Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in January 2012 and January 2013

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Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in January 2012 and January 2013
Table summary
This table displays the labour force characteristics by province and economic region. The data in this table is unadjusted for seasonality, three-month moving average. The row headers provide information for Canada, the provinces and the economic regions for the current month and the same month last year. The column headers provide information for the labour force characteristics in thousands.
  Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
         in thousands      
Canada 2  
2012 28,131.4 18,543.7 17,194.9 1,348.8 65.9 7.3 61.1
2013 28,470.9 18,790.6 17,496.1 1,294.5 66.0 6.9 61.5
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2012 428.6 254.1 218.7 35.4 59.3 13.9 51.0
2013 428.2 260.4 227.8 32.7 60.8 12.6 53.2
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2012 221.3 143.9 129.5 14.4 65.0 10.0 58.5
2013 222.8 147.9 135.3 12.6 66.4 8.5 60.7
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]  
2012 30.3 16.4 12.5 3.9 54.1 23.8 41.3
2013 29.9 15.9 13.0 2.9 53.2 18.2 43.5
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2012 86.5 48.3 40.1 8.2 55.8 17.0 46.4
2013 85.8 50.5 41.8 8.8 58.9 17.4 48.7
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1040]  
2012 90.4 45.4 36.6 8.8 50.2 19.4 40.5
2013 89.7 46.1 37.7 8.4 51.4 18.2 42.0
Prince Edward Island  
2012 119.9 80.0 69.3 10.7 66.7 13.4 57.8
2013 120.6 81.3 70.7 10.6 67.4 13.0 58.6
Nova Scotia  
2012 779.5 492.3 451.7 40.6 63.2 8.2 57.9
2013 780.8 492.0 445.8 46.2 63.0 9.4 57.1
Cape Breton [1210]  
2012 111.5 62.2 52.4 9.8 55.8 15.8 47.0
2013 110.4 58.8 49.2 9.6 53.3 16.3 44.6
North Shore [1220]  
2012 129.6 78.0 69.1 9.0 60.2 11.5 53.3
2013 128.9 78.1 68.5 9.5 60.6 12.2 53.1
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2012 99.6 57.2 52.9 4.3 57.4 7.5 53.1
2013 99.5 60.3 54.4 5.9 60.6 9.8 54.7
Southern [1240]  
2012 97.8 57.9 52.3 5.6 59.2 9.7 53.5
2013 96.7 56.3 49.4 6.9 58.2 12.3 51.1
Halifax [1250]  
2012 341.2 236.8 224.9 11.9 69.4 5.0 65.9
2013 345.2 238.5 224.2 14.3 69.1 6.0 64.9
New Brunswick  
2012 620.2 382.9 346.6 36.3 61.7 9.5 55.9
2013 620.1 385.1 342.1 43.0 62.1 11.2 55.2
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2012 128.6 67.9 57.6 10.3 52.8 15.2 44.8
2013 127.1 72.3 59.2 13.1 56.9 18.1 46.6
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2012 172.7 113.4 104.9 8.5 65.7 7.5 60.7
2013 174.1 111.8 102.6 9.2 64.2 8.2 58.9
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2012 144.5 91.1 83.6 7.5 63.0 8.2 57.9
2013 144.5 91.0 81.3 9.7 63.0 10.7 56.3
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2012 109.8 71.4 65.3 6.0 65.0 8.4 59.5
2013 110.5 70.7 64.3 6.4 64.0 9.1 58.2
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2012 64.7 39.1 35.1 4.0 60.4 10.2 54.3
2013 63.9 39.2 34.7 4.6 61.3 11.7 54.3
Quebec  
2012 6,605.2 4,218.1 3,860.3 357.8 63.9 8.5 58.4
2013 6,664.1 4,311.1 3,986.1 325.0 64.7 7.5 59.8
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2012 78.6 38.8 34.0 4.7 49.4 12.1 43.3
2013 78.5 40.0 32.6 7.5 51.0 18.8 41.5
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2012 166.7 93.9 85.7 8.2 56.3 8.7 51.4
2013 166.3 99.0 89.8 9.2 59.5 9.3 54.0
