Labour Force Information: Tables

Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region¹, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in February 2006 and February 2007

	Population	Labour force			Participation rate	Unemployment rate	Employment rate
		Labour force	Employment	Unemployment
	in thousands
Canada ²
2006	26,017.1	17,222.5	16,072.9	1,149.6	66.2	6.7	61.8
2007	26,388.3	17,566.6	16,459.6	1,107.0	66.6	6.3	62.4
Newfoundland and Labrador
2006	429.1	240.2	199.1	41.1	56.0	17.1	46.4
2007	426.1	243.5	204.5	39.0	57.1	16.0	48.0
Avalon Peninsula [1010]
2006	209.7	127.1	111.0	16.1	60.6	12.7	52.9
2007	210.1	126.5	111.6	14.9	60.2	11.8	53.1
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]
2006	34.1	16.0	12.1	3.9	46.9	24.4	35.5
2007	33.3	17.0	12.7	4.3	51.1	25.3	38.1
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]
2006	88.9	49.1	39.9	9.2	55.2	18.7	44.9
2007	87.9	51.6	41.3	10.3	58.7	20.0	47.0
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1040]
2006	96.4	47.9	36.1	11.8	49.7	24.6	37.4
2007	94.8	48.4	38.9	9.5	51.1	19.6	41.0
Prince Edward Island
2006	112.0	74.1	64.2	10.0	66.2	13.5	57.3
2007	112.8	75.3	65.2	10.2	66.8	13.5	57.8
Nova Scotia
2006	762.2	471.0	429.5	41.5	61.8	8.8	56.4
2007	763.5	475.1	436.8	38.3	62.2	8.1	57.2
Cape Breton [1210]
2006	117.2	61.7	52.7	9.1	52.6	14.7	45.0
2007	116.7	62.5	52.9	9.6	53.6	15.4	45.3
North Shore [1220]
2006	131.2	79.5	71.7	7.8	60.6	9.8	54.6
2007	130.9	77.3	68.5	8.8	59.1	11.4	52.3
Annapolis Valley [1230]
2006	99.6	61.8	55.7	6.1	62.0	9.9	55.9
2007	100.0	61.8	57.8	4.0	61.8	6.5	57.8
Southern [1240]
2006	103.8	58.5	51.7	6.8	56.4	11.6	49.8
2007	103.6	58.6	52.7	5.9	56.6	10.1	50.9
Halifax [1250]
2006	310.5	209.5	197.8	11.7	67.5	5.6	63.7
2007	312.4	214.8	204.8	10.0	68.8	4.7	65.6
New Brunswick
2006	611.4	382.7	345.1	37.6	62.6	9.8	56.4
2007	611.5	376.0	345.4	30.6	61.5	8.1	56.5
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]
2006	137.3	76.2	64.5	11.7	55.5	15.4	47.0
2007	135.9	75.9	65.9	10.0	55.8	13.2	48.5
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]
2006	160.9	103.5	93.4	10.1	64.3	9.8	58.0
2007	162.2	100.4	92.0	8.4	61.9	8.4	56.7
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]
2006	141.3	90.6	84.2	6.4	64.1	7.1	59.6
2007	141.5	85.8	81.0	4.8	60.6	5.6	57.2
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]
2006	103.5	67.6	62.1	5.4	65.3	8.0	60.0
2007	103.9	70.0	66.0	4.0	67.4	5.7	63.5
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]
2006	68.4	44.9	40.8	4.1	65.6	9.1	59.6
2007	68.0	43.9	40.5	3.4	64.6	7.7	59.6
Quebec
2006	6,220.9	4,035.0	3,674.9	360.1	64.9	8.9	59.1
2007	6,288.2	4,064.4	3,726.3	338.1	64.6	8.3	59.3
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]
2006	80.6	37.4	30.0	7.4	46.4	19.8	37.2
2007	80.9	39.5	31.3	8.3	48.8	21.0	38.7
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]
2006	167.0	96.6	86.5	10.1	57.8	10.5	51.8
2007	167.3	97.2	87.2	10.0	58.1	10.3	52.1
Capitale-Nationale [2420]
2006	557.5	357.9	334.1	23.8	64.2	6.6	59.9
2007	562.6	353.1	327.7	25.4	62.8	7.2	58.2
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]
2006	323.6	218.2	205.4	12.9	67.4	5.9	63.5
2007	326.5	223.0	205.6	17.4	68.3	7.8	63.0
Estrie [2430]
