Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in March 2023 and March 2024, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
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thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2023 | 32,137.4 | 20,895.0 | 19,774.8 | 1,120.2 | 65.0 | 5.4 | 61.5 |
2024 | 33,164.2 | 21,463.4 | 20,130.4 | 1,333.0 | 64.7 | 6.2 | 60.7 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2023 | 452.2 | 255.1 | 223.7 | 31.4 | 56.4 | 12.3 | 49.5 |
2024 | 459.4 | 264.3 | 232.8 | 31.5 | 57.5 | 11.9 | 50.7 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2023 | 242.8 | 144.7 | 133.0 | 11.7 | 59.6 | 8.1 | 54.8 |
2024 | 249.2 | 152.7 | 139.2 | 13.5 | 61.3 | 8.8 | 55.9 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2023 | 121.3 | 61.1 | 48.7 | 12.3 | 50.4 | 20.1 | 40.1 |
2024 | 121.5 | 61.8 | 49.8 | 11.9 | 50.9 | 19.3 | 41.0 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2023 | 88.0 | 49.3 | 41.9 | 7.3 | 56.0 | 14.8 | 47.6 |
2024 | 88.7 | 49.8 | 43.7 | 6.1 | 56.1 | 12.2 | 49.3 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2023 | 142.1 | 89.2 | 81.2 | 7.9 | 62.8 | 8.9 | 57.1 |
2024 | 148.3 | 95.9 | 87.0 | 8.9 | 64.7 | 9.3 | 58.7 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2023 | 853.6 | 517.3 | 486.1 | 31.3 | 60.6 | 6.1 | 56.9 |
2024 | 880.4 | 543.0 | 505.6 | 37.4 | 61.7 | 6.9 | 57.4 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2023 | 110.9 | 54.6 | 48.8 | 5.8 | 49.2 | 10.6 | 44.0 |
2024 | 113.8 | 57.1 | 50.1 | 7.0 | 50.2 | 12.3 | 44.0 |
North Shore | |||||||
2023 | 130.0 | 70.3 | 65.4 | 4.9 | 54.1 | 7.0 | 50.3 |
2024 | 131.5 | 71.7 | 66.1 | 5.6 | 54.5 | 7.8 | 50.3 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2023 | 109.7 | 66.3 | 62.8 | 3.5 | 60.4 | 5.3 | 57.2 |
2024 | 112.0 | 68.1 | 64.4 | 3.7 | 60.8 | 5.4 | 57.5 |
Southern | |||||||
2023 | 100.0 | 54.6 | 50.5 | 4.1 | 54.6 | 7.5 | 50.5 |
2024 | 100.9 | 55.1 | 50.1 | 4.9 | 54.6 | 8.9 | 49.7 |
Halifax | |||||||
2023 | 402.9 | 271.6 | 258.6 | 13.0 | 67.4 | 4.8 | 64.2 |
2024 | 422.2 | 291.0 | 274.9 | 16.1 | 68.9 | 5.5 | 65.1 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2023 | 675.6 | 399.8 | 370.6 | 29.2 | 59.2 | 7.3 | 54.9 |
2024 | 696.6 | 415.1 | 380.1 | 35.0 | 59.6 | 8.4 | 54.6 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2023 | 133.0 | 69.2 | 60.8 | 8.4 | 52.0 | 12.1 | 45.7 |
2024 | 134.6 | 66.4 | 54.6 | 11.8 | 49.3 | 17.8 | 40.6 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2023 | 200.1 | 125.9 | 116.0 | 9.9 | 62.9 | 7.9 | 58.0 |
2024 | 209.0 | 132.6 | 124.3 | 8.3 | 63.4 | 6.3 | 59.5 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2023 | 151.9 | 89.6 | 84.2 | 5.4 | 59.0 | 6.0 | 55.4 |
2024 | 156.1 | 97.8 | 91.3 | 6.5 | 62.7 | 6.6 | 58.5 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2023 | 124.7 | 77.4 | 74.2 | 3.2 | 62.1 | 4.1 | 59.5 |
2024 | 129.8 | 80.1 | 75.2 | 4.9 | 61.7 | 6.1 | 57.9 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2023 | 65.9 | 37.7 | 35.4 | 2.2 | 57.2 | 5.8 | 53.7 |
2024 | 67.1 | 38.1 | 34.7 | 3.4 | 56.8 | 8.9 | 51.7 |
Quebec | |||||||
