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Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,^{Table 6-1 Note 1} unadjusted for seasonality, three-month moving average ending in February 2017 and February 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region Population, Labour force, Employment, Unemployment, Participation rate, Unemployment rate and Employment rate, calculated using in thousands and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	in thousands				percent
	Population	Labour force^{Table 6-1 Note 2}	Employment	Unemployment	Participation rate	Unemployment rate	Employment rate
Canada
2017	29,741.4	19,354.9	18,027.3	1,327.6	65.1	6.9	60.6
2018	30,091.7	19,505.6	18,355.1	1,150.5	64.8	5.9	61.0
Newfoundland and Labrador
2017	445.2	259.4	217.3	42.1	58.3	16.2	48.8
2018	444.9	256.6	215.3	41.2	57.7	16.1	48.4
Avalon Peninsula [1010]
2017	236.4	151.1	132.9	18.2	63.9	12.0	56.2
2018	237.8	144.1	125.2	19.0	60.6	13.2	52.6
South Coast-Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1020, 1040]
2017	121.8	60.2	45.7	14.4	49.4	23.9	37.5
2018	120.9	64.6	49.9	14.6	53.4	22.6	41.3
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]
2017	86.9	48.2	38.7	9.5	55.5	19.7	44.5
2018	86.2	47.9	40.2	7.6	55.6	15.9	46.6
Prince Edward Island
2017	122.6	78.4	69.3	9.2	63.9	11.7	56.5
2018	124.5	81.2	71.6	9.6	65.2	11.8	57.5
Nova Scotia
2017	790.3	478.4	437.7	40.7	60.5	8.5	55.4
2018	795.7	485.0	444.5	40.6	61.0	8.4	55.9
Cape Breton [1210]
2017	105.4	54.8	46.3	8.5	52.0	15.5	43.9
2018	104.9	54.8	46.5	8.3	52.2	15.1	44.3
North Shore [1220]
2017	127.9	75.9	69.4	6.5	59.3	8.6	54.3
2018	127.6	73.2	66.6	6.6	57.4	9.0	52.2
Annapolis Valley [1230]
2017	102.7	57.6	52.9	4.7	56.1	8.2	51.5
2018	103.1	62.0	56.4	5.6	60.1	9.0	54.7
Southern [1240]
2017	97.6	52.5	46.8	5.7	53.8	10.9	48.0
2018	97.5	51.4	47.1	4.3	52.7	8.4	48.3
Halifax [1250]
2017	356.7	237.6	222.3	15.3	66.6	6.4	62.3
2018	362.6	243.7	227.9	15.8	67.2	6.5	62.9
New Brunswick
2017	624.0	378.2	342.2	36.0	60.6	9.5	54.8
2018	625.9	377.4	343.8	33.5	60.3	8.9	54.9
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]
2017	128.0	67.1	56.2	11.0	52.4	16.4	43.9
2018	127.6	66.9	57.4	9.5	52.4	14.2	45.0
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]
2017	179.4	110.9	100.4	10.5	61.8	9.5	56.0
2018	180.8	116.9	108.4	8.5	64.7	7.3	60.0
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]
2017	141.8	91.3	84.1	7.1	64.4	7.8	59.3
2018	142.0	83.9	77.7	6.2	59.1	7.4	54.7
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]
2017	111.5	71.6	67.0	4.5	64.2	6.3	60.1
2018	112.5	70.7	64.4	6.3	62.8	8.9	57.2
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]
2017	63.3	37.5	34.5	2.9	59.2	7.7	54.5
2018	63.0	39.0	36.0	3.0	61.9	7.7	57.1
Quebec
2017	6,909.3	4,429.4	4,126.3	303.1	64.1	6.8	59.7
2018	6,957.3	4,458.1	4,205.3	252.8	64.1	5.7	60.4
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]
2017	76.9	41.3	35.4	6.0	53.7	14.5	46.0
2018	76.5	39.1	33.5	5.6	51.1	14.3	43.8
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]
2017	168.7	91.7	82.3	9.4	54.4	10.3	48.8
2018	168.3	91.0	85.9	5.1	54.1	5.6	51.0
Capitale-Nationale [2420]
2017	623.8	428.9	406.3	22.6	68.8	5.3	65.1
2018	626.8	424.9	408.6	16.3	67.8	3.8	65.2
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]
2017	350.2	220.6	209.2	11.4	63.0	5.2	59.7
2018	351.9	227.9	221.2	6.8	64.8	3.0	62.9
