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

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in December 2023 and December 2024, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2023 32,877.4 21,430.8 20,293.9 1,136.9 65.2 5.3 61.7
2024 34,053.2 22,035.7 20,669.1 1,366.6 64.7 6.2 60.7
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2023 457.7 263.5 238.5 25.0 57.6 9.5 52.1
2024 463.2 265.6 239.3 26.2 57.3 9.9 51.7
Avalon Peninsula              
2023 247.6 154.0 142.3 11.7 62.2 7.6 57.5
2024 252.8 156.1 143.7 12.4 61.7 7.9 56.8
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2023 121.5 60.7 53.8 7.0 50.0 11.5 44.3
2024 121.5 57.7 50.0 7.7 47.5 13.3 41.2
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2023 88.5 48.8 42.5 6.3 55.1 12.9 48.0
2024 89.0 51.8 45.6 6.2 58.2 12.0 51.2
Prince Edward Island              
2023 146.7 97.2 90.2 7.0 66.3 7.2 61.5
2024 152.6 101.5 92.6 8.9 66.5 8.8 60.7
Nova Scotia              
2023 873.3 536.9 504.7 32.2 61.5 6.0 57.8
2024 898.3 549.5 517.0 32.5 61.2 5.9 57.6
Cape Breton              
2023 113.0 57.8 50.1 7.7 51.2 13.3 44.3
2024 115.7 63.2 57.2 5.9 54.6 9.3 49.4
North Shore              
2023 131.2 72.4 68.0 4.4 55.2 6.1 51.8
2024 132.4 75.5 70.2 5.2 57.0 6.9 53.0
Annapolis Valley              
2023 111.5 68.7 65.0 3.7 61.6 5.4 58.3
2024 113.5 66.9 62.8 4.0 58.9 6.0 55.3
Southern              
2023 100.7 55.2 51.0 4.1 54.8 7.4 50.6
2024 101.3 53.7 49.7 3.9 53.0 7.3 49.1
Halifax              
2023 417.0 282.8 270.6 12.2 67.8 4.3 64.9
2024 435.5 290.4 277.0 13.4 66.7 4.6 63.6
New Brunswick              
2023 690.9 414.1 389.0 25.1 59.9 6.1 56.3
2024 713.5 427.6 398.9 28.7 59.9 6.7 55.9
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2023 134.2 68.6 60.5 8.2 51.1 12.0 45.1
2024 135.9 69.8 62.5 7.3 51.4 10.5 46.0
Moncton–Richibucto              
2023 206.5 130.6 124.3 6.3 63.2 4.8 60.2
2024 216.3 138.1 130.5 7.6 63.8 5.5 60.3
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2023 154.9 95.2 90.3 4.9 61.5 5.1 58.3
2024 159.4 95.9 89.8 6.2 60.2 6.5 56.3
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2023 128.4 80.8 77.2 3.6 62.9 4.5 60.1
2024 133.7 85.4 79.9 5.5 63.9 6.4 59.8
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2023 66.8 38.9 36.7 2.2 58.2 5.7 54.9
2024 68.2 38.3 36.1 2.1 56.2 5.5 52.9
Quebec              
2023 7,314.3 4,743.9 4,520.9 223.0 64.9 4.7 61.8
2024 7,505.3 4,843.8 4,584.8 259.0 64.5 5.3 61.1
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2023 76.7 35.5 31.9 3.5 46.3 9.9 41.6
2024 77.1 39.0 34.7 4.3 50.6 11.0 45.0
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2023 166.3 100.3 97.0 3.3 60.3 3.3 58.3
2024 167.4 95.5 91.0 4.5 57.0 4.7 54.4
Capitale-Nationale              
2023 638.5 420.7 408.8 11.9 65.9 2.8 64.0
2024 650.2 416.6 397.9 18.7 64.1 4.5 61.2
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2023 363.5 240.2 235.8 4.3 66.1 1.8 64.9
2024 367.5 245.4 239.2 6.3 66.8 2.6 65.1
Estrie              
2023 287.5 173.4 166.3 7.2 60.3 4.2 57.8
2024 293.8 177.9 171.7 6.2 60.6 3.5 58.4
Centre-du-Québec              