2023 | 7,212.5 | 4,643.5 | 4,425.9 | 217.6 | 64.4 | 4.7 | 61.4 |
2024 | 7,356.0 | 4,702.8 | 4,452.6 | 250.2 | 63.9 | 5.3 | 60.5 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2023 | 76.5 | 38.6 | 35.1 | 3.5 | 50.5 | 9.1 | 45.9 |
2024 | 76.7 | 35.6 | 31.4 | 4.3 | 46.4 | 12.1 | 40.9 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2023 | 165.9 | 91.7 | 86.3 | 5.4 | 55.3 | 5.9 | 52.0 |
2024 | 166.4 | 95.5 | 90.4 | 5.1 | 57.4 | 5.3 | 54.3 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2023 | 632.4 | 412.1 | 398.4 | 13.7 | 65.2 | 3.3 | 63.0 |
2024 | 640.9 | 425.1 | 406.7 | 18.4 | 66.3 | 4.3 | 63.5 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2023 | 361.1 | 221.7 | 216.3 | 5.4 | 61.4 | 2.4 | 59.9 |
2024 | 364.2 | 237.4 | 228.4 | 8.9 | 65.2 | 3.7 | 62.7 |
Estrie | |||||||
2023 | 283.9 | 170.0 | 160.9 | 9.1 | 59.9 | 5.4 | 56.7 |
2024 | 288.9 | 172.9 | 163.2 | 9.7 | 59.8 | 5.6 | 56.5 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2023 | 210.9 | 134.2 | 130.1 | 4.1 | 63.6 | 3.1 | 61.7 |
2024 | 213.2 | 136.9 | 132.4 | 4.5 | 64.2 | 3.3 | 62.1 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2023 | 1,343.9 | 880.1 | 841.2 | 39.0 | 65.5 | 4.4 | 62.6 |
2024 | 1,364.1 | 901.4 | 862.2 | 39.2 | 66.1 | 4.3 | 63.2 |
Montréal | |||||||
2023 | 1,790.5 | 1,209.4 | 1,136.5 | 72.9 | 67.5 | 6.0 | 63.5 |
2024 | 1,866.8 | 1,189.4 | 1,098.1 | 91.3 | 63.7 | 7.7 | 58.8 |
Laval | |||||||
2023 | 372.5 | 245.5 | 232.6 | 12.9 | 65.9 | 5.3 | 62.4 |
2024 | 377.7 | 249.4 | 235.7 | 13.7 | 66.0 | 5.5 | 62.4 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2023 | 435.1 | 290.8 | 272.7 | 18.1 | 66.8 | 6.2 | 62.7 |
2024 | 440.2 | 288.3 | 276.0 | 12.3 | 65.5 | 4.3 | 62.7 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2023 | 540.6 | 354.9 | 346.4 | 8.5 | 65.6 | 2.4 | 64.1 |
2024 | 549.6 | 365.5 | 349.4 | 16.1 | 66.5 | 4.4 | 63.6 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2023 | 336.1 | 214.0 | 203.9 | 10.2 | 63.7 | 4.8 | 60.7 |
2024 | 341.0 | 228.9 | 218.4 | 10.6 | 67.1 | 4.6 | 64.0 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2023 | 118.7 | 73.2 | 70.9 | 2.3 | 61.7 | 3.1 | 59.7 |
2024 | 118.9 | 76.5 | 75.0 | 1.5 | 64.3 | 2.0 | 63.1 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2023 | 228.7 | 124.4 | 118.0 | 6.4 | 54.4 | 5.1 | 51.6 |
2024 | 230.5 | 125.7 | 118.8 | 6.8 | 54.5 | 5.4 | 51.5 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2023 | 229.4 | 131.6 | 126.9 | 4.7 | 57.4 | 3.6 | 55.3 |
2024 | 230.8 | 126.1 | 121.2 | 4.9 | 54.6 | 3.9 | 52.5 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2023 | 86.4 | 51.1 | 49.8 | x | 59.1 | x | 57.6 |
2024 | 86.0 | 48.2 | 45.2 | 3.0 | 56.0 | 6.2 | 52.6 |
Ontario | |||||||
2023 | 12,656.4 | 8,218.0 | 7,781.3 | 436.7 | 64.9 | 5.3 | 61.5 |
2024 | 13,100.8 | 8,429.0 | 7,870.9 | 558.0 | 64.3 | 6.6 | 60.1 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2023 | 1,234.6 | 811.7 | 778.5 | 33.3 | 65.7 | 4.1 | 63.1 |
2024 | 1,272.7 | 849.4 | 805.7 | 43.7 | 66.7 | 5.1 | 63.3 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2023 | 404.9 | 241.8 | 229.4 | 12.3 | 59.7 | 5.1 | 56.7 |
