Table 9 
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in December 2022 and December 2023, unadjusted for seasonality 

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in December 2022 and December 2023, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2022 31,966.2 20,805.9 19,841.9 964.0 65.1 4.6 62.1
2023 32,877.4 21,430.8 20,293.9 1,136.9 65.2 5.3 61.7
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2022 450.3 262.1 237.0 25.2 58.2 9.6 52.6
2023 457.7 263.5 238.5 25.0 57.6 9.5 52.1
Avalon Peninsula              
2022 241.3 153.2 142.6 10.6 63.5 6.9 59.1
2023 247.6 154.0 142.3 11.7 62.2 7.6 57.5
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2022 121.2 58.8 50.7 8.1 48.5 13.8 41.8
2023 121.5 60.7 53.8 7.0 50.0 11.5 44.3
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2022 87.8 50.1 43.7 6.4 57.1 12.8 49.8
2023 88.5 48.8 42.5 6.3 55.1 12.9 48.0
Prince Edward Island              
2022 140.8 88.6 83.1 5.5 62.9 6.2 59.0
2023 146.7 97.2 90.2 7.0 66.3 7.2 61.5
Nova Scotia              
2022 849.1 521.1 490.4 30.7 61.4 5.9 57.8
2023 873.3 536.9 504.7 32.2 61.5 6.0 57.8
Cape Breton              
2022 110.7 58.6 52.7 5.9 52.9 10.1 47.6
2023 113.0 57.8 50.1 7.7 51.2 13.3 44.3
North Shore              
2022 129.8 69.1 63.7 5.3 53.2 7.7 49.1
2023 131.2 72.4 68.0 4.4 55.2 6.1 51.8
Annapolis Valley              
2022 109.3 65.8 63.1 2.8 60.2 4.3 57.7
2023 111.5 68.7 65.0 3.7 61.6 5.4 58.3
Southern              
2022 99.9 56.5 52.2 4.3 56.6 7.6 52.3
2023 100.7 55.2 51.0 4.1 54.8 7.4 50.6
Halifax              
2022 399.4 271.1 258.7 12.5 67.9 4.6 64.8
2023 417.0 282.8 270.6 12.2 67.8 4.3 64.9
New Brunswick              
2022 671.3 404.7 376.8 27.9 60.3 6.9 56.1
2023 690.9 414.1 389.0 25.1 59.9 6.1 56.3
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2022 132.7 72.3 64.2 8.1 54.5 11.2 48.4
2023 134.2 68.6 60.5 8.2 51.1 12.0 45.1
Moncton–Richibucto              
2022 198.2 123.4 116.7 6.7 62.3 5.4 58.9
2023 206.5 130.6 124.3 6.3 63.2 4.8 60.2
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2022 151.1 94.4 87.9 6.6 62.5 7.0 58.2
2023 154.9 95.2 90.3 4.9 61.5 5.1 58.3
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2022 123.6 76.8 72.1 4.6 62.1 6.0 58.3
2023 128.4 80.8 77.2 3.6 62.9 4.5 60.1
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2022 65.7 37.8 36.0 1.9 57.5 5.0 54.8
2023 66.8 38.9 36.7 2.2 58.2 5.7 54.9
Quebec              
2022 7,188.1 4,629.1 4,455.6 173.5 64.4 3.7 62.0
2023 7,314.3 4,743.9 4,520.9 223.0 64.9 4.7 61.8
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2022 76.5 36.8 33.1 3.7 48.1 10.1 43.3
2023 76.7 35.5 31.9 3.5 46.3 9.9 41.6
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2022 165.8 95.4 91.3 4.0 57.5 4.2 55.1
2023 166.3 100.3 97.0 3.3 60.3 3.3 58.3
Capitale-Nationale              
2022 630.9 401.7 388.9 12.8 63.7 3.2 61.6
2023 638.5 420.7 408.8 11.9 65.9 2.8 64.0
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2022 360.4 238.7 234.6 4.1 66.2 1.7 65.1
2023 363.5 240.2 235.8 4.3 66.1 1.8 64.9
Estrie              
2022 282.9 171.3 165.8 5.5 60.6 3.2 58.6
2023 287.5 173.4 166.3 7.2 60.3 4.2 57.8
