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Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region1, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in November 2008 and November 2009

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by province and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in November 2008 and November 2009
  Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
         in thousands      
Canada 2  
2008 27,043.2 18,274.4 17,206.2 1,068.2 67.6 5.8 63.6
2009 27,432.6 18,329.2 16,911.6 1,417.6 66.8 7.7 61.6
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2008 427.1 251.4 220.1 31.3 58.9 12.5 51.5
2009 429.9 254.1 217.5 36.5 59.1 14.4 50.6
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2008 213.2 136.7 124.2 12.5 64.1 9.1 58.3
2009 216.5 137.4 121.8 15.7 63.5 11.4 56.3
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]  
2008 32.3 16.5 14.1 2.4 51.1 14.5 43.7
2009 31.8 15.6 12.5 3.0 49.1 19.2 39.3
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2008 87.9 47.6 39.8 7.9 54.2 16.6 45.3
2009 88.2 51.5 43.5 7.9 58.4 15.3 49.3
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1040]  
2008 93.6 50.6 42.0 8.5 54.1 16.8 44.9
2009 93.4 49.6 39.7 9.9 53.1 20.0 42.5
Prince Edward Island  
2008 115.3 78.0 70.2 7.9 67.6 10.1 60.9
2009 116.4 79.0 71.1 8.0 67.9 10.1 61.1
Nova Scotia  
2008 770.2 493.0 457.6 35.4 64.0 7.2 59.4
2009 773.7 498.9 455.4 43.4 64.5 8.7 58.9
Cape Breton [1210]  
2008 115.5 65.1 56.9 8.3 56.4 12.7 49.3
2009 114.8 64.1 55.3 8.8 55.8 13.7 48.2
North Shore [1220]  
2008 131.4 81.3 74.5 6.8 61.9 8.4 56.7
2009 131.4 81.2 73.0 8.2 61.8 10.1 55.6
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2008 101.3 61.5 57.8 3.7 60.7 6.0 57.1
2009 101.9 63.4 57.6 5.8 62.2 9.1 56.5
Southern [1240]  
2008 103.5 61.2 55.1 6.1 59.1 10.0 53.2
2009 103.2 61.0 55.1 6.0 59.1 9.8 53.4
Halifax [1250]  
2008 318.4 223.8 213.3 10.5 70.3 4.7 67.0
2009 322.5 229.1 214.4 14.6 71.0 6.4 66.5
New Brunswick  
2008 619.2 400.0 369.7 30.3 64.6 7.6 59.7
2009 622.3 400.4 371.4 28.9 64.3 7.2 59.7
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2008 135.6 78.1 67.0 11.0 57.6 14.1 49.4
2009 135.0 73.6 64.7 8.8 54.5 12.0 47.9
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2008 166.4 114.1 107.6 6.4 68.6 5.6 64.7
2009 168.5 114.4 107.7 6.7 67.9 5.9 63.9
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2008 143.3 93.3 87.6 5.6 65.1 6.0 61.1
2009 144.0 94.7 89.2 5.5 65.8 5.8 61.9
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2008 105.8 71.0 67.1 4.0 67.1 5.6 63.4
2009 106.7 73.0 69.1 3.9 68.4 5.3 64.8
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2008 68.2 43.5 40.3 3.2 63.8 7.4 59.1
2009 68.1 44.8 40.7 4.0 65.8 8.9 59.8
Quebec  
2008 6,390.6 4,190.2 3,906.2 283.9 65.6 6.8 61.1
2009 6,458.7 4,177.3 3,860.1 317.2 64.7 7.6 59.8
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2008 80.8 44.7 36.8 7.9 55.3 17.7 45.5
2009 80.8 42.5 36.8 5.7 52.6 13.4 45.5
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2008 167.6 102.9 95.4 7.5 61.4 7.3 56.9
2009 167.7 95.1 87.8 7.3 56.7 7.7 52.4
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2008 569.5 364.7 351.3 13.3 64.0 3.6 61.7
2009 574.5 368.3 349.9 18.4 64.1 5.0 60.9
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2008 330.4 221.1 210.4 10.7 66.9 4.8 63.7
2009 332.9 220.9 209.8 11.1 66.4 5.0 63.0
Estrie [2430]  
