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Table 16. Labour force characteristics by economic region¹ (1996 boundaries, in thousands), unadjusted, 3 month moving average ending in January 2003 and January 2004

  January Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
      Canada
 2003 25,088.0 16,710.8 15,465.2 1,245.7 66.6 7.5 61.6
  2004 25,406.5 16,997.3 15,751.9 1,245.4 66.9 7.3 62.0
      Newfoundland and Labrador
 2003 439.0 252.5 206.0 46.5 57.5 18.4 46.9
  2004 439.4 252.9 208.0 44.9 57.6 17.8 47.3
010 Avalon Peninsula 2003 207.9 128.3 109.9 18.4 61.7 14.3 52.9
  2004 209.6 126.2 109.1 17.2 60.2 13.6 52.1
020 South Coast-Burin Peninsula 2003 37.1 20.0 15.7 4.3 53.9 21.5 42.3
  2004 36.4 20.5 15.3 5.2 56.3 25.4 42.0
030 West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador 2003 94.0 51.9 40.6 11.3 55.2 21.8 43.2
  2004 93.8 55.2 44.2 11.0 58.8 19.9 47.1
040 Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay 2003 100.0 52.2 39.7 12.5 52.2 23.9 39.7
  2004 99.6 51.0 39.5 11.5 51.2 22.5 39.7
      Prince Edward Island
 2003 112.5 73.5 63.5 10.0 65.3 13.6 56.4
  2004 113.7 75.1 65.5 9.7 66.1 12.9 57.6
      Nova Scotia
 2003 757.7 470.9 427.2 43.7 62.1 9.3 56.4
  2004 762.1 477.1 431.6 45.5 62.6 9.5 56.6
210 Cape Breton 2003 120.3 62.2 53.4 8.8 51.7 14.1 44.4
  2004 119.3 59.6 48.6 11.0 50.0 18.5 40.7
220 North Shore 2003 133.3 79.3 72.1 7.3 59.5 9.2 54.1
  2004 133.4 80.3 71.6 8.7 60.2 10.8 53.7
230 Annapolis Valley 2003 101.7 63.8 59.0 4.8 62.7 7.5 58.0
  2004 102.3 63.6 58.5 5.2 62.2 8.2 57.2
240 Southern 2003 104.3 63.7 56.4 7.3 61.1 11.5 54.1
  2004 104.6 64.7 57.0 7.7 61.9 11.9 54.5
250 Halifax 2003 298.2 201.8 186.3 15.5 67.7 7.7 62.5
  2004 302.5 208.9 195.9 13.0 69.1 6.2 64.8
      New Brunswick
 2003 608.5 379.7 340.2 39.5 62.4 10.4 55.9
  2004 610.6 378.2 339.4 38.8 61.9 10.3 55.6
310 Campbellton-Miramichi 2003 145.4 77.8 65.2 12.6 53.5 16.2 44.8
  2004 144.6 76.8 63.5 13.3 53.1 17.3 43.9
320 Moncton-Richibucto 2003 153.7 101.4 91.4 10.0 66.0 9.9 59.5
  2004 155.4 104.8 96.5 8.3 67.4 7.9 62.1
330 Saint John-St.Stephen 2003 139.8 91.5 83.5 8.0 65.5 8.7 59.7
  2004 140.2 87.8 80.5 7.3 62.6 8.3 57.4
340 Fredericton-Oromocto 2003 99.7 65.5 60.7 4.8 65.7 7.3 60.9
  2004 100.5 66.5 60.5 6.0 66.2 9.0 60.2
350 Edmundston-Woodstock 2003 69.9 43.5 39.4 4.1 62.2 9.4 56.4
  2004 69.9 42.4 38.4 4.0 60.7 9.4 54.9
      Quebec
 2003 6,055.4 3,926.7 3,586.3 340.4 64.8 8.7 59.2
  2004 6,112.4 4,008.9 3,635.5 373.5 65.6 9.3 59.5
410 Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 2003 82.2 43.1 33.7 9.5 52.4 22.0 41.0
  2004 81.8 42.8 34.4 8.4 52.3 19.6 42.1
415 Bas-Saint-Laurent 2003 167.6 87.0 78.4 8.6 51.9 9.9 46.8
  2004 167.1 100.1 86.7 13.4 59.9 13.4 51.9
420 Québec 2003 537.1 337.4 313.5 23.8 62.8 7.1 58.4
  2004 541.9 338.8 316.5 22.4 62.5 6.6 58.4
425 Chaudière-Appalaches 2003 319.8 211.3 198.1 13.2 66.1 6.2 61.9
  2004 320.8 219.2 203.7 15.5 68.3 7.1 63.5
430 Estrie 2003 238.8 156.4 144.4 12.0 65.5 7.7 60.5
  2004 240.7 156.3 142.2 14.0 64.9 9.0 59.1
