Table 9 
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in April 2023 and April 2024, unadjusted for seasonality 

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in April 2023 and April 2024, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2023 32,208.4 20,961.9 19,855.9 1,106.0 65.1 5.3 61.6
2024 33,259.4 21,588.2 20,241.3 1,346.9 64.9 6.2 60.9
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2023 452.9 256.4 226.4 29.9 56.6 11.7 50.0
2024 459.8 265.1 235.0 30.1 57.7 11.4 51.1
Avalon Peninsula              
2023 243.4 145.1 134.4 10.7 59.6 7.4 55.2
2024 249.6 153.0 139.3 13.7 61.3 9.0 55.8
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2023 121.4 60.7 49.2 11.6 50.0 19.1 40.5
2024 121.5 62.5 51.5 10.9 51.4 17.4 42.4
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2023 88.1 50.5 42.9 7.6 57.3 15.0 48.7
2024 88.7 49.7 44.2 5.5 56.0 11.1 49.8
Prince Edward Island              
2023 142.7 91.0 83.0 7.9 63.8 8.7 58.2
2024 148.8 96.7 87.8 8.9 65.0 9.2 59.0
Nova Scotia              
2023 855.4 521.1 487.8 33.3 60.9 6.4 57.0
2024 882.5 545.3 509.1 36.3 61.8 6.7 57.7
Cape Breton              
2023 111.1 54.7 48.5 6.2 49.2 11.3 43.7
2024 114.1 57.5 50.8 6.7 50.4 11.7 44.5
North Shore              
2023 130.1 71.5 66.3 5.2 55.0 7.3 51.0
2024 131.6 72.1 67.2 4.9 54.8 6.8 51.1
Annapolis Valley              
2023 109.9 66.3 62.5 3.8 60.3 5.7 56.9
2024 112.2 67.8 64.1 3.7 60.4 5.5 57.1
Southern              
2023 100.1 55.0 50.8 4.2 54.9 7.6 50.7
2024 100.9 56.5 51.4 5.1 56.0 9.0 50.9
Halifax              
2023 404.2 273.6 259.7 13.9 67.7 5.1 64.3
2024 423.7 291.6 275.7 15.9 68.8 5.5 65.1
New Brunswick              
2023 677.0 401.3 373.8 27.5 59.3 6.9 55.2
2024 698.7 419.6 385.6 34.0 60.1 8.1 55.2
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2023 133.1 70.7 62.3 8.4 53.1 11.9 46.8
2024 134.8 68.3 57.4 10.9 50.7 16.0 42.6
Moncton–Richibucto              
2023 200.7 126.5 117.4 9.0 63.0 7.1 58.5
2024 209.9 132.7 124.8 7.9 63.2 6.0 59.5
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2023 152.2 89.1 84.1 5.0 58.5 5.6 55.3
2024 156.5 100.0 93.1 6.9 63.9 6.9 59.5
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2023 125.0 77.5 74.7 2.8 62.0 3.6 59.8
2024 130.3 79.4 74.7 4.7 60.9 5.9 57.3
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2023 66.0 37.5 35.2 2.2 56.8 5.9 53.3
2024 67.3 39.2 35.5 3.7 58.2 9.4 52.7
Quebec              
2023 7,220.6 4,642.0 4,432.7 209.3 64.3 4.5 61.4
2024 7,371.5 4,716.9 4,470.5 246.4 64.0 5.2 60.6
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2023 76.6 40.5 36.8 3.7 52.9 9.1 48.0
2024 76.7 37.2 33.2 4.0 48.5 10.8 43.3
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2023 165.9 91.9 86.5 5.5 55.4 6.0 52.1
2024 166.5 98.0 91.8 6.2 58.9 6.3 55.1
Capitale-Nationale              
2023 632.9 413.2 401.5 11.7 65.3 2.8 63.4
2024 641.8 426.4 409.1 17.3 66.4 4.1 63.7
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2023 361.3 221.0 215.2 5.7 61.2 2.6 59.6
2024 364.5 238.2 230.5 7.7 65.3 3.2 63.2
Estrie              
2023 284.3 167.1 158.1 9.0 58.8 5.4 55.6
2024 289.4 171.3 161.9 9.4 59.2 5.5 55.9
