Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in November 2015 and November 2016

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Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in November 2015 and November 2016
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  
2015 29,377.0 19,296.4 18,052.1 1,244.3 65.7 6.4 61.4
2016 29,681.6 19,447.9 18,216.2 1,231.7 65.5 6.3 61.4
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2015 442.7 269.7 237.3 32.4 60.9 12.0 53.6
2016 444.8 268.4 233.0 35.4 60.3 13.2 52.4
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2015 233.2 149.5 136.8 12.7 64.1 8.5 58.7
2016 235.8 156.9 139.5 17.4 66.5 11.1 59.2
South Coast-Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1020, 1040]  
2015 122.4 67.5 56.7 10.8 55.1 16.0 46.3
2016 122.0 62.5 51.7 10.8 51.2 17.3 42.4
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2015 87.1 52.7 43.8 8.9 60.5 16.9 50.3
2016 87.0 48.9 41.8 7.1 56.2 14.5 48.0
Prince Edward Island  
2015 121.1 81.6 74.3 7.3 67.4 8.9 61.4
2016 122.2 80.2 72.3 7.8 65.6 9.7 59.2
Nova Scotia  
2015 786.6 491.6 453.8 37.8 62.5 7.7 57.7
2016 789.7 484.0 449.5 34.5 61.3 7.1 56.9
Cape Breton [1210]  
2015 106.7 55.9 48.1 7.8 52.4 14.0 45.1
2016 105.7 55.5 48.4 7.1 52.5 12.8 45.8
North Shore [1220]  
2015 128.7 81.4 75.0 6.4 63.2 7.9 58.3
2016 128.1 75.6 70.1 5.5 59.0 7.3 54.7
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2015 102.7 59.8 55.8 4.0 58.2 6.7 54.3
2016 102.7 59.2 55.4 3.8 57.6 6.4 53.9
Southern [1240]  
2015 98.2 54.5 48.8 5.7 55.5 10.5 49.7
2016 97.7 53.2 47.9 5.3 54.5 10.0 49.0
Halifax [1250]  
2015 350.3 240.1 226.2 13.9 68.5 5.8 64.6
2016 355.4 240.5 227.7 12.9 67.7 5.4 64.1
New Brunswick  
2015 621.9 385.4 355.8 29.6 62.0 7.7 57.2
2016 623.7 388.8 357.8 31.0 62.3 8.0 57.4
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2015 128.8 71.6 63.3 8.3 55.6 11.6 49.1
2016 128.2 69.8 60.0 9.8 54.4 14.0 46.8
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2015 177.0 113.2 105.8 7.4 64.0 6.5 59.8
2016 178.9 114.3 105.3 9.0 63.9 7.9 58.9
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2015 142.0 89.2 83.3 5.9 62.8 6.6 58.7
2016 141.9 90.8 84.7 6.1 64.0 6.7 59.7
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2015 110.2 71.4 66.4 5.1 64.8 7.1 60.3
2016 111.3 73.8 69.6 4.2 66.3 5.7 62.5
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2015 63.8 40.0 37.0 3.0 62.7 7.5 58.0
2016 63.5 40.0 38.1 2.0 63.0 5.0 60.0
Quebec  
2015 6,856.3 4,423.3 4,121.3 302.0 64.5 6.8 60.1
2016 6,902.2 4,463.4 4,196.9 266.5 64.7 6.0 60.8
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2015 77.9 42.5 37.2 5.4 54.6 12.7 47.8
2016 77.1 39.8 34.9 4.9 51.6 12.3 45.3
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2015 169.7 91.3 85.7 5.5 53.8 6.0 50.5
2016 169.0 95.9 88.2 7.7 56.7 8.0 52.2
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2015 618.3 418.8 403.1 15.6 67.7 3.7 65.2
2016 623.1 430.8 413.8 17.0 69.1 3.9 66.4
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2015 349.4 228.3 218.5 9.8 65.3 4.3 62.5
2016 350.2 226.2 216.6 9.6 64.6 4.2 61.9
Estrie [2430]  
2015 269.7 161.9 153.5 8.4 60.0 5.2 56.9
2016 271.4 159.7 152.1 7.6 58.8 4.8 56.0
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2015 200.6 123.4 117.2 6.2 61.5 5.0 58.4
