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

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in August 2023 and August 2024, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2023 32,538.3 21,684.5 20,429.5 1,254.9 66.6 5.8 62.8
2024 33,676.2 22,265.8 20,751.0 1,514.8 66.1 6.8 61.6
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2023 455.7 269.8 248.0 21.8 59.2 8.1 54.4
2024 461.4 277.8 253.6 24.2 60.2 8.7 55.0
Avalon Peninsula              
2023 245.8 156.3 145.2 11.1 63.6 7.1 59.1
2024 251.1 157.5 146.0 11.5 62.7 7.3 58.1
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2023 121.6 60.6 55.4 5.2 49.8 8.6 45.6
2024 121.5 64.3 57.6 6.7 52.9 10.4 47.4
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2023 88.4 52.9 47.4 5.6 59.8 10.6 53.6
2024 88.8 56.0 50.0 6.1 63.1 10.9 56.3
Prince Edward Island              
2023 145.0 100.4 93.8 6.6 69.2 6.6 64.7
2024 151.2 105.1 97.6 7.4 69.5 7.0 64.6
Nova Scotia              
2023 865.2 542.1 503.9 38.3 62.7 7.1 58.2
2024 891.8 556.9 518.6 38.2 62.4 6.9 58.2
Cape Breton              
2023 112.1 57.8 51.9 5.9 51.6 10.2 46.3
2024 115.1 62.8 57.0 5.8 54.6 9.2 49.5
North Shore              
2023 130.8 75.2 70.6 4.6 57.5 6.1 54.0
2024 132.1 73.7 69.8 3.9 55.8 5.3 52.8
Annapolis Valley              
2023 110.8 67.6 64.3 3.3 61.0 4.9 58.0
2024 113.0 69.0 64.7 4.3 61.1 6.2 57.3
Southern              
2023 100.6 57.1 53.3 3.8 56.8 6.7 53.0
2024 101.1 52.8 47.0 5.9 52.2 11.2 46.5
Halifax              
2023 410.9 284.4 263.7 20.6 69.2 7.2 64.2
2024 430.4 298.5 280.2 18.3 69.4 6.1 65.1
New Brunswick              
2023 684.6 426.2 398.8 27.4 62.3 6.4 58.3
2024 708.2 441.5 412.3 29.2 62.3 6.6 58.2
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2023 133.8 78.1 70.4 7.7 58.4 9.9 52.6
2024 135.7 71.8 65.7 6.2 52.9 8.6 48.4
Moncton–Richibucto              
2023 203.8 134.8 127.3 7.5 66.1 5.6 62.5
2024 213.9 139.6 131.6 8.0 65.3 5.7 61.5
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2023 153.7 94.2 88.9 5.3 61.3 5.6 57.8
2024 158.4 102.7 95.3 7.5 64.8 7.3 60.2
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2023 126.8 79.7 74.6 5.1 62.9 6.4 58.8
2024 132.3 86.1 80.4 5.6 65.1 6.5 60.8
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2023 66.5 39.4 37.7 1.7 59.2 4.3 56.7
2024 67.9 41.3 39.3 2.0 60.8 4.8 57.9
Quebec              
2023 7,260.7 4,779.4 4,562.9 216.5 65.8 4.5 62.8
2024 7,442.7 4,850.2 4,565.7 284.4 65.2 5.9 61.3
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2023 76.6 42.6 40.6 2.0 55.6 4.7 53.0
2024 76.9 42.2 40.3 1.9 54.9 4.5 52.4
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2023 166.0 100.6 96.6 4.0 60.6 4.0 58.2
2024 167.0 108.0 104.6 3.4 64.7 3.1 62.6
Capitale-Nationale              
2023 635.1 423.2 411.6 11.5 66.6 2.7 64.8
2024 646.3 422.3 405.1 17.2 65.3 4.1 62.7
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2023 362.3 242.1 236.0 6.2 66.8 2.6 65.1
2024 366.1 244.7 238.2 6.5 66.8 2.7 65.1
Estrie              
2023 285.7 166.0 159.6 6.4 58.1 3.9 55.9
2024 291.7 178.6 169.8 8.7 61.2 4.9 58.2
Centre-du-Québec              
