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Table 5-1
Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area (seasonally adjusted) — 3 month moving average

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3 month moving average
  April 2009 May 2009 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
                                                    in thousands (except rates)      
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador  
Population 156.6 156.8 ... 0.2 1.1 3.0 0.1 0.7 2.0
Labour force 108.4 107.9 0.7 -0.5 -1.5 2.9 -0.5 -1.4 2.8
Employment 100.2 99.8 0.8 -0.4 -1.7 3.6 -0.4 -1.7 3.7
Unemployment 8.2 8.1 0.4 -0.1 0.2 -0.6 -1.2 2.5 -6.9
Participation rate 69.2 68.8 0.5 -0.4 -1.5 0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 7.5 0.4 -0.1 0.3 -0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.0 63.6 0.5 -0.4 -1.6 1.1 ... ... ...
Halifax, Nova Scotia  
Population 320.1 320.4 ... 0.3 1.7 4.3 0.1 0.5 1.4
Labour force 229.3 229.8 1.1 0.5 4.5 11.1 0.2 2.0 5.1
Employment 215.7 216.4 1.2 0.7 3.2 8.8 0.3 1.5 4.2
Unemployment 13.6 13.4 0.6 -0.2 1.4 2.3 -1.5 11.7 20.7
Participation rate 71.6 71.7 0.3 0.1 1.0 2.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.9 5.8 0.3 -0.1 0.5 0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.4 67.5 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.8 ... ... ...
Saint John, New Brunswick  
Population 105.3 105.3 ... 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.7
Labour force 71.6 71.5 0.7 -0.1 1.9 2.5 -0.1 2.7 3.6
Employment 67.3 67.3 0.6 0.0 2.3 2.6 0.0 3.5 4.0
Unemployment 4.4 4.2 0.4 -0.2 -0.4 -0.1 -4.5 -8.7 -2.3
Participation rate 68.0 67.9 0.7 -0.1 1.6 1.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 5.9 0.5 -0.2 -0.7 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.9 63.9 0.6 0.0 2.0 2.0 ... ... ...
Saguenay, Quebec  
Population 124.8 124.8 ... 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Labour force 74.1 74.4 0.7 0.3 -2.2 -0.7 0.4 -2.9 -0.9
Employment 67.5 67.4 0.7 -0.1 -3.4 -0.8 -0.1 -4.8 -1.2
Unemployment 6.6 7.0 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.1 6.1 18.6 1.4
Participation rate 59.4 59.6 0.6 0.2 -1.7 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 9.4 0.5 0.5 1.7 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 54.1 54.0 0.6 -0.1 -2.7 -0.5 ... ... ...
Québec, Quebec  
Population 615.1 615.6 ... 0.5 2.5 6.3 0.1 0.4 1.0
Labour force 419.5 415.0 3.5 -4.5 2.0 5.5 -1.1 0.5 1.3
Employment 401.3 396.8 3.4 -4.5 0.1 8.0 -1.1 0.0 2.1
Unemployment 18.3 18.2 1.5 -0.1 1.9 -2.5 -0.5 11.7 -12.1
Participation rate 68.2 67.4 0.6 -0.8 0.0 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.4 0.4 0.0 0.5 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.2 64.5 0.6 -0.7 -0.2 0.7 ... ... ...
Trois-Rivières, Quebec  
Population 122.3 122.4 ... 0.1 0.5 1.1 0.1 0.4 0.9
Labour force 73.0 72.6 0.7 -0.4 -1.0 -5.4 -0.5 -1.4 -6.9
Employment 66.5 66.2 0.7 -0.3 -2.6 -4.4 -0.5 -3.8 -6.2
Unemployment 6.5 6.4 0.4 -0.1 1.6 -1.0 -1.5 33.3 -13.5
Participation rate 59.7 59.3 0.6 -0.4 -1.1 -5.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 8.8 0.5 -0.1 2.3 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 54.4 54.1 0.6 -0.3 -2.3 -4.1 ... ... ...
Sherbrooke, Quebec  
Population 139.7 139.8 ... 0.1 0.7 1.7 0.1 0.5 1.2
Labour force 88.5 88.9 0.7 0.4 -0.1 1.5 0.5 -0.1 1.7
Employment 81.8 81.1 0.8 -0.7 -1.9 -0.9 -0.9 -2.3 -1.1
Unemployment 6.7 7.8 0.3 1.1 1.8 2.5 16.4 30.0 47.2
Participation rate 63.4 63.6 0.5 0.2 -0.4 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 8.8 0.4 1.2 2.1 2.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.6 58.0 0.5 -0.6 -1.7 -1.4 ... ... ...
