Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in April 2024 and April 2025, unadjusted for seasonality
| Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
| Canada | |||||||
| 2024 | 33,474.0 | 21,817.5 | 20,455.0 | 1,362.6 | 65.2 | 6.2 | 61.1 |
| 2025 | 34,440.6 | 22,346.6 | 20,800.2 | 1,546.5 | 64.9 | 6.9 | 60.4 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 464.5 | 267.4 | 237.1 | 30.3 | 57.6 | 11.3 | 51.0 |
| 2025 | 470.4 | 267.9 | 237.3 | 30.6 | 57.0 | 11.4 | 50.4 |
| Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 253.8 | 155.0 | 141.3 | 13.8 | 61.1 | 8.9 | 55.7 |
| 2025 | 259.5 | 156.8 | 142.4 | 14.4 | 60.4 | 9.2 | 54.9 |
| South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central–Bonavista Bay | |||||||
| 2024 | 122.9 | 63.1 | 52.0 | 11.0 | 51.3 | 17.4 | 42.3 |
| 2025 | 122.9 | 58.9 | 48.0 | 10.9 | 47.9 | 18.5 | 39.1 |
| West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 87.9 | 49.3 | 43.8 | 5.5 | 56.1 | 11.2 | 49.8 |
| 2025 | 88.1 | 52.2 | 46.9 | 5.4 | 59.3 | 10.3 | 53.2 |
| Prince Edward Island | |||||||
| 2024 | 149.4 | 96.7 | 87.9 | 8.8 | 64.7 | 9.1 | 58.8 |
| 2025 | 152.9 | 99.1 | 89.9 | 9.2 | 64.8 | 9.3 | 58.8 |
| Nova Scotia | |||||||
| 2024 | 895.5 | 554.3 | 517.0 | 37.3 | 61.9 | 6.7 | 57.7 |
| 2025 | 911.4 | 554.3 | 514.7 | 39.6 | 60.8 | 7.1 | 56.5 |
| Cape Breton | |||||||
| 2024 | 119.8 | 60.6 | 53.6 | 7.0 | 50.6 | 11.6 | 44.7 |
| 2025 | 120.4 | 64.0 | 55.5 | 8.4 | 53.2 | 13.1 | 46.1 |
| North Shore | |||||||
| 2024 | 137.0 | 75.2 | 70.1 | 5.1 | 54.9 | 6.8 | 51.2 |
| 2025 | 137.8 | 77.4 | 69.6 | 7.9 | 56.2 | 10.2 | 50.5 |
| Annapolis Valley | |||||||
| 2024 | 112.3 | 67.9 | 64.2 | 3.7 | 60.5 | 5.4 | 57.2 |
| 2025 | 113.3 | 63.2 | 59.6 | 3.6 | 55.8 | 5.7 | 52.6 |
| Southern | |||||||
| 2024 | 105.0 | 59.2 | 53.8 | 5.4 | 56.4 | 9.1 | 51.2 |
| 2025 | 105.5 | 55.6 | 52.3 | 3.3 | 52.7 | 5.9 | 49.6 |
| Halifax | |||||||
| 2024 | 421.3 | 291.4 | 275.4 | 16.1 | 69.2 | 5.5 | 65.4 |
| 2025 | 434.4 | 294.1 | 277.7 | 16.4 | 67.7 | 5.6 | 63.9 |
| New Brunswick | |||||||
| 2024 | 704.0 | 421.7 | 387.6 | 34.1 | 59.9 | 8.1 | 55.1 |
| 2025 | 718.4 | 425.2 | 392.4 | 32.8 | 59.2 | 7.7 | 54.6 |
| Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
| 2024 | 137.2 | 69.4 | 58.4 | 11.0 | 50.6 | 15.9 | 42.6 |
| 2025 | 137.9 | 70.0 | 61.8 | 8.1 | 50.8 | 11.6 | 44.8 |
| Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
| 2024 | 216.0 | 136.1 | 128.0 | 8.1 | 63.0 | 6.0 | 59.3 |
| 2025 | 223.8 | 144.0 | 134.4 | 9.5 | 64.3 | 6.6 | 60.1 |
| Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
| 2024 | 156.7 | 99.7 | 93.0 | 6.7 | 63.6 | 6.7 | 59.3 |
| 2025 | 159.1 | 92.0 | 84.7 | 7.3 | 57.8 | 7.9 | 53.2 |
| Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
| 2024 | 127.1 | 77.5 | 72.9 | 4.6 | 61.0 | 5.9 | 57.4 |
| 2025 | 129.9 | 82.7 | 77.2 | 5.5 | 63.7 | 6.7 | 59.4 |
| Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
| 2024 | 67.0 | 39.0 | 35.3 | 3.6 | 58.2 | 9.2 | 52.7 |
| 2025 | 67.7 | 36.6 | 34.2 | 2.4 | 54.1 | 6.6 | 50.5 |
| Quebec | |||||||
| 2024 | 7,373.2 | 4,744.4 | 4,496.7 | 247.8 | 64.3 | 5.2 | 61.0 |
| 2025 | 7,552.9 | 4,883.4 | 4,587.2 | 296.1 | 64.7 | 6.1 | 60.7 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
| 2024 | 78.6 | 38.3 | 34.1 | 4.2 | 48.7 | 11.0 | 43.4 |
| 2025 | 79.0 | 41.1 | 36.0 | 5.1 | 52.0 | 12.4 | 45.6 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
| 2024 | 173.8 | 102.9 | 96.3 | 6.5 | 59.2 | 6.3 | 55.4 |
| 2025 | 176.0 | 104.2 | 97.2 | 6.9 | 59.2 | 6.6 | 55.2 |
| Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
| 2024 | 663.4 | 442.7 | 424.5 | 18.1 | 66.7 | 4.1 | 64.0 |
| 2025 | 680.0 | 434.2 | 414.8 | 19.4 | 63.9 | 4.5 | 61.0 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
| 2024 | 373.9 | 245.4 | 237.5 | 8.0 | 65.6 | 3.3 | 63.5 |
| 2025 | 380.5 | 252.3 | 242.2 | 10.0 | 66.3 | 4.0 | 63.7 |
| Estrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 298.5 | 177.6 | 167.8 | 9.9 | 59.5 | 5.6 | 56.2 |
| 2025 | 305.3 | 176.7 | 167.1 | 9.5 | 57.9 | 5.4 | 54.7 |
| Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 215.7 | 139.1 | 134.3 | 4.8 | 64.5 | 3.5 | 62.3 |
| 2025 | 219.6 | 148.1 | 139.9 | 8.2 | 67.4 | 5.5 | 63.7 |
| Montérégie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,364.6 | 904.8 | 867.0 | 37.8 | 66.3 | 4.2 | 63.5 |
| 2025 | 1,388.4 | 892.6 | 848.0 | 44.6 | 64.3 | 5.0 | 61.1 |
| Montréal | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,783.1 | 1,143.3 | 1,054.2 | 89.1 | 64.1 | 7.8 | 59.1 |
| 2025 | 1,861.3 | 1,255.3 | 1,153.3 | 102.0 | 67.4 | 8.1 | 62.0 |
| Laval | |||||||
| 2024 | 378.3 | 247.0 | 232.8 | 14.2 | 65.3 | 5.7 | 61.5 |
| 2025 | 385.3 | 255.6 | 238.7 | 16.9 | 66.3 | 6.6 | 62.0 |
| Lanaudière | |||||||
| 2024 | 455.1 | 303.6 | 289.8 | 13.8 | 66.7 | 4.5 | 63.7 |
| 2025 | 463.8 | 306.4 | 288.8 | 17.5 | 66.1 | 5.7 | 62.3 |
| Laurentides | |||||||
| 2024 | 557.0 | 370.6 | 358.0 | 12.5 | 66.5 | 3.4 | 64.3 |
| 2025 | 567.5 | 378.7 | 360.2 | 18.4 | 66.7 | 4.9 | 63.5 |
| Outaouais | |||||||