Estrie [2430]
2017	271.7	160.5	152.0	8.5	59.1	5.3	55.9
2018	273.4	159.7	150.9	8.7	58.4	5.4	55.2
Centre-du-Québec [2433]
2017	201.4	128.3	119.0	9.3	63.7	7.2	59.1
2018	202.6	117.7	111.9	5.8	58.1	4.9	55.2
Montérégie [2435]
2017	1,264.0	821.2	773.6	47.6	65.0	5.8	61.2
2018	1,273.8	853.9	813.9	40.0	67.0	4.7	63.9
Montréal [2440]
2017	1,689.0	1,109.8	1,019.8	90.0	65.7	8.1	60.4
2018	1,705.9	1,114.1	1,035.0	79.1	65.3	7.1	60.7
Laval [2445]
2017	356.7	230.1	210.3	19.7	64.5	8.6	59.0
2018	360.4	249.3	233.6	15.7	69.2	6.3	64.8
Lanaudière [2450]
2017	416.2	258.3	239.6	18.7	62.1	7.2	57.6
2018	419.4	278.6	260.6	18.0	66.4	6.5	62.1
Laurentides [2455]
2017	501.1	332.5	316.0	16.5	66.4	5.0	63.1
2018	507.6	303.9	284.7	19.1	59.9	6.3	56.1
Outaouais [2460]
2017	321.3	208.9	196.5	12.4	65.0	5.9	61.2
2018	323.6	210.7	200.6	10.1	65.1	4.8	62.0
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]
2017	120.5	79.1	74.0	5.1	65.6	6.4	61.4
2018	120.3	79.1	75.4	3.7	65.8	4.7	62.7
Mauricie [2470]
2017	225.2	122.2	112.7	9.5	54.3	7.8	50.0
2018	225.5	114.3	106.3	8.0	50.7	7.0	47.1
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]
2017	231.1	137.6	125.4	12.1	59.5	8.8	54.3
2018	230.7	135.3	127.8	7.5	58.6	5.5	55.4
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]
2017	91.5	58.3	54.1	4.3	63.7	7.4	59.1
2018	90.8	58.6	55.3	3.3	64.5	5.6	60.9
Ontario
2017	11,603.7	7,456.9	6,996.0	460.9	64.3	6.2	60.3
2018	11,791.8	7,530.5	7,125.8	404.6	63.9	5.4	60.4
Ottawa [3510]
2017	1,114.8	739.4	702.2	37.2	66.3	5.0	63.0
2018	1,131.6	740.1	701.8	38.3	65.4	5.2	62.0
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]
2017	379.2	230.1	219.8	10.3	60.7	4.5	58.0
2018	382.0	210.2	201.8	8.5	55.0	4.0	52.8
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]
2017	329.3	196.8	185.8	11.0	59.8	5.6	56.4
2018	332.3	184.5	173.2	11.3	55.5	6.1	52.1
Toronto [3530]
2017	5,499.3	3,605.0	3,361.3	243.6	65.6	6.8	61.1
2018	5,615.2	3,696.7	3,495.4	201.3	65.8	5.4	62.2
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]
2017	1,100.8	737.8	696.5	41.3	67.0	5.6	63.3
2018	1,121.0	729.4	692.6	36.8	65.1	5.0	61.8
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]
2017	1,218.1	771.7	726.2	45.5	63.4	5.9	59.6
2018	1,235.2	790.3	748.2	42.1	64.0	5.3	60.6
London [3560]
2017	561.2	345.1	327.9	17.1	61.5	5.0	58.4
2018	569.1	344.1	322.8	21.3	60.5	6.2	56.7
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]
2017	526.6	310.8	291.7	19.1	59.0	6.1	55.4
2018	530.7	313.6	298.5	15.1	59.1	4.8	56.2
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]
2017	246.3	158.8	148.7	10.0	64.5	6.3	60.4
2018	247.4	162.5	155.1	7.3	65.7	4.5	62.7
Northeast [3590]
2017	455.8	255.7	236.5	19.2	56.1	7.5	51.9
2018	455.3	253.3	236.4	16.9	55.6	6.7	51.9
Northwest [3595]
2017	172.3	105.8	99.3	6.5	61.4	6.1	57.6
2018	171.9	105.9	100.1	5.8	61.6	5.5	58.2
Manitoba
2017	1,006.0	669.1	628.9	40.2	66.5	6.0	62.5
2018	1,019.6	675.0	635.7	39.3	66.2	5.8	62.3
Southeast [4610]
2017	92.0	62.5	59.4	3.1	67.9	5.0	64.6
2018	93.8	63.0	59.5	3.5	67.2	5.6	63.4
South Central and North Central [4620, 4640]
2017	85.9	55.0	53.4	1.7	64.0	3.1	62.2
2018	86.9	57.5	55.5	2.0	66.2	3.5	63.9
Southwest [4630]
2017	88.8	55.3	52.4	2.9	62.3	5.2	59.0
2018	89.7	57.4	54.8	2.6	64.0	4.5	61.1
Winnipeg [4650]
2017	608.1	409.5	381.6	27.9	67.3	6.8	62.8
2018	618.7	412.9	385.8	27.2	66.7	6.6	62.4