2006	245.4	153.9	140.8	13.1	62.7	8.5	57.4
2007	247.6	158.6	144.5	14.1	64.1	8.9	58.4
Centre-du-Québec [2433]
2006	183.0	125.5	115.0	10.6	68.6	8.4	62.8
2007	184.7	129.6	117.9	11.7	70.2	9.0	63.8
Montérégie [2435]
2006	1,104.0	747.7	688.3	59.4	67.7	7.9	62.3
2007	1,117.6	741.7	689.0	52.8	66.4	7.1	61.6
Montréal [2440]
2006	1,577.1	1,030.4	908.2	122.1	65.3	11.8	57.6
2007	1,590.8	1,020.0	929.8	90.2	64.1	8.8	58.4
Laval [2445]
2006	302.4	196.1	181.8	14.3	64.8	7.3	60.1
2007	307.0	204.5	187.9	16.6	66.6	8.1	61.2
Lanaudière [2450]
2006	340.2	220.5	206.3	14.1	64.8	6.4	60.6
2007	348.4	235.6	223.3	12.3	67.6	5.2	64.1
Laurentides [2455]
2006	411.8	267.7	243.2	24.5	65.0	9.2	59.1
2007	420.9	272.4	248.1	24.4	64.7	9.0	58.9
Outaouais [2460]
2006	283.0	199.4	187.7	11.7	70.5	5.9	66.3
2007	287.7	199.1	183.8	15.4	69.2	7.7	63.9
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]
2006	115.2	71.7	65.5	6.1	62.2	8.5	56.9
2007	115.5	76.4	69.2	7.2	66.1	9.4	59.9
Mauricie [2470]
2006	215.9	122.4	111.7	10.8	56.7	8.8	51.7
2007	217.0	124.8	112.9	11.9	57.5	9.5	52.0
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]
2006	224.5	134.6	120.5	14.1	60.0	10.5	53.7
2007	224.2	135.7	120.7	15.0	60.5	11.1	53.8
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]
2006	89.7	55.1	50.0	5.2	61.4	9.4	55.7
2007	89.5	53.1	47.5	5.6	59.3	10.5	53.1
Ontario
2006	10,164.8	6,787.3	6,368.4	418.8	66.8	6.2	62.7
2007	10,300.5	6,904.6	6,480.4	424.2	67.0	6.1	62.9
Ottawa [3510]
2006	975.4	678.3	642.3	35.9	69.5	5.3	65.8
2007	981.6	660.3	622.1	38.1	67.3	5.8	63.4
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]
2006	356.8	207.9	195.7	12.3	58.3	5.9	54.8
2007	358.4	213.6	201.7	11.9	59.6	5.6	56.3
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]
2006	304.6	185.6	173.6	12.0	60.9	6.5	57.0
2007	307.7	190.7	177.6	13.0	62.0	6.8	57.7
Toronto [3530]
2006	4,568.4	3,090.5	2,894.4	196.1	67.6	6.3	63.4
2007	4,655.9	3,179.7	2,985.0	194.7	68.3	6.1	64.1
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]
2006	940.8	670.0	638.2	31.8	71.2	4.7	67.8
2007	959.4	688.3	653.5	34.8	71.7	5.1	68.1
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]
2006	1,117.1	727.7	682.1	45.5	65.1	6.3	61.1
2007	1,128.2	724.9	677.6	47.3	64.3	6.5	60.1
London [3560]
2006	503.7	341.4	318.7	22.7	67.8	6.6	63.3
2007	508.5	352.8	334.2	18.5	69.4	5.2	65.7
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]
2006	521.6	346.2	318.6	27.6	66.4	8.0	61.1
2007	523.8	339.2	308.6	30.6	64.8	9.0	58.9
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]
2006	245.9	159.0	151.2	7.8	64.7	4.9	61.5
2007	247.1	159.5	153.5	6.0	64.5	3.8	62.1
Northeast [3590]
2006	453.0	270.6	251.5	19.1	59.7	7.1	55.5
2007	453.3	277.3	257.1	20.3	61.2	7.3	56.7
Northwest [3595]
2006	177.5	110.1	101.9	8.1	62.0	7.4	57.4
2007	176.6	118.3	109.5	8.8	67.0	7.4	62.0
Manitoba
2006	889.9	605.4	577.9	27.5	68.0	4.5	64.9
2007	894.3	610.7	582.6	28.1	68.3	4.6	65.1
Southeast [4610]
2006	74.0	53.5	50.8	2.7	72.3	5.0	68.6
2007	75.5	49.5	46.6	2.9	65.6	5.9	61.7
South Central [4620]
2006	42.2	26.5	25.9	0.6	62.8	2.3	61.4
2007	42.6	27.9	26.8	1.1	65.5	3.9	62.9
Southwest [4630]
2006	81.7	55.0	51.2	3.9	67.3	7.1	62.7
2007	81.8	56.1	54.0	2.0	68.6	3.6	66.0
North Central [4640]
