Table 5 
Labour force characteristics by province, age group and sex, seasonally adjusted (Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia) 

Labour force characteristics by province, age group and sex, seasonally adjusted (Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia)
  November
2024
December
2024
Standard error1 November to December 2024 December 2023 to December 2024 November to December 2024 December 2023 to December 2024
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Quebec              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 7,505.2 7,517.6 ... 12.4 192.5 0.2 2.6
Labour force 4,856.1 4,855.2 16.4 -0.9 99.3 -0.0 2.1
Employment 4,570.6 4,585.0 16.3 14.4 53.1 0.3 1.2
Full-time employment 3,761.0 3,768.9 20.9 7.9 101.3 0.2 2.8
Unemployment 285.5 270.2 12.4 -15.3 46.1 -5.4 20.6
Participation rate 64.7 64.6 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.9 5.6 0.3 -0.3 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 60.9 61.0 0.2 0.1 -0.9 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 1,003.3 1,007.0 ... 3.7 57.1 0.4 6.0
Labour force 675.6 663.4 8.8 -12.2 1.8 -1.8 0.3
Employment 609.5 603.2 8.4 -6.3 -6.3 -1.0 -1.0
Unemployment 66.0 60.3 6.3 -5.7 8.2 -8.6 15.7
Participation rate 67.3 65.9 0.9 -1.4 -3.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.8 9.1 0.9 -0.7 1.2 ... ...
Employment rate 60.7 59.9 0.9 -0.8 -4.3 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 3,246.9 3,251.9 ... 5.0 78.5 0.2 2.5
Labour force 2,205.6 2,206.2 9.2 0.6 39.8 0.0 1.8
Employment 2,081.5 2,090.9 9.5 9.4 22.1 0.5 1.1
Unemployment 124.1 115.3 8.2 -8.8 17.7 -7.1 18.1
Participation rate 67.9 67.8 0.3 -0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.2 0.4 -0.4 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 64.1 64.3 0.3 0.2 -0.9 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 3,255.0 3,258.7 ... 3.7 56.9 0.1 1.8
Labour force 1,974.9 1,985.5 8.9 10.6 57.6 0.5 3.0
Employment 1,879.5 1,890.9 9.1 11.4 37.4 0.6 2.0
Unemployment 95.4 94.6 6.9 -0.8 20.3 -0.8 27.3
Participation rate 60.7 60.9 0.3 0.2 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.8 0.4 0.0 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 57.7 58.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 ... ...
Ontario              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 13,490.7 13,520.3 ... 29.6 514.4 0.2 4.0
Labour force 8,763.4 8,781.3 21.4 17.9 338.9 0.2 4.0
Employment 8,095.4 8,118.8 21.2 23.4 204.9 0.3 2.6
Full-time employment 6,652.7 6,661.9 27.3 9.2 97.2 0.1 1.5
Unemployment 668.0 662.5 18.0 -5.5 134.0 -0.8 25.4
Participation rate 65.0 64.9 0.2 -0.1 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 7.5 0.2 -0.1 1.2 ... ...
Employment rate 60.0 60.0 0.2 0.0 -0.8 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 2,147.7 2,156.5 ... 8.8 171.3 0.4 8.6
Labour force 1,302.7 1,300.8 12.8 -1.9 127.4 -0.1 10.9
Employment 1,081.5 1,063.8 11.8 -17.7 49.2 -1.6 4.8
Unemployment 221.2 236.9 10.9 15.7 78.1 7.1 49.2
Participation rate 60.7 60.3 0.6 -0.4 1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 17.0 18.2 0.8 1.2 4.7 ... ...
Employment rate 50.4 49.3 0.6 -1.1 -1.8 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 5,558.4 5,569.5 ... 11.1 186.2 0.2 3.5
Labour force 3,957.2 3,975.6 11.0 18.4 144.2 0.5 3.8
Employment 3,726.0 3,761.1 11.3 35.1 127.3 0.9 3.5
Unemployment 231.2 214.5 9.9 -16.7 16.9 -7.2 8.6
Participation rate 71.2 71.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 5.4 0.3 -0.4 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 67.0 67.5 0.2 0.5 0.0 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 5,784.6 5,794.3 ... 9.7 156.8 0.2 2.8
Labour force 3,503.5 3,505.0 11.9 1.5 67.4 0.0 2.0
Employment 3,287.8 3,293.9 11.8 6.1 28.3 0.2 0.9
Unemployment 215.6 211.1 9.9 -4.5 39.1 -2.1 22.7
Participation rate 60.6 60.5 0.2 -0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 6.0 0.3 -0.2 1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 56.8 56.8 0.2 0.0 -1.1 ... ...