2023 212.6 129.9 126.7 3.2 61.1 2.5 59.6
2024 215.6 128.3 121.9 6.4 59.5 5.0 56.5
Montérégie              
2023 1,359.1 918.2 888.0 30.2 67.6 3.3 65.3
2024 1,383.1 870.4 831.3 39.0 62.9 4.5 60.1
Montréal              
2023 1,842.0 1,219.6 1,130.3 89.3 66.2 7.3 61.4
2024 1,948.4 1,303.0 1,197.6 105.4 66.9 8.1 61.5
Laval              
2023 376.4 254.4 239.9 14.5 67.6 5.7 63.7
2024 383.0 266.1 252.7 13.4 69.5 5.0 66.0
Lanaudière              
2023 439.0 285.1 273.3 11.7 64.9 4.1 62.3
2024 445.2 292.7 280.6 12.0 65.7 4.1 63.0
Laurentides              
2023 547.4 366.2 347.6 18.6 66.9 5.1 63.5
2024 557.8 381.8 367.9 13.9 68.4 3.6 66.0
Outaouais              
2023 339.7 222.7 213.9 8.8 65.6 4.0 63.0
2024 345.6 222.2 210.2 12.1 64.3 5.4 60.8
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2023 118.9 73.8 71.5 2.3 62.1 3.1 60.1
2024 119.3 74.3 72.0 2.3 62.3 3.1 60.4
Mauricie              
2023 230.1 128.1 120.1 8.0 55.7 6.2 52.2
2024 232.7 141.8 134.1 7.7 60.9 5.4 57.6
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2023 230.4 129.1 124.6 4.5 56.0 3.5 54.1
2024 232.8 135.8 131.0 4.9 58.3 3.6 56.3
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2023 86.2 46.7 45.2 1.6 54.2 3.4 52.4
2024 85.9 52.9 50.9 2.0 61.6 3.8 59.3
Ontario              
2023 12,971.3 8,410.8 7,938.2 472.6 64.8 5.6 61.2
2024 13,488.0 8,690.5 8,097.3 593.2 64.4 6.8 60.0
Ottawa              
2023 1,261.7 851.7 816.5 35.3 67.5 4.1 64.7
2024 1,304.7 879.7 833.4 46.3 67.4 5.3 63.9
Kingston–Pembroke              
2023 411.6 234.9 225.1 9.7 57.1 4.1 54.7
2024 421.8 246.6 233.3 13.3 58.5 5.4 55.3
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2023 361.0 196.0 189.9 6.1 54.3 3.1 52.6
2024 368.7 200.6 192.8 7.9 54.4 3.9 52.3
Toronto              
2023 6,174.1 4,091.6 3,838.6 253.0 66.3 6.2 62.2
2024 6,477.3 4,258.2 3,927.0 331.2 65.7 7.8 60.6
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2023 1,288.2 884.9 831.8 53.1 68.7 6.0 64.6
2024 1,338.3 899.5 835.4 64.2 67.2 7.1 62.4
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2023 1,330.3 842.6 799.5 43.1 63.3 5.1 60.1
2024 1,371.3 856.1 805.8 50.3 62.4 5.9 58.8
London              
2023 645.2 419.3 399.0 20.3 65.0 4.8 61.8
2024 671.3 434.1 409.4 24.7 64.7 5.7 61.0
Windsor–Sarnia              
2023 582.4 353.9 328.8 25.1 60.8 7.1 56.5
2024 604.6 372.3 343.0 29.2 61.6 7.8 56.7
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2023 274.0 160.9 153.8 7.1 58.7 4.4 56.1
2024 278.6 170.0 163.9 6.1 61.0 3.6 58.8
Northeast              
2023 466.4 269.4 253.6 15.8 57.8 5.9 54.4
2024 472.3 268.1 253.4 14.8 56.8 5.5 53.7
Northwest              
2023 176.4 105.8 101.6 4.1 60.0 3.9 57.6
2024 179.2 105.2 100.1 5.2 58.7 4.9 55.9
Manitoba              
2023 1,100.9 732.4 700.9 31.4 66.5 4.3 63.7
2024 1,142.6 759.9 717.5 42.4 66.5 5.6 62.8
Southeast              
2023 104.4 72.1 68.6 3.5 69.1 4.9 65.7
2024 107.5 73.4 70.3 3.1 68.3 4.2 65.4
South Central and North Central              
2023 95.1 63.0 60.9 2.0 66.2 3.2 64.0
2024 97.8 63.0 59.7 3.3 64.4 5.2 61.0
Southwest              
2023 93.1 60.7 57.1 3.6 65.2 5.9 61.3
