Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in August 2011 and August 2012

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by province and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in August 2011 and August 2012


Table summary
This table displays the results of by province and economic region population, labour force, participation rate, unemployment rate and employment rate, calculated using labour force, employment, unemployment and in thousands units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
in thousands
CanadaNote 2
2011 28,003.5 19,067.3 17,638.1 1,429.2 68.1 7.5 63.0
2012 28,334.1 19,215.8 17,805.2 1,410.5 67.8 7.3 62.8
Newfoundland and Labrador
2011 428.6 268.3 236.8 31.5 62.6 11.7 55.2
2012 427.0 273.9 241.9 32.0 64.1 11.7 56.7
Avalon Peninsula [1010]
2011 220.7 148.0 134.8 13.2 67.1 8.9 61.1
2012 221.5 153.2 139.6 13.6 69.2 8.9 63.0
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]
2011 30.5 17.6 13.7 4.0 57.7 22.7 44.9
2012 30.0 17.0 13.4 3.5 56.7 20.6 44.7
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]
2011 86.8 52.5 45.4 7.1 60.5 13.5 52.3
2012 85.8 51.9 44.0 7.9 60.5 15.2 51.3
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista
Bay [1040]
2011 90.6 50.1 42.9 7.3 55.3 14.6 47.4
2012 89.7 51.9 44.9 7.0 57.9 13.5 50.1
Prince Edward Island
2011 119.5 85.3 77.5 7.8 71.4 9.1 64.9
2012 120.7 86.0 78.3 7.7 71.3 9.0 64.9
Nova Scotia
2011 778.9 510.1 467.1 43.1 65.5 8.4 60.0
2012 780.5 515.1 468.2 46.9 66.0 9.1 60.0
Cape Breton [1210]
2011 112.0 66.0 56.7 9.3 58.9 14.1 50.6
2012 110.9 66.4 56.7 9.8 59.9 14.8 51.1
North Shore [1220]
2011 129.7 80.4 73.5 7.0 62.0 8.7 56.7
2012 129.2 83.4 75.1 8.3 64.6 10.0 58.1
Annapolis Valley [1230]
2011 99.7 61.7 56.2 5.4 61.9 8.8 56.4
2012 99.5 63.6 58.1 5.5 63.9 8.6 58.4
Southern [1240]
2011 98.2 58.7 53.2 5.5 59.8 9.4 54.2
2012 97.2 57.7 50.4 7.3 59.4 12.7 51.9
Halifax [1250]
2011 339.3 243.2 227.4 15.8 71.7 6.5 67.0
2012 343.7 244.0 227.9 16.1 71.0 6.6 66.3
New Brunswick
2011 619.4 401.0 363.9 37.1 64.7 9.3 58.8
2012 620.4 405.5 367.2 38.2 65.4 9.4 59.2
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]
2011 129.2 76.4 64.9 11.6 59.1 15.2 50.2
2012 127.7 71.5 61.0 10.5 56.0 14.7 47.8
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]
2011 171.9 114.8 105.9 8.8 66.8 7.7 61.6
2012 173.6 120.5 111.2 9.3 69.4 7.7 64.1
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]
2011 144.2 96.5 89.5 7.0 66.9 7.3 62.1
2012 144.6 99.1 89.3 9.7 68.5 9.8 61.8
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]
2011 109.1 72.5 66.7 5.8 66.5 8.0 61.1
2012 110.1 73.3 68.6 4.7 66.6 6.4 62.3
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]
2011 64.9 40.8 36.8 4.0 62.9 9.8 56.7
2012 64.3 41.1 37.0 4.1 63.9 10.0 57.5
Quebec
2011 6,579.5 4,379.9 4,057.2 322.6 66.6 7.4 61.7
2012 6,641.0 4,393.0 4,074.7 318.3 66.1 7.2 61.4
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]
2011 78.6 46.9 42.1 4.8 59.7 10.2 53.6
2012 78.6 44.6 40.4 4.3 56.7 9.6 51.4
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]
2011 166.8 100.4 94.2 6.2 60.2 6.2 56.5
2012 166.5 106.3 98.5 7.8 63.8 7.3 59.2
Capitale-Nationale [2420]
2011 588.6 410.6 391.6 19.0 69.8 4.6 66.5
2012 594.4 410.5 387.5 23.1 69.1 5.6 65.2
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]
2011 333.5 237.6 226.7 10.9 71.2 4.6 68.0
2012 335.6 224.2 215.6 8.6 66.8 3.8 64.2
Estrie [2430]
2011 258.4 169.5 158.2 11.3 65.6 6.7 61.2
2012 260.7 158.7 145.4 13.2 60.9 8.3 55.8