| 2024 | 346.1 | 231.9 | 220.2 | 11.7 | 67.0 | 5.0 | 63.6 |
| 2025 | 352.0 | 223.3 | 210.3 | 13.0 | 63.4 | 5.8 | 59.7 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
| 2024 | 120.7 | 80.2 | 78.7 | 1.5 | 66.4 | 1.9 | 65.2 |
| 2025 | 121.3 | 72.9 | 69.7 | 3.2 | 60.1 | 4.4 | 57.5 |
| Mauricie | |||||||
| 2024 | 239.0 | 133.3 | 126.2 | 7.1 | 55.8 | 5.3 | 52.8 |
| 2025 | 243.6 | 147.7 | 136.3 | 11.4 | 60.6 | 7.7 | 56.0 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
| 2024 | 236.8 | 132.0 | 126.8 | 5.1 | 55.7 | 3.9 | 53.5 |
| 2025 | 240.4 | 143.3 | 135.6 | 7.7 | 59.6 | 5.4 | 56.4 |
| Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 88.8 | 51.7 | 48.4 | 3.3 | 58.2 | 6.4 | 54.5 |
| 2025 | 88.9 | 51.2 | 49.0 | 2.2 | 57.6 | 4.3 | 55.1 |
| Ontario | |||||||
| 2024 | 13,275.5 | 8,612.8 | 8,033.3 | 579.5 | 64.9 | 6.7 | 60.5 |
| 2025 | 13,662.1 | 8,835.0 | 8,165.3 | 669.7 | 64.7 | 7.6 | 59.8 |
| Ottawa | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,294.9 | 861.4 | 812.4 | 49.0 | 66.5 | 5.7 | 62.7 |
| 2025 | 1,328.4 | 886.2 | 837.8 | 48.4 | 66.7 | 5.5 | 63.1 |
| Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
| 2024 | 432.7 | 239.0 | 226.9 | 12.2 | 55.2 | 5.1 | 52.4 |
| 2025 | 441.1 | 246.9 | 232.6 | 14.2 | 56.0 | 5.8 | 52.7 |
| Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
| 2024 | 380.6 | 201.0 | 190.6 | 10.4 | 52.8 | 5.2 | 50.1 |
| 2025 | 388.8 | 205.9 | 186.2 | 19.7 | 53.0 | 9.6 | 47.9 |
| Toronto | |||||||
| 2024 | 6,175.1 | 4,115.9 | 3,806.6 | 309.3 | 66.7 | 7.5 | 61.6 |
| 2025 | 6,381.1 | 4,259.8 | 3,893.2 | 366.6 | 66.8 | 8.6 | 61.0 |
| Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,353.6 | 942.5 | 885.3 | 57.3 | 69.6 | 6.1 | 65.4 |
| 2025 | 1,398.8 | 955.8 | 890.1 | 65.8 | 68.3 | 6.9 | 63.6 |
| Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,381.3 | 865.6 | 804.6 | 61.0 | 62.7 | 7.0 | 58.2 |
| 2025 | 1,415.1 | 882.4 | 818.3 | 64.1 | 62.4 | 7.3 | 57.8 |
| London | |||||||
| 2024 | 672.7 | 439.4 | 414.4 | 25.0 | 65.3 | 5.7 | 61.6 |
| 2025 | 694.0 | 437.2 | 412.4 | 24.8 | 63.0 | 5.7 | 59.4 |
| Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
| 2024 | 608.3 | 380.6 | 353.3 | 27.4 | 62.6 | 7.2 | 58.1 |
| 2025 | 622.4 | 384.7 | 346.0 | 38.7 | 61.8 | 10.1 | 55.6 |
| Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 286.8 | 173.2 | 167.2 | 6.1 | 60.4 | 3.5 | 58.3 |
| 2025 | 292.1 | 171.6 | 164.4 | 7.2 | 58.7 | 4.2 | 56.3 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 506.2 | 284.8 | 267.9 | 16.9 | 56.3 | 5.9 | 52.9 |
