Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in September 2024 and September 2025, unadjusted for seasonality
| Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
| Canada | |||||||
| 2024 | 33,994.9 | 22,389.9 | 20,882.3 | 1,507.5 | 65.9 | 6.7 | 61.4 |
| 2025 | 34,643.7 | 22,768.4 | 21,110.8 | 1,657.5 | 65.7 | 7.3 | 60.9 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 467.8 | 278.7 | 254.5 | 24.2 | 59.6 | 8.7 | 54.4 |
| 2025 | 471.6 | 277.4 | 252.3 | 25.1 | 58.8 | 9.0 | 53.5 |
| Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 256.8 | 159.0 | 148.3 | 10.7 | 61.9 | 6.7 | 57.7 |
| 2025 | 260.9 | 163.8 | 151.5 | 12.4 | 62.8 | 7.6 | 58.1 |
| South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central–Bonavista Bay | |||||||
| 2024 | 123.0 | 64.2 | 56.7 | 7.5 | 52.2 | 11.7 | 46.1 |
| 2025 | 122.6 | 61.8 | 54.6 | 7.3 | 50.4 | 11.8 | 44.5 |
| West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 88.0 | 55.5 | 49.5 | 5.9 | 63.1 | 10.6 | 56.3 |
| 2025 | 88.1 | 51.7 | 46.3 | 5.5 | 58.7 | 10.6 | 52.6 |
| Prince Edward Island | |||||||
| 2024 | 151.9 | 103.5 | 96.7 | 6.8 | 68.1 | 6.6 | 63.7 |
| 2025 | 154.5 | 105.2 | 97.6 | 7.6 | 68.1 | 7.2 | 63.2 |
| Nova Scotia | |||||||
| 2024 | 906.0 | 560.6 | 522.7 | 37.9 | 61.9 | 6.8 | 57.7 |
| 2025 | 914.5 | 565.3 | 527.3 | 38.0 | 61.8 | 6.7 | 57.7 |
| Cape Breton | |||||||
| 2024 | 120.9 | 66.6 | 60.8 | 5.8 | 55.1 | 8.7 | 50.3 |
| 2025 | 120.2 | 64.4 | 58.4 | 5.9 | 53.6 | 9.2 | 48.6 |
| North Shore | |||||||
| 2024 | 137.6 | 77.1 | 72.4 | 4.7 | 56.0 | 6.1 | 52.6 |
| 2025 | 138.1 | 77.8 | 71.6 | 6.1 | 56.3 | 7.8 | 51.8 |
| Annapolis Valley | |||||||
| 2024 | 113.0 | 67.9 | 63.0 | 4.8 | 60.1 | 7.1 | 55.8 |
| 2025 | 113.7 | 64.2 | 60.7 | 3.6 | 56.5 | 5.6 | 53.4 |
| Southern | |||||||
| 2024 | 105.5 | 54.3 | 48.5 | 5.9 | 51.5 | 10.9 | 46.0 |
| 2025 | 105.5 | 57.1 | 53.2 | 4.0 | 54.1 | 7.0 | 50.4 |
| Halifax | |||||||
| 2024 | 429.0 | 294.7 | 277.9 | 16.8 | 68.7 | 5.7 | 64.8 |
| 2025 | 437.1 | 301.8 | 283.4 | 18.4 | 69.0 | 6.1 | 64.8 |
| New Brunswick | |||||||
| 2024 | 714.1 | 438.0 | 410.0 | 28.0 | 61.3 | 6.4 | 57.4 |
| 2025 | 721.8 | 447.4 | 413.4 | 34.0 | 62.0 | 7.6 | 57.3 |
| Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
| 2024 | 138.1 | 72.5 | 65.3 | 7.2 | 52.5 | 9.9 | 47.3 |
| 2025 | 137.9 | 78.7 | 70.6 | 8.1 | 57.1 | 10.3 | 51.2 |
| Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
| 2024 | 220.8 | 142.0 | 134.9 | 7.1 | 64.3 | 5.0 | 61.1 |
| 2025 | 225.8 | 147.5 | 135.9 | 11.6 | 65.3 | 7.9 | 60.2 |
| Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
| 2024 | 158.5 | 100.7 | 94.4 | 6.3 | 63.5 | 6.3 | 59.6 |
| 2025 | 159.8 | 98.7 | 92.0 | 6.7 | 61.8 | 6.8 | 57.6 |
| Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
| 2024 | 129.0 | 82.7 | 77.4 | 5.3 | 64.1 | 6.4 | 60.0 |
| 2025 | 130.6 | 82.5 | 77.1 | 5.5 | 63.2 | 6.7 | 59.0 |
| Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
| 2024 | 67.6 | 40.1 | 38.1 | 2.1 | 59.3 | 5.2 | 56.4 |
| 2025 | 67.8 | 40.0 | 37.8 | 2.1 | 59.0 | 5.3 | 55.8 |
| Quebec | |||||||
| 2024 | 7,463.6 | 4,864.6 | 4,593.8 | 270.8 | 65.2 | 5.6 | 61.5 |
| 2025 | 7,598.5 | 4,958.0 | 4,674.4 | 283.6 | 65.2 | 5.7 | 61.5 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
| 2024 | 78.9 | 42.9 | 41.1 | 1.8 | 54.4 | 4.2 | 52.1 |
| 2025 | 79.1 | 41.7 | 39.6 | 2.1 | 52.7 | 5.0 | 50.1 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
| 2024 | 175.0 | 111.8 | 107.9 | 3.9 | 63.9 | 3.5 | 61.7 |
| 2025 | 176.7 | 98.3 | 94.3 | 4.0 | 55.6 | 4.1 | 53.4 |
| Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
| 2024 | 671.7 | 438.8 | 419.8 | 18.9 | 65.3 | 4.3 | 62.5 |
| 2025 | 683.9 | 472.3 | 450.2 | 22.1 | 69.1 | 4.7 | 65.8 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
| 2024 | 377.2 | 251.1 | 244.7 | 6.4 | 66.6 | 2.5 | 64.9 |
| 2025 | 382.4 | 261.7 | 252.8 | 8.9 | 68.4 | 3.4 | 66.1 |
| Estrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 301.8 | 185.5 | 176.8 | 8.7 | 61.5 | 4.7 | 58.6 |
| 2025 | 307.3 | 189.0 | 178.8 | 10.1 | 61.5 | 5.3 | 58.2 |
| Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 217.6 | 138.9 | 133.8 | 5.1 | 63.8 | 3.7 | 61.5 |
| 2025 | 220.6 | 142.4 | 137.7 | 4.7 | 64.6 | 3.3 | 62.4 |
| Montérégie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,376.8 | 898.5 | 856.9 | 41.7 | 65.3 | 4.6 | 62.2 |
| 2025 | 1,397.7 | 920.5 | 879.3 | 41.2 | 65.9 | 4.5 | 62.9 |
| Montréal | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,822.7 | 1,206.7 | 1,110.0 | 96.7 | 66.2 | 8.0 | 60.9 |
| 2025 | 1,872.3 | 1,237.5 | 1,131.0 | 106.5 | 66.1 | 8.6 | 60.4 |
| Laval | |||||||
| 2024 | 381.7 | 259.1 | 241.6 | 17.5 | 67.9 | 6.8 | 63.3 |
| 2025 | 388.3 | 259.1 | 242.0 | 17.1 | 66.7 | 6.6 | 62.3 |
| Lanaudière | |||||||
| 2024 | 459.2 | 309.3 | 285.8 | 23.5 | 67.4 | 7.6 | 62.2 |
| 2025 | 467.5 | 295.6 | 282.6 | 13.0 | 63.2 | 4.4 | 60.4 |
| Laurentides | |||||||
| 2024 | 562.1 | 375.5 | 359.4 | 16.1 | 66.8 | 4.3 | 63.9 |
| 2025 | 570.9 | 381.5 | 364.7 | 16.8 | 66.8 | 4.4 | 63.9 |
| Outaouais | |||||||