Centre-du-Québec              
2022 210.3 121.6 118.4 3.2 57.8 2.6 56.3
2023 212.6 129.9 126.7 3.2 61.1 2.5 59.6
Montérégie              
2022 1,338.9 885.1 853.1 32.0 66.1 3.6 63.7
2023 1,359.1 918.2 888.0 30.2 67.6 3.3 65.3
Montréal              
2022 1,781.4 1,199.7 1,142.8 56.8 67.3 4.7 64.2
2023 1,842.0 1,219.6 1,130.3 89.3 66.2 7.3 61.4
Laval              
2022 371.3 241.9 232.6 9.3 65.1 3.8 62.6
2023 376.4 254.4 239.9 14.5 67.6 5.7 63.7
Lanaudière              
2022 433.7 294.1 279.1 15.1 67.8 5.1 64.4
2023 439.0 285.1 273.3 11.7 64.9 4.1 62.3
Laurentides              
2022 538.3 345.6 338.9 6.8 64.2 2.0 63.0
2023 547.4 366.2 347.6 18.6 66.9 5.1 63.5
Outaouais              
2022 334.9 222.0 215.3 6.7 66.3 3.0 64.3
2023 339.7 222.7 213.9 8.8 65.6 4.0 63.0
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2022 118.6 73.8 71.4 2.4 62.2 3.3 60.2
2023 118.9 73.8 71.5 2.3 62.1 3.1 60.1
Mauricie              
2022 228.5 125.2 119.7 5.5 54.8 4.4 52.4
2023 230.1 128.1 120.1 8.0 55.7 6.2 52.2
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2022 229.2 128.0 124.0 4.0 55.8 3.1 54.1
2023 230.4 129.1 124.6 4.5 56.0 3.5 54.1
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2022 86.4 48.3 46.6 1.7 55.9 3.5 53.9
2023 86.2 46.7 45.2 1.6 54.2 3.4 52.4
Ontario              
2022 12,585.5 8,178.7 7,777.2 401.5 65.0 4.9 61.8
2023 12,971.3 8,410.8 7,938.2 472.6 64.8 5.6 61.2
Ottawa              
2022 1,227.8 804.1 776.3 27.8 65.5 3.5 63.2
2023 1,261.7 851.7 816.5 35.3 67.5 4.1 64.7
Kingston–Pembroke              
2022 403.4 244.7 233.5 11.1 60.7 4.5 57.9
2023 411.6 234.9 225.1 9.7 57.1 4.1 54.7
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2022 354.6 198.8 192.1 6.8 56.1 3.4 54.2
2023 361.0 196.0 189.9 6.1 54.3 3.1 52.6
Toronto              
2022 5,952.7 3,929.6 3,714.8 214.8 66.0 5.5 62.4
2023 6,174.1 4,091.6 3,838.6 253.0 66.3 6.2 62.2
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2022 1,248.5 875.5 831.9 43.6 70.1 5.0 66.6
2023 1,288.2 884.9 831.8 53.1 68.7 6.0 64.6
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2022 1,299.4 827.9 790.9 36.9 63.7 4.5 60.9
2023 1,330.3 842.6 799.5 43.1 63.3 5.1 60.1
London              
2022 625.1 407.2 389.6 17.6 65.1 4.3 62.3
2023 645.2 419.3 399.0 20.3 65.0 4.8 61.8
Windsor–Sarnia              
2022 566.9 351.8 330.2 21.6 62.1 6.1 58.2
2023 582.4 353.9 328.8 25.1 60.8 7.1 56.5
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2022 269.9 165.4 159.5 5.9 61.3 3.6 59.1
2023 274.0 160.9 153.8 7.1 58.7 4.4 56.1
Northeast              
2022 462.6 269.4 258.6 10.8 58.2 4.0 55.9
2023 466.4 269.4 253.6 15.8 57.8 5.9 54.4
Northwest              
2022 174.6 104.3 99.8 4.5 59.7 4.3 57.2
2023 176.4 105.8 101.6 4.1 60.0 3.9 57.6
Manitoba              
2022 1,070.3 710.2 681.7 28.5 66.4 4.0 63.7
2023 1,100.9 732.4 700.9 31.4 66.5 4.3 63.7
Southeast              
2022 101.8 68.5 66.3 2.2 67.3 3.2 65.1
2023 104.4 72.1 68.6 3.5 69.1 4.9 65.7
South Central and North Central              
2022 93.1 62.5 59.5 2.9 67.1 4.6 63.9
2023 95.1 63.0 60.9 2.0 66.2 3.2 64.0
Southwest              
2022 91.4 58.1 56.0 2.1 63.6 3.6 61.3
2023 93.1 60.7 57.1 3.6 65.2 5.9 61.3