2016 201.4 135.0 129.9 5.2 67.0 3.9 64.5
Montérégie [2435]  
2015 1,253.3 838.3 790.5 47.8 66.9 5.7 63.1
2016 1,262.6 806.0 767.9 38.1 63.8 4.7 60.8
Montréal [2440]  
2015 1,669.6 1,083.2 976.8 106.3 64.9 9.8 58.5
2016 1,685.7 1,125.8 1,041.7 84.1 66.8 7.5 61.8
Laval [2445]  
2015 352.7 214.5 194.6 19.9 60.8 9.3 55.2
2016 356.1 234.3 214.7 19.6 65.8 8.4 60.3
Lanaudière [2450]  
2015 412.4 274.9 256.7 18.2 66.7 6.6 62.2
2016 415.7 264.6 246.2 18.4 63.7 7.0 59.2
Laurentides [2455]  
2015 494.2 332.5 317.9 14.6 67.3 4.4 64.3
2016 500.0 328.7 312.4 16.3 65.7 5.0 62.5
Outaouais [2460]  
2015 318.9 217.9 202.9 15.0 68.3 6.9 63.6
2016 321.0 213.5 199.3 14.2 66.5 6.7 62.1
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2015 120.5 72.9 68.7 4.2 60.5 5.8 57.0
2016 120.6 79.6 75.2 4.4 66.0 5.5 62.4
Mauricie [2470]  
2015 225.5 127.9 117.8 10.1 56.7 7.9 52.2
2016 225.4 126.5 119.4 7.1 56.1 5.6 53.0
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2015 231.8 137.6 127.4 10.1 59.4 7.3 55.0
2016 231.4 138.8 130.7 8.2 60.0 5.9 56.5
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2015 91.9 57.6 52.9 4.8 62.7 8.3 57.6
2016 91.6 58.3 54.1 4.2 63.6 7.2 59.1
Ontario  
2015 11,425.5 7,407.3 6,936.9 470.4 64.8 6.4 60.7
2016 11,569.7 7,467.7 7,026.9 440.8 64.5 5.9 60.7
Ottawa [3510]  
2015 1,100.3 730.2 687.8 42.4 66.4 5.8 62.5
2016 1,112.1 737.9 697.6 40.3 66.4 5.5 62.7
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2015 377.4 209.8 198.8 11.0 55.6 5.2 52.7
2016 378.9 230.1 218.8 11.3 60.7 4.9 57.7
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2015 326.8 167.9 156.9 11.0 51.4 6.6 48.0
2016 328.9 191.5 183.5 8.0 58.2 4.2 55.8
Toronto [3530]  
2015 5,385.0 3,597.3 3,350.5 246.8 66.8 6.9 62.2
2016 5,476.7 3,600.1 3,362.8 237.3 65.7 6.6 61.4
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2015 1,081.1 754.6 721.0 33.6 69.8 4.5 66.7
2016 1,097.0 733.4 699.2 34.2 66.9 4.7 63.7
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2015 1,201.7 768.6 722.6 46.0 64.0 6.0 60.1
2016 1,215.0 779.3 734.9 44.4 64.1 5.7 60.5
London [3560]  
2015 554.8 355.9 334.2 21.8 64.1 6.1 60.2
2016 560.1 344.7 325.7 19.0 61.5 5.5 58.2
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2015 524.5 309.6 285.2 24.4 59.0 7.9 54.4
2016 526.3 320.6 302.4 18.2 60.9 5.7 57.5
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2015 245.9 141.9 133.5 8.4 57.7 5.9 54.3
2016 246.3 158.2 153.5 4.7 64.2 3.0 62.3
Northeast [3590]  
2015 456.7 268.0 248.4 19.6 58.7 7.3 54.4
2016 456.2 265.6 248.8 16.8 58.2 6.3 54.5
Northwest [3595]  
2015 171.3 103.3 97.9 5.4 60.3 5.2 57.2
2016 172.0 106.3 99.7 6.6 61.8 6.2 58.0
Manitoba  
2015 990.6 674.9 640.5 34.3 68.1 5.1 64.7
2016 1,002.9 673.9 634.9 39.0 67.2 5.8 63.3
Southeast [4610]  
2015 89.7 60.8 58.1 2.7 67.8 4.4 64.8
2016 91.5 62.3 60.1 2.2 68.1 3.5 65.7
South Central and North Central [4620, 4640]  
2015 84.8 56.4 54.0 2.4 66.5 4.3 63.7
2016 85.7 55.1 53.0 2.2 64.3 4.0 61.8
Southwest [4630]  
2015 88.1 61.5 58.8 2.7 69.8 4.4 66.7
2016 88.7 57.6 54.8 2.8 64.9 4.9 61.8
Winnipeg [4650]  
2015 597.0 408.1 385.1 23.0 68.4 5.6 64.5
2016 605.9 411.5 383.7 27.8 67.9 6.8 63.3
Interlake [4660]  
2015 75.1 50.1 48.2 1.9 66.7 3.8 64.2
2016 75.6 49.6 47.1 2.5 65.6 5.0 62.3
