Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in September 2022 and September 2023, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2022 | 31,830.0 | 20,976.6 | 19,864.9 | 1,111.7 | 65.9 | 5.3 | 62.4 |
2023 | 32,627.3 | 21,602.5 | 20,350.3 | 1,252.2 | 66.2 | 5.8 | 62.4 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2022 | 449.1 | 268.1 | 242.9 | 25.2 | 59.7 | 9.4 | 54.1 |
2023 | 456.3 | 269.0 | 247.0 | 22.0 | 59.0 | 8.2 | 54.1 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 240.3 | 154.6 | 144.1 | 10.6 | 64.3 | 6.9 | 60.0 |
2023 | 246.3 | 156.8 | 145.1 | 11.7 | 63.7 | 7.5 | 58.9 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2022 | 121.2 | 59.3 | 51.2 | 8.2 | 48.9 | 13.8 | 42.2 |
2023 | 121.6 | 59.5 | 54.6 | 5.0 | 48.9 | 8.4 | 44.9 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2022 | 87.7 | 54.2 | 47.7 | 6.5 | 61.8 | 12.0 | 54.4 |
2023 | 88.4 | 52.7 | 47.3 | 5.3 | 59.6 | 10.1 | 53.5 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2022 | 140.1 | 93.6 | 88.0 | 5.6 | 66.8 | 6.0 | 62.8 |
2023 | 145.6 | 100.5 | 94.3 | 6.1 | 69.0 | 6.1 | 64.8 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2022 | 843.8 | 525.9 | 490.9 | 35.1 | 62.3 | 6.7 | 58.2 |
2023 | 867.6 | 539.0 | 500.3 | 38.8 | 62.1 | 7.2 | 57.7 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2022 | 110.3 | 59.9 | 54.3 | 5.7 | 54.3 | 9.5 | 49.2 |
2023 | 112.4 | 59.5 | 52.7 | 6.7 | 52.9 | 11.3 | 46.9 |
North Shore | |||||||
2022 | 129.4 | 75.0 | 67.5 | 7.5 | 58.0 | 10.0 | 52.2 |
2023 | 131.0 | 74.1 | 69.4 | 4.7 | 56.6 | 6.3 | 53.0 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2022 | 108.8 | 65.6 | 62.5 | 3.1 | 60.3 | 4.7 | 57.4 |
2023 | 111.0 | 65.8 | 62.6 | 3.2 | 59.3 | 4.9 | 56.4 |
Southern | |||||||
2022 | 99.6 | 55.6 | 51.0 | 4.6 | 55.8 | 8.3 | 51.2 |
2023 | 100.6 | 56.8 | 52.8 | 4.0 | 56.5 | 7.0 | 52.5 |
Halifax | |||||||
2022 | 395.7 | 269.8 | 255.6 | 14.2 | 68.2 | 5.3 | 64.6 |
2023 | 412.6 | 282.9 | 262.8 | 20.1 | 68.6 | 7.1 | 63.7 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2022 | 666.4 | 413.0 | 385.6 | 27.5 | 62.0 | 6.7 | 57.9 |
2023 | 686.5 | 425.4 | 396.6 | 28.8 | 62.0 | 6.8 | 57.8 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2022 | 132.3 | 74.0 | 66.2 | 7.8 | 55.9 | 10.5 | 50.0 |
2023 | 134.0 | 76.6 | 68.2 | 8.3 | 57.2 | 10.8 | 50.9 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2022 | 196.4 | 126.2 | 119.1 | 7.1 | 64.3 | 5.6 | 60.6 |
2023 | 204.5 | 135.0 | 127.4 | 7.6 | 66.0 | 5.6 | 62.3 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2022 | 150.1 | 93.3 | 87.3 | 6.1 | 62.2 | 6.5 | 58.2 |
2023 | 154.1 | 94.4 | 88.9 | 5.5 | 61.3 | 5.8 | 57.7 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2022 | 122.3 | 80.5 | 75.8 | 4.7 | 65.8 | 5.8 | 62.0 |
2023 | 127.3 | 79.9 | 74.5 | 5.4 | 62.8 | 6.8 | 58.5 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2022 | 65.4 | 39.0 | 37.2 | 1.9 | 59.6 | 4.9 | 56.9 |
2023 | 66.6 | 39.5 | 37.5 | 2.0 | 59.3 | 5.1 | 56.3 |
Quebec | |||||||
2022 | 7,165.7 | 4,650.3 | 4,446.7 | 203.6 | 64.9 | 4.4 | 62.1 |