| 2024 | 348.9 | 229.4 | 213.9 | 15.5 | 65.7 | 6.8 | 61.3 |
| 2025 | 354.9 | 227.6 | 210.3 | 17.3 | 64.1 | 7.6 | 59.3 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
| 2024 | 121.0 | 78.7 | 75.5 | 3.2 | 65.0 | 4.1 | 62.4 |
| 2025 | 121.6 | 74.8 | 71.5 | 3.3 | 61.5 | 4.4 | 58.8 |
| Mauricie | |||||||
| 2024 | 241.3 | 145.4 | 139.3 | 6.1 | 60.3 | 4.2 | 57.7 |
| 2025 | 244.8 | 154.7 | 146.9 | 7.7 | 63.2 | 5.0 | 60.0 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
| 2024 | 238.6 | 135.8 | 131.9 | 3.8 | 56.9 | 2.8 | 55.3 |
| 2025 | 241.4 | 145.2 | 139.7 | 5.5 | 60.1 | 3.8 | 57.9 |
| Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 88.9 | 57.1 | 55.3 | 1.9 | 64.2 | 3.3 | 62.2 |
| 2025 | 89.0 | 56.2 | 52.9 | 3.3 | 63.1 | 5.9 | 59.4 |
| Ontario | |||||||
| 2024 | 13,489.0 | 8,881.5 | 8,217.2 | 664.3 | 65.8 | 7.5 | 60.9 |
| 2025 | 13,723.6 | 8,980.5 | 8,234.3 | 746.2 | 65.4 | 8.3 | 60.0 |
| Ottawa | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,311.6 | 912.2 | 853.1 | 59.1 | 69.5 | 6.5 | 65.0 |
| 2025 | 1,338.0 | 891.3 | 825.5 | 65.8 | 66.6 | 7.4 | 61.7 |
| Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
| 2024 | 437.3 | 253.6 | 238.3 | 15.2 | 58.0 | 6.0 | 54.5 |
| 2025 | 442.1 | 251.0 | 235.6 | 15.4 | 56.8 | 6.1 | 53.3 |
| Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
| 2024 | 384.8 | 210.0 | 202.5 | 7.4 | 54.6 | 3.5 | 52.6 |
| 2025 | 391.0 | 208.3 | 195.6 | 12.7 | 53.3 | 6.1 | 50.0 |
| Toronto | |||||||
| 2024 | 6,291.6 | 4,249.7 | 3,884.4 | 365.4 | 67.5 | 8.6 | 61.7 |
| 2025 | 6,411.9 | 4,306.0 | 3,895.5 | 410.5 | 67.2 | 9.5 | 60.8 |
| Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,378.2 | 942.1 | 879.7 | 62.4 | 68.4 | 6.6 | 63.8 |
| 2025 | 1,404.4 | 942.8 | 874.9 | 67.9 | 67.1 | 7.2 | 62.3 |
| Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,398.9 | 885.0 | 827.3 | 57.7 | 63.3 | 6.5 | 59.1 |
| 2025 | 1,422.8 | 927.6 | 857.0 | 70.5 | 65.2 | 7.6 | 60.2 |
| London | |||||||
| 2024 | 684.3 | 442.6 | 410.2 | 32.5 | 64.7 | 7.3 | 59.9 |
| 2025 | 696.2 | 460.9 | 430.1 | 30.9 | 66.2 | 6.7 | 61.8 |
| Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
| 2024 | 617.2 | 393.9 | 361.0 | 32.8 | 63.8 | 8.3 | 58.5 |
| 2025 | 621.7 | 392.9 | 353.7 | 39.2 | 63.2 | 10.0 | 56.9 |
| Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 289.4 | 179.8 | 171.9 | 7.9 | 62.1 | 4.4 | 59.4 |
| 2025 | 293.5 | 172.0 | 163.8 | 8.3 | 58.6 | 4.8 | 55.8 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 511.4 | 303.2 | 284.4 | 18.8 | 59.3 | 6.2 | 55.6 |
| 2025 | 518.0 | 313.3 | 293.4 | 19.9 | 60.5 | 6.4 | 56.6 |
| Northwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 184.3 | 109.5 | 104.4 | 5.1 | 59.4 | 4.7 | 56.6 |
| 2025 | 184.1 | 114.5 | 109.2 | 5.3 | 62.2 | 4.6 | 59.3 |
| Manitoba | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,154.5 | 776.4 | 727.6 | 48.8 | 67.2 | 6.3 | 63.0 |
| 2025 | 1,177.3 | 791.3 | 739.8 | 51.6 | 67.2 | 6.5 | 62.8 |
| Southeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 111.8 | 74.0 | 70.8 | 3.2 | 66.2 | 4.3 | 63.3 |
| 2025 | 114.7 | 79.0 | 76.4 | 2.6 | 68.9 | 3.3 | 66.6 |
| South Central and North Central | |||||||
| 2024 | 96.6 | 60.5 | 57.3 | 3.3 | 62.6 | 5.5 | 59.3 |
| 2025 | 98.4 | 65.0 | 61.6 | 3.4 | 66.1 | 5.2 | 62.6 |
| Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 98.7 | 69.1 | 65.9 | 3.2 | 70.0 | 4.6 | 66.8 |
| 2025 | 100.3 | 66.2 | 62.1 | 4.1 | 66.0 | 6.2 | 61.9 |
| Winnipeg | |||||||
| 2024 | 708.0 | 486.2 | 452.7 | 33.5 | 68.7 | 6.9 | 63.9 |
| 2025 | 723.6 | 494.6 | 457.8 | 36.8 | 68.4 | 7.4 | 63.3 |
| Interlake | |||||||
| 2024 | 83.4 | 51.3 | 48.9 | 2.4 | 61.5 | 4.7 | 58.6 |
| 2025 | 84.6 | 51.8 | 49.1 | 2.7 | 61.2 | 5.2 | 58.0 |
| Parklands and North | |||||||
| 2024 | 55.9 | 35.3 | 32.1 | 3.2 | 63.1 | 9.1 | 57.4 |
| 2025 | 55.7 | 34.7 | 32.8 | 1.9 | 62.3 | 5.5 | 58.9 |
| Saskatchewan | |||||||
| 2024 | 949.7 | 647.0 | 609.6 | 37.4 | 68.1 | 5.8 | 64.2 |
| 2025 | 968.1 | 662.6 | 625.4 | 37.2 | 68.4 | 5.6 | 64.6 |
| Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
| 2024 | 289.9 | 197.1 | 185.6 | 11.5 | 68.0 | 5.8 | 64.0 |
| 2025 | 296.3 | 208.0 | 194.1 | 14.0 | 70.2 | 6.7 | 65.5 |
| Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
| 2024 | 86.6 | 55.8 | 52.5 | 3.2 | 64.4 | 5.7 | 60.6 |
| 2025 | 86.9 | 54.0 | 51.9 | 2.1 | 62.1 | 3.9 | 59.7 |
| Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
| 2024 | 339.8 | 245.9 | 232.7 | 13.2 | 72.4 | 5.4 | 68.5 |
| 2025 | 350.4 | 248.1 | 234.7 | 13.4 | 70.8 | 5.4 | 67.0 |
| Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
| 2024 | 65.4 | 37.2 | 34.9 | 2.3 | 56.9 | 6.2 | 53.4 |
| 2025 | 65.3 | 43.4 | 41.4 | 2.0 | 66.5 | 4.6 | 63.4 |
| Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
| 2024 | 168.0 | 111.0 | 103.8 | 7.1 | 66.1 | 6.4 | 61.8 |
| 2025 | 169.1 | 109.1 | 103.3 | 5.8 | 64.5 | 5.3 | 61.1 |
| Alberta | |||||||
| 2024 | 3,940.8 | 2,734.6 | 2,532.6 | 202.0 | 69.4 | 7.4 | 64.3 |
| 2025 | 4,068.2 | 2,825.9 | 2,597.3 | 228.6 | 69.5 | 8.1 | 63.8 |
| Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
