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 

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, 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
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
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
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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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