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2012 591.4 396.9 374.1 22.8 67.1 5.7 63.3
2013 596.6 396.8 377.4 19.4 66.5 4.9 63.3
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2012 334.4 229.1 216.1 13.0 68.5 5.7 64.6
2013 336.4 229.7 218.1 11.5 68.3 5.0 64.8
Estrie [2430]  
2012 259.3 158.4 147.1 11.3 61.1 7.1 56.7
2013 261.6 166.4 156.0 10.4 63.6 6.3 59.6
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2012 191.3 112.2 102.1 10.1 58.7 9.0 53.4
2013 192.7 114.2 106.8 7.5 59.3 6.6 55.4
Montérégie [2435]  
2012 1,196.2 770.2 709.6 60.6 64.4 7.9 59.3
2013 1,209.2 825.7 776.9 48.8 68.3 5.9 64.2
Montréal [2440]  
2012 1,626.1 1,020.6 909.4 111.2 62.8 10.9 55.9
2013 1,638.2 1,057.7 949.8 107.9 64.6 10.2 58.0
Laval [2445]  
2012 335.8 218.4 199.0 19.5 65.0 8.9 59.3
2013 341.5 225.7 209.9 15.7 66.1 7.0 61.5
Lanaudière [2450]  
2012 394.4 274.6 249.6 24.9 69.6 9.1 63.3
2013 400.1 253.3 234.7 18.6 63.3 7.3 58.7
Laurentides [2455]  
2012 466.9 307.4 284.3 23.1 65.8 7.5 60.9
2013 473.8 311.1 291.0 20.1 65.7 6.5 61.4
Outaouais [2460]  
2012 308.3 213.2 199.0 14.3 69.2 6.7 64.5
2013 312.5 207.8 192.9 14.9 66.5 7.2 61.7
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2012 117.8 74.1 69.0 5.1 62.9 6.9 58.6
2013 118.0 78.0 72.5 5.4 66.1 6.9 61.4
Mauricie [2470]  
2012 221.9 131.0 118.9 12.1 59.0 9.2 53.6
2013 222.3 115.1 103.1 11.9 51.8 10.3 46.4
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2012 225.4 124.4 113.7 10.7 55.2 8.6 50.4
2013 225.4 137.4 124.7 12.8 61.0 9.3 55.3
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2012 90.7 54.8 48.7 6.2 60.4 11.3 53.7
2013 90.9 53.3 49.8 3.4 58.6 6.4 54.8
Ontario  
2012 10,991.6 7,242.6 6,708.6 534.0 65.9 7.4 61.0
2013 11,129.1 7,331.2 6,799.1 532.1 65.9 7.3 61.1
Ottawa [3510]  
2012 1,054.8 731.0 687.9 43.0 69.3 5.9 65.2
2013 1,068.5 737.3 694.5 42.8 69.0 5.8 65.0
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2012 371.4 232.6 219.0 13.6 62.6 5.8 59.0
2013 372.5 228.6 212.7 15.9 61.4 7.0 57.1
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2012 319.4 194.5 179.8 14.7 60.9 7.6 56.3
2013 320.6 172.8 158.8 14.0 53.9 8.1 49.5
Toronto [3530]  
2012 5,087.8 3,365.0 3,093.4 271.5 66.1 8.1 60.8
2013 5,185.0 3,498.1 3,223.6 274.5 67.5 7.8 62.2
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2012 1,043.6 733.7 684.2 49.5 70.3 6.7 65.6
2013 1,056.6 738.0 693.3 44.7 69.8 6.1 65.6
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2012 1,173.4 764.4 712.3 52.1 65.1 6.8 60.7
2013 1,183.4 760.7 711.2 49.5 64.3 6.5 60.1
London [3560]  
2012 542.4 350.2 322.2 28.1 64.6 8.0 59.4
2013 546.7 349.8 325.1 24.7 64.0 7.1 59.5
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2012 518.9 323.0 291.7 31.3 62.2 9.7 56.2
2013 518.7 318.7 289.8 29.0 61.4 9.1 55.9
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2012 245.7 163.4 156.4 7.0 66.5 4.3 63.7
2013 245.7 150.0 142.8 7.2 61.1 4.8 58.1
Northeast [3590]  
2012 461.1 273.8 257.0 16.8 59.4 6.1 55.7
2013 458.3 270.3 246.4 23.9 59.0 8.8 53.8
Northwest [3595]  
2012 173.2 110.9 104.5 6.3 64.0 5.7 60.3
2013 173.0 106.8 101.0 5.8 61.7 5.4 58.4
Manitoba  
2012 958.1 654.2 620.4 33.7 68.3 5.2 64.8
2013 967.3 664.7 632.9 31.8 68.7 4.8 65.4
Southeast [4610]  
2012 83.4 57.1 54.3 2.8 68.5 4.9 65.1
2013 84.7 58.0 55.7 2.3 68.5 4.0 65.8
South Central [4620]  
2012 47.9 30.8 29.8 1.0 64.3 3.2 62.2
2013 48.5 31.7 30.8 0.9 65.4 2.8 63.5
