Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in January 2014 and January 2015

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Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in January 2014 and January 2015
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 the previous year. The column headers provide information on the labour force characteristics (in thousands) and rates (in percent).
  Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
  in thousands      
Canada  
2014 28,808.9 18,903.6 17,605.6 1,298.0 65.6 6.9 61.1
2015 29,116.1 18,950.0 17,725.7 1,224.4 65.1 6.5 60.9
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2014 445.0 269.2 235.1 34.0 60.5 12.6 52.8
2015 443.3 263.4 232.0 31.4 59.4 11.9 52.3
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2014 231.8 151.4 138.0 13.5 65.3 8.9 59.5
2015 232.2 152.7 140.7 12.1 65.8 7.9 60.6
South Coast-Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1020, 1040]  
2014 124.9 68.0 55.0 12.9 54.4 19.0 44.0
2015 123.5 61.9 49.9 12.0 50.1 19.4 40.4
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2014 88.3 49.8 42.1 7.6 56.4 15.3 47.7
2015 87.5 48.7 41.4 7.3 55.7 15.0 47.3
Prince Edward Island  
2014 120.2 81.6 70.6 11.0 67.9 13.5 58.7
2015 120.7 80.8 70.7 10.1 66.9 12.5 58.6
Nova Scotia  
2014 782.4 484.0 440.3 43.7 61.9 9.0 56.3
2015 784.0 485.7 443.9 41.8 62.0 8.6 56.6
Cape Breton [1210]  
2014 109.0 57.7 49.3 8.4 52.9 14.6 45.2
2015 107.6 58.7 49.8 8.9 54.6 15.2 46.3
North Shore [1220]  
2014 129.9 74.6 67.0 7.6 57.4 10.2 51.6
2015 129.2 71.2 62.9 8.3 55.1 11.7 48.7
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2014 102.5 61.2 55.5 5.7 59.7 9.3 54.1
2015 102.5 57.3 53.0 4.2 55.9 7.3 51.7
Southern [1240]  
2014 99.3 54.0 47.5 6.5 54.4 12.0 47.8
2015 98.7 56.6 50.9 5.7 57.3 10.1 51.6
Halifax [1250]  
2014 341.8 236.5 221.0 15.5 69.2 6.6 64.7
2015 346.0 241.9 227.2 14.7 69.9 6.1 65.7
New Brunswick  
2014 622.4 388.3 348.8 39.5 62.4 10.2 56.0
2015 621.8 384.9 345.3 39.7 61.9 10.3 55.5
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2014 130.9 72.8 58.7 14.2 55.6 19.5 44.8
2015 129.6 70.5 57.4 13.0 54.4 18.4 44.3
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2014 174.6 113.6 103.8 9.8 65.1 8.6 59.5
2015 176.1 113.2 104.4 8.8 64.3 7.8 59.3
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2014 143.1 93.0 86.0 7.0 65.0 7.5 60.1
2015 142.5 90.2 82.7 7.5 63.3 8.3 58.0
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2014 109.0 70.7 66.3 4.3 64.9 6.1 60.8
2015 109.4 71.1 65.3 5.8 65.0 8.2 59.7
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2014 64.8 38.3 34.1 4.2 59.1 11.0 52.6
2015 64.3 40.0 35.5 4.5 62.2 11.3 55.2
Quebec  
2014 6,778.0 4,366.0 4,037.5 328.5 64.4 7.5 59.6
2015 6,822.2 4,353.6 4,027.8 325.7 63.8 7.5 59.0
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2014 79.1 41.2 33.6 7.6 52.1 18.4 42.5
2015 78.6 40.6 32.9 7.7 51.7 19.0 41.9
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2014 170.5 95.3 83.7 11.6 55.9 12.2 49.1
2015 170.4 90.4 82.8 7.6 53.1 8.4 48.6
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2014 610.6 414.6 396.0 18.6 67.9 4.5 64.9
2015 614.6 400.6 378.1 22.5 65.2 5.6 61.5
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2014 347.9 233.3 223.3 10.0 67.1 4.3 64.2
