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

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Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in August 2014 and August 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 percent
Canada  
2014 29,002.8 19,481.9 18,085.7 1,396.2 67.2 7.2 62.4
2015 29,294.7 19,639.8 18,261.2 1,378.5 67.0 7.0 62.3
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2014 443.8 280.3 249.2 31.1 63.2 11.1 56.2
2015 442.6 280.8 250.6 30.2 63.4 10.8 56.6
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2014 231.9 154.8 141.9 13.0 66.8 8.4 61.2
2015 232.7 154.0 141.3 12.8 66.2 8.3 60.7
South Coast-Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1020, 1040]  
2014 124.0 71.4 60.3 11.1 57.6 15.5 48.6
2015 122.7 72.6 62.9 9.7 59.2 13.4 51.3
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2014 87.8 54.1 47.1 7.0 61.6 12.9 53.6
2015 87.2 54.1 46.4 7.7 62.0 14.2 53.2
Prince Edward Island  
2014 120.7 85.8 79.8 6.1 71.1 7.1 66.1
2015 121.0 84.9 77.8 7.1 70.2 8.4 64.3
Nova Scotia  
2014 782.9 503.8 459.6 44.2 64.4 8.8 58.7
2015 785.7 500.8 461.8 38.9 63.7 7.8 58.8
Cape Breton [1210]  
2014 108.1 63.5 55.2 8.2 58.7 12.9 51.1
2015 107.0 60.6 52.2 8.3 56.6 13.7 48.8
North Shore [1220]  
2014 129.4 79.2 71.1 8.2 61.2 10.4 54.9
2015 128.8 81.3 75.4 6.0 63.1 7.4 58.5
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2014 102.5 64.9 59.5 5.4 63.3 8.3 58.0
2015 102.6 60.8 56.2 4.6 59.3 7.6 54.8
Southern [1240]  
2014 98.9 57.2 50.0 7.3 57.8 12.8 50.6
2015 98.3 56.3 50.2 6.0 57.3 10.7 51.1
Halifax [1250]  
2014 344.0 239.0 223.9 15.1 69.5 6.3 65.1
2015 348.9 241.8 227.8 14.1 69.3 5.8 65.3
New Brunswick  
2014 621.4 403.5 367.3 36.2 64.9 9.0 59.1
2015 621.9 402.7 362.3 40.5 64.8 10.1 58.3
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2014 130.0 76.9 66.8 10.1 59.2 13.1 51.4
2015 129.0 74.4 64.2 10.2 57.7 13.7 49.8
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2014 175.3 119.8 110.8 9.0 68.3 7.5 63.2
2015 176.7 119.7 109.2 10.5 67.7 8.8 61.8
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2014 142.6 95.9 88.1 7.8 67.3 8.1 61.8
2015 142.2 95.0 86.1 8.9 66.8 9.4 60.5
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2014 109.0 69.1 63.2 5.9 63.4 8.5 58.0
2015 110.0 72.7 65.8 6.9 66.1 9.5 59.8
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2014 64.5 41.8 38.5 3.4 64.8 8.1 59.7
2015 64.0 40.9 36.9 4.0 63.9 9.8 57.7
Quebec  
2014 6,805.8 4,487.6 4,145.9 341.7 65.9 7.6 60.9
2015 6,845.1 4,526.3 4,177.4 348.9 66.1 7.7 61.0
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2014 78.8 47.7 42.6 5.1 60.5 10.7 54.1
2015 78.1 44.5 40.4 4.1 57.0 9.2 51.7
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2014 170.5 94.6 87.8 6.8 55.5 7.2 51.5
2015 169.9 94.4 89.8 4.6 55.6 4.9 52.9
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2014 613.0 418.4 396.8 21.6 68.3 5.2 64.7
2015 616.9 428.2 409.1 19.1 69.4 4.5 66.3
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2014 348.7 239.9 224.5 15.4 68.8 6.4 64.4
2015 349.3 228.6 216.8 11.8 65.4 5.2 62.1
Estrie [2430]  
2014 267.9 168.5 158.7 9.8 62.9 5.8 59.2