Montréal, Quebec  
Population 3,091.2 3,094.0 ... 2.8 14.5 34.4 0.1 0.5 1.1
Labour force 2,052.5 2,072.6 7.2 20.1 12.9 20.7 1.0 0.6 1.0
Employment 1,869.7 1,877.5 7.5 7.8 -27.1 -19.9 0.4 -1.4 -1.0
Unemployment 182.8 195.1 4.5 12.3 40.0 40.5 6.7 25.8 26.2
Participation rate 66.4 67.0 0.2 0.6 0.1 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 9.4 0.2 0.5 1.9 1.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.5 60.7 0.2 0.2 -1.1 -1.3 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 972.4 973.5 ... 1.1 5.3 13.4 0.1 0.5 1.4
Labour force 690.9 690.4 3.6 -0.5 -17.9 -10.8 -0.1 -2.5 -1.5
Employment 653.1 649.3 3.8 -3.8 -27.0 -16.4 -0.6 -4.0 -2.5
Unemployment 37.7 41.0 1.5 3.3 9.0 5.6 8.8 28.1 15.8
Participation rate 71.1 70.9 0.4 -0.2 -2.3 -2.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.9 0.2 0.4 1.4 0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.2 66.7 0.4 -0.5 -3.2 -2.6 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 246.9 247.2 ... 0.3 1.6 3.8 0.1 0.7 1.6
Labour force 173.7 174.8 1.2 1.1 -1.8 -8.4 0.6 -1.0 -4.6
Employment 163.9 165.4 1.3 1.5 -3.4 -8.0 0.9 -2.0 -4.6
Unemployment 9.8 9.4 0.5 -0.4 1.6 -0.3 -4.1 20.5 -3.1
Participation rate 70.4 70.7 0.5 0.3 -1.2 -4.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.4 0.3 -0.2 1.0 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.4 66.9 0.5 0.5 -1.8 -4.3 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 725.6 726.3 ... 0.7 3.7 9.6 0.1 0.5 1.3
Labour force 517.2 515.5 3.4 -1.7 -16.2 -2.5 -0.3 -3.0 -0.5
Employment 489.2 483.9 3.5 -5.3 -23.6 -8.4 -1.1 -4.7 -1.7
Unemployment 28.0 31.6 1.5 3.6 7.4 5.9 12.9 30.6 23.0
Participation rate 71.3 71.0 0.5 -0.3 -2.6 -1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 6.1 0.3 0.7 1.5 1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.4 66.6 0.5 -0.8 -3.6 -2.1 ... ... ...
Kingston, Ontario  
Population 126.3 126.3 ... 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.3
Labour force 81.9 81.6 0.8 -0.3 -2.5 -2.5 -0.4 -3.0 -3.0
Employment 77.2 76.2 0.7 -1.0 -4.2 -3.0 -1.3 -5.2 -3.8
Unemployment 4.7 5.3 0.3 0.6 1.6 0.4 12.8 43.2 8.2
Participation rate 64.8 64.6 0.6 -0.2 -2.0 -2.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 6.5 0.4 0.8 2.1 0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 60.3 0.6 -0.8 -3.4 -2.6 ... ... ...
Toronto, Ontario  
Population 4,625.8 4,633.7 ... 7.9 41.5 107.5 0.2 0.9 2.4
Labour force 3,192.0 3,190.2 8.9 -1.8 35.1 41.3 -0.1 1.1 1.3
Employment 2,907.2 2,898.6 9.3 -8.6 -27.3 -42.6 -0.3 -0.9 -1.4
Unemployment 284.8 291.6 5.5 6.8 62.4 83.9 2.4 27.2 40.4
Participation rate 69.0 68.8 0.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 9.1 0.2 0.2 1.8 2.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.8 62.6 0.2 -0.2 -1.1 -2.4 ... ... ...
Hamilton, Ontario  
Population 600.3 600.6 ... 0.3 1.4 4.7 0.0 0.2 0.8
Labour force 408.2 410.2 3.0 2.0 14.1 8.3 0.5 3.6 2.1
Employment 375.9 379.8 3.1 3.9 11.5 2.2 1.0 3.1 0.6
Unemployment 32.4 30.4 1.4 -2.0 2.6 6.2 -6.2 9.4 25.6
Participation rate 68.0 68.3 0.5 0.3 2.2 0.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 7.4 0.4 -0.5 0.4 1.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.6 63.2 0.5 0.6 1.7 -0.2 ... ... ...
