Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in October 2022 and October 2023, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
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thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2022 | 31,878.1 | 20,907.4 | 19,833.0 | 1,074.4 | 65.6 | 5.1 | 62.2 |
2023 | 32,717.1 | 21,533.4 | 20,330.2 | 1,203.2 | 65.8 | 5.6 | 62.1 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2022 | 449.5 | 265.6 | 240.7 | 24.9 | 59.1 | 9.4 | 53.5 |
2023 | 456.9 | 266.5 | 244.1 | 22.4 | 58.3 | 8.4 | 53.4 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 240.6 | 153.2 | 142.2 | 11.0 | 63.7 | 7.2 | 59.1 |
2023 | 246.8 | 156.3 | 144.8 | 11.5 | 63.3 | 7.4 | 58.7 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2022 | 121.2 | 59.2 | 52.0 | 7.2 | 48.8 | 12.2 | 42.9 |
2023 | 121.6 | 59.3 | 53.7 | 5.6 | 48.8 | 9.4 | 44.2 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2022 | 87.7 | 53.3 | 46.5 | 6.7 | 60.8 | 12.6 | 53.0 |
2023 | 88.5 | 50.9 | 45.6 | 5.3 | 57.5 | 10.4 | 51.5 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2022 | 140.4 | 92.5 | 87.1 | 5.4 | 65.9 | 5.8 | 62.0 |
2023 | 146.0 | 99.7 | 94.3 | 5.4 | 68.3 | 5.4 | 64.6 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2022 | 846.1 | 524.5 | 489.5 | 35.0 | 62.0 | 6.7 | 57.9 |
2023 | 869.6 | 536.1 | 500.3 | 35.8 | 61.6 | 6.7 | 57.5 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2022 | 110.5 | 58.3 | 52.3 | 6.0 | 52.8 | 10.3 | 47.3 |
2023 | 112.6 | 58.3 | 51.0 | 7.3 | 51.8 | 12.5 | 45.3 |
North Shore | |||||||
2022 | 129.6 | 74.2 | 66.8 | 7.4 | 57.3 | 10.0 | 51.5 |
2023 | 131.1 | 73.8 | 69.3 | 4.4 | 56.3 | 6.0 | 52.9 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2022 | 109.0 | 66.1 | 63.5 | 2.6 | 60.6 | 3.9 | 58.3 |
2023 | 111.2 | 66.3 | 62.9 | 3.4 | 59.6 | 5.1 | 56.6 |
Southern | |||||||
2022 | 99.8 | 55.5 | 50.9 | 4.5 | 55.6 | 8.1 | 51.0 |
2023 | 100.7 | 56.3 | 52.0 | 4.3 | 55.9 | 7.6 | 51.6 |
Halifax | |||||||
2022 | 397.2 | 270.3 | 255.9 | 14.4 | 68.1 | 5.3 | 64.4 |
2023 | 414.1 | 281.4 | 265.1 | 16.4 | 68.0 | 5.8 | 64.0 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2022 | 668.4 | 411.1 | 385.1 | 26.0 | 61.5 | 6.3 | 57.6 |
2023 | 688.3 | 422.2 | 394.6 | 27.6 | 61.3 | 6.5 | 57.3 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2022 | 132.5 | 74.3 | 66.5 | 7.8 | 56.1 | 10.5 | 50.2 |
2023 | 134.1 | 73.3 | 65.3 | 8.0 | 54.7 | 10.9 | 48.7 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2022 | 197.1 | 124.8 | 118.6 | 6.2 | 63.3 | 5.0 | 60.2 |
2023 | 205.3 | 133.8 | 126.6 | 7.2 | 65.2 | 5.4 | 61.7 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2022 | 150.5 | 93.9 | 88.2 | 5.7 | 62.4 | 6.1 | 58.6 |
2023 | 154.4 | 94.6 | 89.2 | 5.4 | 61.3 | 5.7 | 57.8 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2022 | 122.8 | 79.9 | 75.2 | 4.6 | 65.1 | 5.8 | 61.2 |
2023 | 127.7 | 80.2 | 74.8 | 5.3 | 62.8 | 6.6 | 58.6 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2022 | 65.5 | 38.3 | 36.7 | 1.6 | 58.5 | 4.2 | 56.0 |
2023 | 66.7 | 40.3 | 38.5 | 1.7 | 60.4 | 4.2 | 57.7 |
Quebec | |||||||