433 Centre-du-Québec 2003 180.3 110.0 102.0 8.1 61.0 7.4 56.6
  2004 181.0 124.7 112.2 12.5 68.9 10.0 62.0
435 Montérégie 2003 1,079.4 743.2 689.3 53.9 68.9 7.3 63.9
  2004 1,090.7 780.0 720.0 60.0 71.5 7.7 66.0
440 Montréal 2003 1,513.0 971.6 873.3 98.3 64.2 10.1 57.7
  2004 1,531.9 985.3 881.4 104.0 64.3 10.6 57.5
445 Laval 2003 292.3 194.6 180.9 13.6 66.6 7.0 61.9
  2004 296.3 191.5 172.7 18.8 64.6 9.8 58.3
450 Lanaudière 2003 326.2 228.1 209.7 18.4 69.9 8.1 64.3
  2004 331.2 221.4 200.8 20.6 66.8 9.3 60.6
455 Laurentides 2003 389.5 266.8 245.1 21.8 68.5 8.2 62.9
  2004 397.7 275.6 257.7 17.9 69.3 6.5 64.8
460 Outaouais 2003 263.3 171.8 157.6 14.2 65.2 8.3 59.9
  2004 268.7 173.4 158.7 14.7 64.5 8.5 59.1
465 Abitibi-Témiscamingue 2003 120.6 75.8 67.6 8.2 62.9 10.8 56.1
  2004 119.6 74.4 66.2 8.2 62.2 11.0 55.4
470 Mauricie 2003 215.8 131.2 117.6 13.6 60.8 10.4 54.5
  2004 215.5 127.8 113.2 14.5 59.3 11.3 52.5
475 Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean 2003 232.9 138.4 123.6 14.8 59.4 10.7 53.1
  2004 231.7 137.4 120.5 16.9 59.3 12.3 52.0
480 and 490 Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec 2003 96.6 60.1 51.7 8.4 62.2 14.0 53.5
  2004 95.7 60.1 48.5 11.6 62.8 19.3 50.7
      Ontario
 2003 9,703.8 6,567.6 6,136.6 431.0 67.7 6.6 63.2
  2004 9,858.8 6,673.1 6,249.3 423.7 67.7 6.3 63.4
510 Ottawa 2003 940.7 651.0 603.7 47.3 69.2 7.3 64.2
  2004 956.6 655.9 611.9 44.0 68.6 6.7 64.0
515 Kingston-Pembroke 2003 338.2 205.6 192.4 13.1 60.8 6.4 56.9
  2004 338.6 203.1 188.4 14.7 60.0 7.2 55.6
520 Muskoka-Kawarthas 2003 298.2 164.9 157.1 7.8 55.3 4.7 52.7
  2004 301.0 207.1 200.3 6.8 68.8 3.3 66.5
530 Toronto 2003 4,292.4 2,992.9 2,793.5 199.4 69.7 6.7 65.1
  2004 4,397.5 3,038.9 2,835.9 202.9 69.1 6.7 64.5
540 Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie 2003 884.9 623.2 591.4 31.8 70.4 5.1 66.8
  2004 903.5 625.7 597.3 28.3 69.3 4.5 66.1
550 Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula 2003 1,080.0 715.4 666.2 49.2 66.2 6.9 61.7
  2004 1,089.2 715.1 673.5 41.5 65.7 5.8 61.8
560 London 2003 485.3 325.5 303.8 21.6 67.1 6.6 62.6
  2004 488.6 339.1 319.0 20.1 69.4 5.9 65.3
570 Windsor-Sarnia 2003 512.0 341.3 318.6 22.6 66.7 6.6 62.2
  2004 517.1 331.6 306.3 25.3 64.1 7.6 59.2
580 Stratford-Bruce Peninsula 2003 236.2 153.1 143.3 9.9 64.8 6.5 60.7
  2004 236.9 160.4 149.4 11.0 67.7 6.9 63.1
590 Northeast 2003 455.8 272.5 251.0 21.5 59.8 7.9 55.1
  2004 451.6 274.3 253.8 20.5 60.7 7.5 56.2
595 Northwest 2003 180.0 122.3 115.5 6.8 67.9 5.6 64.2
  2004 178.3 122.0 113.5 8.5 68.4 7.0 63.7
      Manitoba
 2003 864.9 593.9 564.1 29.8 68.7 5.0 65.2
  2004 871.9 596.1 564.8 31.3 68.4 5.3 64.8
610 Southest 2003 69.9 47.9 45.6 2.3 68.5 4.8 65.2
  2004 71.3 51.7 49.2 2.5 72.5 4.8 69.0
620 South Central 2003 40.7 25.5 24.3 1.2 62.7 4.7 59.7
  2004 41.3 25.8 24.9 0.9 62.5 3.5 60.3
630 Southwest 2003 82.1 51.9 50.4 1.6 63.2 3.1 61.4
  2004 82.2 53.5 50.8 2.7 65.1 5.0 61.8
640 North Central 2003 34.7 24.7 23.7 1.0 71.2 4.0 68.3