2023 | 7,273.5 | 4,770.4 | 4,553.6 | 216.8 | 65.6 | 4.5 | 62.6 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2022 | 76.4 | 37.8 | 35.1 | 2.6 | 49.5 | 6.9 | 45.9 |
2023 | 76.6 | 40.0 | 37.3 | 2.7 | 52.2 | 6.8 | 48.7 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2022 | 165.7 | 96.4 | 93.4 | 3.0 | 58.2 | 3.1 | 56.4 |
2023 | 166.1 | 101.7 | 97.8 | 3.9 | 61.2 | 3.8 | 58.9 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2022 | 629.4 | 410.4 | 397.6 | 12.8 | 65.2 | 3.1 | 63.2 |
2023 | 636.0 | 421.3 | 410.7 | 10.7 | 66.2 | 2.5 | 64.6 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2022 | 359.6 | 249.4 | 245.4 | 4.0 | 69.4 | 1.6 | 68.2 |
2023 | 362.6 | 245.4 | 239.1 | 6.2 | 67.7 | 2.5 | 65.9 |
Estrie | |||||||
2022 | 282.0 | 172.2 | 165.9 | 6.3 | 61.1 | 3.7 | 58.8 |
2023 | 286.2 | 168.3 | 161.0 | 7.3 | 58.8 | 4.3 | 56.3 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2022 | 209.7 | 127.0 | 125.3 | 1.7 | 60.6 | 1.3 | 59.8 |
2023 | 212.0 | 128.4 | 124.8 | 3.6 | 60.6 | 2.8 | 58.9 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2022 | 1,334.7 | 887.4 | 856.4 | 31.0 | 66.5 | 3.5 | 64.2 |
2023 | 1,353.9 | 886.4 | 849.6 | 36.9 | 65.5 | 4.2 | 62.8 |
Montréal | |||||||
2022 | 1,774.3 | 1,205.7 | 1,128.4 | 77.3 | 68.0 | 6.4 | 63.6 |
2023 | 1,819.6 | 1,249.1 | 1,170.5 | 78.7 | 68.6 | 6.3 | 64.3 |
Laval | |||||||
2022 | 370.2 | 231.1 | 217.7 | 13.4 | 62.4 | 5.8 | 58.8 |
2023 | 374.9 | 255.9 | 239.9 | 16.0 | 68.3 | 6.3 | 64.0 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2022 | 432.4 | 297.0 | 282.3 | 14.7 | 68.7 | 4.9 | 65.3 |
2023 | 437.7 | 287.7 | 276.2 | 11.4 | 65.7 | 4.0 | 63.1 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2022 | 536.0 | 331.3 | 318.1 | 13.2 | 61.8 | 4.0 | 59.3 |
2023 | 545.0 | 371.1 | 353.7 | 17.4 | 68.1 | 4.7 | 64.9 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2022 | 333.7 | 220.6 | 211.9 | 8.7 | 66.1 | 3.9 | 63.5 |
2023 | 338.4 | 222.6 | 213.5 | 9.1 | 65.8 | 4.1 | 63.1 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2022 | 118.5 | 76.7 | 74.2 | 2.5 | 64.7 | 3.3 | 62.6 |
2023 | 118.8 | 73.6 | 71.6 | 1.9 | 62.0 | 2.6 | 60.3 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2022 | 228.1 | 125.0 | 118.9 | 6.1 | 54.8 | 4.9 | 52.1 |
2023 | 229.5 | 133.3 | 127.3 | 6.1 | 58.1 | 4.6 | 55.5 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2022 | 229.0 | 135.6 | 131.7 | 3.9 | 59.2 | 2.9 | 57.5 |
2023 | 229.9 | 133.0 | 129.2 | 3.7 | 57.9 | 2.8 | 56.2 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2022 | 86.0 | 46.6 | 44.3 | 2.3 | 54.2 | 4.9 | 51.5 |
2023 | 86.2 | 52.6 | 51.4 | x | 61.0 | x | 59.6 |
Ontario | |||||||
2022 | 12,534.7 | 8,244.3 | 7,766.7 | 477.6 | 65.8 | 5.8 | 62.0 |
2023 | 12,860.6 | 8,508.6 | 7,968.4 | 540.3 | 66.2 | 6.4 | 62.0 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2022 | 1,222.8 | 814.4 | 777.4 | 36.9 | 66.6 | 4.5 | 63.6 |
2023 | 1,252.5 | 856.6 | 810.6 | 46.0 | 68.4 | 5.4 | 64.7 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2022 | 402.4 | 243.3 | 231.3 | 11.9 | 60.5 | 4.9 | 57.5 |
