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Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region1, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in May 2008 and May 2009

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by province and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in May 2008 and May 2009
  Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
         in thousands      
Canada 2  
2008 26,837.7 18,161.8 17,016.8 1,144.9 67.7 6.3 63.4
2009 27,218.4 18,301.1 16,712.1 1,589.1 67.2 8.7 61.4
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2008 425.6 253.2 216.4 36.8 59.5 14.5 50.8
2009 428.1 250.3 208.0 42.3 58.5 16.9 48.6
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2008 211.5 135.9 120.8 15.1 64.3 11.1 57.1
2009 214.6 134.4 119.2 15.2 62.6 11.3 55.5
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]  
2008 32.5 17.3 13.3 4.0 53.2 23.1 40.9
2009 32.0 16.1 12.0 4.1 50.3 25.5 37.5
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2008 87.8 48.3 40.2 8.1 55.0 16.8 45.8
2009 88.0 49.3 38.3 11.0 56.0 22.3 43.5
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1040]  
2008 93.7 51.6 42.0 9.6 55.1 18.6 44.8
2009 93.4 50.5 38.5 12.0 54.1 23.8 41.2
Prince Edward Island  
2008 114.0 78.5 69.1 9.4 68.9 12.0 60.6
2009 115.6 78.1 66.9 11.1 67.6 14.2 57.9
Nova Scotia  
2008 767.6 488.9 446.9 41.9 63.7 8.6 58.2
2009 771.9 497.0 447.6 49.4 64.4 9.9 58.0
Cape Breton [1210]  
2008 115.8 66.0 56.0 10.0 57.0 15.2 48.4
2009 115.2 62.6 51.8 10.8 54.3 17.3 45.0
North Shore [1220]  
2008 131.2 78.7 71.0 7.6 60.0 9.7 54.1
2009 131.4 77.6 67.6 10.0 59.1 12.9 51.4
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2008 100.9 62.2 56.6 5.6 61.6 9.0 56.1
2009 101.6 63.2 57.6 5.7 62.2 9.0 56.7
Southern [1240]  
2008 103.6 63.6 56.9 6.6 61.4 10.4 54.9
2009 103.4 63.8 55.3 8.4 61.7 13.2 53.5
Halifax [1250]  
2008 316.1 218.5 206.5 12.0 69.1 5.5 65.3
2009 320.4 229.8 215.3 14.5 71.7 6.3 67.2
New Brunswick  
2008 617.0 396.4 358.4 38.0 64.2 9.6 58.1
2009 620.8 398.8 357.9 40.9 64.2 10.3 57.7
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2008 135.8 80.8 68.1 12.8 59.5 15.8 50.1
2009 135.3 74.7 62.1 12.6 55.2 16.9 45.9
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2008 165.2 108.2 99.3 8.9 65.5 8.2 60.1
2009 167.5 113.1 103.5 9.6 67.5 8.5 61.8
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2008 142.8 94.3 87.2 7.1 66.0 7.5 61.1
2009 143.6 97.0 90.2 6.8 67.5 7.0 62.8
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2008 105.0 71.3 66.7 4.7 67.9 6.6 63.5
2009 106.2 70.7 63.9 6.8 66.6 9.6 60.2
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2008 68.2 41.7 37.2 4.5 61.1 10.8 54.5
2009 68.2 43.4 38.2 5.2 63.6 12.0 56.0
Quebec  
2008 6,358.7 4,161.3 3,839.4 321.8 65.4 7.7 60.4
2009 6,421.2 4,198.1 3,812.2 385.9 65.4 9.2 59.4
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2008 80.8 42.8 34.3 8.4 53.0 19.6 42.5
2009 80.8 39.7 32.2 7.6 49.1 19.1 39.9
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2008 167.5 101.9 91.4 10.5 60.8 10.3 54.6
2009 167.6 102.7 92.3 10.4 61.3 10.1 55.1