2023 211.8 129.6 126.5 3.1 61.2 2.4 59.7
2024 214.6 139.3 134.0 5.3 64.9 3.8 62.4
Montérégie              
2023 1,352.1 887.3 848.1 39.2 65.6 4.4 62.7
2024 1,375.4 905.0 858.3 46.8 65.8 5.2 62.4
Montréal              
2023 1,813.1 1,258.6 1,177.5 81.1 69.4 6.4 64.9
2024 1,914.3 1,261.9 1,155.5 106.4 65.9 8.4 60.4
Laval              
2023 374.4 256.4 241.2 15.2 68.5 5.9 64.4
2024 380.7 252.8 234.7 18.1 66.4 7.2 61.6
Lanaudière              
2023 437.2 288.2 277.5 10.7 65.9 3.7 63.5
2024 443.1 297.2 272.7 24.5 67.1 8.2 61.5
Laurentides              
2023 544.2 364.9 350.0 14.8 67.1 4.1 64.3
2024 554.2 369.6 353.6 16.0 66.7 4.3 63.8
Outaouais              
2023 338.0 220.7 211.6 9.1 65.3 4.1 62.6
2024 343.6 227.1 211.6 15.5 66.1 6.8 61.6
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2023 118.7 74.6 72.5 2.1 62.8 2.8 61.1
2024 119.1 77.5 74.9 2.6 65.1 3.4 62.9
Mauricie              
2023 229.3 133.1 127.9 5.3 58.0 4.0 55.8
2024 231.8 136.2 131.1 5.1 58.8 3.7 56.6
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2023 229.8 136.0 132.0 4.0 59.2 2.9 57.4
2024 232.0 131.3 127.1 4.2 56.6 3.2 54.8
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2023 86.3 55.4 53.7 1.7 64.2 3.1 62.2
2024 86.0 56.5 54.4 2.2 65.7 3.9 63.3
Ontario              
2023 12,822.2 8,557.6 8,020.3 537.3 66.7 6.3 62.6
2024 13,320.3 8,813.9 8,147.2 666.7 66.2 7.6 61.2
Ottawa              
2023 1,249.2 859.4 815.7 43.7 68.8 5.1 65.3
2024 1,290.8 901.0 840.5 60.5 69.8 6.7 65.1
Kingston–Pembroke              
2023 408.7 243.9 228.9 15.0 59.7 6.2 56.0
2024 418.5 243.4 227.7 15.7 58.2 6.5 54.4
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2023 358.6 215.5 206.1 9.4 60.1 4.4 57.5
2024 366.2 199.1 191.6 7.5 54.4 3.8 52.3
Toronto              
2023 6,087.1 4,183.6 3,886.8 296.8 68.7 7.1 63.9
2024 6,379.1 4,322.3 3,950.1 372.2 67.8 8.6 61.9
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2023 1,273.3 901.8 855.6 46.2 70.8 5.1 67.2
2024 1,321.9 914.4 856.3 58.2 69.2 6.4 64.8
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2023 1,318.4 830.4 780.2 50.3 63.0 6.1 59.2
2024 1,358.0 860.8 801.1 59.7 63.4 6.9 59.0
London              
2023 637.6 420.8 394.8 26.0 66.0 6.2 61.9
2024 662.8 429.4 397.2 32.3 64.8 7.5 59.9
Windsor–Sarnia              
2023 576.1 359.4 336.8 22.6 62.4 6.3 58.5
2024 597.4 383.3 351.2 32.1 64.2 8.4 58.8
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2023 272.6 164.3 156.9 7.4 60.3 4.5 57.6
2024 277.1 173.1 166.7 6.4 62.5 3.7 60.2
Northeast              
2023 464.8 268.3 254.1 14.2 57.7 5.3 54.7
2024 470.4 280.9 263.6 17.4 59.7 6.2 56.0
Northwest              
2023 175.6 110.2 104.4 5.9 62.8 5.4 59.5
2024 178.3 106.0 101.3 4.7 59.5 4.4 56.8
Manitoba              
2023 1,089.9 740.9 699.4 41.6 68.0 5.6 64.2
2024 1,130.0 765.3 718.4 46.9 67.7 6.1 63.6
Southeast              
2023 103.6 74.0 71.3 2.7 71.4 3.6 68.8
2024 106.5 71.9 68.5 3.3 67.5 4.6 64.3
South Central and North Central              
2023 94.5 65.6 61.9 3.7 69.4 5.6 65.5
2024 97.0 61.7 58.3 3.5 63.6 5.7 60.1
Southwest              
2023 92.5 62.2 58.5 3.6 67.2 5.8 63.2
2024 94.8 67.0 63.6 3.5 70.7 5.2 67.1