2022 | 7,173.6 | 4,640.4 | 4,445.8 | 194.5 | 64.7 | 4.2 | 62.0 |
2023 | 7,288.0 | 4,759.5 | 4,544.2 | 215.3 | 65.3 | 4.5 | 62.4 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2022 | 76.5 | 37.3 | 34.1 | 3.2 | 48.8 | 8.6 | 44.6 |
2023 | 76.7 | 37.6 | 34.3 | 3.3 | 49.0 | 8.8 | 44.7 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2022 | 165.7 | 96.9 | 93.2 | 3.6 | 58.5 | 3.7 | 56.2 |
2023 | 166.2 | 102.4 | 98.7 | 3.6 | 61.6 | 3.5 | 59.4 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2022 | 630.0 | 406.7 | 393.8 | 13.0 | 64.6 | 3.2 | 62.5 |
2023 | 636.9 | 419.1 | 408.3 | 10.8 | 65.8 | 2.6 | 64.1 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2022 | 359.8 | 246.8 | 242.3 | 4.4 | 68.6 | 1.8 | 67.3 |
2023 | 363.0 | 244.1 | 237.9 | 6.1 | 67.2 | 2.5 | 65.5 |
Estrie | |||||||
2022 | 282.3 | 173.1 | 166.7 | 6.4 | 61.3 | 3.7 | 59.1 |
2023 | 286.7 | 171.5 | 163.9 | 7.6 | 59.8 | 4.4 | 57.2 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2022 | 210.0 | 125.7 | 124.0 | 1.7 | 59.9 | 1.4 | 59.0 |
2023 | 212.2 | 128.9 | 126.0 | 2.9 | 60.7 | 2.2 | 59.4 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2022 | 1,336.1 | 889.8 | 861.6 | 28.1 | 66.6 | 3.2 | 64.5 |
2023 | 1,355.8 | 895.1 | 862.5 | 32.6 | 66.0 | 3.6 | 63.6 |
Montréal | |||||||
2022 | 1,776.6 | 1,194.7 | 1,122.5 | 72.2 | 67.2 | 6.0 | 63.2 |
2023 | 1,827.1 | 1,238.3 | 1,159.0 | 79.3 | 67.8 | 6.4 | 63.4 |
Laval | |||||||
2022 | 370.6 | 232.7 | 220.9 | 11.8 | 62.8 | 5.1 | 59.6 |
2023 | 375.5 | 252.5 | 236.6 | 15.9 | 67.2 | 6.3 | 63.0 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2022 | 432.9 | 295.3 | 280.6 | 14.7 | 68.2 | 5.0 | 64.8 |
2023 | 438.2 | 283.4 | 273.7 | 9.7 | 64.7 | 3.4 | 62.5 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2022 | 536.8 | 336.1 | 326.0 | 10.1 | 62.6 | 3.0 | 60.7 |
2023 | 545.9 | 374.4 | 354.5 | 19.9 | 68.6 | 5.3 | 64.9 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2022 | 334.2 | 220.6 | 212.2 | 8.4 | 66.0 | 3.8 | 63.5 |
2023 | 338.9 | 224.3 | 215.6 | 8.8 | 66.2 | 3.9 | 63.6 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2022 | 118.6 | 75.8 | 73.0 | 2.8 | 63.9 | 3.7 | 61.6 |
2023 | 118.8 | 74.0 | 71.9 | 2.1 | 62.3 | 2.8 | 60.5 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2022 | 228.2 | 127.2 | 119.9 | 7.4 | 55.7 | 5.8 | 52.5 |
2023 | 229.7 | 132.1 | 124.5 | 7.6 | 57.5 | 5.8 | 54.2 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2022 | 229.1 | 136.1 | 131.4 | 4.6 | 59.4 | 3.4 | 57.4 |
2023 | 230.1 | 131.3 | 127.7 | 3.6 | 57.1 | 2.7 | 55.5 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2022 | 86.1 | 45.6 | 43.5 | 2.1 | 53.0 | 4.6 | 50.5 |
2023 | 86.2 | 50.4 | 49.1 | x | 58.5 | x | 57.0 |
Ontario | |||||||
2022 | 12,551.5 | 8,207.8 | 7,743.5 | 464.3 | 65.4 | 5.7 | 61.7 |
2023 | 12,899.9 | 8,474.7 | 7,947.2 | 527.5 | 65.7 | 6.2 | 61.6 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2022 | 1,224.5 | 807.7 | 774.5 | 33.2 | 66.0 | 4.1 | 63.3 |
2023 | 1,255.7 | 858.7 | 814.1 | 44.6 | 68.4 | 5.2 | 64.8 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2022 | 402.8 | 242.7 | 232.0 | 10.7 | 60.3 | 4.4 | 57.6 |