2015 269.3 163.5 153.4 10.1 60.7 6.2 57.0
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2014 199.5 124.0 116.8 7.3 62.2 5.9 58.5
2015 200.4 129.2 120.9 8.2 64.5 6.3 60.3
Montérégie [2435]  
2014 1,242.5 863.9 813.0 50.9 69.5 5.9 65.4
2015 1,251.3 834.6 784.2 50.4 66.7 6.0 62.7
Montréal [2440]  
2014 1,653.0 1,070.3 950.0 120.2 64.7 11.2 57.5
2015 1,665.4 1,121.8 993.4 128.4 67.4 11.4 59.6
Laval [2445]  
2014 348.5 245.1 227.9 17.2 70.3 7.0 65.4
2015 351.8 228.9 206.4 22.4 65.1 9.8 58.7
Lanaudière [2450]  
2014 408.1 267.7 249.4 18.3 65.6 6.8 61.1
2015 411.5 291.8 264.5 27.2 70.9 9.3 64.3
Laurentides [2455]  
2014 487.7 325.6 304.5 21.1 66.8 6.5 62.4
2015 492.9 340.6 323.9 16.8 69.1 4.9 65.7
Outaouais [2460]  
2014 316.6 210.0 193.2 16.8 66.3 8.0 61.0
2015 318.4 222.3 207.5 14.8 69.8 6.7 65.2
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2014 120.3 82.0 77.5 4.5 68.2 5.5 64.4
2015 120.5 76.1 71.5 4.6 63.2 6.0 59.3
Mauricie [2470]  
2014 226.0 128.3 118.0 10.3 56.8 8.0 52.2
2015 225.6 123.1 114.4 8.8 54.6 7.1 50.7
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2014 232.5 146.4 134.3 12.2 63.0 8.3 57.8
2015 231.9 140.8 128.8 12.0 60.7 8.5 55.5
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2014 92.1 55.1 50.9 4.2 59.8 7.6 55.3
2015 91.9 57.9 52.4 5.5 63.0 9.5 57.0
Ontario  
2014 11,276.5 7,570.6 6,969.7 600.9 67.1 7.9 61.8
2015 11,389.9 7,581.7 7,045.7 535.9 66.6 7.1 61.9
Ottawa [3510]  
2014 1,088.5 762.1 708.4 53.7 70.0 7.0 65.1
2015 1,097.4 749.3 694.7 54.6 68.3 7.3 63.3
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2014 376.7 237.5 219.0 18.5 63.0 7.8 58.1
2015 377.2 219.7 202.5 17.3 58.2 7.9 53.7
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2014 324.5 209.4 197.7 11.7 64.5 5.6 60.9
2015 326.2 174.6 163.1 11.5 53.5 6.6 50.0
Toronto [3530]  
2014 5,280.1 3,580.5 3,252.4 328.1 67.8 9.2 61.6
2015 5,361.4 3,669.2 3,391.7 277.5 68.4 7.6 63.3
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2014 1,065.0 764.4 718.7 45.7 71.8 6.0 67.5
2015 1,077.3 755.1 713.1 42.0 70.1 5.6 66.2
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2014 1,190.1 769.7 715.8 53.9 64.7 7.0 60.1
2015 1,198.6 790.0 741.5 48.5 65.9 6.1 61.9
London [3560]  
2014 549.8 359.8 332.9 26.9 65.4 7.5 60.5
2015 553.6 366.3 345.1 21.1 66.2 5.8 62.3
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2014 524.5 332.8 304.6 28.2 63.5 8.5 58.1
2015 524.2 323.8 297.8 26.0 61.8 8.0 56.8
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2014 246.1 162.1 155.2 6.9 65.9 4.3 63.1
2015 245.7 153.7 144.3 9.3 62.6 6.1 58.7
Northeast [3590]  
2014 458.9 284.4 263.6 20.8 62.0 7.3 57.4
2015 456.8 274.4 253.0 21.4 60.1 7.8 55.4
Northwest [3595]  
2014 172.6 108.1 101.5 6.6 62.6 6.1 58.8
2015 171.5 105.6 98.9 6.7 61.6 6.3 57.7
Manitoba  
2014 977.3 670.9 632.4 38.4 68.6 5.7 64.7
2015 987.5 681.9 640.2 41.7 69.1 6.1 64.8
Southeast [4610]  
2014 87.4 59.9 57.4 2.6 68.5 4.3 65.7
2015 89.2 58.9 55.6 3.3 66.0 5.6 62.3
South Central and North Central [4620, 4640]  
2014 83.6 59.6 57.0 2.6 71.3 4.4 68.2
2015 84.5 58.3 55.3 3.0 69.0 5.1 65.4
Southwest [4630]  
2014 87.6 59.3 57.2 2.1 67.7 3.5 65.3