Manitoba              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 1,142.7 1,144.6 ... 1.9 41.2 0.2 3.7
Labour force 768.2 763.7 3.4 -4.5 29.8 -0.6 4.1
Employment 723.6 716.4 3.3 -7.2 13.3 -1.0 1.9
Full-time employment 586.7 586.6 4.6 -0.1 8.8 -0.0 1.5
Unemployment 44.7 47.2 2.7 2.5 16.4 5.6 53.2
Participation rate 67.2 66.7 0.3 -0.5 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 6.2 0.4 0.4 2.0 ... ...
Employment rate 63.3 62.6 0.3 -0.7 -1.1 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 189.9 190.4 ... 0.5 13.0 0.3 7.3
Labour force 127.2 124.6 2.0 -2.6 5.8 -2.0 4.9
Employment 110.9 109.2 1.9 -1.7 1.3 -1.5 1.2
Unemployment 16.3 15.4 1.6 -0.9 4.5 -5.5 41.3
Participation rate 67.0 65.4 1.1 -1.6 -1.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.8 12.4 1.3 -0.4 3.2 ... ...
Employment rate 58.4 57.4 1.1 -1.0 -3.4 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 472.0 472.8 ... 0.8 15.8 0.2 3.5
Labour force 344.3 342.8 1.7 -1.5 17.6 -0.4 5.4
Employment 328.2 325.0 1.9 -3.2 12.3 -1.0 3.9
Unemployment 16.2 17.8 1.6 1.6 5.4 9.9 43.5
Participation rate 72.9 72.5 0.4 -0.4 1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.7 5.2 0.5 0.5 1.4 ... ...
Employment rate 69.5 68.7 0.4 -0.8 0.3 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 480.8 481.4 ... 0.6 12.4 0.1 2.6
Labour force 296.7 296.3 1.8 -0.4 6.4 -0.1 2.2
Employment 284.5 282.3 1.9 -2.2 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1
Unemployment 12.2 14.1 1.4 1.9 6.6 15.6 88.0
Participation rate 61.7 61.5 0.4 -0.2 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.8 0.5 0.7 2.2 ... ...
Employment rate 59.2 58.6 0.4 -0.6 -1.6 ... ...
Saskatchewan              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 962.5 964.0 ... 1.5 28.3 0.2 3.0
Labour force 646.3 652.5 3.1 6.2 13.5 1.0 2.1
Employment 609.9 613.9 3.0 4.0 6.9 0.7 1.1
Full-time employment 506.2 507.3 4.0 1.1 5.9 0.2 1.2
Unemployment 36.3 38.7 2.4 2.4 6.7 6.6 20.9
Participation rate 67.1 67.7 0.3 0.6 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.9 0.4 0.3 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 63.4 63.7 0.3 0.3 -1.2 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 150.9 151.2 ... 0.3 7.5 0.2 5.2
Labour force 97.7 98.3 1.9 0.6 5.6 0.6 6.0
Employment 86.0 85.4 1.7 -0.6 4.0 -0.7 4.9
Unemployment 11.7 12.9 1.4 1.2 1.6 10.3 14.2
Participation rate 64.7 65.0 1.3 0.3 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.0 13.1 1.5 1.1 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 57.0 56.5 1.2 -0.5 -0.1 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 406.9 407.5 ... 0.6 10.7 0.1 2.7
Labour force 296.7 299.4 1.6 2.7 3.8 0.9 1.3
Employment 281.2 284.2 1.6 3.0 -1.3 1.1 -0.5
Unemployment 15.5 15.2 1.3 -0.3 5.0 -1.9 49.0
Participation rate 72.9 73.5 0.4 0.6 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.2 5.1 0.4 -0.1 1.6 ... ...
Employment rate 69.1 69.7 0.4 0.6 -2.3 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 404.7 405.3 ... 0.6 10.1 0.1 2.6
Labour force 251.9 254.8 1.6 2.9 4.1 1.2 1.6
Employment 242.8 244.2 1.6 1.4 4.1 0.6 1.7
Unemployment 9.1 10.5 1.2 1.4 -0.1 15.4 -0.9
Participation rate 62.2 62.9 0.4 0.7 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.6 4.1 0.5 0.5 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 60.0 60.3 0.4 0.3 -0.5 ... ...
