Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in March 2024 and March 2025, unadjusted for seasonality
| Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
| Canada | |||||||
| 2024 | 33,373.2 | 21,686.6 | 20,342.7 | 1,343.9 | 65.0 | 6.2 | 61.0 |
| 2025 | 34,389.6 | 22,279.3 | 20,732.2 | 1,547.0 | 64.8 | 6.9 | 60.3 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 463.9 | 266.2 | 234.7 | 31.6 | 57.4 | 11.9 | 50.6 |
| 2025 | 470.0 | 264.8 | 232.5 | 32.3 | 56.3 | 12.2 | 49.5 |
| Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 253.2 | 154.6 | 141.1 | 13.5 | 61.1 | 8.7 | 55.7 |
| 2025 | 259.0 | 154.9 | 139.7 | 15.2 | 59.8 | 9.8 | 53.9 |
| South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central–Bonavista Bay | |||||||
| 2024 | 122.8 | 62.3 | 50.3 | 12.0 | 50.7 | 19.3 | 41.0 |
| 2025 | 122.9 | 58.2 | 46.6 | 11.5 | 47.4 | 19.8 | 37.9 |
| West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 87.9 | 49.3 | 43.3 | 6.1 | 56.1 | 12.4 | 49.3 |
| 2025 | 88.0 | 51.7 | 46.2 | 5.5 | 58.8 | 10.6 | 52.5 |
| Prince Edward Island | |||||||
| 2024 | 148.9 | 96.0 | 87.1 | 8.9 | 64.5 | 9.3 | 58.5 |
| 2025 | 152.6 | 98.7 | 89.2 | 9.5 | 64.7 | 9.6 | 58.5 |
| Nova Scotia | |||||||
| 2024 | 893.4 | 551.7 | 513.3 | 38.4 | 61.8 | 7.0 | 57.5 |
| 2025 | 910.6 | 553.1 | 516.5 | 36.6 | 60.7 | 6.6 | 56.7 |
| Cape Breton | |||||||
| 2024 | 119.6 | 60.1 | 52.7 | 7.4 | 50.3 | 12.3 | 44.1 |
| 2025 | 120.5 | 64.1 | 55.7 | 8.4 | 53.2 | 13.1 | 46.2 |
| North Shore | |||||||
| 2024 | 136.9 | 74.8 | 68.9 | 5.9 | 54.6 | 7.9 | 50.3 |
| 2025 | 137.7 | 77.5 | 70.4 | 7.2 | 56.3 | 9.3 | 51.1 |
| Annapolis Valley | |||||||
| 2024 | 112.2 | 68.3 | 64.6 | 3.7 | 60.9 | 5.4 | 57.6 |
| 2025 | 113.3 | 63.5 | 60.2 | 3.3 | 56.0 | 5.2 | 53.1 |
| Southern | |||||||
| 2024 | 104.9 | 57.7 | 52.5 | 5.2 | 55.0 | 9.0 | 50.0 |
| 2025 | 105.5 | 55.7 | 52.1 | 3.6 | 52.8 | 6.5 | 49.4 |
| Halifax | |||||||
| 2024 | 419.8 | 290.8 | 274.7 | 16.1 | 69.3 | 5.5 | 65.4 |
| 2025 | 433.7 | 292.2 | 278.1 | 14.1 | 67.4 | 4.8 | 64.1 |
| New Brunswick | |||||||
| 2024 | 702.0 | 417.5 | 382.4 | 35.1 | 59.5 | 8.4 | 54.5 |
| 2025 | 717.7 | 422.9 | 389.7 | 33.2 | 58.9 | 7.9 | 54.3 |
| Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
| 2024 | 137.0 | 67.5 | 55.6 | 11.9 | 49.3 | 17.6 | 40.6 |
| 2025 | 137.9 | 68.7 | 59.7 | 8.9 | 49.8 | 13.0 | 43.3 |
| Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
| 2024 | 215.0 | 136.0 | 127.5 | 8.5 | 63.3 | 6.3 | 59.3 |
| 2025 | 223.4 | 143.1 | 134.1 | 9.0 | 64.1 | 6.3 | 60.0 |
| Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
| 2024 | 156.4 | 97.7 | 91.3 | 6.5 | 62.5 | 6.7 | 58.4 |
| 2025 | 159.0 | 91.2 | 83.8 | 7.4 | 57.4 | 8.1 | 52.7 |
| Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
| 2024 | 126.7 | 78.2 | 73.4 | 4.8 | 61.7 | 6.1 | 57.9 |
| 2025 | 129.8 | 83.2 | 77.3 | 5.9 | 64.1 | 7.1 | 59.6 |
| Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
| 2024 | 66.9 | 38.0 | 34.6 | 3.4 | 56.8 | 8.9 | 51.7 |
| 2025 | 67.7 | 36.8 | 34.8 | 2.0 | 54.4 | 5.4 | 51.4 |
| Quebec | |||||||
| 2024 | 7,357.2 | 4,728.8 | 4,478.0 | 250.8 | 64.3 | 5.3 | 60.9 |
| 2025 | 7,543.4 | 4,862.2 | 4,566.5 | 295.6 | 64.5 | 6.1 | 60.5 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
| 2024 | 78.5 | 36.7 | 32.3 | 4.4 | 46.8 | 12.0 | 41.1 |
| 2025 | 79.0 | 40.5 | 35.1 | 5.4 | 51.3 | 13.3 | 44.4 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
| 2024 | 173.6 | 100.1 | 94.8 | 5.4 | 57.7 | 5.4 | 54.6 |
| 2025 | 175.9 | 102.4 | 95.6 | 6.9 | 58.2 | 6.7 | 54.3 |
| Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
| 2024 | 661.8 | 441.0 | 421.7 | 19.2 | 66.6 | 4.4 | 63.7 |
| 2025 | 679.1 | 429.4 | 407.1 | 22.4 | 63.2 | 5.2 | 59.9 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
| 2024 | 373.4 | 244.2 | 235.0 | 9.2 | 65.4 | 3.8 | 62.9 |
| 2025 | 380.2 | 251.5 | 241.8 | 9.7 | 66.1 | 3.9 | 63.6 |
| Estrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 297.9 | 179.0 | 169.0 | 10.0 | 60.1 | 5.6 | 56.7 |
| 2025 | 305.0 | 177.5 | 168.1 | 9.4 | 58.2 | 5.3 | 55.1 |
| Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 215.3 | 139.1 | 134.6 | 4.5 | 64.6 | 3.2 | 62.5 |
| 2025 | 219.4 | 143.5 | 135.1 | 8.4 | 65.4 | 5.9 | 61.6 |
| Montérégie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,362.6 | 904.9 | 865.4 | 39.5 | 66.4 | 4.4 | 63.5 |
| 2025 | 1,387.2 | 888.3 | 845.9 | 42.4 | 64.0 | 4.8 | 61.0 |
| Montréal | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,775.8 | 1,141.2 | 1,053.2 | 88.0 | 64.3 | 7.7 | 59.3 |
| 2025 | 1,857.4 | 1,248.6 | 1,145.5 | 103.1 | 67.2 | 8.3 | 61.7 |
| Laval | |||||||
| 2024 | 377.7 | 250.5 | 236.6 | 13.9 | 66.3 | 5.5 | 62.6 |
| 2025 | 384.9 | 259.9 | 241.0 | 18.9 | 67.5 | 7.3 | 62.6 |
| Lanaudière | |||||||
| 2024 | 454.4 | 298.7 | 285.9 | 12.9 | 65.7 | 4.3 | 62.9 |
| 2025 | 463.1 | 305.6 | 289.0 | 16.6 | 66.0 | 5.4 | 62.4 |
| Laurentides | |||||||
| 2024 | 556.1 | 370.9 | 354.6 | 16.3 | 66.7 | 4.4 | 63.8 |
| 2025 | 566.9 | 380.5 | 362.8 | 17.6 | 67.1 | 4.6 | 64.0 |
| Outaouais | |||||||
| 2024 | 345.6 | 232.9 | 222.1 | 10.8 | 67.4 | 4.6 | 64.3 |