Centre-du-Québec              
2023 211.0 136.2 132.4 3.8 64.5 2.8 62.7
2024 213.4 136.7 132.0 4.8 64.1 3.5 61.9
Montérégie              
2023 1,345.4 870.9 835.1 35.8 64.7 4.1 62.1
2024 1,365.9 900.9 863.6 37.3 66.0 4.1 63.2
Montréal              
2023 1,793.9 1,200.7 1,129.3 71.4 66.9 5.9 63.0
2024 1,875.6 1,193.0 1,100.7 92.3 63.6 7.7 58.7
Laval              
2023 372.8 247.1 234.4 12.7 66.3 5.1 62.9
2024 378.3 245.9 231.9 14.0 65.0 5.7 61.3
Lanaudière              
2023 435.5 293.5 277.4 16.1 67.4 5.5 63.7
2024 440.7 292.6 279.5 13.1 66.4 4.5 63.4
Laurentides              
2023 541.3 356.9 346.4 10.4 65.9 2.9 64.0
2024 550.4 365.1 352.7 12.4 66.3 3.4 64.1
Outaouais              
2023 336.4 216.3 206.4 9.9 64.3 4.6 61.4
2024 341.4 227.8 216.4 11.4 66.7 5.0 63.4
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2023 118.7 73.1 71.0 2.2 61.6 3.0 59.8
2024 118.9 78.5 77.0 1.5 66.0 1.9 64.8
Mauricie              
2023 228.8 126.4 121.1 5.2 55.2 4.1 52.9
2024 230.7 127.9 121.1 6.8 55.4 5.3 52.5
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2023 229.5 134.7 130.1 4.6 58.7 3.4 56.7
2024 231.0 127.6 122.6 5.0 55.2 3.9 53.1
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2023 86.4 52.5 50.9 1.6 60.8 3.0 58.9
2024 86.0 49.7 46.6 3.1 57.8 6.2 54.2
Ontario              
2023 12,685.9 8,243.6 7,819.6 424.0 65.0 5.1 61.6
2024 13,143.2 8,485.5 7,915.0 570.5 64.6 6.7 60.2
Ottawa              
2023 1,237.3 811.1 776.0 35.1 65.6 4.3 62.7
2024 1,276.2 846.3 798.8 47.5 66.3 5.6 62.6
Kingston–Pembroke              
2023 405.6 238.8 228.5 10.4 58.9 4.4 56.3
2024 414.9 228.8 217.2 11.6 55.1 5.1 52.3
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2023 356.3 199.3 190.9 8.4 55.9 4.2 53.6
2024 363.6 191.6 181.9 9.7 52.7 5.1 50.0
Toronto              
2023 6,009.4 3,999.3 3,788.5 210.8 66.6 5.3 63.0
2024 6,274.9 4,149.7 3,837.7 311.9 66.1 7.5 61.2
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2023 1,259.5 879.5 833.9 45.6 69.8 5.2 66.2
2024 1,304.9 905.1 850.4 54.8 69.4 6.1 65.2
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2023 1,307.4 813.7 770.8 42.9 62.2 5.3 59.0
2024 1,343.9 837.5 779.2 58.4 62.3 7.0 58.0
London              
2023 630.5 401.3 382.1 19.2 63.6 4.8 60.6
2024 653.9 425.0 400.8 24.2 65.0 5.7 61.3
Windsor–Sarnia              
2023 570.6 357.4 335.3 22.1 62.6 6.2 58.8
2024 589.7 366.8 340.5 26.3 62.2 7.2 57.7
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2023 271.1 166.0 156.0 10.0 61.2 6.0 57.5
2024 275.6 166.0 160.2 5.8 60.2 3.5 58.1
Northeast              
2023 463.3 266.9 252.8 14.1 57.6 5.3 54.6
2024 468.3 263.5 247.9 15.6 56.3 5.9 52.9
Northwest              
2023 174.9 110.3 104.9 5.4 63.1 4.9 60.0
2024 177.3 105.2 100.3 4.9 59.3 4.7 56.6
Manitoba              
2023 1,078.7 719.1 684.3 34.8 66.7 4.8 63.4
2024 1,114.5 735.7 697.9 37.8 66.0 5.1 62.6
Southeast              
2023 102.7 70.3 67.9 2.4 68.5 3.4 66.1
2024 105.4 73.9 70.6 3.4 70.1 4.6 67.0
South Central and North Central              
2023 93.7 62.2 60.1 2.1 66.4 3.4 64.1
2024 95.9 63.5 60.2 3.3 66.2 5.2 62.8
Southwest              
2023 91.8 58.4 55.8 2.6 63.6 4.5 60.8
