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

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in October 2023 and October 2024, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2023 32,717.1 21,533.4 20,330.2 1,203.2 65.8 5.6 62.1
2024 33,884.1 22,105.6 20,672.3 1,433.4 65.2 6.5 61.0
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2023 456.9 266.5 244.1 22.4 58.3 8.4 53.4
2024 462.4 272.4 247.8 24.6 58.9 9.0 53.6
Avalon Peninsula              
2023 246.8 156.3 144.8 11.5 63.3 7.4 58.7
2024 252.0 155.8 145.1 10.7 61.8 6.9 57.6
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2023 121.6 59.3 53.7 5.6 48.8 9.4 44.2
2024 121.5 61.6 53.7 7.9 50.7 12.8 44.2
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2023 88.5 50.9 45.6 5.3 57.5 10.4 51.5
2024 88.9 55.0 49.0 6.0 61.9 10.9 55.1
Prince Edward Island              
2023 146.0 99.7 94.3 5.4 68.3 5.4 64.6
2024 152.1 102.8 96.0 6.9 67.6 6.7 63.1
Nova Scotia              
2023 869.6 536.1 500.3 35.8 61.6 6.7 57.5
2024 895.8 552.5 517.4 35.0 61.7 6.3 57.8
Cape Breton              
2023 112.6 58.3 51.0 7.3 51.8 12.5 45.3
2024 115.5 63.5 58.1 5.4 55.0 8.5 50.3
North Shore              
2023 131.1 73.8 69.3 4.4 56.3 6.0 52.9
2024 132.3 74.3 69.3 5.0 56.2 6.7 52.4
Annapolis Valley              
2023 111.2 66.3 62.9 3.4 59.6 5.1 56.6
2024 113.3 67.2 62.7 4.5 59.3 6.7 55.3
Southern              
2023 100.7 56.3 52.0 4.3 55.9 7.6 51.6
2024 101.3 51.4 47.2 4.2 50.7 8.2 46.6
Halifax              
2023 414.1 281.4 265.1 16.4 68.0 5.8 64.0
2024 433.4 296.1 280.2 15.9 68.3 5.4 64.7
New Brunswick              
2023 688.3 422.2 394.6 27.6 61.3 6.5 57.3
2024 711.6 433.6 408.0 25.6 60.9 5.9 57.3
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2023 134.1 73.3 65.3 8.0 54.7 10.9 48.7
2024 135.9 71.1 64.3 6.8 52.3 9.6 47.3
Moncton–Richibucto              
2023 205.3 133.8 126.6 7.2 65.2 5.4 61.7
2024 215.3 138.8 132.5 6.3 64.5 4.5 61.5
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2023 154.4 94.6 89.2 5.4 61.3 5.7 57.8
2024 159.1 98.7 93.3 5.4 62.0 5.5 58.6
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2023 127.7 80.2 74.8 5.3 62.8 6.6 58.6
2024 133.2 85.6 80.7 4.9 64.3 5.7 60.6
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2023 66.7 40.3 38.5 1.7 60.4 4.2 57.7
2024 68.1 39.4 37.2 2.1 57.9 5.3 54.6
Quebec              
2023 7,288.0 4,759.5 4,544.2 215.3 65.3 4.5 62.4
2024 7,477.7 4,833.7 4,570.5 263.2 64.6 5.4 61.1
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2023 76.7 37.6 34.3 3.3 49.0 8.8 44.7
2024 77.0 40.0 38.0 2.1 51.9 5.3 49.4
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2023 166.2 102.4 98.7 3.6 61.6 3.5 59.4
2024 167.2 102.0 98.9 3.1 61.0 3.0 59.2
Capitale-Nationale              
2023 636.9 419.1 408.3 10.8 65.8 2.6 64.1
2024 648.5 420.0 402.9 17.1 64.8 4.1 62.1
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2023 363.0 244.1 237.9 6.1 67.2 2.5 65.5
2024 366.9 245.2 239.5 5.8 66.8 2.4 65.3
Estrie              
2023 286.7 171.5 163.9 7.6 59.8 4.4 57.2
2024 292.9 179.7 172.2 7.5 61.4 4.2 58.8
Centre-du-Québec              
2023 212.2 128.9 126.0 2.9 60.7 2.2 59.4