| 2025 | 351.6 | 223.5 | 211.1 | 12.4 | 63.6 | 5.5 | 60.0 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
| 2024 | 120.6 | 78.2 | 76.6 | 1.5 | 64.8 | 1.9 | 63.5 |
| 2025 | 121.3 | 73.6 | 70.5 | 3.1 | 60.7 | 4.2 | 58.1 |
| Mauricie | |||||||
| 2024 | 238.7 | 130.8 | 123.7 | 7.1 | 54.8 | 5.4 | 51.8 |
| 2025 | 243.3 | 142.9 | 132.8 | 10.0 | 58.7 | 7.0 | 54.6 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
| 2024 | 236.5 | 130.4 | 125.4 | 5.0 | 55.1 | 3.8 | 53.0 |
| 2025 | 240.2 | 143.1 | 136.3 | 6.7 | 59.6 | 4.7 | 56.7 |
| Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 88.8 | 50.2 | 47.1 | 3.1 | 56.5 | 6.2 | 53.0 |
| 2025 | 88.9 | 51.4 | 48.8 | 2.5 | 57.8 | 4.9 | 54.9 |
| Ontario | |||||||
| 2024 | 13,231.6 | 8,552.8 | 7,988.6 | 564.2 | 64.6 | 6.6 | 60.4 |
| 2025 | 13,644.1 | 8,825.6 | 8,155.5 | 670.2 | 64.7 | 7.6 | 59.8 |
| Ottawa | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,291.5 | 865.0 | 820.1 | 44.9 | 67.0 | 5.2 | 63.5 |
| 2025 | 1,326.2 | 884.2 | 836.0 | 48.3 | 66.7 | 5.5 | 63.0 |
| Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
| 2024 | 431.8 | 237.4 | 225.2 | 12.2 | 55.0 | 5.1 | 52.2 |
| 2025 | 440.7 | 249.0 | 234.3 | 14.7 | 56.5 | 5.9 | 53.2 |
| Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
| 2024 | 379.8 | 201.5 | 191.8 | 9.7 | 53.1 | 4.8 | 50.5 |
| 2025 | 388.4 | 206.6 | 189.6 | 17.0 | 53.2 | 8.2 | 48.8 |
| Toronto | |||||||
| 2024 | 6,151.0 | 4,076.3 | 3,778.9 | 297.4 | 66.3 | 7.3 | 61.4 |
| 2025 | 6,371.7 | 4,257.4 | 3,888.4 | 369.0 | 66.8 | 8.7 | 61.0 |
| Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,348.6 | 931.1 | 874.9 | 56.2 | 69.0 | 6.0 | 64.9 |
| 2025 | 1,396.9 | 957.4 | 889.5 | 67.9 | 68.5 | 7.1 | 63.7 |
| Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,377.7 | 865.7 | 805.2 | 60.5 | 62.8 | 7.0 | 58.4 |
| 2025 | 1,413.2 | 870.3 | 805.7 | 64.6 | 61.6 | 7.4 | 57.0 |
| London | |||||||
| 2024 | 670.3 | 438.6 | 412.5 | 26.1 | 65.4 | 6.0 | 61.5 |
| 2025 | 693.1 | 440.0 | 416.4 | 23.6 | 63.5 | 5.4 | 60.1 |
| Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
| 2024 | 606.4 | 372.1 | 345.8 | 26.4 | 61.4 | 7.1 | 57.0 |
| 2025 | 622.1 | 385.2 | 349.6 | 35.6 | 61.9 | 9.2 | 56.2 |
| Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 286.3 | 172.0 | 164.9 | 7.1 | 60.1 | 4.1 | 57.6 |
| 2025 | 291.8 | 174.8 | 165.3 | 9.5 | 59.9 | 5.4 | 56.6 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 505.1 | 284.4 | 265.8 | 18.7 | 56.3 | 6.6 | 52.6 |
| 2025 | 515.2 | 290.9 | 276.0 | 15.0 | 56.5 | 5.2 | 53.6 |
| Northwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 183.1 | 108.7 | 103.5 | 5.1 | 59.4 | 4.7 | 56.5 |
| 2025 | 184.6 | 109.8 | 104.8 | 5.0 | 59.5 | 4.6 | 56.8 |
| Manitoba | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,131.3 | 746.7 | 711.2 | 35.5 | 66.0 | 4.8 | 62.9 |
| 2025 | 1,166.8 | 772.0 | 725.1 | 46.9 | 66.2 | 6.1 | 62.1 |
| Southeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 109.8 | 77.1 | 73.1 | 4.0 | 70.2 | 5.2 | 66.6 |
| 2025 | 113.1 | 78.2 | 74.4 | 3.8 | 69.1 | 4.9 | 65.8 |
| South Central and North Central | |||||||
| 2024 | 95.1 | 64.6 | 61.6 | 3.1 | 67.9 | 4.8 | 64.8 |
| 2025 | 97.6 | 63.3 | 59.4 | 3.9 | 64.9 | 6.2 | 60.9 |
| Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 97.3 | 60.1 | 57.1 | 3.0 | 61.8 | 5.0 | 58.7 |
| 2025 | 99.4 | 65.7 | 62.3 | 3.4 | 66.1 | 5.2 | 62.7 |
| Winnipeg | |||||||
| 2024 | 690.8 | 462.0 | 440.4 | 21.7 | 66.9 | 4.7 | 63.8 |
| 2025 | 716.9 | 483.9 | 454.6 | 29.3 | 67.5 | 6.1 | 63.4 |
| Interlake | |||||||
| 2024 | 82.4 | 48.9 | 46.7 | 2.2 | 59.3 | 4.5 | 56.7 |
| 2025 | 84.0 | 47.3 | 44.4 | 2.9 | 56.3 | 6.1 | 52.9 |
| Parklands and North | |||||||
| 2024 | 55.9 | 34.0 | 32.3 | 1.6 | 60.8 | 4.7 | 57.8 |
| 2025 | 55.8 | 33.6 | 30.0 | 3.6 | 60.2 | 10.7 | 53.8 |
| Saskatchewan | |||||||
| 2024 | 933.9 | 621.8 | 588.3 | 33.5 | 66.6 | 5.4 | 63.0 |
| 2025 | 959.6 | 635.3 | 601.2 | 34.1 | 66.2 | 5.4 | 62.7 |
| Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
| 2024 | 284.5 | 191.5 | 180.1 | 11.5 | 67.3 | 6.0 | 63.3 |
| 2025 | 293.3 | 199.0 | 188.1 | 10.9 | 67.8 | 5.5 | 64.1 |
| Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
| 2024 | 85.6 | 53.9 | 51.5 | 2.5 | 63.0 | 4.6 | 60.2 |
| 2025 | 87.0 | 55.4 | 51.9 | 3.5 | 63.7 | 6.3 | 59.7 |
| Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
| 2024 | 332.1 | 232.3 | 220.8 | 11.5 | 69.9 | 5.0 | 66.5 |
| 2025 | 345.2 | 232.9 | 222.0 | 10.9 | 67.5 | 4.7 | 64.3 |
| Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
| 2024 | 65.0 | 40.0 | 37.6 | 2.4 | 61.5 | 6.0 | 57.8 |
| 2025 | 65.4 | 39.0 | 37.7 | 1.2 | 59.6 | 3.1 | 57.6 |
| Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
| 2024 | 166.6 | 104.0 | 98.4 | 5.6 | 62.4 | 5.4 | 59.1 |
| 2025 | 168.8 | 109.0 | 101.4 | 7.6 | 64.6 | 7.0 | 60.1 |
| Alberta | |||||||
| 2024 | 3,842.6 | 2,650.6 | 2,473.6 | 177.0 | 69.0 | 6.7 | 64.4 |
| 2025 | 4,011.8 | 2,732.4 | 2,536.0 | 196.5 | 68.1 | 7.2 | 63.2 |
| Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
| 2024 | 255.2 | 171.6 | 159.0 | 12.6 | 67.2 | 7.3 | 62.3 |
