Table 9 
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in February 2025 and February 2026, unadjusted for seasonality 

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in February 2025 and February 2026, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2025 34,338.0 22,236.0 20,760.8 1,475.3 64.8 6.6 60.5
2026 34,728.9 22,360.7 20,878.3 1,482.4 64.4 6.6 60.1
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2025 469.6 265.1 234.0 31.1 56.5 11.7 49.8
2026 472.9 265.4 236.9 28.5 56.1 10.7 50.1
Avalon Peninsula              
2025 258.6 155.8 141.0 14.8 60.2 9.5 54.5
2026 262.3 160.2 145.1 15.1 61.1 9.4 55.3
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central–Bonavista Bay               
2025 122.9 58.2 47.8 10.4 47.4 17.9 38.9
2026 122.5 56.4 48.6 7.7 46.0 13.7 39.7
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2025 88.0 51.1 45.2 5.9 58.1 11.5 51.4
2026 88.2 48.8 43.2 5.6 55.3 11.5 49.0
Prince Edward Island              
2025 152.5 99.3 89.6 9.7 65.1 9.8 58.8
2026 155.4 100.4 91.5 8.9 64.6 8.9 58.9
Nova Scotia              
2025 909.9 555.8 520.0 35.8 61.1 6.4 57.1
2026 918.6 558.4 519.4 39.0 60.8 7.0 56.5
Cape Breton              
2025 120.5 65.7 57.7 8.0 54.5 12.2 47.9
2026 120.5 62.6 54.9 7.8 52.0 12.5 45.6
North Shore              
2025 137.7 78.6 72.0 6.7 57.1 8.5 52.3
2026 138.4 78.5 72.6 5.9 56.7 7.5 52.5
Annapolis Valley              
2025 113.2 64.6 61.2 3.3 57.1 5.1 54.1
2026 114.1 63.7 59.8 3.9 55.8 6.1 52.4
Southern              
2025 105.5 56.9 52.9 4.0 53.9 7.0 50.1
2026 105.5 57.0 53.0 4.0 54.0 7.0 50.2
Halifax              
2025 433.1 290.0 276.2 13.8 67.0 4.8 63.8
2026 440.1 296.6 279.1 17.5 67.4 5.9 63.4
New Brunswick              
2025 717.1 423.5 390.0 33.6 59.1 7.9 54.4
2026 724.5 428.6 396.1 32.5 59.2 7.6 54.7
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2025 138.0 68.6 59.5 9.1 49.7 13.3 43.1
2026 137.8 73.5 64.8 8.7 53.3 11.8 47.0
Moncton–Richibucto              
2025 222.9 141.7 133.1 8.6 63.6 6.1 59.7
2026 227.6 142.1 132.1 10.0 62.4 7.0 58.0
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2025 158.9 91.9 84.6 7.3 57.8 7.9 53.2
2026 160.2 90.7 85.6 5.2 56.6 5.7 53.4
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2025 129.7 84.0 77.4 6.6 64.8 7.9 59.7
2026 131.0 82.4 76.7 5.8 62.9 7.0 58.5
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2025 67.6 37.4 35.5 1.9 55.3 5.1 52.5
2026 67.9 39.8 36.9 2.9 58.6 7.3 54.3
Quebec              
2025 7,533.5 4,855.6 4,577.0 278.6 64.5 5.7 60.8
2026 7,596.6 4,864.5 4,589.4 275.1 64.0 5.7 60.4
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2025 79.0 40.9 35.3 5.6 51.8 13.7 44.7
2026 78.9 40.8 36.3 4.5 51.7 11.0 46.0
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2025 175.8 102.1 95.7 6.4 58.1 6.3 54.4
2026 176.9 96.6 91.6 5.0 54.6 5.2 51.8
Capitale-Nationale              
2025 678.2 428.8 406.5 22.4 63.2 5.2 59.9
2026 683.4 461.6 445.7 15.9 67.5 3.4 65.2
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2025 379.8 249.5 240.9 8.6 65.7 3.4 63.4
2026 383.1 259.5 251.5 8.0 67.7 3.1 65.6
Estrie              
2025 304.5 179.8 171.4 8.4 59.0 4.7 56.3
