Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in July 2024 and July 2025, unadjusted for seasonality
| Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
| Canada | |||||||
| 2024 | 33,791.2 | 22,392.8 | 20,963.2 | 1,429.6 | 66.3 | 6.4 | 62.0 |
| 2025 | 34,574.2 | 22,862.3 | 21,282.5 | 1,579.8 | 66.1 | 6.9 | 61.6 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 466.6 | 278.3 | 254.1 | 24.2 | 59.6 | 8.7 | 54.5 |
| 2025 | 471.1 | 280.9 | 255.7 | 25.2 | 59.6 | 9.0 | 54.3 |
| Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 255.6 | 159.4 | 147.2 | 12.1 | 62.4 | 7.6 | 57.6 |
| 2025 | 260.4 | 162.5 | 149.5 | 13.0 | 62.4 | 8.0 | 57.4 |
| South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central–Bonavista Bay | |||||||
| 2024 | 122.9 | 64.7 | 58.1 | 6.5 | 52.6 | 10.0 | 47.3 |
| 2025 | 122.7 | 65.3 | 57.8 | 7.5 | 53.2 | 11.5 | 47.1 |
| West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 88.0 | 54.3 | 48.7 | 5.6 | 61.7 | 10.3 | 55.3 |
| 2025 | 88.0 | 53.1 | 48.4 | 4.7 | 60.3 | 8.9 | 55.0 |
| Prince Edward Island | |||||||
| 2024 | 151.1 | 103.2 | 96.2 | 7.0 | 68.3 | 6.8 | 63.7 |
| 2025 | 153.9 | 104.1 | 96.8 | 7.3 | 67.6 | 7.0 | 62.9 |
| Nova Scotia | |||||||
| 2024 | 902.1 | 561.9 | 526.1 | 35.8 | 62.3 | 6.4 | 58.3 |
| 2025 | 913.2 | 570.6 | 533.6 | 37.0 | 62.5 | 6.5 | 58.4 |
| Cape Breton | |||||||
| 2024 | 120.6 | 63.9 | 58.8 | 5.1 | 53.0 | 8.0 | 48.8 |
| 2025 | 120.2 | 67.1 | 61.8 | 5.2 | 55.8 | 7.7 | 51.4 |
| North Shore | |||||||
| 2024 | 137.4 | 75.1 | 71.5 | 3.6 | 54.7 | 4.8 | 52.0 |
| 2025 | 138.0 | 79.1 | 73.3 | 5.7 | 57.3 | 7.2 | 53.1 |
| Annapolis Valley | |||||||
| 2024 | 112.8 | 69.3 | 65.4 | 3.9 | 61.4 | 5.6 | 58.0 |
| 2025 | 113.5 | 63.8 | 60.5 | 3.3 | 56.2 | 5.2 | 53.3 |
| Southern | |||||||
| 2024 | 105.3 | 56.2 | 50.5 | 5.7 | 53.4 | 10.1 | 48.0 |
| 2025 | 105.5 | 56.3 | 52.0 | 4.3 | 53.4 | 7.6 | 49.3 |
| Halifax | |||||||
| 2024 | 426.0 | 297.4 | 280.0 | 17.4 | 69.8 | 5.9 | 65.7 |
| 2025 | 436.1 | 304.3 | 285.8 | 18.4 | 69.8 | 6.0 | 65.5 |
| New Brunswick | |||||||
| 2024 | 710.5 | 441.4 | 412.0 | 29.5 | 62.1 | 6.7 | 58.0 |
| 2025 | 720.5 | 449.8 | 419.4 | 30.4 | 62.4 | 6.8 | 58.2 |
| Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
| 2024 | 137.9 | 71.3 | 64.8 | 6.5 | 51.7 | 9.1 | 47.0 |
| 2025 | 137.9 | 78.5 | 72.4 | 6.1 | 56.9 | 7.8 | 52.5 |
| Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
| 2024 | 219.1 | 142.1 | 134.2 | 7.9 | 64.9 | 5.6 | 61.3 |
| 2025 | 225.1 | 149.8 | 139.4 | 10.4 | 66.5 | 6.9 | 61.9 |
| Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
| 2024 | 157.9 | 103.2 | 95.5 | 7.7 | 65.4 | 7.5 | 60.5 |
| 2025 | 159.5 | 100.3 | 93.2 | 7.1 | 62.9 | 7.1 | 58.4 |
| Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
| 2024 | 128.3 | 83.1 | 77.6 | 5.5 | 64.8 | 6.6 | 60.5 |
| 2025 | 130.3 | 83.8 | 78.9 | 4.9 | 64.3 | 5.8 | 60.6 |
| Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
| 2024 | 67.4 | 41.7 | 39.8 | 1.9 | 61.9 | 4.6 | 59.1 |
| 2025 | 67.7 | 37.4 | 35.5 | 1.8 | 55.2 | 4.8 | 52.4 |
| Quebec | |||||||
| 2024 | 7,426.8 | 4,852.9 | 4,595.8 | 257.1 | 65.3 | 5.3 | 61.9 |
| 2025 | 7,583.2 | 4,977.7 | 4,699.3 | 278.4 | 65.6 | 5.6 | 62.0 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
| 2024 | 78.8 | 42.9 | 40.7 | 2.2 | 54.4 | 5.1 | 51.6 |
| 2025 | 79.0 | 44.3 | 41.7 | 2.6 | 56.1 | 5.9 | 52.8 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
| 2024 | 174.5 | 114.3 | 110.1 | 4.1 | 65.5 | 3.6 | 63.1 |
| 2025 | 176.4 | 102.6 | 99.0 | 3.6 | 58.2 | 3.5 | 56.1 |
| Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
| 2024 | 668.2 | 445.2 | 426.9 | 18.4 | 66.6 | 4.1 | 63.9 |
| 2025 | 682.7 | 460.3 | 439.6 | 20.7 | 67.4 | 4.5 | 64.4 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
| 2024 | 375.8 | 248.4 | 242.3 | 6.1 | 66.1 | 2.5 | 64.5 |
| 2025 | 381.7 | 260.9 | 252.5 | 8.4 | 68.4 | 3.2 | 66.2 |
| Estrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 300.5 | 184.9 | 176.8 | 8.1 | 61.5 | 4.4 | 58.8 |
| 2025 | 306.6 | 183.4 | 175.7 | 7.7 | 59.8 | 4.2 | 57.3 |
| Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 216.8 | 143.3 | 138.2 | 5.0 | 66.1 | 3.5 | 63.7 |
| 2025 | 220.2 | 148.2 | 143.3 | 4.9 | 67.3 | 3.3 | 65.1 |
| Montérégie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,372.0 | 914.7 | 870.4 | 44.4 | 66.7 | 4.9 | 63.4 |
| 2025 | 1,394.2 | 924.0 | 879.7 | 44.3 | 66.3 | 4.8 | 63.1 |
| Montréal | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,806.7 | 1,189.9 | 1,099.9 | 90.0 | 65.9 | 7.6 | 60.9 |
| 2025 | 1,870.5 | 1,261.2 | 1,150.3 | 110.8 | 67.4 | 8.8 | 61.5 |
| Laval | |||||||
| 2024 | 380.3 | 248.3 | 231.8 | 16.5 | 65.3 | 6.6 | 61.0 |
| 2025 | 387.0 | 256.6 | 240.3 | 16.3 | 66.3 | 6.4 | 62.1 |
| Lanaudière | |||||||
| 2024 | 457.5 | 304.6 | 282.4 | 22.2 | 66.6 | 7.3 | 61.7 |
| 2025 | 466.0 | 307.2 | 293.8 | 13.4 | 65.9 | 4.4 | 63.0 |
| Laurentides | |||||||
| 2024 | 560.0 | 373.9 | 359.9 | 14.1 | 66.8 | 3.8 | 64.3 |
| 2025 | 569.6 | 375.5 | 361.6 | 13.8 | 65.9 | 3.7 | 63.5 |
| Outaouais | |||||||
| 2024 | 347.7 | 230.4 | 216.8 | 13.6 | 66.3 | 5.9 | 62.4 |