| 2025 | 262.6 | 164.9 | 153.8 | 11.1 | 62.8 | 6.7 | 58.6 |
| Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
| 2024 | 168.6 | 107.0 | 101.7 | 5.2 | 63.5 | 4.9 | 60.3 |
| 2025 | 171.7 | 118.0 | 111.3 | 6.8 | 68.7 | 5.8 | 64.8 |
| Calgary | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,511.6 | 1,054.3 | 980.7 | 73.6 | 69.7 | 7.0 | 64.9 |
| 2025 | 1,598.0 | 1,108.7 | 1,023.0 | 85.7 | 69.4 | 7.7 | 64.0 |
| Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
| 2024 | 284.2 | 210.2 | 199.7 | 10.5 | 74.0 | 5.0 | 70.3 |
| 2025 | 288.9 | 201.1 | 190.0 | 11.1 | 69.6 | 5.5 | 65.8 |
| Red Deer | |||||||
| 2024 | 184.4 | 123.7 | 115.1 | 8.6 | 67.1 | 7.0 | 62.4 |
| 2025 | 190.0 | 126.4 | 117.8 | 8.6 | 66.5 | 6.8 | 62.0 |
| Edmonton | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,326.8 | 903.3 | 841.0 | 62.3 | 68.1 | 6.9 | 63.4 |
| 2025 | 1,386.9 | 932.0 | 863.1 | 68.9 | 67.2 | 7.4 | 62.2 |
| Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
| 2024 | 111.9 | 80.7 | 76.4 | 4.3 | 72.1 | 5.3 | 68.3 |
| 2025 | 113.7 | 81.4 | 77.0 | 4.4 | 71.6 | 5.4 | 67.7 |
| British Columbia | |||||||
| 2024 | 4,668.2 | 3,054.6 | 2,885.4 | 169.1 | 65.4 | 5.5 | 61.8 |
| 2025 | 4,813.0 | 3,112.3 | 2,920.1 | 192.1 | 64.7 | 6.2 | 60.7 |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
| 2024 | 789.0 | 483.5 | 461.5 | 22.1 | 61.3 | 4.6 | 58.5 |
| 2025 | 804.0 | 490.9 | 467.1 | 23.8 | 61.1 | 4.8 | 58.1 |
| Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 2,930.3 | 1,986.6 | 1,878.7 | 107.9 | 67.8 | 5.4 | 64.1 |
| 2025 | 3,044.0 | 2,057.5 | 1,924.3 | 133.2 | 67.6 | 6.5 | 63.2 |
| Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
| 2024 | 538.4 | 311.9 | 291.1 | 20.8 | 57.9 | 6.7 | 54.1 |
| 2025 | 550.6 | 308.0 | 289.2 | 18.9 | 55.9 | 6.1 | 52.5 |
| Kootenay | |||||||
| 2024 | 147.4 | 94.6 | 88.0 | 6.6 | 64.2 | 7.0 | 59.7 |
| 2025 | 149.6 | 85.6 | 80.7 | 4.9 | 57.2 | 5.7 | 53.9 |
| Cariboo | |||||||
| 2024 | 139.9 | 89.5 | 83.7 | 5.8 | 64.0 | 6.5 | 59.8 |
| 2025 | 141.2 | 85.5 | 79.4 | 6.1 | 60.6 | 7.1 | 56.2 |
| North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
| 2024 | 69.5 | 49.4 | 46.1 | 3.3 | 71.1 | 6.7 | 66.3 |
| 2025 | 69.7 | 44.9 | 42.7 | 2.1 | 64.4 | 4.7 | 61.3 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 53.7 | 39.0 | 36.4 | 2.6 | 72.6 | 6.7 | 67.8 |
| 2025 | 54.0 | 39.9 | 36.8 | 3.1 | 73.9 | 7.8 | 68.1 |
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0462-02.
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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