| 2024 | 259.7 | 171.3 | 160.6 | 10.7 | 66.0 | 6.2 | 61.8 |
| 2025 | 264.4 | 170.1 | 155.1 | 14.9 | 64.3 | 8.8 | 58.7 |
| Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
| 2024 | 170.7 | 112.0 | 106.7 | 5.3 | 65.6 | 4.7 | 62.5 |
| 2025 | 171.9 | 114.9 | 108.6 | 6.4 | 66.8 | 5.6 | 63.2 |
| Calgary | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,560.7 | 1,099.6 | 1,020.4 | 79.2 | 70.5 | 7.2 | 65.4 |
| 2025 | 1,629.4 | 1,145.1 | 1,053.9 | 91.2 | 70.3 | 8.0 | 64.7 |
| Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
| 2024 | 287.3 | 212.5 | 201.7 | 10.9 | 74.0 | 5.1 | 70.2 |
| 2025 | 289.9 | 202.7 | 188.8 | 13.9 | 69.9 | 6.9 | 65.1 |
| Red Deer | |||||||
| 2024 | 187.8 | 127.2 | 117.5 | 9.7 | 67.7 | 7.6 | 62.6 |
| 2025 | 191.7 | 132.1 | 122.8 | 9.2 | 68.9 | 7.0 | 64.1 |
| Edmonton | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,361.8 | 929.5 | 849.0 | 80.5 | 68.3 | 8.7 | 62.3 |
| 2025 | 1,405.8 | 974.7 | 887.9 | 86.8 | 69.3 | 8.9 | 63.2 |
| Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
| 2024 | 113.0 | 82.5 | 76.7 | 5.8 | 73.0 | 7.0 | 67.9 |
| 2025 | 115.1 | 86.4 | 80.1 | 6.2 | 75.1 | 7.2 | 69.6 |
| British Columbia | |||||||
| 2024 | 4,757.6 | 3,104.9 | 2,917.6 | 187.3 | 65.3 | 6.0 | 61.3 |
| 2025 | 4,845.6 | 3,154.7 | 2,949.0 | 205.7 | 65.1 | 6.5 | 60.9 |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
| 2024 | 798.1 | 494.8 | 472.5 | 22.4 | 62.0 | 4.5 | 59.2 |
| 2025 | 807.5 | 500.6 | 472.5 | 28.1 | 62.0 | 5.6 | 58.5 |
| Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 3,000.4 | 2,020.8 | 1,888.4 | 132.4 | 67.4 | 6.6 | 62.9 |
| 2025 | 3,070.0 | 2,045.6 | 1,907.9 | 137.7 | 66.6 | 6.7 | 62.1 |
| Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
| 2024 | 546.0 | 323.3 | 306.4 | 16.9 | 59.2 | 5.2 | 56.1 |
| 2025 | 552.0 | 346.6 | 325.9 | 20.7 | 62.8 | 6.0 | 59.0 |
| Kootenay | |||||||
| 2024 | 148.7 | 91.3 | 86.1 | 5.3 | 61.4 | 5.8 | 57.9 |
| 2025 | 150.5 | 94.8 | 89.1 | 5.7 | 63.0 | 6.0 | 59.2 |
| Cariboo | |||||||
| 2024 | 140.8 | 89.6 | 85.1 | 4.5 | 63.6 | 5.0 | 60.4 |
| 2025 | 141.6 | 83.9 | 76.6 | 7.3 | 59.3 | 8.7 | 54.1 |
| North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
| 2024 | 69.7 | 49.7 | 45.8 | 3.9 | 71.3 | 7.8 | 65.7 |
| 2025 | 69.7 | 43.4 | 40.5 | 2.9 | 62.3 | 6.7 | 58.1 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 53.9 | 35.4 | 33.4 | 2.0 | 65.7 | 5.6 | 62.0 |
| 2025 | 54.2 | 39.7 | 36.5 | 3.2 | 73.2 | 8.1 | 67.3 |
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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