Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in May 2024 and May 2025, unadjusted for seasonality
| Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
| Canada | |||||||
| 2024 | 33,578.0 | 22,032.7 | 20,640.1 | 1,392.5 | 65.6 | 6.3 | 61.5 |
| 2025 | 34,488.1 | 22,525.5 | 20,941.0 | 1,584.5 | 65.3 | 7.0 | 60.7 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 465.2 | 270.4 | 241.4 | 29.0 | 58.1 | 10.7 | 51.9 |
| 2025 | 470.7 | 273.0 | 243.8 | 29.2 | 58.0 | 10.7 | 51.8 |
| Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 254.4 | 156.3 | 142.6 | 13.7 | 61.4 | 8.8 | 56.1 |
| 2025 | 259.8 | 159.2 | 145.4 | 13.9 | 61.3 | 8.7 | 56.0 |
| South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central–Bonavista Bay | |||||||
| 2024 | 122.9 | 63.7 | 53.7 | 9.9 | 51.8 | 15.5 | 43.7 |
| 2025 | 122.8 | 61.0 | 50.5 | 10.4 | 49.7 | 17.0 | 41.1 |
| West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 87.9 | 50.4 | 45.1 | 5.4 | 57.3 | 10.7 | 51.3 |
| 2025 | 88.0 | 52.8 | 47.9 | 4.9 | 60.0 | 9.3 | 54.4 |
| Prince Edward Island | |||||||
| 2024 | 150.0 | 98.5 | 90.5 | 8.0 | 65.7 | 8.1 | 60.3 |
| 2025 | 153.1 | 100.1 | 91.8 | 8.3 | 65.4 | 8.3 | 60.0 |
| Nova Scotia | |||||||
| 2024 | 897.6 | 558.0 | 521.1 | 37.0 | 62.2 | 6.6 | 58.1 |
| 2025 | 912.0 | 560.2 | 521.7 | 38.5 | 61.4 | 6.9 | 57.2 |
| Cape Breton | |||||||
| 2024 | 120.1 | 60.8 | 54.5 | 6.3 | 50.6 | 10.4 | 45.4 |
| 2025 | 120.3 | 64.5 | 57.8 | 6.6 | 53.6 | 10.2 | 48.0 |
| North Shore | |||||||
| 2024 | 137.1 | 74.6 | 69.9 | 4.7 | 54.4 | 6.3 | 51.0 |
| 2025 | 137.8 | 78.3 | 71.4 | 6.9 | 56.8 | 8.8 | 51.8 |
| Annapolis Valley | |||||||
| 2024 | 112.4 | 67.9 | 64.4 | 3.5 | 60.4 | 5.2 | 57.3 |
| 2025 | 113.4 | 63.8 | 59.8 | 4.0 | 56.3 | 6.3 | 52.7 |
| Southern | |||||||
| 2024 | 105.1 | 59.1 | 54.0 | 5.1 | 56.2 | 8.6 | 51.4 |
| 2025 | 105.5 | 55.9 | 52.6 | 3.3 | 53.0 | 5.9 | 49.9 |
| Halifax | |||||||
| 2024 | 422.8 | 295.6 | 278.3 | 17.3 | 69.9 | 5.9 | 65.8 |
| 2025 | 435.0 | 297.8 | 280.0 | 17.7 | 68.5 | 5.9 | 64.4 |
| New Brunswick | |||||||
| 2024 | 706.2 | 429.8 | 396.0 | 33.7 | 60.9 | 7.8 | 56.1 |
| 2025 | 719.1 | 432.3 | 401.8 | 30.5 | 60.1 | 7.1 | 55.9 |
| Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
| 2024 | 137.4 | 69.9 | 60.5 | 9.4 | 50.9 | 13.4 | 44.0 |
| 2025 | 137.9 | 73.4 | 66.2 | 7.2 | 53.2 | 9.8 | 48.0 |
| Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
| 2024 | 217.0 | 137.2 | 129.3 | 7.9 | 63.2 | 5.8 | 59.6 |
| 2025 | 224.2 | 145.4 | 136.5 | 8.9 | 64.9 | 6.1 | 60.9 |
| Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
| 2024 | 157.1 | 102.3 | 94.8 | 7.5 | 65.1 | 7.3 | 60.3 |
| 2025 | 159.2 | 94.6 | 87.7 | 6.9 | 59.4 | 7.3 | 55.1 |
| Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
| 2024 | 127.5 | 79.6 | 74.2 | 5.4 | 62.4 | 6.8 | 58.2 |
| 2025 | 130.1 | 82.7 | 77.6 | 5.1 | 63.6 | 6.2 | 59.6 |
| Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
| 2024 | 67.1 | 40.8 | 37.3 | 3.5 | 60.8 | 8.6 | 55.6 |
| 2025 | 67.7 | 36.2 | 33.7 | 2.5 | 53.5 | 6.9 | 49.8 |
| Quebec | |||||||
| 2024 | 7,390.4 | 4,776.9 | 4,533.7 | 243.2 | 64.6 | 5.1 | 61.3 |
| 2025 | 7,562.5 | 4,914.4 | 4,620.8 | 293.5 | 65.0 | 6.0 | 61.1 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
| 2024 | 78.6 | 40.0 | 36.2 | 3.8 | 50.9 | 9.5 | 46.1 |
| 2025 | 79.0 | 42.8 | 38.1 | 4.7 | 54.2 | 11.0 | 48.2 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
| 2024 | 174.0 | 106.1 | 100.5 | 5.7 | 61.0 | 5.4 | 57.8 |
| 2025 | 176.1 | 104.2 | 97.8 | 6.4 | 59.2 | 6.1 | 55.5 |
| Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
| 2024 | 665.0 | 443.5 | 424.6 | 18.9 | 66.7 | 4.3 | 63.8 |
| 2025 | 681.0 | 439.2 | 418.6 | 20.6 | 64.5 | 4.7 | 61.5 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
| 2024 | 374.6 | 245.4 | 238.7 | 6.7 | 65.5 | 2.7 | 63.7 |
| 2025 | 380.9 | 258.3 | 248.3 | 10.0 | 67.8 | 3.9 | 65.2 |
| Estrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 299.1 | 179.8 | 171.0 | 8.8 | 60.1 | 4.9 | 57.2 |
| 2025 | 305.7 | 177.6 | 168.8 | 8.8 | 58.1 | 5.0 | 55.2 |
| Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 216.1 | 140.9 | 135.8 | 5.0 | 65.2 | 3.5 | 62.8 |
| 2025 | 219.8 | 150.1 | 143.2 | 6.9 | 68.3 | 4.6 | 65.2 |
| Montérégie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,366.8 | 911.1 | 873.3 | 37.8 | 66.7 | 4.1 | 63.9 |
| 2025 | 1,389.8 | 902.7 | 856.3 | 46.4 | 65.0 | 5.1 | 61.6 |
| Montréal | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,790.7 | 1,154.9 | 1,069.3 | 85.6 | 64.5 | 7.4 | 59.7 |
| 2025 | 1,865.0 | 1,260.1 | 1,155.0 | 105.1 | 67.6 | 8.3 | 61.9 |
| Laval | |||||||
| 2024 | 378.9 | 244.4 | 229.8 | 14.7 | 64.5 | 6.0 | 60.6 |
| 2025 | 385.8 | 254.1 | 238.4 | 15.8 | 65.9 | 6.2 | 61.8 |
| Lanaudière | |||||||
| 2024 | 455.9 | 305.3 | 288.6 | 16.7 | 67.0 | 5.5 | 63.3 |
| 2025 | 464.4 | 307.9 | 291.7 | 16.3 | 66.3 | 5.3 | 62.8 |
| Laurentides | |||||||
| 2024 | 557.9 | 372.6 | 359.8 | 12.8 | 66.8 | 3.4 | 64.5 |
| 2025 | 568.1 | 374.7 | 358.7 | 16.1 | 66.0 | 4.3 | 63.1 |
| Outaouais | |||||||
