4 | 57.7 | 2.8 | 65.5 | 4.6 | 62.6 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2022 | 646.5 | 444.2 | 423.7 | 20.4 | 68.7 | 4.6 | 65.5 |
2023 | 661.6 | 453.9 | 430.4 | 23.5 | 68.6 | 5.2 | 65.1 |
Interlake | |||||||
2022 | 77.2 | 47.4 | 45.1 | 2.3 | 61.4 | 4.9 | 58.4 |
2023 | 78.4 | 46.8 | 44.8 | 2.0 | 59.7 | 4.3 | 57.1 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2022 | 54.1 | 32.5 | 31.3 | 1.2 | 60.1 | 3.7 | 57.9 |
2023 | 54.9 | 34.8 | 33.6 | 1.2 | 63.4 | 3.4 | 61.2 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2022 | 897.2 | 619.0 | 590.2 | 28.9 | 69.0 | 4.7 | 65.8 |
2023 | 920.7 | 623.2 | 594.3 | 29.0 | 67.7 | 4.7 | 64.5 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2022 | 279.1 | 192.5 | 183.4 | 9.1 | 69.0 | 4.7 | 65.7 |
2023 | 287.4 | 198.3 | 188.3 | 10.0 | 69.0 | 5.0 | 65.5 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2022 | 82.8 | 54.4 | 51.9 | 2.5 | 65.7 | 4.6 | 62.7 |
2023 | 83.8 | 51.6 | 49.9 | 1.7 | 61.6 | 3.3 | 59.5 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2022 | 317.7 | 229.9 | 219.9 | 10.0 | 72.4 | 4.3 | 69.2 |
2023 | 328.3 | 231.6 | 221.5 | 10.1 | 70.5 | 4.4 | 67.5 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2022 | 61.4 | 39.1 | 38.0 | 1.1 | 63.7 | 2.8 | 61.9 |
2023 | 61.9 | 39.3 | 37.6 | 1.7 | 63.5 | 4.3 | 60.7 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2022 | 156.3 | 103.1 | 97.0 | 6.1 | 66.0 | 5.9 | 62.1 |
2023 | 159.2 | 102.4 | 97.0 | 5.4 | 64.3 | 5.3 | 60.9 |
Alberta | |||||||
2022 | 3,601.3 | 2,536.0 | 2,393.5 | 142.6 | 70.4 | 5.6 | 66.5 |
2023 | 3,732.5 | 2,616.7 | 2,465.9 | 150.7 | 70.1 | 5.8 | 66.1 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2022 | 241.8 | 158.5 | 150.5 | 8.1 | 65.6 | 5.1 | 62.2 |
2023 | 248.6 | 156.8 | 148.3 | 8.4 | 63.1 | 5.4 | 59.7 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2022 | 162.4 | 107.3 | 102.4 | 4.9 | 66.1 | 4.6 | 63.1 |
2023 | 165.5 | 111.9 | 106.0 | 5.9 | 67.6 | 5.3 | 64.0 |
Calgary | |||||||
2022 | 1,380.3 | 992.4 | 938.7 | 53.7 | 71.9 | 5.4 | 68.0 |
2023 | 1,434.9 | 1,025.3 | 966.0 | 59.3 | 71.5 | 5.8 | 67.3 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2022 | 276.9 | 199.5 | 188.4 | 11.1 | 72.0 | 5.6 | 68.0 |
2023 | 284.3 | 200.4 | 189.8 | 10.7 | 70.5 | 5.3 | 66.8 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2022 | 178.8 | 112.0 | 105.3 | 6.6 | 62.6 | 5.9 | 58.9 |
2023 | 184.3 | 116.1 | 109.3 | 6.8 | 63.0 | 5.9 | 59.3 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2022 | 1,256.0 | 884.6 | 831.3 | 53.3 | 70.4 | 6.0 | 66.2 |
2023 | 1,307.3 | 926.8 | 870.9 | 55.9 | 70.9 | 6.0 | 66.6 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2022 | 105.1 | 81.7 | 76.8 | 4.9 | 77.7 | 6.0 | 73.1 |
2023 | 107.6 | 79.3 | 75.6 | 3.7 | 73.7 | 4.7 | 70.3 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2022 | 4,420.8 | 2,894.7 | 2,760.4 | 134.2 | 65.5 | 4.6 | 62.4 |
2023 | 4,500.5 | 2,945.8 | 2,791.0 | 154.8 | 65.5 | 5.3 | 62.0 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2022 | 761.8 | 453.2 | 434.9 | 18.2 | 59.5 | 4.0 | 57.1 |
2023 | 775.6 | 456.3 | 436.0 | 20.3 | 58.8 | 4.4 | 56.2 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2022 | 2,733.9 | 1,853.4 | 1,767.3 | 86.1 | 67.8 | 4.6 | 64.6 |
2023 | 2,787.4 | 1,894.6 | 1,793.5 | 101.1 | 68.0 | 5.3 | 64.3 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2022 | 516.2 | 325.2 | 307.0 | 18.2 | 63.0 | 5.6 | 59.5 |
2023 | 524.9 | 334.0 | 317.4 | 16.6 | 63.6 | 5.0 | 60.5 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2022 | 140.7 | 87.5 | 84.6 | 2.9 | 62.2 | 3.3 | 60.1 |
2023 | 142.2 | 87.3 | 82.3 | 5.0 | 61.4 | 5.7 | 57.9 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2022 | 142.9 | 96.5 | 91.2 | 5.3 | 67.5 | 5.5 | 63.8 |
2023 | 144.6 | 91.4 | 84.1 | 7.3 | 63.2 | 8.0 | 58.2 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2022 | 69.7 | 40.8 | 39.4 | x | 58.5 | x | 56.5 |
2023 | 69.8 | 44.6 | 42.0 | 2.7 | 63.9 | 6.1 | 60.2 |
Northeast | |||||||
2022 | 55.6 | 38.1 | 36.0 | 2.1 | 68.5 | 5.5 | 64.7 |
2023 | 55.9 | 37.6 | 35.8 | 1.8 | 67.3 | 4.8 | 64.0 |
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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