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Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region1, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in May 2009 and May 2010

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by province and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in May 2009 and May 2010
  Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
         in thousands      
Canada 2  
2009 27,218.4 18,301.1 16,712.1 1,589.1 67.2 8.7 61.4
2010 27,618.5 18,510.5 16,937.6 1,572.8 67.0 8.5 61.3
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2009 428.1 250.3 208.0 42.3 58.5 16.9 48.6
2010 431.4 258.6 215.8 42.8 59.9 16.6 50.0
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2009 214.6 134.4 119.2 15.2 62.6 11.3 55.5
2010 218.1 143.3 125.8 17.5 65.7 12.2 57.7
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]  
2009 32.0 16.1 12.0 4.1 50.3 25.5 37.5
2010 31.6 16.3 12.9 3.5 51.6 21.5 40.8
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2009 88.0 49.3 38.3 11.0 56.0 22.3 43.5
2010 88.4 49.9 40.2 9.7 56.4 19.4 45.5
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1040]  
2009 93.4 50.5 38.5 12.0 54.1 23.8 41.2
2010 93.4 49.1 36.9 12.1 52.6 24.6 39.5
Prince Edward Island  
2009 115.6 78.1 66.9 11.1 67.6 14.2 57.9
2010 116.8 79.2 69.9 9.3 67.8 11.7 59.8
Nova Scotia  
2009 771.9 497.0 447.6 49.4 64.4 9.9 58.0
2010 775.2 497.0 450.0 47.0 64.1 9.5 58.0
Cape Breton [1210]  
2009 115.2 62.6 51.8 10.8 54.3 17.3 45.0
2010 114.3 64.0 53.0 11.0 56.0 17.2 46.4
North Shore [1220]  
2009 131.4 77.6 67.6 10.0 59.1 12.9 51.4
2010 131.4 77.0 69.7 7.4 58.6 9.6 53.0
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2009 101.6 63.2 57.6 5.7 62.2 9.0 56.7
2010 102.0 60.9 54.9 6.1 59.7 10.0 53.8
Southern [1240]  
2009 103.4 63.8 55.3 8.4 61.7 13.2 53.5
2010 103.1 62.4 53.6 8.7 60.5 13.9 52.0
Halifax [1250]  
2009 320.4 229.8 215.3 14.5 71.7 6.3 67.2
2010 324.4 232.6 218.8 13.8 71.7 5.9 67.4
New Brunswick  
2009 620.8 398.8 357.9 40.9 64.2 10.3 57.7
2010 623.5 398.2 358.8 39.4 63.9 9.9 57.5
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2009 135.3 74.7 62.1 12.6 55.2 16.9 45.9
2010 134.6 72.3 59.2 13.2 53.7 18.3 44.0
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2009 167.5 113.1 103.5 9.6 67.5 8.5 61.8
2010 169.6 113.6 105.5 8.0 67.0 7.0 62.2
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2009 143.6 97.0 90.2 6.8 67.5 7.0 62.8
2010 144.3 94.3 85.4 8.9 65.3 9.4 59.2
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2009 106.2 70.7 63.9 6.8 66.6 9.6 60.2
2010 106.9 74.8 69.7 5.1 70.0 6.8 65.2
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2009 68.2 43.4 38.2 5.2 63.6 12.0 56.0
2010 68.1 43.2 39.0 4.2 63.4 9.7 57.3
Quebec  
2009 6,421.2 4,198.1 3,812.2 385.9 65.4 9.2 59.4
2010 6,496.6 4,228.1 3,867.6 360.4 65.1 8.5 59.5
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2009 80.8 39.7 32.2 7.6 49.1 19.1 39.9
2010 80.8 43.2 35.3 7.9 53.5 18.3 43.7
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2009 167.6 102.7 92.3 10.4 61.3 10.1 55.1
2010 167.9 96.9 87.3 9.6 57.7 9.9 52.0
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2009 571.7 382.1 362.5 19.5 66.8 5.1 63.4
2010 577.2 376.1 354.2 22.0 65.2 5.8 61.4
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2009 331.5 220.4 206.2 14.2 66.5 6.4 62.2