Kitchener, Ontario  
Population 386.5 386.9 ... 0.4 1.9 5.3 0.1 0.5 1.4
Labour force 279.9 277.9 1.9 -2.0 -1.6 9.6 -0.7 -0.6 3.6
Employment 251.5 250.3 1.9 -1.2 -7.3 -3.1 -0.5 -2.8 -1.2
Unemployment 28.3 27.6 0.9 -0.7 5.6 12.7 -2.5 25.5 85.2
Participation rate 72.4 71.8 0.5 -0.6 -0.8 1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.1 9.9 0.3 -0.2 2.0 4.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.1 64.7 0.5 -0.4 -2.2 -1.7 ... ... ...
London, Ontario  
Population 388.2 388.5 ... 0.3 1.5 4.4 0.1 0.4 1.1
Labour force 262.2 263.4 1.9 1.2 -0.4 0.4 0.5 -0.2 0.2
Employment 237.3 236.5 2.0 -0.8 -8.0 -7.7 -0.3 -3.3 -3.2
Unemployment 24.9 26.9 0.9 2.0 7.6 8.1 8.0 39.4 43.1
Participation rate 67.5 67.8 0.5 0.3 -0.4 -0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.5 10.2 0.3 0.7 2.9 3.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 60.9 0.5 -0.2 -2.3 -2.7 ... ... ...
Oshawa, Ontario  
Population 292.2 292.6 ... 0.4 2.1 5.6 0.1 0.7 2.0
Labour force 193.3 193.4 1.4 0.1 -8.9 -5.0 0.1 -4.4 -2.5
Employment 178.4 178.2 1.4 -0.2 -8.4 -4.6 -0.1 -4.5 -2.5
Unemployment 14.9 15.2 0.8 0.3 -0.6 -0.4 2.0 -3.8 -2.6
Participation rate 66.2 66.1 0.5 -0.1 -3.5 -3.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 7.9 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 60.9 0.5 -0.2 -3.3 -2.8 ... ... ...
St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario  
Population 329.8 329.8 ... 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.3
Labour force 207.1 203.7 1.8 -3.4 -9.8 -10.3 -1.6 -4.6 -4.8
Employment 185.5 182.2 1.7 -3.3 -12.5 -16.3 -1.8 -6.4 -8.2
Unemployment 21.7 21.5 0.7 -0.2 2.7 6.1 -0.9 14.4 39.6
Participation rate 62.8 61.8 0.5 -1.0 -2.9 -3.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.5 10.6 0.3 0.1 1.8 3.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.2 55.2 0.5 -1.0 -3.8 -5.2 ... ... ...
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, Ontario  
Population 134.2 134.2 ... 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.6
Labour force 87.2 87.7 0.8 0.5 0.1 3.2 0.6 0.1 3.8
Employment 79.7 80.3 0.8 0.6 -2.4 0.6 0.8 -2.9 0.8
Unemployment 7.5 7.4 0.3 -0.1 2.5 2.6 -1.3 51.0 54.2
Participation rate 65.0 65.4 0.6 0.4 0.0 2.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.6 8.4 0.4 -0.2 2.8 2.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.4 59.8 0.6 0.4 -1.9 0.1 ... ... ...
Thunder Bay, Ontario  
Population 103.4 103.4 ... 0.0 -0.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.3 -0.5
Labour force 64.5 65.1 0.6 0.6 -0.3 -2.9 0.9 -0.5 -4.3
Employment 58.8 59.4 0.6 0.6 -1.7 -4.3 1.0 -2.8 -6.8
Unemployment 5.6 5.7 0.3 0.1 1.4 1.5 1.8 32.6 35.7
Participation rate 62.4 63.0 0.6 0.6 -0.1 -2.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 8.8 0.4 0.1 2.2 2.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.9 57.4 0.6 0.5 -1.5 -3.9 ... ... ...
Windsor, Ontario  
Population 273.1 273.1 ... 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3
Labour force 176.9 177.8 1.5 0.9 1.9 3.8 0.5 1.1 2.2
Employment 152.8 153.2 1.5 0.4 -4.8 -6.1 0.3 -3.0 -3.8
Unemployment 24.1 24.6 0.8 0.5 6.8 9.9 2.1 38.2 67.3
Participation rate 64.8 65.1 0.6 0.3 0.7 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.6 13.8 0.4 0.2 3.7 5.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.0 56.1 0.6 0.1 -1.8 -2.4 ... ... ...
Winnipeg, Manitoba  
Population 590.0 590.9 ... 0.9 3.8 8.7 0.2 0.6 1.5
Labour force 416.2 414.6 1.3 -1.6 0.8 -0.8 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
Employment 395.7 394.6 1.3 -1.1 -0.3 -3.5 -0.3 -0.1 -0.9
Unemployment 20.4 20.1 0.7 -0.3 1.3 2.8 -1.5 6.9 16.2
Participation rate 70.5 70.2 0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.9 4.8 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.1 66.8 0.2 -0.3 -0.5 -1.6 ... ... ...