2023 | 409.5 | 240.9 | 227.0 | 13.9 | 58.8 | 5.8 | 55.4 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2022 | 353.6 | 199.2 | 192.0 | 7.3 | 56.3 | 3.7 | 54.3 |
2023 | 359.3 | 209.6 | 201.8 | 7.9 | 58.3 | 3.8 | 56.2 |
Toronto | |||||||
2022 | 5,924.7 | 4,001.8 | 3,740.5 | 261.3 | 67.5 | 6.5 | 63.1 |
2023 | 6,109.2 | 4,150.1 | 3,855.5 | 294.6 | 67.9 | 7.1 | 63.1 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2022 | 1,242.4 | 870.4 | 822.5 | 47.8 | 70.1 | 5.5 | 66.2 |
2023 | 1,277.2 | 891.9 | 843.8 | 48.1 | 69.8 | 5.4 | 66.1 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 1,295.4 | 830.6 | 788.3 | 42.3 | 64.1 | 5.1 | 60.9 |
2023 | 1,321.5 | 838.8 | 787.8 | 50.9 | 63.5 | 6.1 | 59.6 |
London | |||||||
2022 | 622.4 | 414.3 | 389.3 | 25.0 | 66.6 | 6.0 | 62.5 |
2023 | 639.5 | 424.2 | 397.2 | 27.0 | 66.3 | 6.4 | 62.1 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2022 | 565.2 | 325.9 | 302.9 | 23.0 | 57.7 | 7.1 | 53.6 |
2023 | 577.7 | 357.4 | 333.1 | 24.3 | 61.9 | 6.8 | 57.7 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 269.1 | 171.8 | 166.8 | 4.9 | 63.8 | 2.9 | 62.0 |
2023 | 273.0 | 162.7 | 156.0 | 6.8 | 59.6 | 4.2 | 57.1 |
Northeast | |||||||
2022 | 462.4 | 266.2 | 254.4 | 11.8 | 57.6 | 4.4 | 55.0 |
2023 | 465.3 | 267.9 | 252.8 | 15.1 | 57.6 | 5.6 | 54.3 |
Northwest | |||||||
2022 | 174.2 | 106.4 | 101.1 | 5.3 | 61.1 | 5.0 | 58.0 |
2023 | 175.8 | 108.5 | 102.8 | 5.7 | 61.7 | 5.3 | 58.5 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2022 | 1,065.8 | 714.7 | 678.0 | 36.7 | 67.1 | 5.1 | 63.6 |
2023 | 1,092.8 | 739.2 | 696.4 | 42.8 | 67.6 | 5.8 | 63.7 |
Southeast | |||||||
2022 | 101.3 | 68.6 | 65.5 | 3.1 | 67.7 | 4.5 | 64.7 |
2023 | 103.8 | 74.1 | 71.1 | 2.9 | 71.4 | 3.9 | 68.5 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2022 | 92.7 | 60.7 | 57.8 | 2.9 | 65.5 | 4.8 | 62.4 |
2023 | 94.7 | 63.5 | 59.8 | 3.6 | 67.1 | 5.7 | 63.1 |
Southwest | |||||||
2022 | 91.1 | 58.9 | 56.5 | 2.4 | 64.7 | 4.1 | 62.0 |
2023 | 92.6 | 62.4 | 58.7 | 3.8 | 67.4 | 6.1 | 63.4 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2022 | 648.8 | 445.1 | 421.2 | 23.9 | 68.6 | 5.4 | 64.9 |
2023 | 668.1 | 455.1 | 428.0 | 27.1 | 68.1 | 6.0 | 64.1 |
Interlake | |||||||
2022 | 77.4 | 47.4 | 44.1 | 3.4 | 61.2 | 7.2 | 57.0 |
2023 | 78.7 | 47.8 | 45.3 | 2.6 | 60.7 | 5.4 | 57.6 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2022 | 54.5 | 33.9 | 32.9 | 1.0 | 62.2 | 2.9 | 60.4 |
2023 | 54.9 | 36.3 | 33.5 | 2.7 | 66.1 | 7.4 | 61.0 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2022 | 902.5 | 614.3 | 587.3 | 27.1 | 68.1 | 4.4 | 65.1 |
2023 | 927.9 | 626.9 | 594.0 | 32.9 | 67.6 | 5.2 | 64.0 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2022 | 280.8 | 186.5 | 177.7 | 8.8 | 66.4 | 4.7 | 63.3 |
2023 | 290.2 | 200.6 | 189.6 | 11.1 | 69.1 | 5.5 | 65.3 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2022 | 83.0 | 54.5 | 52.1 | 2.4 | 65.7 | 4.4 | 62.8 |
2023 | 84.2 | 49.4 | 47.2 | 2.2 | 58.7 | 4.5 | 56.1 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2022 | 320.0 | 230.4 | 220.7 | 9.7 | 72.0 | 4.2 | 69.0 |