Winnipeg              
2023 665.9 454.8 427.8 27.0 68.3 5.9 64.2
2024 696.9 480.5 449.0 31.5 68.9 6.6 64.4
Interlake              
2023 78.6 47.8 45.7 2.1 60.8 4.4 58.1
2024 80.0 49.6 47.4 2.2 62.0 4.4 59.3
Parklands and North              
2023 54.9 36.6 34.2 2.3 66.7 6.3 62.3
2024 54.7 34.7 31.7 3.0 63.4 8.6 58.0
Saskatchewan              
2023 925.5 629.9 596.6 33.3 68.1 5.3 64.5
2024 953.0 653.3 615.4 37.9 68.6 5.8 64.6
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2023 289.2 201.4 190.6 10.8 69.6 5.4 65.9
2024 300.2 206.4 193.8 12.6 68.8 6.1 64.6
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2023 84.1 49.7 47.5 2.2 59.1 4.4 56.5
2024 85.4 54.2 51.2 3.0 63.5 5.5 60.0
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2023 330.5 238.1 226.1 12.1 72.0 5.1 68.4
2024 343.6 249.3 236.2 13.1 72.6 5.3 68.7
Yorkton–Melville              
2023 62.0 41.4 39.4 1.9 66.8 4.6 63.5
2024 62.5 36.6 34.6 2.0 58.6 5.5 55.4
Prince Albert and Northern              
2023 159.6 99.2 93.0 6.2 62.2 6.3 58.3
2024 161.4 106.9 99.6 7.2 66.2 6.7 61.7
Alberta              
2023 3,764.6 2,661.1 2,501.3 159.8 70.7 6.0 66.4
2024 3,942.0 2,762.6 2,560.4 202.2 70.1 7.3 65.0
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2023 250.3 166.5 156.2 10.3 66.5 6.2 62.4
2024 259.6 177.1 167.6 9.6 68.2 5.4 64.6
Camrose–Drumheller              
2023 166.4 108.5 104.5 4.0 65.2 3.7 62.8
2024 170.3 111.7 106.5 5.2 65.6 4.7 62.5
Calgary              
2023 1,448.1 1,054.1 990.7 63.3 72.8 6.0 68.4
2024 1,522.3 1,087.7 1,007.0 80.7 71.5 7.4 66.1
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2023 286.0 201.5 188.8 12.7 70.5 6.3 66.0
2024 294.8 224.2 213.5 10.7 76.1 4.8 72.4
Red Deer              
2023 185.6 119.8 111.7 8.0 64.5 6.7 60.2
2024 192.0 129.0 119.0 10.0 67.2 7.8 62.0
Edmonton              
2023 1,319.9 930.2 873.6 56.7 70.5 6.1 66.2
2024 1,391.6 949.8 869.7 80.2 68.3 8.4 62.5
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2023 108.3 80.5 75.7 4.8 74.3 6.0 69.9
2024 111.4 83.0 77.2 5.8 74.5 7.0 69.3
British Columbia              
2023 4,524.9 2,977.1 2,804.7 172.4 65.8 5.8 62.0
2024 4,675.7 3,039.4 2,861.7 177.7 65.0 5.8 61.2
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2023 779.1 465.5 442.9 22.6 59.7 4.9 56.8
2024 798.9 497.8 477.7 20.1 62.3 4.0 59.8
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2023 2,804.8 1,924.4 1,805.8 118.5 68.6 6.2 64.4
2024 2,916.1 1,948.2 1,826.1 122.1 66.8 6.3 62.6
Thompson–Okanagan              
2023 527.3 326.3 312.4 13.9 61.9 4.3 59.2
2024 540.7 322.8 304.3 18.6 59.7 5.8 56.3
Kootenay              
2023 142.7 83.5 79.3 4.2 58.5 5.0 55.6
2024 145.1 90.2 83.9 6.3 62.2 7.0 57.8
Cariboo              
2023 145.1 93.4 86.0 7.4 64.4 7.9 59.3
2024 147.8 92.2 87.8 4.5 62.4 4.9 59.4
North Coast and Nechako              
2023 69.9 44.8 41.6 3.2 64.1 7.1 59.5
2024 70.1 49.7 45.9 3.8 70.9 7.6 65.5
Northeast              
2023 56.1 39.3 36.8 2.5 70.1 6.4 65.6
2024 56.9 38.6 36.2 2.4 67.8 6.2 63.6
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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