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2008 566.9 380.0 360.1 19.9 67.0 5.2 63.5
2009 571.7 382.1 362.5 19.5 66.8 5.1 63.4
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2008 329.2 216.3 205.1 11.1 65.7 5.1 62.3
2009 331.5 220.4 206.2 14.2 66.5 6.4 62.2
Estrie [2430]  
2008 250.6 160.2 150.1 10.1 63.9 6.3 59.9
2009 252.9 164.8 149.8 15.0 65.2 9.1 59.2
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2008 186.2 123.1 112.9 10.2 66.1 8.3 60.6
2009 187.6 129.1 117.6 11.5 68.8 8.9 62.7
Montérégie [2435]  
2008 1,138.7 752.8 700.5 52.3 66.1 6.9 61.5
2009 1,157.3 789.0 724.0 65.0 68.2 8.2 62.6
Montréal [2440]  
2008 1,591.8 1,042.6 950.0 92.6 65.5 8.9 59.7
2009 1,594.5 1,029.5 904.0 125.5 64.6 12.2 56.7
Laval [2445]  
2008 312.9 215.5 201.3 14.2 68.9 6.6 64.3
2009 317.8 205.9 187.7 18.2 64.8 8.8 59.1
Lanaudière [2450]  
2008 361.2 228.3 209.7 18.6 63.2 8.1 58.1
2009 371.6 251.6 231.5 20.2 67.7 8.0 62.3
Laurentides [2455]  
2008 433.2 296.6 274.0 22.6 68.5 7.6 63.3
2009 443.0 289.8 268.4 21.3 65.4 7.3 60.6
Outaouais [2460]  
2008 293.8 211.8 197.5 14.4 72.1 6.8 67.2
2009 298.2 202.4 188.3 14.1 67.9 7.0 63.1
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2008 115.7 70.6 65.1 5.6 61.0 7.9 56.3
2009 116.2 74.7 66.9 7.8 64.3 10.4 57.6
Mauricie [2470]  
2008 217.9 128.7 117.3 11.4 59.1 8.9 53.8
2009 218.8 129.4 115.9 13.5 59.1 10.4 53.0
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2008 223.2 134.7 121.7 13.0 60.3 9.7 54.5
2009 223.0 134.4 118.4 16.0 60.3 11.9 53.1
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2008 89.0 55.3 48.4 6.9 62.1 12.5 54.4
2009 88.7 52.7 46.5 6.2 59.4 11.8 52.4
Ontario  
2008 10,473.8 7,131.7 6,663.4 468.3 68.1 6.6 63.6
2009 10,625.5 7,149.5 6,477.8 671.8 67.3 9.4 61.0
Ottawa [3510]  
2008 991.5 702.2 666.1 36.1 70.8 5.1 67.2
2009 1,002.0 692.8 643.7 49.1 69.1 7.1 64.2
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2008 359.7 227.0 213.6 13.4 63.1 5.9 59.4
2009 360.9 231.5 210.4 21.1 64.1 9.1 58.3
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2008 310.8 193.0 177.6 15.4 62.1 8.0 57.1
2009 312.5 189.4 172.0 17.4 60.6 9.2 55.0
Toronto [3530]  
2008 4,773.9 3,320.2 3,096.7 223.5 69.5 6.7 64.9
2009 4,883.0 3,353.8 3,043.4 310.5 68.7 9.3 62.3
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2008 980.7 684.5 646.4 38.1 69.8 5.6 65.9
2009 995.3 701.2 629.1 72.1 70.5 10.3 63.2
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2008 1,140.1 761.1 708.2 52.9 66.8 7.0 62.1
2009 1,149.3 761.3 691.7 69.6 66.2 9.1 60.2
London [3560]  
2008 514.4 351.8 327.0 24.8 68.4 7.0 63.6
2009 519.7 350.3 312.9 37.5 67.4 10.7 60.2
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2008 525.8 340.0 311.8 28.2 64.7 8.3 59.3
2009 526.9 334.3 293.0 41.3 63.4 12.4 55.6
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2008 247.8 161.9 153.8 8.1 65.3 5.0 62.1
2009 248.5 155.6 141.6 14.0 62.6 9.0 57.0
Northeast [3590]  
2008 454.1 279.0 261.2 17.8 61.4 6.4 57.5
2009 454.5 269.7 243.9 25.8 59.3 9.6 53.7
Northwest [3595]  
2008 174.9 111.0 101.0 10.0 63.5 9.0 57.7
2009 172.9 109.6 96.1 13.5 63.4 12.3 55.6
Manitoba  
2008 907.1 631.4 604.5 26.8 69.6 4.2 66.6