2026 307.9 187.3 177.6 9.7 60.8 5.2 57.7
Centre-du-Québec              
2025 219.2 138.6 129.9 8.7 63.2 6.3 59.3
2026 220.7 134.9 127.9 7.0 61.1 5.2 58.0
Montérégie              
2025 1,385.9 881.7 843.5 38.2 63.6 4.3 60.9
2026 1,401.1 890.1 839.1 51.0 63.5 5.7 59.9
Montréal              
2025 1,853.2 1,237.8 1,140.4 97.3 66.8 7.9 61.5
2026 1,857.7 1,258.7 1,169.2 89.6 67.8 7.1 62.9
Laval              
2025 384.4 264.1 245.7 18.4 68.7 7.0 63.9
2026 389.8 262.5 246.4 16.1 67.3 6.1 63.2
Lanaudière              
2025 462.6 307.1 291.7 15.5 66.4 5.0 63.1
2026 470.4 262.7 250.3 12.5 55.8 4.8 53.2
Laurentides              
2025 566.3 386.7 370.5 16.2 68.3 4.2 65.4
2026 573.0 368.5 346.3 22.2 64.3 6.0 60.4
Outaouais              
2025 351.2 225.6 213.1 12.5 64.2 5.5 60.7
2026 356.7 228.3 214.4 14.0 64.0 6.1 60.1
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2025 121.3 75.4 72.5 2.8 62.2 3.7 59.8
2026 121.6 76.0 73.6 2.4 62.5 3.2 60.5
Mauricie              
2025 243.1 142.3 133.3 9.0 58.5 6.3 54.8
2026 245.0 139.9 133.4 6.5 57.1 4.6 54.4
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2025 240.1 143.1 137.1 6.0 59.6 4.2 57.1
2026 241.4 140.5 132.3 8.2 58.2 5.8 54.8
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2025 88.9 52.1 49.4 2.6 58.6 5.0 55.6
2026 89.0 56.3 53.7 2.6 63.3 4.6 60.3
Ontario              
2025 13,625.1 8,803.4 8,165.5 637.8 64.6 7.2 59.9
2026 13,752.4 8,803.0 8,158.1 644.9 64.0 7.3 59.3
Ottawa              
2025 1,324.1 879.6 833.4 46.2 66.4 5.3 62.9
2026 1,346.7 857.2 802.9 54.3 63.7 6.3 59.6
Kingston–Pembroke              
2025 440.4 252.2 236.9 15.3 57.3 6.1 53.8
2026 442.4 249.0 231.7 17.3 56.3 6.9 52.4
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2025 388.0 204.2 190.3 14.0 52.6 6.9 49.0
2026 392.7 215.2 202.0 13.1 54.8 6.1 51.4
Toronto              
2025 6,361.9 4,240.5 3,892.4 348.2 66.7 8.2 61.2
2026 6,419.0 4,229.0 3,906.9 322.1 65.9 7.6 60.9
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2025 1,394.8 955.2 888.8 66.4 68.5 7.0 63.7
2026 1,406.8 936.7 864.8 71.9 66.6 7.7 61.5
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2025 1,411.3 865.1 807.2 58.0 61.3 6.7 57.2
2026 1,429.1 887.8 825.2 62.6 62.1 7.1 57.7
London              
2025 692.1 443.7 418.6 25.1 64.1 5.7 60.5
2026 697.2 447.9 410.4 37.5 64.2 8.4 58.9
Windsor–Sarnia              
2025 621.7 384.3 350.6 33.7 61.8 8.8 56.4
2026 620.5 379.7 350.8 28.9 61.2 7.6 56.5
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2025 291.5 178.0 167.4 10.6 61.1 6.0 57.4
2026 294.7 183.6 174.3 9.4 62.3 5.1 59.1
Northeast              
2025 514.7 291.8 276.9 14.9 56.7 5.1 53.8
2026 519.7 301.4 281.1 20.3 58.0 6.7 54.1
Northwest              
2025 184.7 108.7 103.0 5.6 58.9 5.2 55.8
2026 183.5 115.6 108.2 7.5 63.0 6.5 59.0
Manitoba              
2025 1,164.9 770.1 724.2 45.9 66.1 6.0 62.2
2026 1,182.6 780.1 736.0 44.1 66.0 5.7 62.2
Southeast              
2025 112.9 77.9 74.9 3.0 69.0 3.9 66.3
2026 115.7 80.2 75.9 4.3 69.3 5.4 65.6
South Central and North Central              
2025 97.4 63.3 59.6 3.7 65.0 5.8 61.2
2026 98.9 64.3 60.8 3.5 65.0 5.4 61.5
Southwest              
2025 99.3 65.5 62.4 3.1 66.0 4.7 62.8