| 2025 | 515.7 | 294.0 | 278.3 | 15.7 | 57.0 | 5.3 | 54.0 |
| Northwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 183.3 | 109.2 | 104.1 | 5.1 | 59.6 | 4.7 | 56.8 |
| 2025 | 184.6 | 110.4 | 105.8 | 4.5 | 59.8 | 4.1 | 57.3 |
| Manitoba | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,134.9 | 749.6 | 709.7 | 39.8 | 66.0 | 5.3 | 62.5 |
| 2025 | 1,168.9 | 774.3 | 728.2 | 46.2 | 66.2 | 6.0 | 62.3 |
| Southeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 110.0 | 77.1 | 73.4 | 3.7 | 70.1 | 4.8 | 66.7 |
| 2025 | 113.4 | 78.0 | 73.7 | 4.3 | 68.8 | 5.5 | 65.0 |
| South Central and North Central | |||||||
| 2024 | 95.3 | 63.3 | 60.0 | 3.3 | 66.4 | 5.2 | 63.0 |
| 2025 | 97.7 | 63.0 | 59.2 | 3.8 | 64.5 | 6.0 | 60.6 |
| Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 97.5 | 62.2 | 58.9 | 3.3 | 63.8 | 5.3 | 60.4 |
| 2025 | 99.6 | 65.4 | 61.7 | 3.7 | 65.7 | 5.7 | 61.9 |
| Winnipeg | |||||||
| 2024 | 693.5 | 463.9 | 438.5 | 25.4 | 66.9 | 5.5 | 63.2 |
| 2025 | 718.3 | 488.1 | 459.2 | 28.9 | 68.0 | 5.9 | 63.9 |
| Interlake | |||||||
| 2024 | 82.5 | 49.2 | 46.8 | 2.4 | 59.6 | 4.9 | 56.7 |
| 2025 | 84.1 | 46.4 | 43.7 | 2.7 | 55.2 | 5.8 | 52.0 |
| Parklands and North | |||||||
| 2024 | 55.9 | 33.9 | 32.2 | 1.7 | 60.6 | 5.0 | 57.6 |
| 2025 | 55.7 | 33.4 | 30.6 | 2.8 | 60.0 | 8.4 | 54.9 |
| Saskatchewan | |||||||
| 2024 | 936.3 | 625.2 | 588.8 | 36.4 | 66.8 | 5.8 | 62.9 |
| 2025 | 961.3 | 638.7 | 605.5 | 33.2 | 66.4 | 5.2 | 63.0 |
| Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
| 2024 | 285.4 | 196.1 | 182.8 | 13.3 | 68.7 | 6.8 | 64.1 |
| 2025 | 293.9 | 200.9 | 190.7 | 10.2 | 68.4 | 5.1 | 64.9 |
| Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
| 2024 | 85.8 | 53.6 | 50.7 | 3.0 | 62.5 | 5.6 | 59.1 |
| 2025 | 87.0 | 55.1 | 52.0 | 3.1 | 63.3 | 5.6 | 59.8 |
| Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
| 2024 | 333.4 | 231.7 | 219.6 | 12.1 | 69.5 | 5.2 | 65.9 |
| 2025 | 346.2 | 233.6 | 222.2 | 11.4 | 67.5 | 4.9 | 64.2 |
| Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
| 2024 | 65.1 | 39.6 | 37.2 | 2.4 | 60.8 | 6.1 | 57.1 |
| 2025 | 65.4 | 39.5 | 38.3 | 1.2 | 60.4 | 3.0 | 58.6 |
| Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
| 2024 | 166.8 | 104.1 | 98.5 | 5.6 | 62.4 | 5.4 | 59.1 |
| 2025 | 168.9 | 109.5 | 102.2 | 7.2 | 64.8 | 6.6 | 60.5 |
| Alberta | |||||||
| 2024 | 3,857.6 | 2,674.9 | 2,489.3 | 185.7 | 69.3 | 6.9 | 64.5 |
| 2025 | 4,022.1 | 2,743.0 | 2,543.8 | 199.1 | 68.2 | 7.3 | 63.2 |
| Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