Interlake [4660]
2017	75.7	49.0	46.3	2.7	64.7	5.5	61.2
2018	76.1	46.7	44.6	2.1	61.4	4.5	58.6
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]
2017	55.5	37.7	35.8	1.9	67.9	5.0	64.5
2018	54.5	37.4	35.5	1.9	68.6	5.1	65.1
Saskatchewan
2017	872.9	601.4	561.7	39.7	68.9	6.6	64.3
2018	880.8	595.5	559.4	36.1	67.6	6.1	63.5
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]
2017	267.8	193.0	182.7	10.3	72.1	5.3	68.2
2018	270.9	192.3	182.1	10.3	71.0	5.4	67.2
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]
2017	81.8	54.4	52.7	1.8	66.5	3.3	64.4
2018	81.3	52.3	50.0	2.2	64.3	4.2	61.5
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]
2017	302.5	208.0	193.2	14.8	68.8	7.1	63.9
2018	308.4	207.4	193.5	13.9	67.3	6.7	62.7
Yorkton-Melville [4740]
2017	61.4	40.5	37.9	2.6	66.0	6.4	61.7
2018	60.6	37.8	34.8	3.0	62.4	7.9	57.4
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]
2017	159.4	105.5	95.3	10.2	66.2	9.7	59.8
2018	159.6	105.6	99.0	6.7	66.2	6.3	62.0
Alberta
2017	3,411.7	2,460.1	2,248.8	211.3	72.1	8.6	65.9
2018	3,447.2	2,464.9	2,297.4	167.5	71.5	6.8	66.6
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]
2017	229.6	155.2	144.9	10.3	67.6	6.6	63.1
2018	229.9	153.5	143.0	10.6	66.8	6.9	62.2
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]
2017	160.6	108.3	97.8	10.5	67.4	9.7	60.9
2018	159.4	106.1	101.8	4.3	66.6	4.1	63.9
Calgary [4830]
2017	1,298.5	956.8	870.1	86.7	73.7	9.1	67.0
2018	1,318.7	968.5	894.1	74.4	73.4	7.7	67.8
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4840, 4870]
2017	276.0	195.9	180.9	15.0	71.0	7.7	65.5
2018	275.1	197.4	187.0	10.4	71.8	5.3	68.0
Red Deer [4850]
2017	172.7	122.2	111.2	11.0	70.8	9.0	64.4
2018	173.6	122.3	115.5	6.7	70.4	5.5	66.5
Edmonton [4860]
2017	1,156.0	832.4	762.8	69.6	72.0	8.4	66.0
2018	1,174.2	828.3	772.5	55.8	70.5	6.7	65.8
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]
2017	118.3	89.2	81.1	8.1	75.4	9.1	68.6
2018	116.2	88.8	83.4	5.3	76.4	6.0	71.8
British Columbia
2017	3,956.0	2,543.5	2,399.1	144.4	64.3	5.7	60.6
2018	4,004.0	2,581.5	2,456.2	125.3	64.5	4.9	61.3
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]
2017	665.3	402.1	379.0	23.1	60.4	5.7	57.0
2018	672.6	404.1	380.6	23.5	60.1	5.8	56.6
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]
2017	2,477.5	1,610.8	1,534.0	76.8	65.0	4.8	61.9
2018	2,512.9	1,670.2	1,604.1	66.2	66.5	4.0	63.8
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]
2017	439.2	274.1	250.6	23.5	62.4	8.6	57.1
2018	444.2	264.5	244.6	19.9	59.5	7.5	55.1
Kootenay [5940]
2017	122.6	80.5	75.1	5.4	65.7	6.7	61.3
2018	123.1	70.2	65.4	4.7	57.0	6.7	53.1
Cariboo [5950]
2017	127.9	88.0	79.5	8.5	68.8	9.7	62.2
2018	127.9	85.9	79.7	6.3	67.2	7.3	62.3
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]
2017	67.1	43.4	40.2	3.2	64.7	7.4	59.9
2018	66.7	46.8	43.9	2.9	70.2	6.2	65.8
Northeast [5980]
2017	56.5	44.6	40.7	3.9	78.9	8.7	72.0
2018	56.4	39.8	38.0	1.8	70.6	4.5	67.4
Note 1 For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (71-543-G). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 The labour force is composed of those members of the civilian non-institutional population 15 years of age and over who, during the reference week, were employed or unemployed. Return to note 2 referrer Notes: 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.

Date modified:: 2018-03-09