Winnipeg              
2022 651.4 440.9 423.1 17.8 67.7 4.0 65.0
2023 674.7 454.0 436.0 18.0 67.3 4.0 64.6
Interlake              
2022 77.7 46.0 44.2 1.9 59.2 4.1 56.9
2023 78.9 50.1 47.7 2.4 63.5 4.8 60.5
Parklands and North              
2022 54.9 34.2 32.6 1.6 62.3 4.7 59.4
2023 54.7 32.5 30.6 1.8 59.4 5.5 55.9
Saskatchewan              
2022 908.2 606.1 581.5 24.7 66.7 4.1 64.0
2023 934.1 629.0 601.7 27.3 67.3 4.3 64.4
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2022 282.7 187.4 179.8 7.6 66.3 4.1 63.6
2023 292.7 197.2 187.8 9.4 67.4 4.8 64.2
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2022 83.2 56.1 53.9 2.3 67.4 4.1 64.8
2023 84.5 51.3 48.9 2.4 60.7 4.7 57.9
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2022 322.5 219.9 211.2 8.7 68.2 4.0 65.5
2023 334.6 235.5 224.1 11.4 70.4 4.8 67.0
Yorkton–Melville              
2022 61.7 39.5 37.7 1.8 64.0 4.6 61.1
2023 62.2 43.0 42.0 1.0 69.1 2.3 67.5
Prince Albert and Northern              
2022 158.2 103.2 98.9 4.3 65.2 4.2 62.5
2023 160.1 101.9 98.9 3.0 63.6 2.9 61.8
Alberta              
2022 3,657.4 2,527.8 2,396.9 130.9 69.1 5.2 65.5
2023 3,821.3 2,632.4 2,485.7 146.8 68.9 5.6 65.0
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2022 244.6 152.7 147.7 5.0 62.4 3.3 60.4
2023 253.3 174.8 165.1 9.7 69.0 5.5 65.2
Camrose–Drumheller              
2022 163.8 109.8 106.3 3.6 67.0 3.3 64.9
2023 167.7 104.0 100.7 3.2 62.0 3.1 60.0
Calgary              
2022 1,403.5 997.0 940.4 56.6 71.0 5.7 67.0
2023 1,471.7 1,018.2 965.0 53.2 69.2 5.2 65.6
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2022 280.2 195.1 185.2 9.9 69.6 5.1 66.1
2023 288.9 209.2 200.1 9.1 72.4 4.3 69.3
Red Deer              
2022 181.3 122.2 114.0 8.2 67.4 6.7 62.9
2023 187.7 122.5 112.7 9.7 65.3 7.9 60.0
Edmonton              
2022 1,277.7 873.7 829.6 44.2 68.4 5.1 64.9
2023 1,342.6 922.0 864.0 58.0 68.7 6.3 64.4
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2022 106.3 77.2 73.8 3.4 72.6 4.4 69.4
2023 109.3 81.8 78.0 3.8 74.8 4.6 71.4
British Columbia              
2022 4,445.2 2,877.4 2,761.8 115.7 64.7 4.0 62.1
2023 4,566.9 2,970.6 2,824.0 146.6 65.0 4.9 61.8
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2022 766.9 453.9 440.5 13.4 59.2 3.0 57.4
2023 784.6 469.1 451.4 17.8 59.8 3.8 57.5
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2022 2,749.2 1,843.0 1,765.1 77.9 67.0 4.2 64.2
2023 2,836.0 1,936.2 1,833.5 102.7 68.3 5.3 64.7
Thompson–Okanagan              
2022 519.3 323.0 309.9 13.1 62.2 4.1 59.7
2023 531.0 299.2 288.9 10.3 56.3 3.4 54.4
Kootenay              
2022 141.2 81.5 78.0 3.5 57.7 4.3 55.2
2023 143.3 87.2 81.0 6.2 60.9 7.1 56.5
Cariboo              
2022 143.4 90.0 85.1 5.0 62.8 5.6 59.3
2023 145.8 92.1 86.8 5.2 63.2 5.6 59.5
North Coast and Nechako              
2022 69.6 47.6 45.6 1.9 68.4 4.0 65.5
2023 69.9 47.6 44.8 2.8 68.1 5.9 64.1
Northeast              
2022 55.6 38.4 37.5 x 69.1 x 67.4
2023 56.3 39.2 37.6 1.6 69.6 4.1 66.8
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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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