2023 | 331.7 | 236.9 | 224.5 | 12.4 | 71.4 | 5.2 | 67.7 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2022 | 61.5 | 40.2 | 38.8 | 1.3 | 65.4 | 3.2 | 63.1 |
2023 | 62.1 | 42.2 | 40.5 | 1.7 | 68.0 | 4.0 | 65.2 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2022 | 157.1 | 102.7 | 97.9 | 4.8 | 65.4 | 4.7 | 62.3 |
2023 | 159.7 | 97.8 | 92.3 | 5.5 | 61.2 | 5.6 | 57.8 |
Alberta | |||||||
2022 | 3,627.4 | 2,543.6 | 2,406.2 | 137.4 | 70.1 | 5.4 | 66.3 |
2023 | 3,780.0 | 2,647.3 | 2,490.7 | 156.6 | 70.0 | 5.9 | 65.9 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2022 | 243.1 | 154.0 | 149.1 | 4.9 | 63.3 | 3.2 | 61.3 |
2023 | 251.2 | 167.0 | 157.0 | 10.0 | 66.5 | 6.0 | 62.5 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2022 | 163.0 | 108.8 | 102.2 | 6.6 | 66.7 | 6.1 | 62.7 |
2023 | 166.8 | 104.0 | 100.2 | 3.8 | 62.4 | 3.7 | 60.1 |
Calgary | |||||||
2022 | 1,391.2 | 1,018.4 | 961.0 | 57.4 | 73.2 | 5.6 | 69.1 |
2023 | 1,454.4 | 1,045.7 | 983.4 | 62.3 | 71.9 | 6.0 | 67.6 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2022 | 278.4 | 190.5 | 180.6 | 9.9 | 68.4 | 5.2 | 64.9 |
2023 | 286.8 | 200.1 | 187.9 | 12.2 | 69.8 | 6.1 | 65.5 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2022 | 179.9 | 111.9 | 106.4 | 5.6 | 62.2 | 5.0 | 59.1 |
2023 | 186.2 | 119.5 | 111.5 | 8.0 | 64.2 | 6.7 | 59.9 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2022 | 1,266.1 | 883.9 | 835.6 | 48.4 | 69.8 | 5.5 | 66.0 |
2023 | 1,326.0 | 929.1 | 873.5 | 55.6 | 70.1 | 6.0 | 65.9 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2022 | 105.7 | 75.9 | 71.3 | 4.6 | 71.8 | 6.1 | 67.5 |
2023 | 108.6 | 82.0 | 77.2 | 4.8 | 75.5 | 5.9 | 71.1 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2022 | 4,434.5 | 2,908.7 | 2,772.7 | 136.0 | 65.6 | 4.7 | 62.5 |
2023 | 4,536.5 | 2,976.2 | 2,809.0 | 167.2 | 65.6 | 5.6 | 61.9 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2022 | 764.7 | 456.2 | 436.4 | 19.7 | 59.7 | 4.3 | 57.1 |
2023 | 780.7 | 464.5 | 442.0 | 22.5 | 59.5 | 4.8 | 56.6 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2022 | 2,742.2 | 1,862.0 | 1,774.9 | 87.1 | 67.9 | 4.7 | 64.7 |
2023 | 2,813.2 | 1,931.8 | 1,814.8 | 117.0 | 68.7 | 6.1 | 64.5 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2022 | 518.0 | 327.2 | 310.4 | 16.8 | 63.2 | 5.1 | 59.9 |
2023 | 528.4 | 318.3 | 307.2 | 11.1 | 60.2 | 3.5 | 58.1 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2022 | 141.0 | 83.9 | 79.6 | 4.3 | 59.5 | 5.1 | 56.5 |
2023 | 142.9 | 82.7 | 78.4 | 4.4 | 57.9 | 5.3 | 54.9 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2022 | 143.2 | 93.9 | 89.2 | 4.7 | 65.6 | 5.0 | 62.3 |
2023 | 145.3 | 93.2 | 86.8 | 6.5 | 64.1 | 7.0 | 59.7 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2022 | 69.7 | 45.4 | 43.5 | 2.0 | 65.1 | 4.4 | 62.4 |
2023 | 69.9 | 45.9 | 42.6 | 3.3 | 65.7 | 7.2 | 60.9 |
Northeast | |||||||
2022 | 55.6 | 40.0 | 38.7 | x | 71.9 | x | 69.6 |
2023 | 56.1 | 39.8 | 37.3 | 2.5 | 70.9 | 6.3 | 66.5 |
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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