2024 215.1 133.3 127.7 5.6 62.0 4.2 59.4
Montérégie              
2023 1,355.8 895.1 862.5 32.6 66.0 3.6 63.6
2024 1,379.7 881.2 842.3 38.9 63.9 4.4 61.0
Montréal              
2023 1,827.1 1,238.3 1,159.0 79.3 67.8 6.4 63.4
2024 1,933.2 1,276.1 1,168.7 107.4 66.0 8.4 60.5
Laval              
2023 375.5 252.5 236.6 15.9 67.2 6.3 63.0
2024 381.9 261.3 245.9 15.4 68.4 5.9 64.4
Lanaudière              
2023 438.2 283.4 273.7 9.7 64.7 3.4 62.5
2024 444.2 296.8 280.1 16.7 66.8 5.6 63.1
Laurentides              
2023 545.9 374.4 354.5 19.9 68.6 5.3 64.9
2024 556.2 372.2 358.2 14.0 66.9 3.8 64.4
Outaouais              
2023 338.9 224.3 215.6 8.8 66.2 3.9 63.6
2024 344.8 223.9 209.8 14.1 64.9 6.3 60.8
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2023 118.8 74.0 71.9 2.1 62.3 2.8 60.5
2024 119.2 75.8 72.8 3.0 63.6 4.0 61.1
Mauricie              
2023 229.7 132.1 124.5 7.6 57.5 5.8 54.2
2024 232.3 141.4 134.7 6.8 60.9 4.8 58.0
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2023 230.1 131.3 127.7 3.6 57.1 2.7 55.5
2024 232.5 130.8 126.6 4.1 56.3 3.1 54.5
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2023 86.2 50.4 49.1 x 58.5 x 57.0
2024 85.9 54.0 52.4 1.6 62.9 3.0 61.0
Ontario              
2023 12,899.9 8,474.7 7,947.2 527.5 65.7 6.2 61.6
2024 13,411.2 8,734.9 8,109.5 625.4 65.1 7.2 60.5
Ottawa              
2023 1,255.7 858.7 814.1 44.6 68.4 5.2 64.8
2024 1,298.2 893.0 837.3 55.7 68.8 6.2 64.5
Kingston–Pembroke              
2023 410.3 240.2 228.7 11.6 58.5 4.8 55.7
2024 420.3 245.3 232.8 12.5 58.4 5.1 55.4
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2023 359.9 204.7 197.9 6.8 56.9 3.3 55.0
2024 367.6 204.6 199.3 5.4 55.7 2.6 54.2
Toronto              
2023 6,132.1 4,126.4 3,837.2 289.2 67.3 7.0 62.6
2024 6,432.4 4,277.2 3,925.1 352.2 66.5 8.2 61.0
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2023 1,281.2 884.5 833.0 51.4 69.0 5.8 65.0
2024 1,330.8 895.3 832.7 62.7 67.3 7.0 62.6
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2023 1,324.7 847.8 800.0 47.7 64.0 5.6 60.4
2024 1,365.2 860.6 809.9 50.7 63.0 5.9 59.3
London              
2023 641.5 424.1 399.6 24.5 66.1 5.8 62.3
2024 667.4 429.7 401.8 27.9 64.4 6.5 60.2
Windsor–Sarnia              
2023 579.4 354.4 328.6 25.8 61.2 7.3 56.7
2024 601.3 378.0 347.8 30.2 62.9 8.0 57.8
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2023 273.4 160.2 154.4 5.8 58.6 3.6 56.5
2024 277.9 170.3 163.9 6.4 61.3 3.8 59.0
Northeast              
2023 465.7 266.4 251.1 15.3 57.2 5.7 53.9
2024 471.4 274.8 258.0 16.7 58.3 6.1 54.7
Northwest              
2023 176.0 107.4 102.7 4.7 61.0 4.4 58.4
2024 178.8 106.0 101.0 5.0 59.3 4.7 56.5
Manitoba              
2023 1,095.8 739.3 699.5 39.9 67.5 5.4 63.8
2024 1,137.4 764.2 718.3 46.0 67.2 6.0 63.2
Southeast              
2023 104.0 73.3 70.2 3.1 70.5 4.2 67.5
2024 107.1 71.7 68.7 3.0 66.9 4.2 64.1
South Central and North Central              
2023 94.8 63.2 60.1 3.1 66.7 4.9 63.4
2024 97.5 61.4 57.9 3.5 63.0 5.7 59.4
Southwest              
2023 92.8 62.4 58.6 3.8 67.2 6.1 63.1
2024 95.2 66.5 63.5 3.1 69.9 4.7 66.7
Winnipeg              
