Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in May 2013 and May 2014

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Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in May 2013 and May 2014
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  
2013 28,586.5 19,000.7 17,586.8 1,414.0 66.5 7.4 61.5
2014 28,961.8 19,111.2 17,726.1 1,385.1 66.0 7.2 61.2
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2013 429.4 263.8 229.6 34.2 61.4 13.0 53.5
2014 428.6 257.5 223.6 33.9 60.1 13.2 52.2
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2013 224.1 146.4 134.5 12.0 65.3 8.2 60.0
2014 225.5 146.5 133.1 13.4 65.0 9.1 59.0
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]  
2013 29.8 16.9 13.2 3.8 56.7 22.5 44.3
2014 29.2 14.7 11.8 3.0 50.3 20.4 40.4
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2013 85.8 52.2 43.7 8.5 60.8 16.3 50.9
2014 85.2 48.9 41.1 7.8 57.4 16.0 48.2
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1040]  
2013 89.7 48.2 38.2 10.0 53.7 20.7 42.6
2014 88.7 47.3 37.6 9.7 53.3 20.5 42.4
Prince Edward Island  
2013 120.6 83.9 73.2 10.7 69.6 12.8 60.7
2014 121.4 83.0 71.9 11.1 68.4 13.4 59.2
Nova Scotia  
2013 781.1 499.4 451.5 47.8 63.9 9.6 57.8
2014 780.8 489.3 442.6 46.7 62.7 9.5 56.7
Cape Breton [1210]  
2013 110.0 62.4 52.8 9.6 56.7 15.4 48.0
2014 108.4 58.9 49.2 9.7 54.3 16.5 45.4
North Shore [1220]  
2013 128.7 77.4 68.7 8.7 60.1 11.2 53.4
2014 128.0 76.8 67.8 9.0 60.0 11.7 53.0
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2013 99.4 61.5 55.7 5.7 61.9 9.3 56.0
2014 98.8 59.4 52.9 6.5 60.1 10.9 53.5
Southern [1240]  
2013 96.4 57.4 50.2 7.2 59.5 12.5 52.1
2014 95.4 55.3 48.0 7.2 58.0 13.0 50.3
Halifax [1250]  
2013 346.6 240.8 224.1 16.7 69.5 6.9 64.7
2014 350.2 239.0 224.8 14.3 68.2 6.0 64.2
New Brunswick  
2013 619.9 391.5 345.3 46.2 63.2 11.8 55.7
2014 620.3 391.0 347.1 43.9 63.0 11.2 56.0
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2013 126.5 74.8 60.1 14.7 59.1 19.7 47.5
2014 125.0 70.4 55.7 14.7 56.3 20.9 44.6
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2013 174.5 114.1 103.3 10.8 65.4 9.5 59.2
2014 176.0 118.2 108.7 9.5 67.2 8.0 61.8
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2013 144.5 92.5 82.2 10.4 64.0 11.2 56.9
2014 144.4 93.3 85.3 8.0 64.6 8.6 59.1
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2013 110.8 70.2 64.9 5.3 63.4 7.5 58.6
2014 111.9 70.0 62.3 7.6 62.6 10.9 55.7
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2013 63.7 39.8 34.9 4.9 62.5 12.3 54.8
2014 63.1 39.2 35.1 4.1 62.1 10.5 55.6
Quebec  
2013 6,679.8 4,353.5 3,995.0 358.5 65.2 8.2 59.8
2014 6,729.9 4,353.2 3,992.6 360.6 64.7 8.3 59.3
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2013 78.4 42.5 34.5 8.0 54.2 18.8 44.0
2014 77.8 44.6 35.7 9.0 57.3 20.2 45.9
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2013 166.0 99.5 88.9 10.6 59.9 10.7 53.6
2014 165.0 92.7 84.2 8.5 56.2 9.2 51.0
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2013 597.8 406.0 382.1 23.9 67.9 5.9 63.9
2014 602.5 407.9 383.3 24.6 67.7 6.0 63.6
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2013 336.6 222.8 207.8 15.0 66.2 6.7 61.7
2014 337.1 228.0 215.6 12.4 67.6 5.4 64.0
Estrie [2430]  
2013 262.2 163.0 152.6 10.5 62.2 6.4 58.2