Parklands and Northern [4670, 4680]  
2015 55.8 38.1 36.4 1.7 68.3 4.5 65.2
2016 55.4 37.8 36.3 1.5 68.2 4.0 65.5
Saskatchewan  
2015 864.0 608.0 579.1 28.9 70.4 4.8 67.0
2016 871.4 607.3 570.1 37.2 69.7 6.1 65.4
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2015 264.2 193.0 186.0 7.0 73.1 3.6 70.4
2016 267.1 192.3 183.1 9.3 72.0 4.8 68.6
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2015 82.5 54.1 52.5 1.6 65.6 3.0 63.6
2016 81.9 55.4 53.5 1.9 67.6 3.4 65.3
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2015 296.9 212.8 201.9 10.9 71.7 5.1 68.0
2016 301.5 212.2 198.0 14.2 70.4 6.7 65.7
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2015 62.3 40.6 38.6 2.0 65.2 4.9 62.0
2016 61.6 40.0 37.6 2.5 64.9 6.3 61.0
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2015 158.1 107.4 100.0 7.5 67.9 7.0 63.3
2016 159.3 107.4 98.0 9.4 67.4 8.8 61.5
Alberta  
2015 3,373.4 2,457.5 2,306.7 150.8 72.8 6.1 68.4
2016 3,407.9 2,467.7 2,274.2 193.6 72.4 7.8 66.7
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2015 230.5 157.8 148.9 8.8 68.5 5.6 64.6
2016 230.1 159.5 149.8 9.7 69.3 6.1 65.1
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2015 162.0 109.5 105.1 4.4 67.6 4.0 64.9
2016 161.1 113.2 105.2 8.0 70.3 7.1 65.3
Calgary [4830]  
2015 1,276.1 929.1 867.3 61.8 72.8 6.7 68.0
2016 1,295.4 963.6 868.5 95.0 74.4 9.9 67.0
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4840, 4870]  
2015 277.5 200.9 188.3 12.6 72.4 6.3 67.9
2016 276.7 194.6 184.0 10.6 70.3 5.4 66.5
Red Deer [4850]  
2015 171.2 120.9 114.2 6.7 70.6 5.5 66.7
2016 172.7 124.2 114.8 9.4 71.9 7.6 66.5
Edmonton [4860]  
2015 1,138.1 846.7 797.8 48.9 74.4 5.8 70.1
2016 1,153.5 822.4 769.5 52.9 71.3 6.4 66.7
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2015 118.0 92.6 85.1 7.5 78.5 8.1 72.1
2016 118.5 90.2 82.2 8.0 76.1 8.9 69.4
British Columbia  
2015 3,894.9 2,497.0 2,346.2 150.8 64.1 6.0 60.2
2016 3,947.1 2,546.5 2,400.6 145.9 64.5 5.7 60.8
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2015 657.0 387.1 362.8 24.3 58.9 6.3 55.2
2016 664.3 399.0 378.1 20.9 60.1 5.2 56.9
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2015 2,433.3 1,597.6 1,504.5 93.1 65.7 5.8 61.8
2016 2,470.4 1,626.6 1,542.4 84.2 65.8 5.2 62.4
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2015 432.6 266.7 249.4 17.2 61.7 6.4 57.7
2016 438.2 272.7 252.4 20.3 62.2 7.4 57.6
Kootenay [5940]  
2015 122.1 73.1 69.0 4.2 59.9 5.7 56.5
2016 122.6 75.0 68.3 6.7 61.2 8.9 55.7
Cariboo [5950]  
2015 127.5 86.2 80.2 6.1 67.6 7.1 62.9
2016 128.0 86.1 79.9 6.2 67.3 7.2 62.4
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2015 66.5 43.6 40.6 3.0 65.6 6.9 61.1
2016 67.1 44.6 41.3 3.3 66.5 7.4 61.5
Northeast [5980]  
2015 56.0 42.8 39.8 3.0 76.4 7.0 71.1
2016 56.4 42.5 38.2 4.3 75.4 10.1 67.7
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. As a result of the wildfire affecting northern Alberta, LFS data for the census agglomeration of Wood Buffalo were not collected from May to July 2016. Data collection resumed in August 2016. Estimates for the economic region of Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake are not available for June, July, August, and September 2016.
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