Regina, Saskatchewan  
Population 170.5 170.8 ... 0.3 1.4 4.2 0.2 0.8 2.5
Labour force 122.4 122.1 0.7 -0.3 0.4 4.6 -0.2 0.3 3.9
Employment 117.1 117.5 0.8 0.4 0.2 4.9 0.3 0.2 4.4
Unemployment 5.3 4.6 0.3 -0.7 0.2 -0.3 -13.2 4.5 -6.1
Participation rate 71.8 71.5 0.4 -0.3 -0.3 1.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.3 3.8 0.3 -0.5 0.2 -0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 68.7 68.8 0.5 0.1 -0.4 1.2 ... ... ...
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  
Population 201.3 201.7 ... 0.4 2.2 6.1 0.2 1.1 3.1
Labour force 148.5 148.6 0.8 0.1 2.2 5.7 0.1 1.5 4.0
Employment 141.1 141.2 0.8 0.1 0.8 3.9 0.1 0.6 2.8
Unemployment 7.4 7.4 0.4 0.0 1.5 1.7 0.0 25.4 29.8
Participation rate 73.8 73.7 0.4 -0.1 0.3 0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.0 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 70.1 70.0 0.4 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Calgary, Alberta  
Population 963.8 966.2 ... 2.4 11.4 24.7 0.2 1.2 2.6
Labour force 743.5 741.9 3.2 -1.6 -2.5 22.1 -0.2 -0.3 3.1
Employment 696.7 692.8 3.2 -3.9 -22.6 -4.3 -0.6 -3.2 -0.6
Unemployment 46.9 49.1 1.5 2.2 20.1 26.5 4.7 69.3 117.3
Participation rate 77.1 76.8 0.3 -0.3 -1.2 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 6.6 0.2 0.3 2.7 3.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 72.3 71.7 0.3 -0.6 -3.2 -2.3 ... ... ...
Edmonton, Alberta  
Population 897.5 899.6 ... 2.1 9.6 20.3 0.2 1.1 2.3
Labour force 656.5 660.7 3.3 4.2 7.7 17.8 0.6 1.2 2.8
Employment 621.4 620.8 3.4 -0.6 -8.6 2.7 -0.1 -1.4 0.4
Unemployment 35.2 39.8 1.3 4.6 16.1 15.0 13.1 67.9 60.5
Participation rate 73.1 73.4 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 6.0 0.2 0.6 2.4 2.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 69.2 69.0 0.4 -0.2 -1.7 -1.3 ... ... ...
Abbotsford, British Columbia  
Population 135.1 135.2 ... 0.1 0.6 2.0 0.1 0.4 1.5
Labour force 90.8 89.8 0.7 -1.0 -3.7 -2.7 -1.1 -4.0 -2.9
Employment 84.4 83.1 0.8 -1.3 -5.3 -5.2 -1.5 -6.0 -5.9
Unemployment 6.4 6.7 0.3 0.3 1.6 2.5 4.7 31.4 59.5
Participation rate 67.2 66.4 0.6 -0.8 -3.1 -3.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.0 7.5 0.4 0.5 2.0 3.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.5 61.5 0.6 -1.0 -4.2 -4.8 ... ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia  
Population 1,972.5 1,975.7 ... 3.2 15.9 42.6 0.2 0.8 2.2
Labour force 1,312.4 1,321.3 4.8 8.9 22.3 24.9 0.7 1.7 1.9
Employment 1,226.8 1,231.0 4.9 4.2 -6.1 -12.0 0.3 -0.5 -1.0
Unemployment 85.6 90.3 2.3 4.7 28.4 36.9 5.5 45.9 69.1
Participation rate 66.5 66.9 0.2 0.4 0.6 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.8 0.2 0.3 2.0 2.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.2 62.3 0.3 0.1 -0.8 -2.0 ... ... ...
Victoria, British Columbia  
Population 287.8 287.9 ... 0.1 0.5 2.2 0.0 0.2 0.8
Labour force 193.0 192.0 1.4 -1.0 -5.1 -6.7 -0.5 -2.6 -3.4
Employment 181.4 179.9 1.4 -1.5 -9.8 -12.7 -0.8 -5.2 -6.6
Unemployment 11.6 12.2 0.5 0.6 4.9 6.2 5.2 67.1 103.3
Participation rate 67.1 66.7 0.5 -0.4 -1.9 -2.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 6.4 0.2 0.4 2.7 3.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.0 62.5 0.5 -0.5 -3.5 -4.9 ... ... ...
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Table 282-0090.