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

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in May 2025 and May 2026, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2025 34,488.1 22,525.5 20,941.0 1,584.5 65.3 7.0 60.7
2026 34,757.4 22,569.4 21,012.5 1,556.9 64.9 6.9 60.5
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2025 470.7 273.0 243.8 29.2 58.0 10.7 51.8
2026 473.8 270.0 241.5 28.5 57.0 10.6 51.0
Avalon Peninsula              
2025 259.8 159.2 145.4 13.9 61.3 8.7 56.0
2026 262.9 162.0 147.5 14.5 61.6 9.0 56.1
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central–Bonavista Bay               
2025 122.8 61.0 50.5 10.4 49.7 17.0 41.1
2026 122.5 60.0 52.1 7.9 49.0 13.2 42.5
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2025 88.0 52.8 47.9 4.9 60.0 9.3 54.4
2026 88.4 47.9 41.9 6.1 54.2 12.7 47.4
Prince Edward Island              
2025 153.1 100.1 91.8 8.3 65.4 8.3 60.0
2026 155.9 102.7 94.5 8.2 65.9 8.0 60.6
Nova Scotia              
2025 912.0 560.2 521.7 38.5 61.4 6.9 57.2
2026 921.5 568.1 529.2 38.9 61.6 6.8 57.4
Cape Breton              
2025 120.3 64.5 57.8 6.6 53.6 10.2 48.0
2026 120.8 64.4 57.8 6.7 53.3 10.4 47.8
North Shore              
2025 137.8 78.3 71.4 6.9 56.8 8.8 51.8
2026 138.7 78.3 72.3 6.1 56.5 7.8 52.1
Annapolis Valley              
2025 113.4 63.8 59.8 4.0 56.3 6.3 52.7
2026 114.5 65.7 61.0 4.7 57.4 7.2 53.3
Southern              
2025 105.5 55.9 52.6 3.3 53.0 5.9 49.9
2026 105.5 56.9 53.8 3.1 53.9 5.4 51.0
Halifax              
2025 435.0 297.8 280.0 17.7 68.5 5.9 64.4
2026 442.0 302.8 284.4 18.4 68.5 6.1 64.3
New Brunswick              
2025 719.1 432.3 401.8 30.5 60.1 7.1 55.9
2026 726.2 438.9 405.6 33.3 60.4 7.6 55.9
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2025 137.9 73.4 66.2 7.2 53.2 9.8 48.0
2026 137.9 71.0 63.8 7.2 51.5 10.1 46.3
Moncton–Richibucto              
2025 224.2 145.4 136.5 8.9 64.9 6.1 60.9
2026 228.8 145.8 133.0 12.8 63.7 8.8 58.1
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2025 159.2 94.6 87.7 6.9 59.4 7.3 55.1
2026 160.4 97.9 92.4 5.5 61.0 5.6 57.6
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2025 130.1 82.7 77.6 5.1 63.6 6.2 59.6
2026 131.1 83.0 77.2 5.8 63.3 7.0 58.9
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2025 67.7 36.2 33.7 2.5 53.5 6.9 49.8
2026 68.0 41.2 39.2 2.1 60.6 5.1 57.6
Quebec              
2025 7,562.5 4,914.4 4,620.8 293.5 65.0 6.0 61.1
2026 7,586.3 4,853.0 4,568.1 284.9 64.0 5.9 60.2
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2025 79.0 42.8 38.1 4.7 54.2 11.0 48.2
2026 78.8 41.4 37.4 4.0 52.5 9.7 47.5
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2025 176.1 104.2 97.8 6.4 59.2 6.1 55.5
2026 176.8 103.9 98.6 5.3 58.8 5.1 55.8
Capitale-Nationale              
2025 681.0 439.2 418.6 20.6 64.5 4.7 61.5
2026 682.1 462.0 442.0 19.9 67.7 4.3 64.8
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2025 380.9 258.3 248.3 10.0 67.8 3.9 65.2
2026 383.2 250.1 244.1 6.0 65.3 2.4 63.7
Estrie              
2025 305.7 177.6 168.8 8.8 58.1 5.0 55.2
2026 307.8 185.2 176.9 8.3 60.2 4.5 57.5
Centre-du-Québec              