2024 93.9 60.0 57.0 3.0 63.9 5.0 60.7
Winnipeg              
2023 657.4 447.1 423.2 23.9 68.0 5.3 64.4
2024 685.4 457.9 433.7 24.2 66.8 5.3 63.3
Interlake              
2023 78.1 46.8 44.6 2.2 59.9 4.7 57.1
2024 79.4 47.4 45.1 2.3 59.7 4.9 56.8
Parklands and North              
2023 54.9 34.2 32.7 1.5 62.3 4.4 59.6
2024 54.6 33.0 31.3 1.7 60.4 5.2 57.3
Saskatchewan              
2023 916.2 610.9 579.4 31.4 66.7 5.1 63.2
2024 942.9 628.8 591.9 36.9 66.7 5.9 62.8
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2023 285.7 192.0 181.3 10.7 67.2 5.6 63.5
2024 296.3 202.6 188.9 13.8 68.4 6.8 63.8
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2023 83.6 54.8 52.7 2.2 65.6 4.0 63.0
2024 84.9 52.9 49.9 3.0 62.3 5.7 58.8
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2023 326.2 221.5 211.1 10.4 67.9 4.7 64.7
2024 338.9 235.0 222.6 12.4 69.3 5.3 65.7
Yorkton–Melville              
2023 61.8 38.5 35.9 2.5 62.3 6.5 58.1
2024 62.3 38.0 35.6 2.4 61.0 6.3 57.1
Prince Albert and Northern              
2023 158.9 104.0 98.4 5.6 65.4 5.4 61.9
2024 160.6 100.3 94.9 5.4 62.5 5.4 59.1
Alberta              
2023 3,703.0 2,574.5 2,412.7 161.7 69.5 6.3 65.2
2024 3,878.1 2,696.7 2,510.0 186.7 69.5 6.9 64.7
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2023 247.0 156.4 147.5 8.9 63.3 5.7 59.7
2024 256.2 173.4 163.0 10.3 67.7 5.9 63.6
Camrose–Drumheller              
2023 164.8 114.1 106.6 7.5 69.2 6.6 64.7
2024 168.8 107.6 103.0 4.7 63.7 4.4 61.0
Calgary              
2023 1,422.6 995.8 931.9 64.0 70.0 6.4 65.5
2024 1,495.7 1,061.2 977.3 83.9 71.0 7.9 65.3
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2023 282.7 198.9 187.1 11.8 70.4 5.9 66.2
2024 291.6 216.0 204.6 11.4 74.1 5.3 70.2
Red Deer              
2023 183.2 117.6 109.6 8.0 64.2 6.8 59.8
2024 189.7 125.7 117.4 8.3 66.3 6.6 61.9
Edmonton              
2023 1,295.7 911.3 852.9 58.3 70.3 6.4 65.8
2024 1,365.8 932.8 869.3 63.5 68.3 6.8 63.6
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2023 107.1 80.4 77.1 3.3 75.1 4.1 72.0
2024 110.3 80.0 75.5 4.6 72.5 5.8 68.4
British Columbia              
2023 4,475.9 2,902.0 2,756.1 145.9 64.8 5.0 61.6
2024 4,619.4 2,997.9 2,838.5 159.3 64.9 5.3 61.4
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2023 771.9 448.7 430.5 18.2 58.1 4.1 55.8
2024 791.6 480.7 459.9 20.9 60.7 4.3 58.1
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2023 2,770.4 1,874.6 1,776.3 98.4 67.7 5.2 64.1
2024 2,874.7 1,934.3 1,830.6 103.7 67.3 5.4 63.7
Thompson–Okanagan              
2023 522.5 320.2 306.2 14.0 61.3 4.4 58.6
2024 535.7 310.2 292.2 18.0 57.9 5.8 54.5
Kootenay              
2023 141.7 86.3 82.7 3.7 60.9 4.3 58.4
2024 144.2 90.8 85.1 5.7 63.0 6.3 59.0
Cariboo              
2023 144.1 88.6 81.9 6.7 61.5 7.6 56.8
2024 146.7 91.9 86.9 5.1 62.6 5.5 59.2
North Coast and Nechako              
2023 69.7 46.8 44.0 2.8 67.1 6.0 63.1
2024 70.0 48.7 45.6 3.1 69.6 6.4 65.1
Northeast              
2023 55.8 36.7 34.5 2.3 65.8 6.3 61.8
2024 56.6 41.2 38.3 2.9 72.8 7.0 67.7
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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