2010 334.2 233.6 218.5 15.1 69.9 6.5 65.4
Estrie [2430]  
2009 252.9 164.8 149.8 15.0 65.2 9.1 59.2
2010 255.7 151.4 137.8 13.7 59.2 9.0 53.9
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2009 187.6 129.1 117.6 11.5 68.8 8.9 62.7
2010 189.3 117.1 109.7 7.3 61.9 6.2 58.0
Montérégie [2435]  
2009 1,157.3 789.0 724.0 65.0 68.2 8.2 62.6
2010 1,178.6 790.1 722.9 67.2 67.0 8.5 61.3
Montréal [2440]  
2009 1,594.5 1,029.5 904.0 125.5 64.6 12.2 56.7
2010 1,601.4 1,042.3 935.2 107.1 65.1 10.3 58.4
Laval [2445]  
2009 317.8 205.9 187.7 18.2 64.8 8.8 59.1
2010 323.3 224.0 208.1 15.9 69.3 7.1 64.4
Lanaudière [2450]  
2009 371.6 251.6 231.5 20.2 67.7 8.0 62.3
2010 382.8 261.3 242.4 18.9 68.3 7.2 63.3
Laurentides [2455]  
2009 443.0 289.8 268.4 21.3 65.4 7.3 60.6
2010 453.7 303.9 277.3 26.5 67.0 8.7 61.1
Outaouais [2460]  
2009 298.2 202.4 188.3 14.1 67.9 7.0 63.1
2010 303.2 211.1 195.1 16.0 69.6 7.6 64.3
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2009 116.2 74.7 66.9 7.8 64.3 10.4 57.6
2010 116.9 71.6 65.6 6.0 61.2 8.4 56.1
Mauricie [2470]  
2009 218.8 129.4 115.9 13.5 59.1 10.4 53.0
2010 219.9 120.9 109.0 11.9 55.0 9.8 49.6
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2009 223.0 134.4 118.4 16.0 60.3 11.9 53.1
2010 223.0 129.5 118.6 10.9 58.1 8.4 53.2
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2009 88.7 52.7 46.5 6.2 59.4 11.8 52.4
2010 88.6 55.1 50.7 4.4 62.2 8.0 57.2
Ontario  
2009 10,625.5 7,149.5 6,477.8 671.8 67.3 9.4 61.0
2010 10,777.8 7,237.2 6,577.4 659.9 67.1 9.1 61.0
Ottawa [3510]  
2009 1,002.0 692.8 643.7 49.1 69.1 7.1 64.2
2010 1,012.5 719.3 668.5 50.8 71.0 7.1 66.0
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2009 360.9 231.5 210.4 21.1 64.1 9.1 58.3
2010 361.8 218.4 197.9 20.5 60.4 9.4 54.7
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2009 312.5 189.4 172.0 17.4 60.6 9.2 55.0
2010 314.1 196.6 179.7 16.9 62.6 8.6 57.2
Toronto [3530]  
2009 4,883.0 3,353.8 3,043.4 310.5 68.7 9.3 62.3
2010 4,992.8 3,397.8 3,072.8 325.0 68.1 9.6 61.5
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2009 995.3 701.2 629.1 72.1 70.5 10.3 63.2
2010 1,009.9 712.5 650.1 62.4 70.6 8.8 64.4
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2009 1,149.3 761.3 691.7 69.6 66.2 9.1 60.2
2010 1,158.5 753.1 686.2 67.0 65.0 8.9 59.2
London [3560]  
2009 519.7 350.3 312.9 37.5 67.4 10.7 60.2
2010 524.9 352.6 321.7 30.9 67.2 8.8 61.3
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2009 526.9 334.3 293.0 41.3 63.4 12.4 55.6
2010 527.9 333.8 297.0 36.8 63.2 11.0 56.3
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2009 248.5 155.6 141.6 14.0 62.6 9.0 57.0
2010 249.2 167.1 154.3 12.8 67.1 7.7 61.9
Northeast [3590]  
2009 454.5 269.7 243.9 25.8 59.3 9.6 53.7
2010 455.1 276.7 248.3 28.4 60.8 10.3 54.6
Northwest [3595]  
2009 172.9 109.6 96.1 13.5 63.4 12.3 55.6
2010 171.1 109.3 100.9 8.4 63.9 7.7 59.0
Manitoba  
2009 919.3 634.0 602.3 31.7 69.0 5.0 65.5
2010 933.0 650.2 615.3 35.0 69.7 5.4 65.9
Southeast [4610]  
2009 80.4 52.7 50.1 2.7 65.5 5.1 62.3
2010 82.9 60.4 57.5 2.9 72.9 4.8 69.4
South Central [4620]  
2009 44.8 29.9 28.6 1.3 66.7 4.3 63.8
2010 45.9 31.6 30.7 1.0 68.8 3.2 66.9
Southwest [4630]  
2009 82.9 59.5 57.1 2.4 71.8 4.0 68.9
2010 83.4 54.6 52.5 2.1 65.5 3.8 62.9
North Central [4640]  
2009 36.1 24.1 23.2 0.9 66.8 3.7 64.3