Centre-du-Québec [2433]
2011 190.6 120.9 112.2 8.7 63.4 7.2 58.9
2012 192.2 122.1 113.6 8.5 63.5 7.0 59.1
Montérégie [2435]
2011 1,190.2 800.3 744.2 56.1 67.2 7.0 62.5
2012 1,204.5 813.7 770.2 43.6 67.6 5.4 63.9
Montréal [2440]
2011 1,623.6 1,071.0 964.5 106.6 66.0 10.0 59.4
2012 1,632.9 1,061.6 957.9 103.8 65.0 9.8 58.7
Laval [2445]
2011 333.3 220.8 206.4 14.4 66.2 6.5 61.9
2012 339.2 239.8 217.9 21.9 70.7 9.1 64.2
Lanaudière [2450]
2011 391.3 276.1 257.9 18.2 70.6 6.6 65.9
2012 397.9 261.7 244.6 17.2 65.8 6.6 61.5
Laurentides [2455]
2011 463.3 318.6 293.6 25.0 68.8 7.8 63.4
2012 471.1 330.0 306.7 23.3 70.0 7.1 65.1
Outaouais [2460]
2011 306.3 212.6 197.8 14.8 69.4 7.0 64.6
2012 310.9 212.4 199.9 12.5 68.3 5.9 64.3
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]
2011 117.6 79.9 75.2 4.7 67.9 5.9 63.9
2012 117.9 75.9 71.0 5.0 64.4 6.6 60.2
Mauricie [2470]
2011 221.5 125.5 116.3 9.2 56.7 7.3 52.5
2012 222.2 129.7 118.0 11.7 58.4 9.0 53.1
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]
2011 225.3 131.5 122.1 9.4 58.4 7.1 54.2
2012 225.4 144.6 134.3 10.4 64.2 7.2 59.6
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]
2011 90.6 57.6 54.3 3.3 63.6 5.7 59.9
2012 90.9 56.9 53.4 3.5 62.6 6.2 58.7
Ontario
2011 10,931.6 7,447.1 6,845.5 601.6 68.1 8.1 62.6
2012 11,079.1 7,490.8 6,869.0 621.9 67.6 8.3 62.0
Ottawa [3510]
2011 1,048.8 740.5 694.8 45.6 70.6 6.2 66.2
2012 1,063.5 750.5 701.5 49.0 70.6 6.5 66.0
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]
2011 370.5 242.5 222.8 19.7 65.5 8.1 60.1
2012 372.5 231.8 214.2 17.6 62.2 7.6 57.5
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]
2011 318.8 200.1 183.4 16.7 62.8 8.3 57.5
2012 320.2 192.8 180.7 12.0 60.2 6.2 56.4
Toronto [3530]
2011 5,046.3 3,466.1 3,158.5 307.7 68.7 8.9 62.6
2012 5,148.1 3,532.8 3,197.6 335.2 68.6 9.5 62.1
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]
2011 1,037.6 760.7 708.3 52.4 73.3 6.9 68.3
2012 1,051.9 740.2 689.7 50.4 70.4 6.8 65.6
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]
2011 1,169.2 775.6 718.2 57.4 66.3 7.4 61.4
2012 1,179.9 786.6 724.6 62.0 66.7 7.9 61.4
London [3560]
2011 540.5 363.7 329.7 34.0 67.3 9.3 61.0
2012 545.2 367.0 336.3 30.7 67.3 8.4 61.7
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]
2011 519.4 325.2 297.5 27.7 62.6 8.5 57.3
2012 519.1 331.2 302.0 29.2 63.8 8.8 58.2
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]
2011 245.7 171.7 163.4 8.3 69.9 4.8 66.5
2012 245.8 163.4 155.9 7.5 66.5 4.6 63.4
Northeast [3590]
2011 461.5 293.0 268.5 24.5 63.5 8.4 58.2
2012 459.7 285.8 265.9 19.9 62.2 7.0 57.8
Northwest [3595]
2011 173.3 108.0 100.5 7.6 62.3 7.0 58.0
2012 173.1 108.8 100.5 8.3 62.9 7.6 58.1
Manitoba
2011 954.2 671.3 631.6 39.7 70.4 5.9 66.2
2012 963.5 674.9 635.5 39.4 70.0 5.8 66.0
Southeast [4610]
2011 82.8 57.7 55.4 2.3 69.7 4.0 66.9
2012 84.2 60.4 58.0 2.4 71.7 4.0 68.9
South Central [4620]
2011 47.4 34.6 33.4 1.2 73.0 3.5 70.5
2012 48.3 33.2 31.7 1.5 68.7 4.5 65.6
Southwest [4630]
2011 83.7 61.3 58.1 3.2 73.2 5.2 69.4
2012 83.9 62.4 59.5 2.9 74.4 4.6 70.9
North Central [4640]
2011 36.6 24.7 22.8 1.8 67.5 7.3 62.3
2012 36.8 24.3 23.4 0.9 66.0 3.7 63.6
Winnipeg [4650]
2011 571.1 397.9 371.8 26.1 69.7 6.6 65.1
2012 578.3 404.9 379.1 25.8 70.0 6.4 65.6
Interlake [4660]
2011 72.6 53.0 51.1 1.9 73.0 3.6 70.4
2012 73.1 50.8 48.2 2.6 69.5 5.1 65.9
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]
2011 59.9 42.0 38.8 3.2 70.1 7.6 64.8