2006	35.3	22.6	21.7	0.9	64.0	4.0	61.5
2007	35.6	22.0	21.3	0.7	61.8	3.2	59.8
Winnipeg [4650]
2006	527.8	360.2	343.8	16.4	68.2	4.6	65.1
2007	530.3	368.8	350.8	18.0	69.5	4.9	66.2
Interlake [4660]
2006	68.3	47.5	45.9	1.6	69.5	3.4	67.2
2007	69.1	45.7	44.2	1.5	66.1	3.3	64.0
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]
2006	60.6	40.1	38.5	1.5	66.2	3.7	63.5
2007	59.5	40.7	38.8	1.9	68.4	4.7	65.2
Saskatchewan
2006	747.8	500.1	472.4	27.6	66.9	5.5	63.2
2007	746.9	516.3	494.4	21.9	69.1	4.2	66.2
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]
2006	219.3	148.9	142.0	7.0	67.9	4.7	64.8
2007	219.5	155.8	149.3	6.5	71.0	4.2	68.0
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]
2006	82.9	54.9	52.3	2.7	66.2	4.9	63.1
2007	82.4	56.0	54.3	1.8	68.0	3.2	65.9
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]
2006	230.7	155.5	147.3	8.2	67.4	5.3	63.8
2007	231.6	166.8	160.4	6.4	72.0	3.8	69.3
Yorkton-Melville [4740]
2006	65.2	42.7	40.8	1.9	65.5	4.4	62.6
2007	64.1	41.5	39.4	2.1	64.7	5.1	61.5
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]
2006	149.7	97.9	90.0	7.9	65.4	8.1	60.1
2007	149.2	96.2	91.1	5.1	64.5	5.3	61.1
Alberta
2006	2,595.7	1,866.7	1,797.2	69.5	71.9	3.7	69.2
2007	2,701.5	1,975.7	1,906.0	69.7	73.1	3.5	70.6
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]
2006	197.3	139.1	134.7	4.4	70.5	3.2	68.3
2007	204.4	141.1	135.1	6.1	69.0	4.3	66.1
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]
2006	148.9	103.4	100.9	2.5	69.4	2.4	67.8
2007	153.4	109.8	106.3	3.5	71.6	3.2	69.3
Calgary [4830]
2006	935.9	700.4	673.0	27.4	74.8	3.9	71.9
2007	978.2	742.8	718.6	24.3	75.9	3.3	73.5
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]
2006	65.2	49.6	48.1	1.5	76.1	3.0	73.8
2007	67.2	54.1	52.6	1.5	80.5	2.8	78.3
Red Deer [4850]
2006	133.2	97.3	93.4	3.9	73.0	4.0	70.1
2007	139.6	102.3	99.2	3.0	73.3	2.9	71.1
Edmonton [4860]
2006	855.6	581.5	557.8	23.8	68.0	4.1	65.2
2007	888.3	624.0	600.5	23.5	70.2	3.8	67.6
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4870]
2006	174.4	131.2	128.0	3.2	75.2	2.4	73.4
2007	180.9	134.4	129.3	5.1	74.3	3.8	71.5
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]
2006	85.2	64.2	61.4	2.8	75.4	4.4	72.1
2007	89.6	67.3	64.5	2.7	75.1	4.0	72.0
British Columbia
2006	3,483.3	2,260.1	2,144.3	115.8	64.9	5.1	61.6
2007	3,543.0	2,325.1	2,218.1	107.0	65.6	4.6	62.6
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]
2006	606.8	381.1	360.9	20.2	62.8	5.3	59.5
2007	618.1	390.2	369.6	20.6	63.1	5.3	59.8
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]
2006	2,100.3	1,373.8	1,307.2	66.6	65.4	4.8	62.2
2007	2,141.2	1,422.3	1,363.1	59.2	66.4	4.2	63.7
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]
2006	409.1	262.7	249.7	13.1	64.2	5.0	61.0
2007	419.2	265.0	251.7	13.3	63.2	5.0	60.0
Kootenay [5940]
2006	122.3	71.0	65.9	5.1	58.1	7.2	53.9
2007	122.0	79.5	74.1	5.4	65.2	6.8	60.7
Cariboo [5950]
2006	126.4	89.4	84.1	5.2	70.7	5.8	66.5
2007	124.9	86.4	81.8	4.6	69.2	5.3	65.5
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]
2006	68.2	46.3	41.8	4.5	67.9	9.7	61.3
2007	66.6	44.9	41.7	3.2	67.4	7.1	62.6
Northeast [5980]
2006	50.2	35.8	34.7	x	71.3	x	69.1
2007	51.0	36.7	36.0	x	72.0	x	70.6