2010 36.5 26.1 24.8 1.3 71.5 5.0 67.9
Winnipeg [4650]  
2009 544.7 380.5 360.9 19.6 69.9 5.2 66.3
2010 552.6 386.7 363.7 22.9 70.0 5.9 65.8
Interlake [4660]  
2009 71.6 48.4 46.3 2.0 67.6 4.1 64.7
2010 72.7 50.9 48.6 2.3 70.0 4.5 66.9
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]  
2009 58.7 39.0 36.2 2.8 66.4 7.2 61.7
2010 58.8 40.0 37.5 2.5 68.0 6.3 63.8
Saskatchewan  
2009 777.1 546.3 518.0 28.3 70.3 5.2 66.7
2010 788.5 556.1 525.3 30.9 70.5 5.6 66.6
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2009 230.0 163.1 156.0 7.1 70.9 4.4 67.8
2010 234.1 167.3 159.8 7.5 71.5 4.5 68.3
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2009 84.1 56.8 54.3 2.5 67.5 4.4 64.6
2010 84.4 57.1 53.9 3.2 67.7 5.6 63.9
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2009 244.6 178.3 169.4 9.0 72.9 5.0 69.3
2010 250.3 181.6 171.8 9.8 72.6 5.4 68.6
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2009 64.7 41.2 39.3 2.0 63.7 4.9 60.7
2010 64.7 43.9 42.1 1.8 67.9 4.1 65.1
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2009 153.9 106.8 99.0 7.7 69.4 7.2 64.3
2010 155.1 106.2 97.7 8.5 68.5 8.0 63.0
Alberta  
2009 2,848.3 2,116.6 1,978.4 138.2 74.3 6.5 69.5
2010 2,912.8 2,128.7 1,970.9 157.8 73.1 7.4 67.7
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2009 211.4 145.3 137.8 7.5 68.7 5.2 65.2
2010 214.1 144.9 134.0 10.9 67.7 7.5 62.6
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2009 156.0 112.2 105.9 6.3 71.9 5.6 67.9
2010 157.2 114.8 108.8 6.1 73.0 5.3 69.2
Calgary [4830]  
2009 1,043.5 796.2 744.0 52.2 76.3 6.6 71.3
2010 1,071.4 798.5 736.8 61.7 74.5 7.7 68.8
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]  
2009 69.3 55.7 52.3 3.4 80.4 6.1 75.5
2010 70.4 54.4 51.4 3.0 77.3 5.5 73.0
Red Deer [4850]  
2009 149.7 113.4 105.3 8.1 75.8 7.1 70.3
2010 154.0 112.4 103.0 9.4 73.0 8.4 66.9
Edmonton [4860]  
2009 934.5 679.7 635.6 44.1 72.7 6.5 68.0
2010 955.9 684.1 632.1 52.0 71.6 7.6 66.1
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4870]  
2009 189.6 142.9 130.9 11.9 75.4 8.3 69.0
2010 193.5 144.0 132.7 11.3 74.4 7.8 68.6
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2009 94.3 71.3 66.6 4.7 75.6 6.6 70.6
2010 96.2 75.6 72.1 3.5 78.6 4.6 74.9
British Columbia  
2009 3,690.6 2,432.4 2,243.1 189.3 65.9 7.8 60.8
2010 3,762.8 2,477.1 2,286.7 190.4 65.8 7.7 60.8
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2009 638.0 410.9 382.5 28.4 64.4 6.9 60.0
2010 645.8 415.1 391.1 24.0 64.3 5.8 60.6
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2009 2,247.7 1,500.0 1,392.2 107.8 66.7 7.2 61.9
2010 2,302.3 1,525.3 1,405.6 119.7 66.3 7.8 61.1
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2009 436.3 277.2 249.8 27.4 63.5 9.9 57.3
2010 443.5 289.5 263.7 25.8 65.3 8.9 59.5
Kootenay [5940]  
2009 123.2 78.6 71.5 7.1 63.8 9.0 58.0
2010 123.7 76.5 70.3 6.3 61.8 8.2 56.8
Cariboo [5950]  
2009 127.1 84.3 73.4 10.9 66.3 12.9 57.7
2010 128.4 85.8 79.3 6.4 66.8 7.5 61.8
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2009 65.2 44.5 39.8 4.7 68.3 10.6 61.0
2010 64.8 42.7 37.4 5.3 65.9 12.4 57.7
Northeast [5980]  
2009 53.1 36.8 33.7 3.1 69.3 8.4 63.5
2010 54.2 42.2 39.3 2.9 77.9 6.9 72.5
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: 2010-06-04

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