Southwest [4630]  
2012 83.8 57.1 54.5 2.6 68.1 4.6 65.0
2013 84.1 60.0 58.1 1.9 71.3 3.2 69.1
North Central [4640]  
2012 36.7 23.1 22.2 0.8 62.9 3.5 60.5
2013 36.8 24.4 23.8 0.6 66.3 2.5 64.7
Winnipeg [4650]  
2012 574.0 396.5 374.2 22.3 69.1 5.6 65.2
2013 581.2 402.5 381.0 21.5 69.3 5.3 65.6
Interlake [4660]  
2012 72.8 50.5 48.2 2.3 69.4 4.6 66.2
2013 73.3 50.4 48.6 1.8 68.8 3.6 66.3
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]  
2012 59.5 39.1 37.2 1.9 65.7 4.9 62.5
2013 58.7 37.7 34.9 2.7 64.2 7.2 59.5
Saskatchewan  
2012 804.3 549.4 522.7 26.6 68.3 4.8 65.0
2013 817.7 565.0 541.7 23.3 69.1 4.1 66.2
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2012 239.2 172.9 167.0 5.9 72.3 3.4 69.8
2013 244.2 177.3 171.4 5.9 72.6 3.3 70.2
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2012 81.1 50.0 48.0 2.0 61.7 4.0 59.2
2013 81.2 52.3 51.1 1.1 64.4 2.1 62.9
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2012 267.4 183.3 173.9 9.4 68.5 5.1 65.0
2013 274.6 192.6 184.0 8.6 70.1 4.5 67.0
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2012 62.8 42.1 40.1 1.9 67.0 4.5 63.9
2013 62.6 41.1 39.5 1.5 65.7 3.6 63.1
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2012 153.9 101.1 93.7 7.4 65.7 7.3 60.9
2013 155.0 101.7 95.6 6.1 65.6 6.0 61.7
Alberta  
2012 3,029.1 2,227.7 2,121.6 106.1 73.5 4.8 70.0
2013 3,112.4 2,254.1 2,159.1 94.9 72.4 4.2 69.4
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2012 220.1 151.0 144.7 6.4 68.6 4.2 65.7
2013 224.5 147.1 141.2 5.9 65.5 4.0 62.9
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2012 156.3 111.2 107.0 4.2 71.1 3.8 68.5
2013 158.3 105.2 102.2 3.0 66.5 2.9 64.6
Calgary [4830]  
2012 1,120.8 836.7 795.8 40.9 74.7 4.9 71.0
2013 1,154.6 853.2 813.8 39.4 73.9 4.6 70.5
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]  
2012 71.9 54.1 51.8 2.3 75.2 4.3 72.0
2013 72.9 52.8 50.2 2.6 72.4 4.9 68.9
Red Deer [4850]  
2012 155.3 118.1 111.0 7.1 76.0 6.0 71.5
2013 159.1 115.7 111.2 4.5 72.7 3.9 69.9
Edmonton [4860]  
2012 1,009.2 734.3 699.8 34.5 72.8 4.7 69.3
2013 1,042.5 758.4 727.3 31.2 72.7 4.1 69.8
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4870]  
2012 191.1 138.9 132.0 6.9 72.7 5.0 69.1
2013 193.3 135.7 130.3 5.5 70.2 4.1 67.4
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2012 104.1 83.3 79.6 3.7 80.0 4.4 76.5
2013 107.2 86.1 83.1 3.0 80.3 3.5 77.5
British Columbia  
2012 3,794.9 2,442.5 2,275.0 167.6 64.4 6.9 59.9
2013 3,830.7 2,445.7 2,290.8 155.0 63.8 6.3 59.8
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2012 657.2 386.8 361.3 25.5 58.9 6.6 55.0
2013 659.4 396.7 372.5 24.2 60.2 6.1 56.5
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2012 2,327.8 1,526.0 1,423.1 102.9 65.6 6.7 61.1
2013 2,366.8 1,532.0 1,433.7 98.2 64.7 6.4 60.6
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2012 437.5 273.2 252.3 20.9 62.4 7.7 57.7
2013 434.1 261.6 244.6 17.0 60.3 6.5 56.3
Kootenay [5940]  
2012 127.2 81.1 76.1 5.0 63.8 6.2 59.8
2013 126.5 84.4 77.9 6.6 66.7 7.8 61.6
Cariboo [5950]  
2012 127.2 88.2 81.6 6.6 69.3 7.5 64.2
2013 126.2 87.0 82.7 4.3 68.9 4.9 65.5
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2012 66.4 47.6 42.0 5.5 71.7 11.6 63.3
2013 65.6 42.9 39.7 3.2 65.4 7.5 60.5
Northeast [5980]  
2012 51.5 39.6 38.6 x 76.9 x 75.0
2013 52.0 41.1 39.7 x 79.0 x 76.3
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.