2008 251.8 156.6 147.0 9.6 62.2 6.1 58.4
2009 254.3 164.0 154.8 9.2 64.5 5.6 60.9
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2008 187.0 125.3 116.4 9.0 67.0 7.2 62.2
2009 188.5 117.9 111.6 6.3 62.5 5.3 59.2
Montérégie [2435]  
2008 1,148.1 783.1 735.5 47.6 68.2 6.1 64.1
2009 1,167.6 773.7 723.1 50.6 66.3 6.5 61.9
Montréal [2440]  
2008 1,592.8 1,053.1 964.2 89.0 66.1 8.5 60.5
2009 1,597.9 1,034.2 926.6 107.6 64.7 10.4 58.0
Laval [2445]  
2008 315.4 218.0 204.8 13.1 69.1 6.0 64.9
2009 320.6 220.6 207.6 13.0 68.8 5.9 64.8
Lanaudière [2450]  
2008 366.5 240.7 224.8 15.9 65.7 6.6 61.3
2009 377.2 257.4 234.2 23.2 68.2 9.0 62.1
Laurentides [2455]  
2008 438.2 280.3 261.0 19.3 64.0 6.9 59.6
2009 448.4 300.9 278.2 22.7 67.1 7.5 62.0
Outaouais [2460]  
2008 296.1 212.2 201.7 10.4 71.7 4.9 68.1
2009 300.7 209.9 198.8 11.1 69.8 5.3 66.1
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2008 116.0 77.1 71.2 5.9 66.5 7.7 61.4
2009 116.5 67.9 61.5 6.4 58.3 9.4 52.8
Mauricie [2470]  
2008 218.4 125.3 115.5 9.8 57.4 7.8 52.9
2009 219.4 120.0 110.2 9.9 54.7 8.3 50.2
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2008 223.1 132.9 122.7 10.1 59.6 7.6 55.0
2009 223.0 131.2 120.1 11.1 58.8 8.5 53.9
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2008 88.9 52.2 47.4 4.7 58.7 9.0 53.3
2009 88.7 52.7 49.1 3.6 59.4 6.8 55.4
Ontario  
2008 10,559.3 7,160.1 6,712.9 447.2 67.8 6.2 63.6
2009 10,706.8 7,157.8 6,558.4 599.4 66.9 8.4 61.3
Ottawa [3510]  
2008 997.4 708.7 677.0 31.7 71.1 4.5 67.9
2009 1,007.6 707.3 668.3 39.0 70.2 5.5 66.3
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2008 360.8 232.9 219.9 12.9 64.6 5.5 60.9
2009 361.8 224.7 207.3 17.4 62.1 7.7 57.3
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2008 312.0 194.2 185.4 8.8 62.2 4.5 59.4
2009 313.5 187.7 172.3 15.3 59.9 8.2 55.0
Toronto [3530]  
2008 4,832.6 3,300.0 3,076.9 223.2 68.3 6.8 63.7
2009 4,940.2 3,338.7 3,038.5 300.2 67.6 9.0 61.5
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2008 989.0 712.2 673.9 38.4 72.0 5.4 68.1
2009 1,003.0 705.7 650.6 55.1 70.4 7.8 64.9
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2008 1,145.8 759.8 708.1 51.7 66.3 6.8 61.8
2009 1,154.5 768.8 703.9 64.9 66.6 8.4 61.0
London [3560]  
2008 517.5 350.9 327.6 23.4 67.8 6.7 63.3
2009 522.5 351.4 320.0 31.4 67.3 8.9 61.2
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2008 526.8 343.6 317.1 26.5 65.2 7.7 60.2
2009 527.7 331.5 298.2 33.3 62.8 10.0 56.5
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2008 248.5 166.2 158.2 8.0 66.9 4.8 63.7
2009 249.0 165.1 153.6 11.5 66.3 7.0 61.7
Northeast [3590]  
2008 454.8 279.9 264.6 15.3 61.5 5.5 58.2
2009 455.0 269.1 244.8 24.3 59.1 9.0 53.8
Northwest [3595]  
2008 174.1 111.6 104.2 7.4 64.1 6.6 59.9
2009 172.1 107.8 100.8 7.0 62.6 6.5 58.6
Manitoba  
2008 913.1 634.0 608.4 25.6 69.4 4.0 66.6
2009 927.0 640.6 608.9 31.7 69.1 4.9 65.7
Southeast [4610]  
2008 79.3 52.7 50.3 2.4 66.5 4.6 63.4
2009 81.7 58.0 54.8 3.2 71.0 5.5 67.1
South Central [4620]  
2008 44.3 30.3 29.2 1.1 68.4 3.6 65.9
2009 45.4 32.7 31.5 1.2 72.0 3.7 69.4
Southwest [4630]  
2008 82.7 58.9 57.8 1.0 71.2 1.7 69.9
2009 83.3 56.2 54.2 2.0 67.5 3.6 65.1
North Central [4640]  
2008 35.9 24.4 23.6 0.8 68.0 3.3 65.7
2009 36.4 23.5 22.4 1.1 64.6 4.7 61.5
Winnipeg [4650]  
2008 541.0 380.1 362.5 17.6 70.3 4.6 67.0
2009 549.2 382.8 362.2 20.6 69.7 5.4 66.0
Interlake [4660]  