2014 264.3 164.5 149.2 15.3 62.2 9.3 56.5
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2013 193.0 122.0 112.3 9.7 63.2 8.0 58.2
2014 193.9 120.2 111.0 9.2 62.0 7.7 57.2
Montérégie [2435]  
2013 1,212.5 810.5 755.3 55.2 66.8 6.8 62.3
2014 1,222.1 831.0 766.6 64.4 68.0 7.7 62.7
Montréal [2440]  
2013 1,643.1 1,068.1 958.6 109.5 65.0 10.3 58.3
2014 1,660.0 1,052.5 957.1 95.4 63.4 9.1 57.7
Laval [2445]  
2013 343.0 235.2 219.3 16.0 68.6 6.8 63.9
2014 347.7 245.3 223.8 21.5 70.5 8.8 64.4
Lanaudière [2450]  
2013 401.6 264.3 239.4 24.9 65.8 9.4 59.6
2014 406.0 259.1 237.8 21.3 63.8 8.2 58.6
Laurentides [2455]  
2013 475.7 327.9 306.4 21.5 68.9 6.6 64.4
2014 481.0 308.0 285.7 22.3 64.0 7.2 59.4
Outaouais [2460]  
2013 313.7 204.4 190.1 14.3 65.2 7.0 60.6
2014 317.4 207.3 192.9 14.4 65.3 6.9 60.8
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2013 118.0 79.1 71.5 7.6 67.0 9.6 60.6
2014 118.0 78.4 71.6 6.9 66.4 8.8 60.7
Mauricie [2470]  
2013 222.2 117.6 104.1 13.5 52.9 11.5 46.8
2014 221.9 128.3 115.0 13.2 57.8 10.3 51.8
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2013 225.0 135.6 121.9 13.7 60.3 10.1 54.2
2014 224.3 135.1 118.5 16.6 60.2 12.3 52.8
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2013 90.9 55.0 50.3 4.7 60.5 8.5 55.3
2014 91.0 50.2 44.6 5.6 55.2 11.2 49.0
Ontario  
2013 11,172.6 7,410.5 6,833.1 577.4 66.3 7.8 61.2
2014 11,311.9 7,456.5 6,892.0 564.5 65.9 7.6 60.9
Ottawa [3510]  
2013 1,072.3 728.7 682.8 45.9 68.0 6.3 63.7
2014 1,084.3 744.6 693.1 51.5 68.7 6.9 63.9
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2013 372.8 231.2 216.1 15.0 62.0 6.5 58.0
2014 374.3 230.4 204.8 25.6 61.6 11.1 54.7
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2013 321.0 180.5 163.4 17.0 56.2 9.4 50.9
2014 322.4 193.7 178.2 15.5 60.1 8.0 55.3
Toronto [3530]  
2013 5,216.1 3,525.3 3,239.9 285.5 67.6 8.1 62.1
2014 5,311.2 3,573.4 3,295.7 277.6 67.3 7.8 62.1
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2013 1,061.4 756.5 701.7 54.8 71.3 7.2 66.1
2014 1,076.8 749.1 699.6 49.5 69.6 6.6 65.0
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2013 1,186.4 765.0 706.8 58.3 64.5 7.6 59.6
2014 1,196.1 765.7 709.1 56.6 64.0 7.4 59.3
London [3560]  
2013 548.2 358.2 326.0 32.2 65.3 9.0 59.5
2014 553.1 351.4 325.2 26.2 63.5 7.5 58.8
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2013 518.6 319.8 289.9 29.8 61.7 9.3 55.9
2014 519.2 318.4 291.7 26.7 61.3 8.4 56.2
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2013 245.6 158.1 150.5 7.6 64.4 4.8 61.3
2014 245.6 156.2 148.6 7.6 63.6 4.9 60.5
Northeast [3590]  
2013 457.4 278.6 254.8 23.8 60.9 8.5 55.7
2014 456.0 269.0 248.2 20.8 59.0 7.7 54.4
Northwest [3595]  
2013 172.9 108.7 101.2 7.5 62.9 6.9 58.5
2014 172.9 104.7 97.8 6.9 60.6 6.6 56.6
Manitoba  
2013 971.0 666.8 630.7 36.2 68.7 5.4 65.0
2014 983.4 664.2 626.9 37.2 67.5 5.6 63.7
Southeast [4610]  
2013 85.1 59.2 56.8 2.4 69.6 4.1 66.7
2014 86.4 59.2 56.6 2.6 68.5 4.4 65.5
South Central [4620]  
2013 48.8 33.0 32.0 1.0 67.6 3.0 65.6
2014 49.6 32.4 31.4 1.0 65.3 3.1 63.3
Southwest [4630]  
2013 84.2 58.2 56.2 2.0 69.1 3.4 66.7
2014 84.5 57.7 54.9 2.8 68.3 4.9 65.0
North Central [4640]  
2013 36.9 25.4 25.0 0.5 68.8 2.0 67.8
2014 37.1 25.0 23.6 1.4 67.4 5.6 63.6