| 2025 | 353.5 | 226.3 | 211.8 | 14.5 | 64.0 | 6.4 | 59.9 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
| 2024 | 120.9 | 79.9 | 77.8 | 2.1 | 66.1 | 2.6 | 64.4 |
| 2025 | 121.4 | 73.4 | 70.7 | 2.8 | 60.5 | 3.8 | 58.2 |
| Mauricie | |||||||
| 2024 | 240.4 | 138.0 | 133.0 | 5.0 | 57.4 | 3.6 | 55.3 |
| 2025 | 244.3 | 156.9 | 149.5 | 7.4 | 64.2 | 4.7 | 61.2 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
| 2024 | 237.9 | 135.8 | 132.5 | 3.2 | 57.1 | 2.4 | 55.7 |
| 2025 | 241.0 | 143.5 | 138.1 | 5.4 | 59.5 | 3.8 | 57.3 |
| Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 88.9 | 58.4 | 56.2 | 2.2 | 65.7 | 3.8 | 63.2 |
| 2025 | 89.0 | 53.4 | 51.6 | 1.8 | 60.0 | 3.4 | 58.0 |
| Ontario | |||||||
| 2024 | 13,406.5 | 8,884.4 | 8,253.1 | 631.3 | 66.3 | 7.1 | 61.6 |
| 2025 | 13,704.5 | 9,032.8 | 8,308.4 | 724.3 | 65.9 | 8.0 | 60.6 |
| Ottawa | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,305.1 | 900.2 | 844.0 | 56.2 | 69.0 | 6.2 | 64.7 |
| 2025 | 1,334.5 | 907.3 | 849.3 | 58.0 | 68.0 | 6.4 | 63.6 |
| Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
| 2024 | 435.4 | 252.8 | 237.6 | 15.2 | 58.1 | 6.0 | 54.6 |
| 2025 | 441.8 | 253.2 | 235.3 | 17.9 | 57.3 | 7.1 | 53.3 |
| Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
| 2024 | 383.1 | 205.2 | 197.9 | 7.4 | 53.6 | 3.6 | 51.7 |
| 2025 | 390.0 | 209.0 | 192.7 | 16.3 | 53.6 | 7.8 | 49.4 |
| Toronto | |||||||
| 2024 | 6,247.1 | 4,252.3 | 3,907.6 | 344.7 | 68.1 | 8.1 | 62.6 |
| 2025 | 6,402.0 | 4,343.8 | 3,931.5 | 412.3 | 67.9 | 9.5 | 61.4 |
| Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,368.6 | 955.7 | 900.7 | 55.0 | 69.8 | 5.8 | 65.8 |
| 2025 | 1,403.1 | 968.3 | 905.4 | 62.8 | 69.0 | 6.5 | 64.5 |
| Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,391.9 | 888.0 | 824.1 | 63.9 | 63.8 | 7.2 | 59.2 |
| 2025 | 1,420.1 | 926.0 | 862.5 | 63.5 | 65.2 | 6.9 | 60.7 |
| London | |||||||
| 2024 | 679.8 | 447.7 | 416.7 | 31.0 | 65.9 | 6.9 | 61.3 |
| 2025 | 695.9 | 449.9 | 421.3 | 28.6 | 64.7 | 6.4 | 60.5 |
| Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
| 2024 | 613.8 | 395.3 | 364.0 | 31.4 | 64.4 | 7.9 | 59.3 |
| 2025 | 622.6 | 382.0 | 345.8 | 36.2 | 61.4 | 9.5 | 55.5 |
| Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 288.3 | 177.0 | 172.1 | 5.0 | 61.4 | 2.8 | 59.7 |
| 2025 | 293.0 | 171.9 | 164.8 | 7.1 | 58.7 | 4.1 | 56.2 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 509.4 | 299.8 | 282.3 | 17.5 | 58.9 | 5.8 | 55.4 |
| 2025 | 516.9 | 310.0 | 293.0 | 17.0 | 60.0 | 5.5 | 56.7 |
| Northwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 183.9 | 110.3 | 106.1 | 4.3 | 60.0 | 3.9 | 57.7 |
| 2025 | 184.4 | 111.4 | 106.7 | 4.6 | 60.4 | 4.1 | 57.9 |
| Manitoba | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,146.9 | 775.4 | 733.9 | 41.5 | 67.6 | 5.4 | 64.0 |
| 2025 | 1,174.1 | 790.3 | 746.0 | 44.3 | 67.3 | 5.6 | 63.5 |
| Southeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 111.1 | 76.2 | 73.2 | 3.1 | 68.6 | 4.1 | 65.9 |
| 2025 | 114.2 | 79.8 | 76.9 | 2.9 | 69.9 | 3.6 | 67.3 |
| South Central and North Central | |||||||
| 2024 | 96.1 | 62.2 | 59.4 | 2.8 | 64.7 | 4.5 | 61.8 |
| 2025 | 98.2 | 65.9 | 62.2 | 3.7 | 67.1 | 5.6 | 63.3 |
| Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 98.2 | 67.6 | 64.5 | 3.2 | 68.8 | 4.7 | 65.7 |
| 2025 | 100.0 | 66.4 | 63.2 | 3.2 | 66.4 | 4.8 | 63.2 |
| Winnipeg | |||||||
| 2024 | 702.5 | 482.6 | 454.6 | 28.0 | 68.7 | 5.8 | 64.7 |
| 2025 | 721.7 | 495.2 | 464.4 | 30.7 | 68.6 | 6.2 | 64.3 |
| Interlake | |||||||
| 2024 | 83.1 | 51.1 | 49.0 | 2.1 | 61.5 | 4.1 | 59.0 |
| 2025 | 84.4 | 49.9 | 47.7 | 2.2 | 59.1 | 4.4 | 56.5 |
| Parklands and North | |||||||
| 2024 | 55.9 | 35.6 | 33.2 | 2.3 | 63.7 | 6.5 | 59.4 |
| 2025 | 55.7 | 33.1 | 31.5 | 1.6 | 59.4 | 4.8 | 56.6 |
| Saskatchewan | |||||||
| 2024 | 944.3 | 647.6 | 613.0 | 34.6 | 68.6 | 5.3 | 64.9 |
| 2025 | 965.5 | 661.8 | 631.1 | 30.7 | 68.5 | 4.6 | 65.4 |
| Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
| 2024 | 288.1 | 200.9 | 189.1 | 11.7 | 69.7 | 5.8 | 65.6 |
| 2025 | 295.4 | 208.9 | 196.7 | 12.2 | 70.7 | 5.8 | 66.6 |
| Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
| 2024 | 86.3 | 54.3 | 51.5 | 2.8 | 62.9 | 5.2 | 59.7 |
| 2025 | 86.9 | 54.8 | 53.5 | 1.3 | 63.1 | 2.4 | 61.6 |
| Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
| 2024 | 337.2 | 243.0 | 230.7 | 12.3 | 72.1 | 5.1 | 68.4 |
| 2025 | 348.7 | 245.1 | 234.3 | 10.8 | 70.3 | 4.4 | 67.2 |
| Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
| 2024 | 65.2 | 39.4 | 37.8 | 1.6 | 60.4 | 4.1 | 58.0 |
| 2025 | 65.4 | 42.5 | 41.2 | 1.3 | 65.0 | 3.1 | 63.0 |
| Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
| 2024 | 167.5 | 110.1 | 103.8 | 6.2 | 65.7 | 5.6 | 62.0 |
| 2025 | 169.0 | 110.6 | 105.4 | 5.1 | 65.4 | 4.6 | 62.4 |
| Alberta | |||||||
| 2024 | 3,907.8 | 2,730.0 | 2,536.6 | 193.4 | 69.9 | 7.1 | 64.9 |
| 2025 | 4,051.0 | 2,816.2 | 2,609.8 | 206.4 | 69.5 | 7.3 | 64.4 |
| Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