2024 | 414.1 | 227.3 | 215.6 | 11.7 | 54.9 | 5.1 | 52.1 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2023 | 355.8 | 192.7 | 182.5 | 10.1 | 54.2 | 5.2 | 51.3 |
2024 | 362.9 | 192.5 | 183.4 | 9.1 | 53.0 | 4.7 | 50.5 |
Toronto | |||||||
2023 | 5,992.9 | 3,978.2 | 3,760.7 | 217.6 | 66.4 | 5.5 | 62.8 |
2024 | 6,249.9 | 4,109.6 | 3,808.1 | 301.5 | 65.8 | 7.3 | 60.9 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2023 | 1,256.4 | 872.1 | 827.9 | 44.2 | 69.4 | 5.1 | 65.9 |
2024 | 1,300.8 | 895.7 | 841.6 | 54.1 | 68.9 | 6.0 | 64.7 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2023 | 1,304.9 | 817.4 | 771.6 | 45.8 | 62.6 | 5.6 | 59.1 |
2024 | 1,340.6 | 837.6 | 779.5 | 58.0 | 62.5 | 6.9 | 58.1 |
London | |||||||
2023 | 629.0 | 404.7 | 383.7 | 21.0 | 64.3 | 5.2 | 61.0 |
2024 | 651.8 | 424.7 | 399.4 | 25.3 | 65.2 | 6.0 | 61.3 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2023 | 569.4 | 357.8 | 335.9 | 21.8 | 62.8 | 6.1 | 59.0 |
2024 | 587.9 | 358.8 | 333.3 | 25.5 | 61.0 | 7.1 | 56.7 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2023 | 270.7 | 163.7 | 154.0 | 9.7 | 60.5 | 5.9 | 56.9 |
2024 | 275.2 | 165.0 | 158.2 | 6.8 | 60.0 | 4.1 | 57.5 |
Northeast | |||||||
2023 | 463.0 | 269.0 | 253.4 | 15.6 | 58.1 | 5.8 | 54.7 |
2024 | 467.9 | 263.8 | 246.4 | 17.4 | 56.4 | 6.6 | 52.7 |
Northwest | |||||||
2023 | 174.8 | 108.9 | 103.7 | 5.2 | 62.3 | 4.8 | 59.3 |
2024 | 177.0 | 104.7 | 99.7 | 4.9 | 59.2 | 4.7 | 56.3 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2023 | 1,075.9 | 714.5 | 681.8 | 32.7 | 66.4 | 4.6 | 63.4 |
2024 | 1,111.2 | 733.1 | 699.3 | 33.8 | 66.0 | 4.6 | 62.9 |
Southeast | |||||||
2023 | 102.4 | 69.2 | 66.5 | 2.6 | 67.6 | 3.8 | 64.9 |
2024 | 105.1 | 74.0 | 70.3 | 3.7 | 70.4 | 5.0 | 66.9 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2023 | 93.5 | 62.9 | 61.1 | 1.8 | 67.3 | 2.9 | 65.3 |
2024 | 95.7 | 64.8 | 61.8 | 3.0 | 67.7 | 4.6 | 64.6 |
Southwest | |||||||
2023 | 91.7 | 57.8 | 55.6 | 2.2 | 63.0 | 3.8 | 60.6 |
2024 | 93.7 | 58.0 | 55.2 | 2.8 | 61.9 | 4.8 | 58.9 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2023 | 655.3 | 443.8 | 421.0 | 22.8 | 67.7 | 5.1 | 64.2 |
2024 | 682.8 | 455.9 | 435.3 | 20.6 | 66.8 | 4.5 | 63.8 |
Interlake | |||||||
2023 | 78.0 | 46.7 | 44.7 | 2.0 | 59.9 | 4.3 | 57.3 |
2024 | 79.3 | 47.2 | 45.2 | 2.0 | 59.5 | 4.2 | 57.0 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2023 | 55.0 | 34.1 | 32.8 | 1.3 | 62.0 | 3.8 | 59.6 |
2024 | 54.6 | 33.1 | 31.5 | 1.6 | 60.6 | 4.8 | 57.7 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2023 | 914.0 | 608.4 | 579.0 | 29.4 | 66.6 | 4.8 | 63.3 |
2024 | 940.8 | 625.6 | 591.7 | 33.9 | 66.5 | 5.4 | 62.9 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2023 | 284.9 | 189.5 | 179.9 | 9.6 | 66.5 | 5.1 | 63.1 |
2024 | 295.4 | 198.0 | 186.2 | 11.8 | 67.0 | 6.0 | 63.0 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2023 | 83.5 | 55.8 | 53.7 | 2.1 | 66.8 | 3.8 | 64.3 |
2024 | 84.8 | 53.2 | 50.7 | 2.5 | 62.7 | 4.7 | 59.8 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2023 | 325.2 | 220.9 | 210.8 | 10.1 | 67.9 | 4.6 | 64.8 |