Winnipeg [4650]  
2013 584.2 406.1 379.8 26.3 69.5 6.5 65.0
2014 594.2 401.5 377.1 24.5 67.6 6.1 63.5
Interlake [4660]  
2013 73.5 47.8 45.7 2.0 65.0 4.2 62.2
2014 74.1 51.5 48.8 2.7 69.5 5.2 65.9
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]  
2013 58.4 37.2 35.1 2.1 63.7 5.6 60.1
2014 57.5 36.9 34.6 2.2 64.2 6.0 60.2
Saskatchewan  
2013 821.9 577.0 552.4 24.6 70.2 4.3 67.2
2014 839.5 584.0 560.8 23.2 69.6 4.0 66.8
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2013 245.8 180.4 173.9 6.4 73.4 3.5 70.7
2014 252.1 182.5 176.8 5.7 72.4 3.1 70.1
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2013 81.3 55.0 53.1 1.9 67.7 3.5 65.3
2014 81.6 53.7 51.8 1.9 65.8 3.5 63.5
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2013 277.2 197.5 189.6 7.9 71.2 4.0 68.4
2014 286.8 203.4 195.2 8.2 70.9 4.0 68.1
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2013 62.4 41.2 38.6 2.6 66.0 6.3 61.9
2014 62.3 41.1 39.1 2.0 66.0 4.9 62.8
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2013 155.2 103.0 97.1 5.8 66.4 5.6 62.6
2014 156.7 103.3 97.9 5.4 65.9 5.2 62.5
Alberta  
2013 3,145.7 2,285.1 2,175.7 109.3 72.6 4.8 69.2
2014 3,254.7 2,370.1 2,252.7 117.3 72.8 4.9 69.2
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2013 226.0 149.1 139.9 9.2 66.0 6.2 61.9
2014 230.8 143.8 136.8 7.1 62.3 4.9 59.3
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2013 159.1 114.3 110.9 3.4 71.8 3.0 69.7
2014 161.9 107.5 103.2 4.3 66.4 4.0 63.7
Calgary [4830]  
2013 1,168.6 859.7 817.8 42.0 73.6 4.9 70.0
2014 1,215.0 894.1 845.4 48.7 73.6 5.4 69.6
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]  
2013 73.4 54.8 52.6 2.2 74.7 4.0 71.7
2014 75.9 57.4 55.6 1.8 75.6 3.1 73.3
Red Deer [4850]  
2013 160.6 120.4 113.1 7.3 75.0 6.1 70.4
2014 165.3 125.4 121.0 4.4 75.9 3.5 73.2
Edmonton [4860]  
2013 1,054.9 755.9 720.0 35.9 71.7 4.7 68.3
2014 1,094.2 806.0 763.8 42.2 73.7 5.2 69.8
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4870]  
2013 194.4 144.1 138.4 5.7 74.1 4.0 71.2
2014 198.2 145.4 140.1 5.4 73.4 3.7 70.7
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2013 108.6 86.8 83.0 3.8 79.9 4.4 76.4
2014 113.5 90.4 86.8 3.6 79.6 4.0 76.5
British Columbia  
2013 3,844.4 2,469.3 2,300.3 169.0 64.2 6.8 59.8
2014 3,891.1 2,462.3 2,315.7 146.6 63.3 6.0 59.5
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2013 660.3 400.9 374.8 26.1 60.7 6.5 56.8
2014 664.1 382.7 359.1 23.6 57.6 6.2 54.1
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2013 2,380.6 1,557.0 1,447.8 109.2 65.4 7.0 60.8
2014 2,424.4 1,568.1 1,480.9 87.2 64.7 5.6 61.1
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2013 433.9 261.8 243.6 18.2 60.3 7.0 56.1
2014 434.7 268.3 250.7 17.6 61.7 6.6 57.7
Kootenay [5940]  
2013 126.3 84.2 79.0 5.2 66.7 6.2 62.5
2014 125.9 74.3 68.6 5.7 59.0 7.7 54.5
Cariboo [5950]  
2013 125.9 83.1 78.5 4.6 66.0 5.5 62.4
2014 125.2 88.3 82.4 5.9 70.5 6.7 65.8
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2013 65.2 43.0 39.7 3.3 66.0 7.7 60.9
2014 64.2 40.7 37.2 3.5 63.4 8.6 57.9
Northeast [5980]  
2013 52.2 39.3 36.9 2.4 75.3 6.1 70.7
2014 52.7 39.9 36.7 3.2 75.7 8.0 69.6
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.
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