2023 | 410.3 | 240.2 | 228.7 | 11.6 | 58.5 | 4.8 | 55.7 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2022 | 354.0 | 199.9 | 193.6 | 6.3 | 56.5 | 3.2 | 54.7 |
2023 | 359.9 | 204.7 | 197.9 | 6.8 | 56.9 | 3.3 | 55.0 |
Toronto | |||||||
2022 | 5,933.9 | 3,963.8 | 3,706.7 | 257.2 | 66.8 | 6.5 | 62.5 |
2023 | 6,132.1 | 4,126.4 | 3,837.2 | 289.2 | 67.3 | 7.0 | 62.6 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2022 | 1,244.5 | 875.3 | 827.8 | 47.5 | 70.3 | 5.4 | 66.5 |
2023 | 1,281.2 | 884.5 | 833.0 | 51.4 | 69.0 | 5.8 | 65.0 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 1,296.7 | 831.6 | 789.4 | 42.3 | 64.1 | 5.1 | 60.9 |
2023 | 1,324.7 | 847.8 | 800.0 | 47.7 | 64.0 | 5.6 | 60.4 |
London | |||||||
2022 | 623.3 | 411.0 | 387.2 | 23.8 | 65.9 | 5.8 | 62.1 |
2023 | 641.5 | 424.1 | 399.6 | 24.5 | 66.1 | 5.8 | 62.3 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2022 | 565.7 | 335.8 | 313.1 | 22.7 | 59.4 | 6.8 | 55.3 |
2023 | 579.4 | 354.4 | 328.6 | 25.8 | 61.2 | 7.3 | 56.7 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2022 | 269.4 | 170.8 | 166.7 | 4.1 | 63.4 | 2.4 | 61.9 |
2023 | 273.4 | 160.2 | 154.4 | 5.8 | 58.6 | 3.6 | 56.5 |
Northeast | |||||||
2022 | 462.4 | 264.3 | 252.9 | 11.4 | 57.2 | 4.3 | 54.7 |
2023 | 465.7 | 266.4 | 251.1 | 15.3 | 57.2 | 5.7 | 53.9 |
Northwest | |||||||
2022 | 174.3 | 105.0 | 99.8 | 5.2 | 60.2 | 5.0 | 57.3 |
2023 | 176.0 | 107.4 | 102.7 | 4.7 | 61.0 | 4.4 | 58.4 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2022 | 1,067.4 | 714.7 | 679.2 | 35.5 | 67.0 | 5.0 | 63.6 |
2023 | 1,095.8 | 739.3 | 699.5 | 39.9 | 67.5 | 5.4 | 63.8 |
Southeast | |||||||
2022 | 101.5 | 68.4 | 65.6 | 2.8 | 67.4 | 4.1 | 64.6 |
2023 | 104.0 | 73.3 | 70.2 | 3.1 | 70.5 | 4.2 | 67.5 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2022 | 92.8 | 61.5 | 58.4 | 3.2 | 66.3 | 5.2 | 62.9 |
2023 | 94.8 | 63.2 | 60.1 | 3.1 | 66.7 | 4.9 | 63.4 |
Southwest | |||||||
2022 | 91.2 | 58.0 | 55.9 | 2.1 | 63.6 | 3.6 | 61.3 |
2023 | 92.8 | 62.4 | 58.6 | 3.8 | 67.2 | 6.1 | 63.1 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2022 | 649.7 | 445.0 | 421.4 | 23.6 | 68.5 | 5.3 | 64.9 |
2023 | 670.5 | 456.9 | 432.4 | 24.6 | 68.1 | 5.4 | 64.5 |
Interlake | |||||||
2022 | 77.5 | 47.8 | 45.1 | 2.7 | 61.7 | 5.6 | 58.2 |
2023 | 78.8 | 48.5 | 45.8 | 2.7 | 61.5 | 5.6 | 58.1 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2022 | 54.6 | 34.0 | 32.9 | 1.1 | 62.3 | 3.2 | 60.3 |
2023 | 54.8 | 35.1 | 32.5 | 2.6 | 64.1 | 7.4 | 59.3 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2022 | 904.5 | 612.8 | 586.1 | 26.7 | 67.8 | 4.4 | 64.8 |
2023 | 930.4 | 628.2 | 598.6 | 29.6 | 67.5 | 4.7 | 64.3 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2022 | 281.5 | 187.5 | 178.6 | 8.8 | 66.6 | 4.7 | 63.4 |
2023 | 291.1 | 199.8 | 189.5 | 10.4 | 68.6 | 5.2 | 65.1 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2022 | 83.1 | 54.5 | 52.3 | 2.2 | 65.6 | 4.0 | 62.9 |
2023 | 84.4 | 49.9 | 47.8 | 2.1 | 59.1 | 4.2 | 56.6 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2022 | 320.9 | 227.3 | 218.0 | 9.3 | 70.8 | 4.1 | 67.9 |