2024 | 337.9 | 235.7 | 223.9 | 11.8 | 69.8 | 5.0 | 66.3 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2023 | 61.7 | 38.0 | 35.5 | 2.5 | 61.6 | 6.6 | 57.5 |
2024 | 62.2 | 38.4 | 36.0 | 2.4 | 61.7 | 6.3 | 57.9 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2023 | 158.7 | 104.3 | 99.0 | 5.2 | 65.7 | 5.0 | 62.4 |
2024 | 160.5 | 100.3 | 94.9 | 5.4 | 62.5 | 5.4 | 59.1 |
Alberta | |||||||
2023 | 3,690.2 | 2,564.4 | 2,402.0 | 162.4 | 69.5 | 6.3 | 65.1 |
2024 | 3,864.6 | 2,673.8 | 2,494.1 | 179.7 | 69.2 | 6.7 | 64.5 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2023 | 246.3 | 156.3 | 148.3 | 7.9 | 63.5 | 5.1 | 60.2 |
2024 | 255.5 | 172.7 | 160.1 | 12.6 | 67.6 | 7.3 | 62.7 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2023 | 164.5 | 113.3 | 107.2 | 6.1 | 68.9 | 5.4 | 65.2 |
2024 | 168.6 | 107.0 | 101.8 | 5.3 | 63.5 | 5.0 | 60.4 |
Calgary | |||||||
2023 | 1,417.4 | 985.0 | 916.3 | 68.7 | 69.5 | 7.0 | 64.6 |
2024 | 1,489.9 | 1,044.4 | 971.2 | 73.2 | 70.1 | 7.0 | 65.2 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2023 | 281.9 | 198.8 | 188.2 | 10.5 | 70.5 | 5.3 | 66.8 |
2024 | 291.0 | 215.0 | 204.1 | 10.9 | 73.9 | 5.1 | 70.1 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2023 | 182.6 | 120.2 | 111.0 | 9.2 | 65.8 | 7.7 | 60.8 |
2024 | 189.2 | 127.2 | 118.3 | 8.9 | 67.2 | 7.0 | 62.5 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2023 | 1,290.7 | 910.9 | 854.5 | 56.4 | 70.6 | 6.2 | 66.2 |
2024 | 1,360.3 | 927.4 | 863.1 | 64.4 | 68.2 | 6.9 | 63.4 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2023 | 106.8 | 80.0 | 76.4 | 3.5 | 74.9 | 4.4 | 71.5 |
2024 | 110.1 | 80.1 | 75.7 | 4.4 | 72.8 | 5.5 | 68.8 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2023 | 4,465.0 | 2,884.8 | 2,743.2 | 141.6 | 64.6 | 4.9 | 61.4 |
2024 | 4,606.2 | 2,980.9 | 2,816.2 | 164.7 | 64.7 | 5.5 | 61.1 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2023 | 770.2 | 452.3 | 436.1 | 16.1 | 58.7 | 3.6 | 56.6 |
2024 | 789.8 | 478.4 | 456.5 | 21.8 | 60.6 | 4.6 | 57.8 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2023 | 2,762.9 | 1,863.2 | 1,766.1 | 97.0 | 67.4 | 5.2 | 63.9 |
2024 | 2,865.0 | 1,922.8 | 1,818.8 | 104.0 | 67.1 | 5.4 | 63.5 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2023 | 521.3 | 313.9 | 299.2 | 14.7 | 60.2 | 4.7 | 57.4 |
2024 | 534.5 | 306.5 | 285.9 | 20.5 | 57.3 | 6.7 | 53.5 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2023 | 141.5 | 85.0 | 82.3 | 2.7 | 60.1 | 3.2 | 58.2 |
2024 | 143.9 | 91.2 | 84.9 | 6.4 | 63.4 | 7.0 | 59.0 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2023 | 143.8 | 87.4 | 81.3 | 6.2 | 60.8 | 7.1 | 56.5 |
2024 | 146.5 | 92.4 | 86.3 | 6.0 | 63.1 | 6.5 | 58.9 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2023 | 69.6 | 47.3 | 44.3 | 3.0 | 68.0 | 6.3 | 63.6 |
2024 | 69.9 | 49.1 | 45.9 | 3.2 | 70.2 | 6.5 | 65.7 |
Northeast | |||||||
2023 | 55.7 | 35.8 | 33.9 | 1.9 | 64.3 | 5.3 | 60.9 |
2024 | 56.5 | 40.7 | 37.9 | 2.8 | 72.0 | 6.9 | 67.1 |
x
suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0387-02.
Table note 1
For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G).
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