  2004 34.8 23.3 22.6 0.7 67.0 3.0 64.9
650 Winnipeg 2003 501.8 354.2 335.6 18.6 70.6 5.3 66.9
  2004 506.1 352.8 333.8 19.0 69.7 5.4 66.0
660 Interlake 2003 68.0 45.3 43.0 2.3 66.6 5.1 63.2
  2004 69.2 45.4 42.9 2.5 65.6 5.5 62.0
670 and 680 Parklands and North 2003 67.6 44.3 41.5 2.8 65.5 6.3 61.4
  2004 67.0 43.6 40.6 3.0 65.1 6.9 60.6
      Saskatchewan
 2003 757.6 512.1 482.9 29.2 67.6 5.7 63.7
  2004 756.3 508.8 480.4 28.3 67.3 5.6 63.5
710 Regina-Moose Mountain 2003 216.6 153.3 145.3 8.0 70.8 5.2 67.1
  2004 216.2 154.3 146.3 8.0 71.4 5.2 67.7
720 Swift Current-Moose Jaw 2003 84.1 53.9 51.4 2.4 64.1 4.5 61.1
  2004 83.3 53.8 50.6 3.3 64.6 6.1 60.7
730 Saskatoon-Biggar 2003 227.5 158.1 149.3 8.8 69.5 5.6 65.6
  2004 228.3 157.7 148.3 9.4 69.1 6.0 65.0
740 Yorkton-Melville 2003 69.6 42.6 40.2 2.4 61.2 5.6 57.8
  2004 68.8 40.7 39.0 1.7 59.2 4.2 56.7
750 and 760 Prince Albert and Northern 2003 159.9 104.3 96.7 7.6 65.2 7.3 60.5
  2004 159.8 102.2 96.3 5.9 64.0 5.8 60.3
      Alberta
 2003 2,445.2 1,780.8 1,688.7 92.1 72.8 5.2 69.1
  2004 2,493.9 1,822.7 1,734.5 88.3 73.1 4.8 69.5
810 Lethbridge-Medicine Hat 2003 191.7 130.6 124.7 5.8 68.1 4.4 65.0
  2004 195.0 133.7 129.5 4.2 68.6 3.1 66.4
820 Camrose-Drumheller 2003 143.2 103.4 99.2 4.2 72.2 4.1 69.3
  2004 144.7 104.7 101.2 3.6 72.4 3.4 69.9
830 Calgary 2003 878.4 654.6 620.0 34.6 74.5 5.3 70.6
  2004 901.6 677.7 641.6 36.1 75.2 5.3 71.2
840 Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House 2003 64.4 47.1 44.2 2.9 73.1 6.2 68.6
  2004 64.6 47.1 45.6 1.6 72.9 3.4 70.6
850 Red Deer 2003 122.1 93.0 87.0 6.1 76.2 6.6 71.3
  2004 125.1 94.2 89.8 4.4 75.3 4.7 71.8
860 Edmonton 2003 799.3 567.4 538.9 28.4 71.0 5.0 67.4
  2004 812.6 583.4 554.9 28.5 71.8 4.9 68.3
870 Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River 2003 169.4 123.4 116.4 7.0 72.8 5.7 68.7
  2004 171.5 120.5 113.0 7.5 70.3 6.2 65.9
880 Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake 2003 76.7 61.2 58.2 3.0 79.8 4.9 75.9
  2004 78.7 61.5 59.0 2.5 78.1 4.1 75.0
      British Columbia
 2003 3,343.2 2,153.2 1,969.8 183.4 64.4 8.5 58.9
  2004 3,387.3 2,204.3 2,042.9 161.4 65.1 7.3 60.3
910 Vancouver Island and Coast 2003 570.3 335.5 305.1 30.4 58.8 9.1 53.5
  2004 575.0 346.8 315.3 31.5 60.3 9.1 54.8
920 Lower Mainland-Southwest 2003 1,999.3 1,337.6 1,236.1 101.6 66.9 7.6 61.8
  2004 2,037.1 1,357.3 1,272.6 84.6 66.6 6.2 62.5
930 Thompson-Okanagan 2003 392.3 225.4 204.3 21.2 57.5 9.4 52.1
  2004 396.0 246.9 228.1 18.8 62.3 7.6 57.6
940 Kootenay 2003 125.2 76.4 67.2 9.1 61.0 11.9 53.7
  2004 125.3 73.6 64.7 8.9 58.7 12.1 51.6
950 Cariboo 2003 134.8 90.2 78.4 11.8 66.9 13.1 58.2
  2004 133.7 92.3 83.3 9.0 69.0 9.8 62.3
960 and 970 North Coast and Nechako 2003 73.7 51.1 45.1 6.0 69.3 11.7 61.2
  2004 72.7 50.9 44.0 7.0 70.0 13.8 60.5
980 Northeast 2003 47.6 36.9 33.6 3.3 77.5 8.9 70.6
  2004 47.6 36.4 34.8 1.6 76.5 4.4 73.1

1 For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (catalogue number 71-543-GIE).
Related CANSIM table 282-0054