2015 349.1 233.5 221.6 11.9 66.9 5.1 63.5
Estrie [2430]  
2014 266.9 164.5 153.2 11.3 61.6 6.9 57.4
2015 268.5 170.7 159.9 10.8 63.6 6.3 59.6
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2014 198.7 112.1 103.7 8.4 56.4 7.5 52.2
2015 200.0 117.2 105.2 12.0 58.6 10.2 52.6
Montérégie [2435]  
2014 1,235.3 806.5 750.8 55.7 65.3 6.9 60.8
2015 1,246.6 821.1 775.0 46.1 65.9 5.6 62.2
Montréal [2440]  
2014 1,647.1 1,049.4 955.0 94.4 63.7 9.0 58.0
2015 1,656.4 1,047.3 949.7 97.6 63.2 9.3 57.3
Laval [2445]  
2014 346.0 245.4 231.4 14.0 70.9 5.7 66.9
2015 350.0 240.9 225.8 15.1 68.8 6.3 64.5
Lanaudière [2450]  
2014 405.6 271.7 249.8 21.9 67.0 8.1 61.6
2015 409.7 272.0 252.4 19.7 66.4 7.2 61.6
Laurentides [2455]  
2014 484.3 321.0 294.6 26.4 66.3 8.2 60.8
2015 490.0 314.8 289.4 25.4 64.2 8.1 59.1
Outaouais [2460]  
2014 315.2 211.7 197.3 14.4 67.2 6.8 62.6
2015 317.4 208.3 191.2 17.0 65.6 8.2 60.2
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2014 120.0 81.8 76.4 5.4 68.2 6.6 63.7
2015 120.4 77.6 71.2 6.4 64.5 8.2 59.1
Mauricie [2470]  
2014 226.0 126.0 114.5 11.5 55.8 9.1 50.7
2015 225.9 125.2 117.5 7.7 55.4 6.2 52.0
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2014 232.6 134.8 122.0 12.8 58.0 9.5 52.5
2015 232.3 139.0 126.5 12.6 59.8 9.1 54.5
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2014 92.1 56.6 52.2 4.4 61.5 7.8 56.7
2015 92.0 54.3 48.7 5.6 59.0 10.3 52.9
Ontario  
2014 11,206.6 7,327.4 6,806.1 521.4 65.4 7.1 60.7
2015 11,320.2 7,328.1 6,845.1 482.9 64.7 6.6 60.5
Ottawa [3510]  
2014 1,082.8 735.5 690.2 45.2 67.9 6.1 63.7
2015 1,091.9 738.9 691.9 47.0 67.7 6.4 63.4
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2014 376.1 223.2 204.7 18.5 59.3 8.3 54.4
2015 376.7 223.7 206.9 16.9 59.4 7.6 54.9
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2014 323.3 178.9 168.3 10.5 55.3 5.9 52.1
2015 325.2 200.7 187.3 13.4 61.7 6.7 57.6
Toronto [3530]  
2014 5,231.6 3,514.3 3,241.4 272.8 67.2 7.8 62.0
2015 5,311.7 3,471.3 3,223.6 247.7 65.4 7.1 60.7
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2014 1,057.2 731.6 689.4 42.2 69.2 5.8 65.2
2015 1,070.1 743.1 705.7 37.5 69.4 5.0 65.9
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2014 1,184.9 741.6 691.9 49.7 62.6 6.7 58.4
2015 1,193.1 742.1 699.0 43.2 62.2 5.8 58.6
London [3560]  
2014 546.8 342.8 319.8 23.1 62.7 6.7 58.5
2015 551.5 342.7 322.4 20.3 62.1 5.9 58.5
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2014 524.4 322.0 299.6 22.4 61.4 7.0 57.1
2015 524.3 325.0 299.7 25.3 62.0 7.8 57.2
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2014 246.4 158.6 148.7 9.9 64.4 6.2 60.3
2015 245.7 161.0 152.7 8.2 65.5 5.1 62.1
Northeast [3590]  
2014 459.9 271.8 251.9 20.0 59.1 7.4 54.8
2015 457.9 274.0 257.1 16.9 59.8 6.2 56.1
Northwest [3595]  
2014 173.3 107.3 100.2 7.1 61.9 6.6 57.8
2015 172.1 105.4 98.8 6.5 61.2 6.2 57.4
Manitoba  
2014 969.9 654.2 618.8 35.4 67.5 5.4 63.8
2015 981.5 665.5 630.8 34.7 67.8 5.2 64.3
Southeast [4610]  
2014 86.3 59.9 56.7 3.2 69.4 5.3 65.7
2015 88.1 60.5 57.3 3.2 68.7 5.3 65.0
South Central and North Central [4620, 4640]  
2014 83.0 54.8 52.3 2.6 66.0 4.7 63.0
2015 83.9 59.2 57.4 1.8 70.6 3.0 68.4
Southwest [4630]  
2014 87.3 60.4 58.0 2.4 69.2 4.0 66.4
