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Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in December 2007 and December 2008

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by province and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in December 2007 and December 2008
  Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
         in thousands      
Canada 2  
2007 26,692.1 17,983.3 16,997.2 986.1 67.4 5.5 63.7
2008 27,071.8 18,234.3 17,133.0 1,101.4 67.4 6.0 63.3
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2007 424.1 246.8 216.0 30.8 58.2 12.5 50.9
2008 427.4 248.1 215.2 33.0 58.0 13.3 50.4
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2007 210.1 129.5 117.5 11.9 61.6 9.2 55.9
2008 213.5 135.7 123.1 12.6 63.6 9.3 57.7
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]  
2007 32.7 15.8 13.1 2.7 48.3 17.1 40.1
2008 32.3 16.3 13.5 2.8 50.5 17.2 41.8
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2007 87.6 51.8 44.1 7.7 59.1 14.9 50.3
2008 88.0 47.2 38.5 8.7 53.6 18.4 43.8
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1040]  
2007 93.7 49.7 41.3 8.4 53.0 16.9 44.1
2008 93.6 48.9 40.1 8.8 52.2 18.0 42.8
Prince Edward Island  
2007 113.7 76.0 68.2 7.8 66.8 10.3 60.0
2008 115.3 77.0 67.9 9.1 66.8 11.8 58.9
Nova Scotia  
2007 765.4 485.6 451.2 34.4 63.4 7.1 58.9
2008 770.4 491.3 455.7 35.6 63.8 7.2 59.2
Cape Breton [1210]  
2007 116.0 62.6 54.7 8.0 54.0 12.8 47.2
2008 115.5 64.0 55.5 8.5 55.4 13.3 48.1
North Shore [1220]  
2007 131.0 79.0 71.2 7.8 60.3 9.9 54.4
2008 131.4 80.0 73.5 6.5 60.9 8.1 55.9
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2007 100.5 62.7 57.8 4.9 62.4 7.8 57.5
2008 101.4 61.7 57.2 4.5 60.8 7.3 56.4
Southern [1240]  
2007 103.6 61.3 56.1 5.2 59.2 8.5 54.2
2008 103.5 60.6 54.8 5.8 58.6 9.6 52.9
Halifax [1250]  
2007 314.3 220.0 211.5 8.5 70.0 3.9 67.3
2008 318.7 225.0 214.7 10.2 70.6 4.5 67.4
New Brunswick  
2007 614.9 392.1 364.3 27.7 63.8 7.1 59.2
2008 619.5 397.7 365.5 32.2 64.2 8.1 59.0
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2007 135.8 76.7 67.5 9.1 56.5 11.9 49.7
2008 135.5 74.9 62.7 12.2 55.3 16.3 46.3
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2007 164.0 107.5 100.9 6.6 65.5 6.1 61.5
2008 166.5 113.9 107.6 6.3 68.4 5.5 64.6
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2007 142.3 96.1 91.3 4.8 67.5 5.0 64.2
2008 143.3 94.3 88.3 6.0 65.8 6.4 61.6
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2007 104.6 69.9 66.2 3.7 66.8 5.3 63.3
2008 105.8 71.0 67.0 4.0 67.1 5.6 63.3
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2007 68.2 42.0 38.4 3.5 61.6 8.3 56.3
2008 68.2 43.8 40.0 3.8 64.2 8.7 58.7
Quebec  
2007 6,335.4 4,157.6 3,876.2 281.4 65.6 6.8 61.2
2008 6,395.5 4,176.5 3,883.8 292.7 65.3 7.0 60.7
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2007 80.9 40.1 33.2 6.8 49.6 17.0 41.0
2008 80.8 42.1 33.9 8.2 52.1 19.5 42.0
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2007 167.5 95.9 88.4 7.5 57.3 7.8 52.8
2008 167.6 103.5 94.8 8.8 61.8 8.5 56.6
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2007 565.3 372.7 355.7 17.0 65.9 4.6 62.9
2008 569.9 367.0 352.3 14.7 64.4 4.0 61.8
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2007 328.4 217.8 204.9 12.9 66.3 5.9 62.4
2008 330.6 218.9 207.3 11.6 66.2 5.3 62.7