2026 100.8 65.0 62.2 2.8 64.5 4.3 61.7
Winnipeg              
2025 715.6 481.7 452.4 29.3 67.3 6.1 63.2
2026 726.8 487.1 457.9 29.2 67.0 6.0 63.0
Interlake              
2025 83.9 48.2 45.3 2.9 57.4 6.0 54.0
2026 84.9 50.6 48.1 2.5 59.6 4.9 56.7
Parklands and North              
2025 55.8 33.4 29.6 3.9 59.9 11.7 53.0
2026 55.4 32.9 31.1 1.8 59.4 5.5 56.1
Saskatchewan              
2025 958.1 635.2 601.4 33.8 66.3 5.3 62.8
2026 974.3 649.2 611.3 37.9 66.6 5.8 62.7
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2025 292.7 199.0 186.6 12.3 68.0 6.2 63.8
2026 298.6 205.2 192.5 12.6 68.7 6.1 64.5
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2025 86.9 55.9 52.6 3.2 64.3 5.7 60.5
2026 86.9 52.9 50.6 2.4 60.9 4.5 58.2
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2025 344.3 233.4 223.7 9.7 67.8 4.2 65.0
2026 354.3 242.8 229.5 13.4 68.5 5.5 64.8
Yorkton–Melville              
2025 65.4 38.8 37.1 1.7 59.3 4.4 56.7
2026 65.2 38.8 37.1 1.7 59.5 4.4 56.9
Prince Albert and Northern              
2025 168.7 108.2 101.4 6.8 64.1 6.3 60.1
2026 169.3 109.5 101.6 7.8 64.7 7.1 60.0
Alberta              
2025 4,001.7 2,734.1 2,547.1 187.0 68.3 6.8 63.7
2026 4,107.4 2,811.2 2,627.2 184.0 68.4 6.5 64.0
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2025 262.3 163.5 154.5 8.9 62.3 5.4 58.9
2026 265.5 170.6 158.9 11.7 64.3 6.9 59.8
Camrose–Drumheller              
2025 171.6 117.2 110.3 6.8 68.3 5.8 64.3
2026 171.9 114.0 105.6 8.4 66.3 7.4 61.4
Calgary              
2025 1,592.4 1,117.1 1,036.8 80.3 70.2 7.2 65.1
2026 1,651.3 1,134.4 1,060.3 74.1 68.7 6.5 64.2
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2025 288.7 200.8 191.5 9.3 69.6 4.6 66.3
2026 290.3 200.4 189.4 11.0 69.0 5.5 65.2
Red Deer              
2025 189.7 124.4 115.1 9.3 65.6 7.5 60.7
2026 192.8 135.3 129.1 6.2 70.2 4.6 67.0
Edmonton              
2025 1,383.4 930.9 862.9 68.0 67.3 7.3 62.4
2026 1,419.4 975.2 908.4 66.8 68.7 6.8 64.0
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2025 113.5 80.2 75.9 4.3 70.7 5.4 66.9
2026 116.1 81.4 75.5 5.9 70.1 7.2 65.0
British Columbia              
2025 4,805.7 3,093.9 2,911.9 182.0 64.4 5.9 60.6
2026 4,844.2 3,099.9 2,912.4 187.5 64.0 6.0 60.1
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2025 803.2 492.4 471.1 21.3 61.3 4.3 58.7
2026 808.1 482.9 457.7 25.2 59.8 5.2 56.6
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2025 3,038.1 2,035.9 1,907.3 128.6 67.0 6.3 62.8
2026 3,068.6 2,027.8 1,906.1 121.8 66.1 6.0 62.1
Thompson–Okanagan              
2025 550.1 312.1 294.3 17.8 56.7 5.7 53.5
2026 551.2 333.5 311.7 21.8 60.5 6.5 56.5
Kootenay              
2025 149.5 83.7 80.0 3.7 56.0 4.4 53.5
2026 150.9 87.8 82.2 5.6 58.2 6.4 54.5
Cariboo              
2025 141.1 86.6 80.3 6.3 61.4 7.3 56.9
2026 141.6 88.2 82.3 5.9 62.3 6.7 58.1
North Coast and Nechako              
2025 69.7 44.4 42.5 1.9 63.7 4.3 61.0
2026 69.7 41.1 37.2 3.9 59.0 9.5 53.4
Northeast              
2025 54.0 38.8 36.4 2.4 71.9 6.2 67.4
2026 54.2 38.6 35.2 3.4 71.2 8.8 64.9
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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