| 2024 | 346.6 | 230.4 | 218.3 | 12.1 | 66.5 | 5.3 | 63.0 |
| 2025 | 352.4 | 224.7 | 210.2 | 14.4 | 63.8 | 6.4 | 59.6 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
| 2024 | 120.7 | 81.3 | 79.5 | 1.9 | 67.4 | 2.3 | 65.9 |
| 2025 | 121.3 | 71.6 | 68.6 | 3.0 | 59.0 | 4.2 | 56.6 |
| Mauricie | |||||||
| 2024 | 239.5 | 133.5 | 127.5 | 5.9 | 55.7 | 4.4 | 53.2 |
| 2025 | 243.8 | 151.7 | 142.0 | 9.7 | 62.2 | 6.4 | 58.2 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
| 2024 | 237.1 | 133.8 | 129.8 | 3.9 | 56.4 | 2.9 | 54.7 |
| 2025 | 240.6 | 143.2 | 135.9 | 7.3 | 59.5 | 5.1 | 56.5 |
| Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 88.8 | 54.0 | 50.9 | 3.1 | 60.8 | 5.7 | 57.3 |
| 2025 | 88.9 | 51.4 | 49.3 | 2.1 | 57.8 | 4.1 | 55.5 |
| Ontario | |||||||
| 2024 | 13,319.5 | 8,714.5 | 8,113.6 | 600.9 | 65.4 | 6.9 | 60.9 |
| 2025 | 13,678.7 | 8,899.6 | 8,198.1 | 701.5 | 65.1 | 7.9 | 59.9 |
| Ottawa | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,298.3 | 866.0 | 815.3 | 50.7 | 66.7 | 5.9 | 62.8 |
| 2025 | 1,330.5 | 893.3 | 842.6 | 50.7 | 67.1 | 5.7 | 63.3 |
| Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
| 2024 | 433.6 | 246.2 | 233.8 | 12.4 | 56.8 | 5.0 | 53.9 |
| 2025 | 441.4 | 249.9 | 233.2 | 16.7 | 56.6 | 6.7 | 52.8 |
| Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
| 2024 | 381.4 | 201.8 | 193.1 | 8.6 | 52.9 | 4.3 | 50.6 |
| 2025 | 389.1 | 210.8 | 189.1 | 21.6 | 54.2 | 10.2 | 48.6 |
| Toronto | |||||||
| 2024 | 6,199.4 | 4,174.3 | 3,844.9 | 329.5 | 67.3 | 7.9 | 62.0 |
| 2025 | 6,389.2 | 4,281.1 | 3,889.6 | 391.5 | 67.0 | 9.1 | 60.9 |
| Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,358.6 | 951.2 | 893.7 | 57.5 | 70.0 | 6.0 | 65.8 |
| 2025 | 1,400.7 | 964.2 | 899.8 | 64.4 | 68.8 | 6.7 | 64.2 |
| Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,384.8 | 873.0 | 811.5 | 61.5 | 63.0 | 7.0 | 58.6 |
| 2025 | 1,416.9 | 895.6 | 833.3 | 62.2 | 63.2 | 6.9 | 58.8 |
| London | |||||||
| 2024 | 675.0 | 443.9 | 418.2 | 25.6 | 65.8 | 5.8 | 62.0 |
| 2025 | 695.0 | 439.8 | 411.8 | 28.0 | 63.3 | 6.4 | 59.3 |
| Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
| 2024 | 610.2 | 388.2 | 359.6 | 28.5 | 63.6 | 7.3 | 58.9 |
| 2025 | 622.9 | 384.7 | 346.8 | 37.9 | 61.8 | 9.9 | 55.7 |
| Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 287.3 | 172.3 | 167.1 | 5.3 | 60.0 | 3.1 | 58.2 |
| 2025 | 292.5 | 172.9 | 166.1 | 6.7 | 59.1 | 3.9 | 56.8 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 507.3 | 287.7 | 271.1 | 16.6 | 56.7 | 5.8 | 53.4 |
| 2025 | 516.0 | 297.6 | 280.1 | 17.5 | 57.7 | 5.9 | 54.3 |
| Northwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 183.5 | 109.9 | 105.3 | 4.6 | 59.9 | 4.2 | 57.4 |
| 2025 | 184.6 | 109.9 | 105.6 | 4.2 | 59.5 | 3.8 | 57.2 |
| Manitoba | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,138.7 | 758.8 | 717.9 | 40.9 | 66.6 | 5.4 | 63.0 |
| 2025 | 1,170.7 | 778.9 | 733.2 | 45.7 | 66.5 | 5.9 | 62.6 |
| Southeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 110.4 | 77.7 | 74.6 | 3.0 | 70.4 | 3.9 | 67.6 |
| 2025 | 113.6 | 78.3 | 74.2 | 4.1 | 68.9 | 5.2 | 65.3 |
| South Central and North Central | |||||||
| 2024 | 95.6 | 62.3 | 58.8 | 3.5 | 65.2 | 5.6 | 61.5 |
| 2025 | 97.8 | 63.3 | 59.3 | 4.0 | 64.7 | 6.3 | 60.6 |
| Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 97.7 | 64.1 | 60.7 | 3.4 | 65.6 | 5.3 | 62.1 |
| 2025 | 99.7 | 65.1 | 61.6 | 3.5 | 65.3 | 5.4 | 61.8 |
| Winnipeg | |||||||
| 2024 | 696.4 | 470.0 | 443.3 | 26.7 | 67.5 | 5.7 | 63.7 |
| 2025 | 719.6 | 492.4 | 463.2 | 29.1 | 68.4 | 5.9 | 64.4 |
| Interlake | |||||||
| 2024 | 82.7 | 50.4 | 47.8 | 2.6 | 60.9 | 5.2 | 57.8 |
| 2025 | 84.2 | 46.7 | 44.0 | 2.7 | 55.5 | 5.8 | 52.3 |
| Parklands and North | |||||||
| 2024 | 55.9 | 34.3 | 32.6 | 1.7 | 61.4 | 5.0 | 58.3 |
| 2025 | 55.7 | 33.0 | 30.9 | 2.1 | 59.2 | 6.4 | 55.5 |
| Saskatchewan | |||||||
| 2024 | 938.9 | 632.8 | 595.4 | 37.3 | 67.4 | 5.9 | 63.4 |
| 2025 | 962.7 | 645.5 | 614.5 | 31.0 | 67.1 | 4.8 | 63.8 |
| Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
| 2024 | 286.2 | 199.9 | 186.4 | 13.5 | 69.8 | 6.8 | 65.1 |
| 2025 | 294.4 | 203.3 | 193.6 | 9.7 | 69.1 | 4.8 | 65.8 |
| Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
| 2024 | 85.9 | 53.4 | 50.0 | 3.4 | 62.2 | 6.4 | 58.2 |
| 2025 | 87.0 | 54.9 | 52.4 | 2.5 | 63.1 | 4.6 | 60.2 |
| Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
| 2024 | 334.6 | 234.0 | 221.2 | 12.7 | 69.9 | 5.4 | 66.1 |
| 2025 | 347.0 | 237.7 | 225.9 | 11.7 | 68.5 | 4.9 | 65.1 |
| Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
| 2024 | 65.1 | 39.1 | 37.3 | 1.8 | 60.1 | 4.6 | 57.3 |
| 2025 | 65.4 | 40.4 | 39.5 | 0.9 | 61.8 | 2.2 | 60.4 |
| Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
| 2024 | 167.0 | 106.4 | 100.4 | 6.0 | 63.7 | 5.6 | 60.1 |
| 2025 | 168.9 | 109.3 | 103.0 | 6.2 | 64.7 | 5.7 | 61.0 |
| Alberta | |||||||
| 2024 | 3,873.6 | 2,697.7 | 2,504.2 | 193.5 | 69.6 | 7.2 | 64.6 |
| 2025 | 4,032.0 | 2,766.4 | 2,559.5 | 206.9 | 68.6 | 7.5 | 63.5 |
| Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