Estrie [2430]  
2007 249.6 159.9 150.5 9.4 64.1 5.9 60.3
2008 252.0 158.3 148.0 10.3 62.8 6.5 58.7
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2007 185.7 123.5 116.9 6.6 66.5 5.3 63.0
2008 187.1 124.2 114.4 9.7 66.4 7.8 61.1
Montérégie [2435]  
2007 1,130.7 742.3 694.3 48.0 65.6 6.5 61.4
2008 1,149.6 781.1 732.7 48.4 67.9 6.2 63.7
Montréal [2440]  
2007 1,592.5 1,048.2 959.3 88.9 65.8 8.5 60.2
2008 1,593.0 1,044.6 956.7 87.8 65.6 8.4 60.1
Laval [2445]  
2007 310.9 220.1 207.7 12.4 70.8 5.6 66.8
2008 315.8 218.5 203.7 14.7 69.2 6.7 64.5
Lanaudière [2450]  
2007 356.8 244.1 225.2 18.9 68.4 7.7 63.1
2008 367.3 244.9 227.6 17.2 66.7 7.0 62.0
Laurentides [2455]  
2007 429.1 299.0 285.6 13.4 69.7 4.5 66.6
2008 439.0 282.0 262.1 19.9 64.2 7.1 59.7
Outaouais [2460]  
2007 292.0 204.8 195.3 9.5 70.1 4.6 66.9
2008 296.4 208.5 199.1 9.4 70.3 4.5 67.2
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2007 115.6 72.1 67.0 5.1 62.4 7.1 58.0
2008 116.0 76.2 70.1 6.2 65.7 8.1 60.4
Mauricie [2470]  
2007 217.7 125.9 116.2 9.7 57.8 7.7 53.4
2008 218.5 122.7 113.8 8.9 56.2 7.3 52.1
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2007 223.5 138.3 127.8 10.5 61.9 7.6 57.2
2008 223.1 132.8 121.8 11.0 59.5 8.3 54.6
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2007 89.2 53.0 48.2 4.9 59.4 9.2 54.0
2008 88.9 51.4 45.6 5.8 57.8 11.3 51.3
Ontario  
2007 10,415.6 7,054.7 6,654.7 400.0 67.7 5.7 63.9
2008 10,570.7 7,147.1 6,688.6 458.5 67.6 6.4 63.3
Ottawa [3510]  
2007 987.6 699.9 670.5 29.4 70.9 4.2 67.9
2008 998.2 707.0 677.1 29.9 70.8 4.2 67.8
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2007 359.6 231.0 218.5 12.4 64.2 5.4 60.8
2008 360.8 231.4 218.6 12.8 64.1 5.5 60.6
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2007 310.1 186.3 174.1 12.2 60.1 6.5 56.1
2008 312.1 189.5 180.2 9.3 60.7 4.9 57.7
Toronto [3530]  
2007 4,731.8 3,245.5 3,047.2 198.3 68.6 6.1 64.4
2008 4,841.0 3,304.5 3,079.9 224.6 68.3 6.8 63.6
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2007 974.5 698.6 666.7 31.9 71.7 4.6 68.4
2008 990.0 712.3 670.1 42.2 71.9 5.9 67.7
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2007 1,136.7 751.4 708.7 42.7 66.1 5.7 62.3
2008 1,146.5 755.7 702.0 53.7 65.9 7.1 61.2
London [3560]  
2007 512.5 356.2 334.0 22.2 69.5 6.2 65.2
2008 517.9 351.1 325.7 25.4 67.8 7.2 62.9
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2007 525.6 342.6 321.3 21.3 65.2 6.2 61.1
2008 526.9 342.6 314.8 27.7 65.0 8.1 59.7
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2007 247.6 162.0 156.4 5.6 65.4 3.5 63.2
2008 248.5 164.8 156.0 8.8 66.3 5.3 62.8
Northeast [3590]  
2007 454.0 271.6 255.0 16.6 59.8 6.1 56.2
2008 454.8 276.6 260.7 15.9 60.8 5.7 57.3
Northwest [3595]  
2007 175.7 109.7 102.3 7.4 62.4 6.7 58.2
2008 173.9 111.6 103.4 8.2 64.2 7.3 59.5
Manitoba  
2007 902.4 625.4 601.3 24.1 69.3 3.9 66.6
2008 913.9 633.6 608.2 25.4 69.3 4.0 66.5
Southeast [4610]  
2007 77.2 52.9 50.9 2.0 68.5 3.8 65.9
2008 79.4 52.9 50.2 2.7 66.6 5.1 63.2
South Central [4620]  
2007 43.3 29.5 29.0 0.5 68.1 1.7 67.0
2008 44.4 30.3 29.1 1.2 68.2 4.0 65.5
Southwest [4630]  
2007 82.4 52.7 51.3 1.4 64.0 2.7 62.3
2008 82.7 59.2 58.1 1.1 71.6 1.9 70.3
North Central [4640]  
2007 35.7 23.5 22.5 1.0 65.8 4.3 63.0
2008 36.0 24.5 23.8 0.7 68.1 2.9 66.1