Alberta              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 4,003.5 4,015.2 ... 11.7 181.4 0.3 4.7
Labour force 2,776.0 2,790.2 11.9 14.2 119.5 0.5 4.5
Employment 2,567.3 2,602.5 12.1 35.2 99.9 1.4 4.0
Full-time employment 2,110.2 2,146.1 16.2 35.9 115.1 1.7 5.7
Unemployment 208.7 187.8 10.0 -20.9 19.6 -10.0 11.7
Participation rate 69.3 69.5 0.3 0.2 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 6.7 0.4 -0.8 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 64.1 64.8 0.3 0.7 -0.5 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 617.6 620.3 ... 2.7 41.2 0.4 7.1
Labour force 398.0 411.0 6.7 13.0 42.4 3.3 11.5
Employment 342.3 353.3 6.1 11.0 37.6 3.2 11.9
Unemployment 55.7 57.7 5.8 2.0 4.8 3.6 9.1
Participation rate 64.4 66.3 1.2 1.9 2.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.0 14.0 1.4 0.0 -0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 55.4 57.0 1.0 1.6 2.5 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 1,686.2 1,690.8 ... 4.6 71.6 0.3 4.4
Labour force 1,286.8 1,284.1 5.9 -2.7 37.8 -0.2 3.0
Employment 1,203.1 1,215.6 6.9 12.5 30.5 1.0 2.6
Unemployment 83.7 68.5 5.9 -15.2 7.2 -18.2 11.7
Participation rate 76.3 75.9 0.4 -0.4 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 5.3 0.5 -1.2 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 71.3 71.9 0.4 0.6 -1.3 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 1,699.8 1,704.1 ... 4.3 68.6 0.3 4.2
Labour force 1,091.2 1,095.2 6.9 4.0 39.4 0.4 3.7
Employment 1,021.8 1,033.5 6.9 11.7 31.7 1.1 3.2
Unemployment 69.3 61.6 5.6 -7.7 7.6 -11.1 14.1
Participation rate 64.2 64.3 0.4 0.1 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.4 5.6 0.5 -0.8 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 60.6 0.4 0.5 -0.7 ... ...
British Columbia              
Both sexes, 15 years and over              
Population 4,725.0 4,733.2 ... 8.2 156.9 0.2 3.4
Labour force 3,003.2 3,024.8 10.6 21.6 20.4 0.7 0.7
Employment 2,830.7 2,844.8 11.0 14.1 6.9 0.5 0.2
Full-time employment 2,260.2 2,252.8 15.2 -7.4 -24.8 -0.3 -1.1
Unemployment 172.5 180.0 8.7 7.5 13.5 4.3 8.1
Participation rate 63.6 63.9 0.2 0.3 -1.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 6.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 59.9 60.1 0.2 0.2 -1.9 ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years               
Population 686.7 689.1 ... 2.4 50.0 0.3 7.8
Labour force 408.8 420.3 6.2 11.5 -1.2 2.8 -0.3
Employment 357.4 366.1 6.3 8.7 -20.0 2.4 -5.2
Unemployment 51.4 54.3 4.7 2.9 18.9 5.6 53.4
Participation rate 59.5 61.0 1.0 1.5 -5.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.6 12.9 1.1 0.3 4.5 ... ...
Employment rate 52.0 53.1 1.0 1.1 -7.3 ... ...
Men, 25 years and over              
Population 1,971.5 1,974.4 ... 2.9 55.2 0.1 2.9
Labour force 1,367.6 1,379.6 5.6 12.0 37.4 0.9 2.8
Employment 1,304.7 1,314.5 6.1 9.8 36.3 0.8 2.8
Unemployment 63.0 65.0 4.9 2.0 0.9 3.2 1.4
Participation rate 69.4 69.9 0.3 0.5 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.7 0.4 0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 66.2 66.6 0.3 0.4 0.0 ... ...
Women, 25 years and over              
Population 2,066.8 2,069.7 ... 2.9 51.6 0.1 2.6
Labour force 1,226.7 1,224.9 6.2 -1.8 -15.8 -0.1 -1.3
Employment 1,168.6 1,164.2 6.3 -4.4 -9.4 -0.4 -0.8
Unemployment 58.1 60.7 5.3 2.6 -6.3 4.5 -9.4
Participation rate 59.4 59.2 0.3 -0.2 -2.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.7 5.0 0.4 0.3 -0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 56.5 56.2 0.3 -0.3 -2.0 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
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