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71-001-XWE
Labour Force Information
Not for release before 7 A.M. E.S.T. Friday, March 9, 2007
February 11 to 17, 2007

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

1. For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (catalogue number  71-543-GIE).
2. Estimates for Canada are a sum of the provincial totals and exclude estimates from Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s): Related CANSIM table 282-0054.

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