2025 219.8 150.1 143.2 6.9 68.3 4.6 65.2
2026 220.6 132.7 126.5 6.2 60.2 4.7 57.3
Montérégie              
2025 1,389.8 902.7 856.3 46.4 65.0 5.1 61.6
2026 1,400.8 886.1 838.1 48.0 63.3 5.4 59.8
Montréal              
2025 1,865.0 1,260.1 1,155.0 105.1 67.6 8.3 61.9
2026 1,846.5 1,253.3 1,152.7 100.6 67.9 8.0 62.4
Laval              
2025 385.8 254.1 238.4 15.8 65.9 6.2 61.8
2026 390.0 257.6 244.5 13.1 66.1 5.1 62.7
Lanaudière              
2025 464.4 307.9 291.7 16.3 66.3 5.3 62.8
2026 472.1 279.4 266.9 12.5 59.2 4.5 56.5
Laurentides              
2025 568.1 374.7 358.7 16.1 66.0 4.3 63.1
2026 574.0 356.1 333.6 22.5 62.0 6.3 58.1
Outaouais              
2025 352.4 224.7 210.2 14.4 63.8 6.4 59.6
2026 357.1 232.4 217.2 15.2 65.1 6.5 60.8
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2025 121.3 71.6 68.6 3.0 59.0 4.2 56.6
2026 121.6 76.6 74.1 2.5 63.0 3.3 60.9
Mauricie              
2025 243.8 151.7 142.0 9.7 62.2 6.4 58.2
2026 244.8 135.1 125.5 9.6 55.2 7.1 51.3
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2025 240.6 143.2 135.9 7.3 59.5 5.1 56.5
2026 241.2 143.6 135.7 7.8 59.5 5.4 56.3
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2025 88.9 51.4 49.3 2.1 57.8 4.1 55.5
2026 89.0 57.7 54.2 3.5 64.8 6.1 60.9
Ontario              
2025 13,678.7 8,899.6 8,198.1 701.5 65.1 7.9 59.9
2026 13,761.9 8,895.2 8,238.6 656.6 64.6 7.4 59.9
Ottawa              
2025 1,330.5 893.3 842.6 50.7 67.1 5.7 63.3
2026 1,354.5 884.4 828.7 55.7 65.3 6.3 61.2
Kingston–Pembroke              
2025 441.4 249.9 233.2 16.7 56.6 6.7 52.8
2026 443.3 246.3 230.8 15.5 55.6 6.3 52.1
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2025 389.1 210.8 189.1 21.6 54.2 10.2 48.6
2026 393.7 220.8 207.3 13.5 56.1 6.1 52.7
Toronto              
2025 6,389.2 4,281.1 3,889.6 391.5 67.0 9.1 60.9
2026 6,405.6 4,273.6 3,941.0 332.6 66.7 7.8 61.5
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2025 1,400.7 964.2 899.8 64.4 68.8 6.7 64.2
2026 1,408.3 952.3 877.2 75.1 67.6 7.9 62.3
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2025 1,416.9 895.6 833.3 62.2 63.2 6.9 58.8
2026 1,434.7 908.8 846.4 62.4 63.3 6.9 59.0
London              
2025 695.0 439.8 411.8 28.0 63.3 6.4 59.3
2026 699.2 442.3 407.4 35.0 63.3 7.9 58.3
Windsor–Sarnia              
2025 622.9 384.7 346.8 37.9 61.8 9.9 55.7
2026 622.6 372.0 343.8 28.3 59.7 7.6 55.2
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2025 292.5 172.9 166.1 6.7 59.1 3.9 56.8
2026 295.7 178.6 168.2 10.5 60.4 5.9 56.9
Northeast              
2025 516.0 297.6 280.1 17.5 57.7 5.9 54.3
2026 520.5 304.0 282.9 21.1 58.4 6.9 54.4
Northwest              
2025 184.6 109.9 105.6 4.2 59.5 3.8 57.2
2026 183.7 111.9 104.9 7.0 60.9 6.3 57.1
Manitoba              
2025 1,170.7 778.9 733.2 45.7 66.5 5.9 62.6
2026 1,186.4 792.5 748.8 43.7 66.8 5.5 63.1
Southeast              
2025 113.6 78.3 74.2 4.1 68.9 5.2 65.3
2026 116.5 81.8 77.4 4.4 70.2 5.4 66.4
South Central and North Central              
2025 97.8 63.3 59.3 4.0 64.7 6.3 60.6
2026 99.2 67.1 64.2 3.0 67.6 4.5 64.7
Southwest              
2025 99.7 65.1 61.6 3.5 65.3 5.4 61.8