| 2024 | 255.8 | 172.5 | 162.3 | 10.2 | 67.4 | 5.9 | 63.4 |
| 2025 | 263.0 | 169.6 | 157.3 | 12.3 | 64.5 | 7.3 | 59.8 |
| Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
| 2024 | 168.9 | 107.6 | 103.0 | 4.6 | 63.7 | 4.3 | 61.0 |
| 2025 | 171.8 | 119.2 | 112.1 | 7.0 | 69.4 | 5.9 | 65.3 |
| Calgary | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,519.2 | 1,072.3 | 987.2 | 85.1 | 70.6 | 7.9 | 65.0 |
| 2025 | 1,603.6 | 1,108.3 | 1,021.6 | 86.7 | 69.1 | 7.8 | 63.7 |
| Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
| 2024 | 284.6 | 210.7 | 199.6 | 11.1 | 74.0 | 5.3 | 70.1 |
| 2025 | 289.1 | 201.8 | 189.2 | 12.6 | 69.8 | 6.2 | 65.4 |
| Red Deer | |||||||
| 2024 | 184.9 | 122.5 | 114.3 | 8.1 | 66.3 | 6.6 | 61.8 |
| 2025 | 190.3 | 127.7 | 119.1 | 8.6 | 67.1 | 6.7 | 62.6 |
| Edmonton | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,332.1 | 908.8 | 846.7 | 62.1 | 68.2 | 6.8 | 63.6 |
| 2025 | 1,390.5 | 933.2 | 866.2 | 67.0 | 67.1 | 7.2 | 62.3 |
| Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
| 2024 | 112.0 | 80.6 | 76.1 | 4.5 | 72.0 | 5.6 | 67.9 |
| 2025 | 113.9 | 83.2 | 78.3 | 4.9 | 73.0 | 5.9 | 68.7 |
| British Columbia | |||||||
| 2024 | 4,683.0 | 3,070.5 | 2,907.6 | 162.8 | 65.6 | 5.3 | 62.1 |
| 2025 | 4,820.2 | 3,125.8 | 2,935.8 | 189.9 | 64.8 | 6.1 | 60.9 |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
| 2024 | 790.5 | 485.2 | 464.1 | 21.1 | 61.4 | 4.3 | 58.7 |
| 2025 | 804.7 | 493.6 | 469.3 | 24.3 | 61.3 | 4.9 | 58.3 |
| Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 2,941.9 | 1,998.2 | 1,891.1 | 107.1 | 67.9 | 5.4 | 64.3 |
| 2025 | 3,049.7 | 2,062.5 | 1,934.9 | 127.5 | 67.6 | 6.2 | 63.4 |
| Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
| 2024 | 539.7 | 315.6 | 297.5 | 18.1 | 58.5 | 5.7 | 55.1 |
| 2025 | 551.1 | 312.0 | 291.9 | 20.1 | 56.6 | 6.4 | 53.0 |
| Kootenay | |||||||
| 2024 | 147.6 | 94.0 | 88.2 | 5.9 | 63.7 | 6.3 | 59.8 |
| 2025 | 149.8 | 88.2 | 82.6 | 5.6 | 58.9 | 6.3 | 55.1 |
| Cariboo | |||||||
| 2024 | 140.1 | 89.0 | 84.1 | 4.8 | 63.5 | 5.4 | 60.0 |
| 2025 | 141.3 | 84.2 | 78.2 | 6.0 | 59.6 | 7.1 | 55.3 |
| North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
| 2024 | 69.6 | 49.0 | 45.9 | 3.1 | 70.4 | 6.3 | 65.9 |
| 2025 | 69.7 | 45.3 | 42.2 | 3.1 | 65.0 | 6.8 | 60.5 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 53.7 | 39.4 | 36.7 | 2.8 | 73.4 | 7.1 | 68.3 |
| 2025 | 54.0 | 40.0 | 36.7 | 3.3 | 74.1 | 8.3 | 68.0 |
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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