2012 59.0 38.9 35.6 3.4 65.9 8.7 60.3
Saskatchewan
2011 800.3 560.7 532.9 27.7 70.1 4.9 66.6
2012 811.6 575.8 546.8 28.9 70.9 5.0 67.4
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]
2011 237.7 176.7 168.6 8.1 74.3 4.6 70.9
2012 242.0 179.2 171.4 7.8 74.0 4.4 70.8
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]
2011 81.1 52.3 50.3 2.0 64.5 3.8 62.0
2012 81.1 53.3 50.8 2.5 65.7 4.7 62.6
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]
2011 265.1 185.9 176.2 9.8 70.1 5.3 66.5
2012 271.4 196.7 186.2 10.6 72.5 5.4 68.6
Yorkton-Melville [4740]
2011 62.9 41.6 39.9 1.6 66.1 3.8 63.4
2012 62.6 38.8 36.1 2.7 62.0 7.0 57.7
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]
2011 153.5 104.1 98.0 6.2 67.8 6.0 63.8
2012 154.4 107.8 102.4 5.4 69.8 5.0 66.3
Alberta
2011 3,009.8 2,257.8 2,127.6 130.2 75.0 5.8 70.7
2012 3,073.1 2,285.0 2,178.1 107.0 74.4 4.7 70.9
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]
2011 219.4 152.0 142.9 9.1 69.3 6.0 65.1
2012 222.4 153.7 145.9 7.9 69.1 5.1 65.6
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]
2011 156.2 113.8 108.1 5.7 72.9 5.0 69.2
2012 157.3 113.7 108.8 4.8 72.3 4.2 69.2
Calgary [4830]
2011 1,112.3 848.2 796.2 52.1 76.3 6.1 71.6
2012 1,138.8 857.3 815.8 41.5 75.3 4.8 71.6
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]
2011 71.9 54.0 52.8 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 75.1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 73.4
2012 72.3 54.5 52.5 2.0 75.4 3.7 72.6
Red Deer [4850]
2011 154.4 115.8 109.6 6.2 75.0 5.4 71.0
2012 157.4 113.2 107.6 5.6 71.9 4.9 68.4
Edmonton [4860]
2011 1,001.7 743.3 701.0 42.3 74.2 5.7 70.0
2012 1,027.1 764.9 730.4 34.5 74.5 4.5 71.1
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace
River [4870]
2011 190.8 146.2 137.5 8.8 76.6 6.0 72.1
2012 192.1 142.4 135.9 6.5 74.1 4.6 70.7
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]
2011 103.2 84.5 79.6 5.0 81.9 5.9 77.1
2012 105.7 85.4 81.2 4.2 80.8 4.9 76.8
British Columbia
2011 3,781.5 2,485.9 2,298.0 187.9 65.7 7.6 60.8
2012 3,817.1 2,515.7 2,345.4 170.3 65.9 6.8 61.4
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]
2011 655.9 404.3 372.7 31.6 61.6 7.8 56.8
2012 658.6 390.9 367.1 23.7 59.4 6.1 55.7
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]
2011 2,314.9 1,548.7 1,432.4 116.3 66.9 7.5 61.9
2012 2,351.4 1,583.1 1,471.5 111.6 67.3 7.0 62.6
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]
2011 438.1 276.8 257.6 19.2 63.2 6.9 58.8
2012 435.7 281.7 268.3 13.3 64.7 4.7 61.6
Kootenay [5940]
2011 127.3 78.6 71.1 7.5 61.7 9.5 55.9
2012 126.9 79.7 73.5 6.2 62.8 7.8 57.9
Cariboo [5950]
2011 127.3 90.5 83.2 7.3 71.1 8.1 65.4
2012 126.7 95.7 87.6 8.2 75.5 8.6 69.1
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]
2011 66.6 49.2 44.9 4.3 73.9 8.7 67.4
2012 66.0 43.2 38.1 5.1 65.5 11.8 57.7
Northeast [5980]
2011 51.4 37.7 36.1 1.6 73.3 4.2 70.2
2012 51.8 41.4 39.4 2.0 79.9 4.8 76.1
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1.

For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (catalogue number 71-543-GIE).

Note 2.

Estimates for Canada are a sum of the provincial totals and exclude estimates from Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Note(s): Related CANSIM table "http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a03?&lang=eng&pattern=282-0054&p2=38" title="CANSIM table 282-0054">282-0054.
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):
Related CANSIM table 282-0054.