2015 87.8 59.5 57.5 2.0 67.8 3.4 65.5
Winnipeg [4650]  
2014 581.7 392.8 370.7 22.1 67.5 5.6 63.7
2015 590.5 400.7 377.1 23.5 67.9 5.9 63.9
Interlake [4660]  
2014 73.7 49.4 46.5 3.0 67.0 6.1 63.1
2015 74.5 48.6 46.4 2.1 65.2 4.3 62.3
Parklands and Northern [4670, 4680]  
2014 58.0 36.9 34.6 2.2 63.6 6.0 59.7
2015 56.8 37.0 35.1 2.0 65.1 5.4 61.8
Saskatchewan  
2014 845.7 586.0 562.3 23.7 69.3 4.0 66.5
2015 857.0 589.5 566.8 22.6 68.8 3.8 66.1
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2014 255.5 184.0 177.7 6.4 72.0 3.5 69.5
2015 260.8 187.6 181.2 6.4 71.9 3.4 69.5
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2014 82.9 54.2 52.5 1.7 65.4 3.1 63.3
2015 82.7 54.2 53.0 1.2 65.5 2.2 64.1
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2014 284.6 203.2 194.8 8.4 71.4 4.1 68.4
2015 292.0 205.6 196.9 8.7 70.4 4.2 67.4
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2014 63.7 41.0 39.2 1.8 64.4 4.4 61.5
2015 62.9 40.1 38.7 1.4 63.8 3.5 61.5
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2014 158.9 103.4 98.1 5.4 65.1 5.2 61.7
2015 158.5 101.9 97.1 4.8 64.3 4.7 61.3
Alberta  
2014 3,232.3 2,337.8 2,232.9 104.8 72.3 4.5 69.1
2015 3,317.4 2,395.9 2,291.6 104.3 72.2 4.4 69.1
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2014 227.3 139.7 133.9 5.9 61.5 4.2 58.9
2015 229.6 149.9 144.3 5.6 65.3 3.7 62.8
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2014 160.5 109.0 103.4 5.6 67.9 5.1 64.4
2015 161.7 110.9 106.3 4.6 68.6 4.1 65.7
Calgary [4830]  
2014 1,208.1 886.0 846.2 39.7 73.3 4.5 70.0
2015 1,248.6 910.8 871.1 39.7 72.9 4.4 69.8
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4840, 4870]  
2014 272.6 201.0 193.7 7.3 73.7 3.6 71.1
2015 276.2 206.8 199.2 7.6 74.9 3.7 72.1
Red Deer [4850]  
2014 164.0 119.4 116.4 3.1 72.8 2.6 71.0
2015 168.4 126.9 120.7 6.2 75.4 4.9 71.7
Edmonton [4860]  
2014 1,087.8 795.6 755.7 39.9 73.1 5.0 69.5
2015 1,116.8 801.0 765.3 35.7 71.7 4.5 68.5
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2014 111.9 87.1 83.6 3.4 77.8 3.9 74.7
2015 116.1 89.6 84.8 4.8 77.2 5.4 73.0
British Columbia  
2014 3,806.5 2,409.2 2,253.2 156.0 63.3 6.5 59.2
2015 3,848.1 2,402.8 2,271.6 131.1 62.4 5.5 59.0
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2014 647.7 378.5 354.7 23.8 58.4 6.3 54.8
2015 652.0 372.0 352.6 19.5 57.1 5.2 54.1
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2014 2,359.2 1,511.9 1,419.4 92.6 64.1 6.1 60.2
2015 2,395.6 1,522.7 1,437.3 85.4 63.6 5.6 60.0
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2014 429.1 269.6 247.0 22.5 62.8 8.3 57.6
2015 429.7 260.3 245.5 14.8 60.6 5.7 57.1
Kootenay [5940]  
2014 122.8 76.1 69.9 6.2 62.0 8.1 56.9
2015 121.9 73.4 69.6 3.8 60.2 5.2 57.1
Cariboo [5950]  
2014 126.7 88.4 83.2 5.2 69.8 5.9 65.7
2015 127.1 88.3 83.9 4.4 69.5 5.0 66.0
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2014 66.8 40.8 38.1 2.7 61.1 6.6 57.0
2015 66.4 44.5 42.3 2.1 67.0 4.7 63.7
Northeast [5980]  
2014 54.3 43.8 40.9 2.9 80.7 6.6 75.3
2015 55.4 41.6 40.5 x 75.1 x 73.1
1.
For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (catalogue number  71-543-GIE).
Note(s):
Estimates in this table are based on 2011 census boundaries. Related CANSIM table 282-0122.
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