| 2024 | 256.6 | 173.3 | 163.6 | 9.7 | 67.5 | 5.6 | 63.8 |
| 2025 | 263.4 | 169.7 | 157.5 | 12.2 | 64.4 | 7.2 | 59.8 |
| Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
| 2024 | 169.2 | 107.3 | 102.1 | 5.2 | 63.4 | 4.8 | 60.3 |
| 2025 | 171.9 | 118.0 | 110.6 | 7.4 | 68.6 | 6.3 | 64.3 |
| Calgary | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,527.3 | 1,090.4 | 1,002.0 | 88.4 | 71.4 | 8.1 | 65.6 |
| 2025 | 1,609.0 | 1,124.8 | 1,034.0 | 90.7 | 69.9 | 8.1 | 64.3 |
| Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
| 2024 | 285.1 | 210.0 | 198.2 | 11.8 | 73.7 | 5.6 | 69.5 |
| 2025 | 289.3 | 200.9 | 185.9 | 15.0 | 69.4 | 7.5 | 64.3 |
| Red Deer | |||||||
| 2024 | 185.4 | 122.5 | 113.1 | 9.4 | 66.1 | 7.7 | 61.0 |
| 2025 | 190.6 | 131.1 | 123.4 | 7.7 | 68.8 | 5.9 | 64.7 |
| Edmonton | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,337.9 | 913.2 | 848.9 | 64.3 | 68.3 | 7.0 | 63.5 |
| 2025 | 1,393.9 | 937.3 | 868.8 | 68.5 | 67.2 | 7.3 | 62.3 |
| Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
| 2024 | 112.2 | 80.9 | 76.4 | 4.5 | 72.1 | 5.6 | 68.1 |
| 2025 | 114.0 | 84.6 | 79.2 | 5.3 | 74.2 | 6.3 | 69.5 |
| British Columbia | |||||||
| 2024 | 4,698.0 | 3,095.2 | 2,926.2 | 169.0 | 65.9 | 5.5 | 62.3 |
| 2025 | 4,826.6 | 3,155.2 | 2,955.9 | 199.3 | 65.4 | 6.3 | 61.2 |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
| 2024 | 792.0 | 495.6 | 472.4 | 23.2 | 62.6 | 4.7 | 59.6 |
| 2025 | 805.4 | 499.5 | 472.3 | 27.1 | 62.0 | 5.4 | 58.6 |
| Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 2,953.7 | 2,013.5 | 1,898.4 | 115.1 | 68.2 | 5.7 | 64.3 |
| 2025 | 3,054.6 | 2,073.8 | 1,941.8 | 132.0 | 67.9 | 6.4 | 63.6 |
| Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
| 2024 | 540.9 | 318.3 | 302.4 | 15.9 | 58.8 | 5.0 | 55.9 |
| 2025 | 551.6 | 322.3 | 300.4 | 21.9 | 58.4 | 6.8 | 54.5 |
| Kootenay | |||||||
| 2024 | 147.8 | 91.8 | 86.5 | 5.3 | 62.1 | 5.8 | 58.5 |
| 2025 | 149.9 | 90.4 | 84.3 | 6.1 | 60.3 | 6.7 | 56.2 |
| Cariboo | |||||||
| 2024 | 140.2 | 88.3 | 84.1 | 4.1 | 63.0 | 4.6 | 60.0 |
| 2025 | 141.4 | 84.2 | 78.4 | 5.8 | 59.5 | 6.9 | 55.4 |
| North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
| 2024 | 69.6 | 48.8 | 45.9 | 2.8 | 70.1 | 5.7 | 65.9 |
| 2025 | 69.7 | 45.2 | 42.2 | 3.0 | 64.8 | 6.6 | 60.5 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 53.7 | 38.9 | 36.5 | 2.5 | 72.4 | 6.4 | 68.0 |
| 2025 | 54.1 | 39.9 | 36.5 | 3.4 | 73.8 | 8.5 | 67.5 |
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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