2023 | 332.8 | 237.4 | 225.6 | 11.8 | 71.3 | 5.0 | 67.8 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2022 | 61.6 | 39.7 | 38.5 | 1.2 | 64.4 | 3.0 | 62.5 |
2023 | 62.1 | 43.0 | 41.8 | 1.2 | 69.2 | 2.8 | 67.3 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2022 | 157.5 | 103.8 | 98.7 | 5.1 | 65.9 | 4.9 | 62.7 |
2023 | 159.9 | 98.1 | 94.0 | 4.1 | 61.4 | 4.2 | 58.8 |
Alberta | |||||||
2022 | 3,638.0 | 2,537.8 | 2,404.7 | 133.1 | 69.8 | 5.2 | 66.1 |
2023 | 3,794.7 | 2,634.1 | 2,489.8 | 144.3 | 69.4 | 5.5 | 65.6 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2022 | 243.6 | 152.0 | 146.8 | 5.2 | 62.4 | 3.4 | 60.3 |
2023 | 251.9 | 169.2 | 160.9 | 8.3 | 67.2 | 4.9 | 63.9 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2022 | 163.3 | 110.0 | 104.0 | 6.0 | 67.4 | 5.5 | 63.7 |
2023 | 167.1 | 101.5 | 98.1 | 3.4 | 60.7 | 3.3 | 58.7 |
Calgary | |||||||
2022 | 1,395.5 | 1,012.3 | 955.1 | 57.2 | 72.5 | 5.7 | 68.4 |
2023 | 1,460.6 | 1,032.1 | 975.6 | 56.6 | 70.7 | 5.5 | 66.8 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2022 | 279.1 | 193.0 | 183.2 | 9.7 | 69.2 | 5.0 | 65.6 |
2023 | 287.6 | 202.5 | 192.1 | 10.3 | 70.4 | 5.1 | 66.8 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2022 | 180.4 | 117.7 | 111.1 | 6.6 | 65.2 | 5.6 | 61.6 |
2023 | 186.7 | 121.0 | 112.0 | 8.9 | 64.8 | 7.4 | 60.0 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2022 | 1,270.2 | 877.4 | 833.1 | 44.2 | 69.1 | 5.0 | 65.6 |
2023 | 1,331.9 | 925.6 | 873.4 | 52.2 | 69.5 | 5.6 | 65.6 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2022 | 105.9 | 75.4 | 71.4 | 4.1 | 71.2 | 5.4 | 67.4 |
2023 | 108.9 | 82.4 | 77.7 | 4.7 | 75.7 | 5.7 | 71.3 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2022 | 4,438.7 | 2,900.3 | 2,771.2 | 129.0 | 65.3 | 4.4 | 62.4 |
2023 | 4,547.6 | 2,973.0 | 2,817.5 | 155.5 | 65.4 | 5.2 | 62.0 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2022 | 765.6 | 457.3 | 438.5 | 18.8 | 59.7 | 4.1 | 57.3 |
2023 | 782.2 | 467.3 | 447.3 | 20.0 | 59.7 | 4.3 | 57.2 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2022 | 2,744.8 | 1,858.3 | 1,775.6 | 82.7 | 67.7 | 4.5 | 64.7 |
2023 | 2,821.4 | 1,936.8 | 1,826.3 | 110.6 | 68.6 | 5.7 | 64.7 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2022 | 518.5 | 324.2 | 308.2 | 16.0 | 62.5 | 4.9 | 59.4 |
2023 | 529.4 | 307.1 | 297.4 | 9.7 | 58.0 | 3.2 | 56.2 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2022 | 141.1 | 81.5 | 77.1 | 4.4 | 57.8 | 5.4 | 54.6 |
2023 | 143.1 | 82.7 | 78.0 | 4.7 | 57.8 | 5.7 | 54.5 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2022 | 143.3 | 92.6 | 88.4 | 4.2 | 64.6 | 4.5 | 61.7 |
2023 | 145.5 | 93.1 | 87.8 | 5.3 | 64.0 | 5.7 | 60.3 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2022 | 69.7 | 46.8 | 44.7 | 2.0 | 67.1 | 4.3 | 64.1 |
2023 | 69.9 | 46.8 | 43.6 | 3.2 | 67.0 | 6.8 | 62.4 |
Northeast | |||||||
2022 | 55.6 | 39.5 | 38.5 | x | 71.0 | x | 69.2 |
2023 | 56.2 | 39.1 | 37.1 | 2.0 | 69.6 | 5.1 | 66.0 |
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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