Winnipeg [4650]  
2007 534.7 378.9 362.3 16.6 70.9 4.4 67.8
2008 541.5 380.8 364.3 16.6 70.3 4.4 67.3
Interlake [4660]  
2007 70.1 48.1 46.6 1.5 68.6 3.1 66.5
2008 71.1 47.4 45.9 1.5 66.7 3.2 64.6
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]  
2007 59.0 39.8 38.8 1.1 67.5 2.8 65.8
2008 58.8 38.5 36.8 1.7 65.5 4.4 62.6
Saskatchewan  
2007 756.6 522.7 503.2 19.5 69.1 3.7 66.5
2008 773.1 538.2 519.4 18.8 69.6 3.5 67.2
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2007 222.8 156.5 150.8 5.7 70.2 3.6 67.7
2008 228.4 162.3 157.4 4.9 71.1 3.0 68.9
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2007 83.0 56.3 54.3 2.0 67.8 3.6 65.4
2008 84.0 54.9 53.4 1.5 65.4 2.7 63.6
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2007 235.5 170.8 165.6 5.2 72.5 3.0 70.3
2008 242.5 175.1 169.5 5.7 72.2 3.3 69.9
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2007 64.2 42.8 41.4 1.4 66.7 3.3 64.5
2008 64.7 41.5 40.5 1.1 64.1 2.7 62.6
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2007 151.0 96.2 91.1 5.1 63.7 5.3 60.3
2008 153.5 104.3 98.7 5.6 67.9 5.4 64.3
Alberta  
2007 2,766.7 2,040.4 1,972.3 68.1 73.7 3.3 71.3
2008 2,818.0 2,102.1 2,023.9 78.2 74.6 3.7 71.8
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2007 208.0 140.3 134.3 6.0 67.5 4.3 64.6
2008 209.9 137.6 133.3 4.3 65.6 3.1 63.5
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2007 155.4 114.2 111.5 2.7 73.5 2.4 71.8
2008 155.4 115.0 111.4 3.5 74.0 3.0 71.7
Calgary [4830]  
2007 1,007.0 756.4 734.0 22.5 75.1 3.0 72.9
2008 1,030.6 796.9 766.9 30.0 77.3 3.8 74.4
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]  
2007 68.1 52.9 51.8 x 77.7 x 76.1
2008 68.8 54.3 52.3 1.9 78.9 3.5 76.0
Red Deer [4850]  
2007 144.0 109.8 106.3 3.5 76.3 3.2 73.8
2008 147.7 113.0 107.6 5.4 76.5 4.8 72.9
Edmonton [4860]  
2007 907.6 657.5 633.7 23.8 72.4 3.6 69.8
2008 924.4 672.5 647.7 24.7 72.7 3.7 70.1
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4870]  
2007 184.6 136.3 130.2 6.1 73.8 4.5 70.5
2008 187.7 139.6 134.2 5.4 74.4 3.9 71.5
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2007 91.9 73.0 70.5 2.5 79.4 3.4 76.7
2008 93.4 73.2 70.4 2.8 78.4 3.8 75.4
British Columbia  
2007 3,597.2 2,382.0 2,289.7 92.3 66.2 3.9 63.7
2008 3,668.1 2,422.6 2,304.8 117.8 66.0 4.9 62.8
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2007 627.0 394.1 380.6 13.5 62.9 3.4 60.7
2008 635.9 415.8 397.2 18.6 65.4 4.5 62.5
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2007 2,179.0 1,463.1 1,409.7 53.4 67.1 3.6 64.7
2008 2,230.1 1,478.0 1,411.6 66.4 66.3 4.5 63.3
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2007 426.0 268.6 257.2 11.4 63.1 4.2 60.4
2008 433.9 276.9 259.7 17.2 63.8 6.2 59.9
Kootenay [5940]  
2007 122.4 79.1 74.5 4.7 64.6 5.9 60.9
2008 123.1 77.4 72.0 5.4 62.9 7.0 58.5
Cariboo [5950]  
2007 125.4 93.9 89.2 4.7 74.9 5.0 71.1
2008 126.8 86.2 81.4 4.8 68.0 5.6 64.2
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2007 65.9 45.3 41.2 4.1 68.7 9.1 62.5
2008 65.5 46.4 42.5 4.0 70.8 8.6 64.9
Northeast [5980]  
2007 51.6 37.8 37.2 x 73.3 x 72.1
2008 52.7 41.9 40.4 1.5 79.5 3.6 76.7
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, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0054.
Date Modified: 2009-01-09

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