| 2024 | 258.2 | 177.5 | 168.0 | 9.5 | 68.7 | 5.4 | 65.1 |
| 2025 | 264.0 | 164.1 | 154.3 | 9.7 | 62.2 | 5.9 | 58.4 |
| Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
| 2024 | 169.9 | 109.8 | 104.7 | 5.1 | 64.6 | 4.6 | 61.6 |
| 2025 | 171.9 | 116.2 | 110.1 | 6.1 | 67.6 | 5.2 | 64.0 |
| Calgary | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,544.2 | 1,095.1 | 1,014.7 | 80.4 | 70.9 | 7.3 | 65.7 |
| 2025 | 1,619.6 | 1,155.5 | 1,069.2 | 86.3 | 71.3 | 7.5 | 66.0 |
| Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
| 2024 | 286.2 | 217.5 | 207.2 | 10.2 | 76.0 | 4.7 | 72.4 |
| 2025 | 289.6 | 199.1 | 184.3 | 14.8 | 68.7 | 7.4 | 63.6 |
| Red Deer | |||||||
| 2024 | 186.6 | 124.8 | 114.8 | 10.0 | 66.9 | 8.0 | 61.5 |
| 2025 | 191.2 | 131.0 | 124.8 | 6.1 | 68.5 | 4.7 | 65.3 |
| Edmonton | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,350.0 | 922.7 | 849.4 | 73.3 | 68.3 | 7.9 | 62.9 |
| 2025 | 1,400.3 | 964.4 | 887.1 | 77.3 | 68.9 | 8.0 | 63.4 |
| Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
| 2024 | 112.6 | 82.6 | 77.7 | 4.9 | 73.4 | 5.9 | 69.0 |
| 2025 | 114.4 | 86.1 | 80.0 | 6.1 | 75.3 | 7.1 | 69.9 |
| British Columbia | |||||||
| 2024 | 4,728.6 | 3,117.5 | 2,942.4 | 175.1 | 65.9 | 5.6 | 62.2 |
| 2025 | 4,837.2 | 3,178.2 | 2,982.4 | 195.8 | 65.7 | 6.2 | 61.7 |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
| 2024 | 795.1 | 501.4 | 481.2 | 20.2 | 63.1 | 4.0 | 60.5 |
| 2025 | 806.5 | 507.1 | 477.4 | 29.7 | 62.9 | 5.9 | 59.2 |
| Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 2,977.7 | 2,019.0 | 1,897.5 | 121.5 | 67.8 | 6.0 | 63.7 |
| 2025 | 3,063.1 | 2,081.2 | 1,947.9 | 133.2 | 67.9 | 6.4 | 63.6 |
| Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
| 2024 | 543.5 | 327.1 | 308.7 | 18.4 | 60.2 | 5.6 | 56.8 |
| 2025 | 552.0 | 332.2 | 314.4 | 17.8 | 60.2 | 5.4 | 57.0 |
| Kootenay | |||||||
| 2024 | 148.3 | 93.9 | 88.2 | 5.7 | 63.3 | 6.1 | 59.5 |
| 2025 | 150.2 | 90.8 | 85.4 | 5.4 | 60.5 | 5.9 | 56.9 |
| Cariboo | |||||||
| 2024 | 140.5 | 88.7 | 84.5 | 4.2 | 63.1 | 4.7 | 60.1 |
| 2025 | 141.5 | 82.2 | 77.8 | 4.4 | 58.1 | 5.4 | 55.0 |
| North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
| 2024 | 69.7 | 49.5 | 46.7 | 2.8 | 71.0 | 5.7 | 67.0 |
| 2025 | 69.7 | 44.6 | 42.2 | 2.5 | 64.0 | 5.6 | 60.5 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 53.8 | 37.8 | 35.4 | 2.4 | 70.3 | 6.3 | 65.8 |
| 2025 | 54.1 | 40.2 | 37.4 | 2.8 | 74.3 | 7.0 | 69.1 |
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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