2024 95.5 64.9 61.9 3.1 68.0 4.8 64.8
Winnipeg              
2023 674.7 454.0 436.0 18.0 67.3 4.0 64.6
2024 706.5 477.4 449.3 28.1 67.6 5.9 63.6
Interlake              
2023 78.9 50.1 47.7 2.4 63.5 4.8 60.5
2024 80.5 48.1 45.9 2.2 59.8 4.6 57.0
Parklands and North              
2023 54.7 32.5 30.6 1.8 59.4 5.5 55.9
2024 54.8 33.1 30.5 2.6 60.4 7.9 55.7
Saskatchewan              
2023 934.1 629.0 601.7 27.3 67.3 4.3 64.4
2024 962.4 643.5 610.9 32.6 66.9 5.1 63.5
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2023 292.7 197.2 187.8 9.4 67.4 4.8 64.2
2024 304.0 204.3 193.0 11.4 67.2 5.6 63.5
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2023 84.5 51.3 48.9 2.4 60.7 4.7 57.9
2024 85.8 55.9 53.0 2.9 65.2 5.2 61.8
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2023 334.6 235.5 224.1 11.4 70.4 4.8 67.0
2024 348.0 242.7 232.2 10.5 69.7 4.3 66.7
Yorkton–Melville              
2023 62.2 43.0 42.0 1.0 69.1 2.3 67.5
2024 62.7 36.0 34.0 2.0 57.4 5.6 54.2
Prince Albert and Northern              
2023 160.1 101.9 98.9 3.0 63.6 2.9 61.8
2024 162.0 104.6 98.7 5.8 64.6 5.5 60.9
Alberta              
2023 3,821.3 2,632.4 2,485.7 146.8 68.9 5.6 65.0
2024 4,003.0 2,754.7 2,573.0 181.8 68.8 6.6 64.3
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2023 253.3 174.8 165.1 9.7 69.0 5.5 65.2
2024 262.7 167.0 157.9 9.1 63.6 5.4 60.1
Camrose–Drumheller              
2023 167.7 104.0 100.7 3.2 62.0 3.1 60.0
2024 171.6 114.7 108.8 5.9 66.8 5.1 63.4
Calgary              
2023 1,471.7 1,018.2 965.0 53.2 69.2 5.2 65.6
2024 1,547.8 1,088.9 1,010.1 78.9 70.4 7.2 65.3
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2023 288.9 209.2 200.1 9.1 72.4 4.3 69.3
2024 297.7 209.1 201.3 7.8 70.2 3.7 67.6
Red Deer              
2023 187.7 122.5 112.7 9.7 65.3 7.9 60.0
2024 194.1 127.5 117.8 9.7 65.7 7.6 60.7
Edmonton              
2023 1,342.6 922.0 864.0 58.0 68.7 6.3 64.4
2024 1,416.5 967.4 901.7 65.7 68.3 6.8 63.7
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2023 109.3 81.8 78.0 3.8 74.8 4.6 71.4
2024 112.5 80.1 75.4 4.7 71.2 5.9 67.0
British Columbia              
2023 4,566.9 2,970.6 2,824.0 146.6 65.0 4.9 61.8
2024 4,724.4 2,999.1 2,837.9 161.2 63.5 5.4 60.1
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2023 784.6 469.1 451.4 17.8 59.8 3.8 57.5
2024 805.4 482.0 461.7 20.3 59.8 4.2 57.3
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2023 2,836.0 1,936.2 1,833.5 102.7 68.3 5.3 64.7
2024 2,951.9 1,945.2 1,832.5 112.7 65.9 5.8 62.1
Thompson–Okanagan              
2023 531.0 299.2 288.9 10.3 56.3 3.4 54.4
2024 545.1 311.9 295.9 16.0 57.2 5.1 54.3
Kootenay              
2023 143.3 87.2 81.0 6.2 60.9 7.1 56.5
2024 145.9 84.6 82.1 2.5 58.0 3.0 56.3
Cariboo              
2023 145.8 92.1 86.8 5.2 63.2 5.6 59.5
2024 148.7 90.0 84.4 5.6 60.5 6.2 56.8
North Coast and Nechako              
2023 69.9 47.6 44.8 2.8 68.1 5.9 64.1
2024 70.2 46.4 44.2 2.3 66.1 5.0 63.0
Northeast              
2023 56.3 39.2 37.6 1.6 69.6 4.1 66.8
2024 57.1 39.0 37.2 1.8 68.3 4.6 65.1
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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