Table 3 
Labour force characteristics by province, seasonally adjusted 

Labour force characteristics by province, seasonally adjusted
  December
2024
January
2025
Standard error1 December 2024 to January 2025 January 2024 to January 2025 December 2024 to January 2025 January 2024 to January 2025
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Newfoundland and Labrador              
Population 469.3 469.5 ... 0.2 6.1 0.0 1.3
Labour force 271.7 271.8 1.9 0.1 -4.1 0.0 -1.5
Employment 243.2 243.1 2.0 -0.1 -4.8 -0.0 -1.9
Full-time employment 208.5 207.7 2.4 -0.8 -2.4 -0.4 -1.1
Part-time employment 34.7 35.3 1.9 0.6 -2.5 1.7 -6.6
Unemployment 28.5 28.7 1.8 0.2 0.7 0.7 2.5
Participation rate 57.9 57.9 0.4 0.0 -1.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.5 10.6 0.6 0.1 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 51.8 51.8 0.4 0.0 -1.7 ... ...
Prince Edward Island              
Population 152.4 152.4 ... 0.0 3.9 0.0 2.6
Labour force 103.4 101.6 0.8 -1.8 2.1 -1.7 2.1
Employment 94.6 94.3 0.9 -0.3 1.9 -0.3 2.1
Full-time employment 78.8 81.2 1.1 2.4 1.6 3.0 2.0
Part-time employment 15.8 13.1 0.9 -2.7 0.4 -17.1 3.1
Unemployment 8.8 7.3 0.7 -1.5 0.1 -17.0 1.4
Participation rate 67.8 66.7 0.5 -1.1 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 7.2 0.7 -1.3 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 62.1 61.9 0.6 -0.2 -0.3 ... ...
Nova Scotia              
Population 909.4 909.7 ... 0.3 18.5 0.0 2.1
Labour force 563.1 560.4 3.1 -2.7 2.1 -0.5 0.4
Employment 527.7 527.2 3.2 -0.5 7.8 -0.1 1.5
Full-time employment 439.8 436.0 4.2 -3.8 13.3 -0.9 3.1
Part-time employment 87.8 91.1 3.6 3.3 -5.6 3.8 -5.8
Unemployment 35.4 33.2 2.6 -2.2 -5.7 -6.2 -14.7
Participation rate 61.9 61.6 0.3 -0.3 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 5.9 0.5 -0.4 -1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 58.0 58.0 0.4 0.0 -0.3 ... ...
New Brunswick              
Population 716.7 717.0 ... 0.3 16.9 0.0 2.4
Labour force 433.2 430.3 2.5 -2.9 5.6 -0.7 1.3
Employment 400.0 402.9 2.5 2.9 7.3 0.7 1.8
Full-time employment 336.8 343.3 3.2 6.5 6.9 1.9 2.1
Part-time employment 63.2 59.5 2.7 -3.7 0.4 -5.9 0.7
Unemployment 33.2 27.5 2.1 -5.7 -1.7 -17.2 -5.8
Participation rate 60.4 60.0 0.4 -0.4 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 6.4 0.5 -1.3 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 55.8 56.2 0.4 0.4 -0.3 ... ...
Quebec              
Population 7,522.8 7,534.5 ... 11.7 192.2 0.2 2.6
Labour force 4,893.9 4,901.7 15.8 7.8 144.2 0.2 3.0
Employment 4,619.9 4,635.6 15.9 15.7 95.1 0.3 2.1
Full-time employment 3,801.5 3,782.2 20.6 -19.3 81.3 -0.5 2.2
Part-time employment 818.4 853.4 18.8 35.0 13.7 4.3 1.6
Unemployment 274.0 266.1 12.8 -7.9 49.1 -2.9 22.6
Participation rate 65.1 65.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.4 0.3 -0.2 0.8 ... ...
Employment rate 61.4 61.5 0.2 0.1 -0.3 ... ...
Ontario              
Population 13,605.1 13,627.1 ... 22.0 438.2 0.2 3.3
Labour force 8,870.0 8,915.2 21.8 45.2 323.6 0.5 3.8
Employment 8,201.4 8,240.4 21.1 39.0 176.5 0.5 2.2
Full-time employment 6,743.7 6,794.7 27.9 51.0 149.2 0.8 2.2
Part-time employment 1,457.8 1,445.7 26.0 -12.1 27.3 -0.8 1.9
Unemployment 668.5 674.8 18.6 6.3 147.1 0.9 27.9
Participation rate 65.2 65.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.6 0.2 0.1 1.5 ... ...
Employment rate 60.3 60.5 0.2 0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Manitoba              
Population 1,163.0 1,164.7 ... 1.7 36.7 0.1 3.3
Labour force 777.6 778.8 3.5 1.2 22.3 0.2 2.9
Employment 729.1 731.1 3.4 2.0 6.9 0.3 1.0
Full-time employment 598.6 600.8 4.6 2.2 6.5 0.4 1.1
Part-time employment 130.5 130.4 4.3 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 0.3
Unemployment 48.5 47.6 2.9 -0.9 15.3 -1.9 47.4
Participation rate 66.9 66.9 0.3 0.0 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 6.1 0.4 -0.1 1.8 ... ...
Employment rate 62.7 62.8 0.3 0.1 -1.4 ... ...
Saskatchewan              
Population 956.6 958.0 ... 1.4 26.4 0.1 2.8
Labour force 647.0 640.9 3.0 -6.1 14.9 -0.9 2.4
Employment 608.2 606.4 3.0 -1.8 10.4 -0.3 1.7
Full-time employment 500.9 499.3 4.1 -1.6 5.0 -0.3 1.0
Part-time employment 107.2 107.1 3.7 -0.1 5.3 -0.1 5.2
Unemployment 38.8 34.6 2.4 -4.2 4.6 -10.8 15.3
Participation rate 67.6 66.9 0.3 -0.7 -0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 5.4 0.4 -0.6 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 63.6 63.3 0.3 -0.3 -0.7 ... ...
Alberta              
Population 3,991.4 4,002.0 ... 10.6 173.2 0.3 4.5
Labour force 2,758.5 2,752.1 12.1 -6.4 91.6 -0.2 3.4
Employment 2,572.7 2,568.4 12.0 -4.3 74.8 -0.2 3.0
Full-time employment 2,120.4 2,099.0 16.2 -21.4 64.0 -1.0 3.1
Part-time employment 452.3 469.4 14.4 17.1 10.8 3.8 2.4
Unemployment 185.8 183.7 10.8 -2.1 16.8 -1.1 10.1
Participation rate 69.1 68.8 0.3 -0.3 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 6.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 64.5 64.2 0.3 -0.3 -0.9 ... ...
British Columbia              
Population 4,798.3 4,805.9 ... 7.6 152.1 0.2 3.3
Labour force 3,104.5 3,131.1 11.1 26.6 64.6 0.9 2.1
Employment 2,920.6 2,944.0 11.1 23.4 40.5 0.8 1.4
Full-time employment 2,321.7 2,341.6 15.0 19.9 19.6 0.9 0.8
Part-time employment 598.9 602.4 13.7 3.5 20.8 0.6 3.6
Unemployment 183.9 187.1 9.0 3.2 24.1 1.7 14.8
Participation rate 64.7 65.2 0.2 0.5 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.9 6.0 0.3 0.1 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 60.9 61.3 0.2 0.4 -1.1 ... ...
...
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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