2015 87.9 61.1 58.6 2.4 69.5 3.9 66.7
Winnipeg [4650]  
2014 587.2 401.1 374.6 26.4 68.3 6.6 63.8
2015 595.0 415.3 388.0 27.4 69.8 6.6 65.2
Interlake [4660]  
2014 74.2 53.5 51.4 2.2 72.1 4.1 69.3
2015 74.9 49.8 47.0 2.8 66.5 5.6 62.8
Parklands and Northern [4670, 4680]  
2014 57.4 37.4 34.9 2.5 65.2 6.7 60.8
2015 56.0 38.6 35.7 2.9 68.9 7.5 63.8
Saskatchewan  
2014 853.1 603.0 578.7 24.3 70.7 4.0 67.8
2015 861.9 612.9 581.0 31.9 71.1 5.2 67.4
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2014 258.9 190.1 183.4 6.7 73.4 3.5 70.8
2015 263.3 193.4 185.2 8.2 73.5 4.2 70.3
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2014 82.8 55.1 53.6 1.5 66.5 2.7 64.7
2015 82.5 56.1 53.8 2.3 68.0 4.1 65.2
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2014 289.2 210.3 201.5 8.8 72.7 4.2 69.7
2015 295.6 213.5 201.6 11.9 72.2 5.6 68.2
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2014 63.3 40.8 39.4 1.4 64.5 3.4 62.2
2015 62.5 39.6 37.5 2.2 63.4 5.6 60.0
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2014 158.9 106.7 100.9 5.9 67.1 5.5 63.5
2015 158.1 110.3 103.0 7.3 69.8 6.6 65.1
Alberta  
2014 3,288.9 2,424.7 2,303.0 121.7 73.7 5.0 70.0
2015 3,359.8 2,482.7 2,329.7 153.1 73.9 6.2 69.3
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2014 229.1 147.6 141.4 6.1 64.4 4.1 61.7
2015 230.4 155.0 147.9 7.2 67.3 4.6 64.2
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2014 161.5 115.1 111.2 3.9 71.3 3.4 68.9
2015 162.0 108.9 105.0 3.9 67.2 3.6 64.8
Calgary [4830]  
2014 1,234.4 919.3 871.0 48.3 74.5 5.3 70.6
2015 1,269.2 954.5 888.5 66.0 75.2 6.9 70.0
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4840, 4870]  
2014 275.3 206.4 197.4 8.9 75.0 4.3 71.7
2015 277.4 208.5 197.9 10.6 75.2 5.1 71.3
Red Deer [4850]  
2014 166.9 128.1 123.1 4.9 76.8 3.8 73.8
2015 170.5 127.2 117.1 10.1 74.6 7.9 68.7
Edmonton [4860]  
2014 1,107.0 817.8 772.8 45.0 73.9 5.5 69.8
2015 1,132.8 834.9 786.8 48.1 73.7 5.8 69.5
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2014 114.6 90.5 85.9 4.6 79.0 5.1 75.0
2015 117.6 93.7 86.6 7.1 79.7 7.6 73.6
British Columbia  
2014 3,832.4 2,451.7 2,300.1 151.6 64.0 6.2 60.0
2015 3,879.4 2,485.1 2,334.8 150.4 64.1 6.1 60.2
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2014 650.3 376.5 351.0 25.5 57.9 6.8 54.0
2015 655.1 382.6 358.4 24.2 58.4 6.3 54.7
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2014 2,381.6 1,556.7 1,461.6 95.0 65.4 6.1 61.4
2015 2,421.4 1,569.8 1,478.0 91.7 64.8 5.8 61.0
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2014 429.6 268.3 253.6 14.7 62.5 5.5 59.0
2015 431.4 276.7 262.6 14.1 64.1 5.1 60.9
Kootenay [5940]  
2014 122.3 73.6 69.0 4.7 60.2 6.4 56.4
2015 121.9 80.1 72.7 7.5 65.7 9.4 59.6
Cariboo [5950]  
2014 126.9 94.5 89.1 5.4 74.5 5.7 70.2
2015 127.3 86.8 80.0 6.8 68.2 7.8 62.8
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2014 66.6 42.8 38.2 4.6 64.3 10.7 57.4
2015 66.5 47.5 43.7 3.8 71.4 8.0 65.7
Northeast [5980]  
2014 55.0 39.2 37.6 1.6 71.3 4.1 68.4
2015 55.8 41.6 39.3 2.3 74.6 5.5 70.4
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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