2026 101.2 69.0 66.4 2.6 68.2 3.8 65.6
Winnipeg              
2025 719.6 492.4 463.2 29.1 68.4 5.9 64.4
2026 728.7 490.4 461.1 29.4 67.3 6.0 63.3
Interlake              
2025 84.2 46.7 44.0 2.7 55.5 5.8 52.3
2026 85.4 52.3 49.7 2.7 61.2 5.2 58.2
Parklands and North              
2025 55.7 33.0 30.9 2.1 59.2 6.4 55.5
2026 55.4 31.7 30.1 1.7 57.2 5.4 54.3
Saskatchewan              
2025 962.7 645.5 614.5 31.0 67.1 4.8 63.8
2026 978.7 655.4 615.3 40.1 67.0 6.1 62.9
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2025 294.4 203.3 193.6 9.7 69.1 4.8 65.8
2026 300.3 207.8 196.3 11.5 69.2 5.5 65.4
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2025 87.0 54.9 52.4 2.5 63.1 4.6 60.2
2026 86.9 54.8 51.2 3.7 63.1 6.8 58.9
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2025 347.0 237.7 225.9 11.7 68.5 4.9 65.1
2026 356.4 245.2 230.0 15.2 68.8 6.2 64.5
Yorkton–Melville              
2025 65.4 40.4 39.5 0.9 61.8 2.2 60.4
2026 65.2 38.5 36.6 1.9 59.0 4.9 56.1
Prince Albert and Northern              
2025 168.9 109.3 103.0 6.2 64.7 5.7 61.0
2026 169.8 109.1 101.2 7.8 64.3 7.1 59.6
Alberta              
2025 4,032.0 2,766.4 2,559.5 206.9 68.6 7.5 63.5
2026 4,127.7 2,859.8 2,656.1 203.7 69.3 7.1 64.3
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2025 263.4 169.7 157.5 12.2 64.4 7.2 59.8
2026 266.1 165.3 152.7 12.6 62.1 7.6 57.4
Camrose–Drumheller              
2025 171.9 118.0 110.6 7.4 68.6 6.3 64.3
2026 172.0 107.7 100.0 7.8 62.6 7.2 58.1
Calgary              
2025 1,609.0 1,124.8 1,034.0 90.7 69.9 8.1 64.3
2026 1,661.0 1,194.6 1,108.8 85.8 71.9 7.2 66.8
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2025 289.3 200.9 185.9 15.0 69.4 7.5 64.3
2026 290.7 198.9 189.3 9.7 68.4 4.9 65.1
Red Deer              
2025 190.6 131.1 123.4 7.7 68.8 5.9 64.7
2026 193.3 130.3 121.6 8.7 67.4 6.7 62.9
Edmonton              
2025 1,393.9 937.3 868.8 68.5 67.2 7.3 62.3
2026 1,428.2 979.1 906.6 72.5 68.6 7.4 63.5
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2025 114.0 84.6 79.2 5.3 74.2 6.3 69.5
2026 116.4 83.8 77.1 6.7 72.0 8.0 66.2
British Columbia              
2025 4,826.6 3,155.2 2,955.9 199.3 65.4 6.3 61.2
2026 4,838.9 3,133.9 2,915.0 218.9 64.8 7.0 60.2
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2025 805.4 499.5 472.3 27.1 62.0 5.4 58.6
2026 808.8 485.6 456.5 29.1 60.0 6.0 56.4
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2025 3,054.6 2,073.8 1,941.8 132.0 67.9 6.4 63.6
2026 3,061.0 2,049.3 1,904.0 145.3 66.9 7.1 62.2
Thompson–Okanagan              
2025 551.6 322.3 300.4 21.9 58.4 6.8 54.5
2026 551.8 331.5 304.6 26.8 60.1 8.1 55.2
Kootenay              
2025 149.9 90.4 84.3 6.1 60.3 6.7 56.2
2026 151.0 90.8 86.1 4.7 60.1 5.2 57.0
Cariboo              
2025 141.4 84.2 78.4 5.8 59.5 6.9 55.4
2026 142.0 94.6 88.7 5.9 66.6 6.2 62.5
North Coast and Nechako              
2025 69.7 45.2 42.2 3.0 64.8 6.6 60.5
2026 70.0 43.7 40.0 3.8 62.4 8.7 57.1
Northeast              
2025 54.1 39.9 36.5 3.4 73.8 8.5 67.5
2026 54.3 38.4 35.1 3.3 70.7 8.6 64.6
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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