2008 71.0 48.0 46.8 1.2 67.6 2.5 65.9
2009 72.2 48.0 45.7 2.3 66.5 4.8 63.3
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]  
2008 58.8 39.7 38.2 1.5 67.5 3.8 65.0
2009 58.9 39.4 38.1 1.3 66.9 3.3 64.7
Saskatchewan  
2008 772.0 539.8 521.6 18.2 69.9 3.4 67.6
2009 782.9 544.8 521.3 23.5 69.6 4.3 66.6
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2008 228.0 163.0 158.0 5.0 71.5 3.1 69.3
2009 232.0 162.0 155.1 6.8 69.8 4.2 66.9
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2008 83.9 55.8 54.1 1.7 66.5 3.0 64.5
2009 84.2 54.9 52.9 2.0 65.2 3.6 62.8
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2008 242.0 173.7 168.6 5.1 71.8 2.9 69.7
2009 247.4 181.0 173.7 7.3 73.2 4.0 70.2
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2008 64.7 42.6 41.7 0.9 65.8 2.1 64.5
2009 64.7 42.7 41.1 1.6 66.0 3.7 63.5
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2008 153.4 104.8 99.3 5.6 68.3 5.3 64.7
2009 154.5 104.2 98.4 5.8 67.4 5.6 63.7
Alberta  
2008 2,812.8 2,101.7 2,026.9 74.8 74.7 3.6 72.1
2009 2,886.9 2,123.0 1,975.7 147.3 73.5 6.9 68.4
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2008 209.7 137.1 133.0 4.1 65.4 3.0 63.4
2009 213.2 145.6 137.6 8.0 68.3 5.5 64.5
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2008 155.4 115.4 112.1 3.3 74.3 2.9 72.1
2009 156.9 110.0 103.2 6.8 70.1 6.2 65.8
Calgary [4830]  
2008 1,028.3 798.4 770.0 28.4 77.6 3.6 74.9
2009 1,059.8 802.7 747.4 55.3 75.7 6.9 70.5
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]  
2008 68.7 54.0 52.1 1.9 78.6 3.5 75.8
2009 70.1 53.7 51.0 2.7 76.6 5.0 72.8
Red Deer [4850]  
2008 147.3 112.5 107.6 4.9 76.4 4.4 73.0
2009 152.1 110.3 102.5 7.8 72.5 7.1 67.4
Edmonton [4860]  
2008 922.7 672.7 648.8 24.0 72.9 3.6 70.3
2009 947.3 683.1 631.6 51.5 72.1 7.5 66.7
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4870]  
2008 187.4 138.6 133.4 5.2 74.0 3.8 71.2
2009 192.0 143.0 130.9 12.2 74.5 8.5 68.2
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2008 93.2 73.0 70.0 3.0 78.3 4.1 75.1
2009 95.6 74.5 71.5 3.0 77.9 4.0 74.8
British Columbia  
2008 3,663.6 2,426.2 2,312.5 113.7 66.2 4.7 63.1
2009 3,727.9 2,453.4 2,271.8 181.6 65.8 7.4 60.9
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2008 635.4 417.8 399.0 18.9 65.8 4.5 62.8
2009 642.2 404.7 373.2 31.6 63.0 7.8 58.1
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2008 2,226.7 1,478.8 1,414.9 63.9 66.4 4.3 63.5
2009 2,275.5 1,513.4 1,404.9 108.4 66.5 7.2 61.7
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2008 433.5 276.7 260.7 16.0 63.8 5.8 60.1
2009 440.1 287.4 269.2 18.1 65.3 6.3 61.2
Kootenay [5940]  
2008 123.1 76.7 72.1 4.6 62.3 6.0 58.6
2009 123.5 75.8 69.3 6.4 61.4 8.4 56.1
Cariboo [5950]  
2008 126.7 87.2 82.4 4.8 68.8 5.5 65.0
2009 127.8 86.4 76.0 10.4 67.6 12.0 59.5
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2008 65.6 46.9 43.3 3.6 71.5 7.7 66.0
2009 65.1 45.8 41.5 4.4 70.4 9.6 63.7
Northeast [5980]  
2008 52.6 42.0 40.2 1.9 79.8 4.5 76.4
2009 53.7 39.9 37.6 2.2 74.3 5.5 70.0
1.
For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (catalogue number  71-543-GIE).
2.
Estimates for Canada are a sum of the provincial totals and exclude estimates from Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
All geographic regions are based on the 2001 Census boundaries. Related CANSIM table 282-0054.
Date Modified: 2009-12-04

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