2023 670.5 456.9 432.4 24.6 68.1 5.4 64.5
2024 702.5 480.5 449.3 31.2 68.4 6.5 64.0
Interlake              
2023 78.8 48.5 45.8 2.7 61.5 5.6 58.1
2024 80.3 49.6 47.1 2.5 61.8 5.0 58.7
Parklands and North              
2023 54.8 35.1 32.5 2.6 64.1 7.4 59.3
2024 54.8 34.4 31.7 2.7 62.8 7.8 57.8
Saskatchewan              
2023 930.4 628.2 598.6 29.6 67.5 4.7 64.3
2024 958.3 648.6 613.2 35.4 67.7 5.5 64.0
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2023 291.1 199.8 189.5 10.4 68.6 5.2 65.1
2024 302.3 202.2 191.4 10.7 66.9 5.3 63.3
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2023 84.4 49.9 47.8 2.1 59.1 4.2 56.6
2024 85.6 55.6 52.2 3.4 65.0 6.1 61.0
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2023 332.8 237.4 225.6 11.8 71.3 5.0 67.8
2024 346.0 248.8 235.9 12.9 71.9 5.2 68.2
Yorkton–Melville              
2023 62.1 43.0 41.8 1.2 69.2 2.8 67.3
2024 62.6 35.7 33.5 2.2 57.0 6.2 53.5
Prince Albert and Northern              
2023 159.9 98.1 94.0 4.1 61.4 4.2 58.8
2024 161.7 106.3 100.2 6.1 65.7 5.7 62.0
Alberta              
2023 3,794.7 2,634.1 2,489.8 144.3 69.4 5.5 65.6
2024 3,974.5 2,749.2 2,552.6 196.6 69.2 7.2 64.2
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2023 251.9 169.2 160.9 8.3 67.2 4.9 63.9
2024 261.3 168.9 157.3 11.5 64.6 6.8 60.2
Camrose–Drumheller              
2023 167.1 101.5 98.1 3.4 60.7 3.3 58.7
2024 171.0 112.3 107.5 4.8 65.7 4.3 62.9
Calgary              
2023 1,460.6 1,032.1 975.6 56.6 70.7 5.5 66.8
2024 1,535.9 1,085.0 1,004.4 80.6 70.6 7.4 65.4
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2023 287.6 202.5 192.1 10.3 70.4 5.1 66.8
2024 296.4 214.0 203.6 10.4 72.2 4.9 68.7
Red Deer              
2023 186.7 121.0 112.0 8.9 64.8 7.4 60.0
2024 193.1 130.2 121.6 8.6 67.4 6.6 63.0
Edmonton              
2023 1,331.9 925.6 873.4 52.2 69.5 5.6 65.6
2024 1,404.8 956.8 881.6 75.2 68.1 7.9 62.8
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2023 108.9 82.4 77.7 4.7 75.7 5.7 71.3
2024 112.0 82.0 76.5 5.5 73.2 6.7 68.3
British Columbia              
2023 4,547.6 2,973.0 2,817.5 155.5 65.4 5.2 62.0
2024 4,703.2 3,013.7 2,839.0 174.8 64.1 5.8 60.4
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2023 782.2 467.3 447.3 20.0 59.7 4.3 57.2
2024 802.6 484.7 462.1 22.5 60.4 4.6 57.6
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2023 2,821.4 1,936.8 1,826.3 110.6 68.6 5.7 64.7
2024 2,936.3 1,949.9 1,826.9 123.0 66.4 6.3 62.2
Thompson–Okanagan              
2023 529.4 307.1 297.4 9.7 58.0 3.2 56.2
2024 543.2 314.2 299.9 14.3 57.8 4.6 55.2
Kootenay              
2023 143.1 82.7 78.0 4.7 57.8 5.7 54.5
2024 145.5 86.8 82.2 4.5 59.7 5.2 56.5
Cariboo              
2023 145.5 93.1 87.8 5.3 64.0 5.7 60.3
2024 148.3 91.8 86.9 4.9 61.9 5.3 58.6
North Coast and Nechako              
2023 69.9 46.8 43.6 3.2 67.0 6.8 62.4
2024 70.2 49.3 45.6 3.7 70.2 7.5 65.0
Northeast              
2023 56.2 39.1 37.1 2.0 69.6 5.1 66.0
2024 57.0 37.1 35.3 1.8 65.1 4.9 61.9
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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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