2009 919.3 634.0 602.3 31.7 69.0 5.0 65.5
Southeast [4610]  
2008 78.1 51.9 50.2 1.7 66.5 3.3 64.3
2009 80.4 52.7 50.1 2.7 65.5 5.1 62.3
South Central [4620]  
2008 43.8 30.4 29.3 1.0 69.4 3.3 66.9
2009 44.8 29.9 28.6 1.3 66.7 4.3 63.8
Southwest [4630]  
2008 82.5 56.4 53.9 2.5 68.4 4.4 65.3
2009 82.9 59.5 57.1 2.4 71.8 4.0 68.9
North Central [4640]  
2008 35.8 24.5 23.5 1.0 68.4 4.1 65.6
2009 36.1 24.1 23.2 0.9 66.8 3.7 64.3
Winnipeg [4650]  
2008 537.5 381.6 364.8 16.8 71.0 4.4 67.9
2009 544.7 380.5 360.9 19.6 69.9 5.2 66.3
Interlake [4660]  
2008 70.5 46.3 44.1 2.1 65.7 4.5 62.6
2009 71.6 48.4 46.3 2.0 67.6 4.1 64.7
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]  
2008 58.9 40.3 38.7 1.6 68.4 4.0 65.7
2009 58.7 39.0 36.2 2.8 66.4 7.2 61.7
Saskatchewan  
2008 763.7 529.5 506.9 22.6 69.3 4.3 66.4
2009 777.1 546.3 518.0 28.3 70.3 5.2 66.7
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2008 225.2 159.8 153.8 6.0 71.0 3.8 68.3
2009 230.0 163.1 156.0 7.1 70.9 4.4 67.8
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2008 83.4 55.4 52.8 2.5 66.4 4.5 63.3
2009 84.1 56.8 54.3 2.5 67.5 4.4 64.6
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2008 238.4 171.9 165.6 6.3 72.1 3.7 69.5
2009 244.6 178.3 169.4 9.0 72.9 5.0 69.3
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2008 64.4 39.8 38.2 1.6 61.8 4.0 59.3
2009 64.7 41.2 39.3 2.0 63.7 4.9 60.7
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2008 152.2 102.5 96.4 6.1 67.3 6.0 63.3
2009 153.9 106.8 99.0 7.7 69.4 7.2 64.3
Alberta  
2008 2,783.8 2,069.4 1,998.4 71.0 74.3 3.4 71.8
2009 2,848.3 2,116.6 1,978.4 138.2 74.3 6.5 69.5
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2008 208.5 148.5 143.5 5.0 71.2 3.4 68.8
2009 211.4 145.3 137.8 7.5 68.7 5.2 65.2
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2008 155.4 114.3 111.3 2.9 73.6 2.5 71.6
2009 156.0 112.2 105.9 6.3 71.9 5.6 67.9
Calgary [4830]  
2008 1,015.2 771.7 748.8 22.9 76.0 3.0 73.8
2009 1,043.5 796.2 744.0 52.2 76.3 6.6 71.3
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]  
2008 68.3 54.2 52.4 1.8 79.4 3.3 76.7
2009 69.3 55.7 52.3 3.4 80.4 6.1 75.5
Red Deer [4850]  
2008 145.3 105.0 100.7 4.3 72.3 4.1 69.3
2009 149.7 113.4 105.3 8.1 75.8 7.1 70.3
Edmonton [4860]  
2008 913.2 664.2 639.0 25.2 72.7 3.8 70.0
2009 934.5 679.7 635.6 44.1 72.7 6.5 68.0
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4870]  
2008 185.6 138.3 131.7 6.6 74.5 4.8 71.0
2009 189.6 142.9 130.9 11.9 75.4 8.3 69.0
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2008 92.4 73.3 71.0 2.3 79.3 3.1 76.8
2009 94.3 71.3 66.6 4.7 75.6 6.6 70.6
British Columbia  
2008 3,626.4 2,421.6 2,313.3 108.3 66.8 4.5 63.8
2009 3,690.6 2,432.4 2,243.1 189.3 65.9 7.8 60.8
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2008 630.7 408.9 391.4 17.5 64.8 4.3 62.1
2009 638.0 410.9 382.5 28.4 64.4 6.9 60.0
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2008 2,200.1 1,481.6 1,421.3 60.2 67.3 4.1 64.6
2009 2,247.7 1,500.0 1,392.2 107.8 66.7 7.2 61.9
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2008 429.3 281.5 265.6 15.9 65.6 5.6 61.9
2009 436.3 277.2 249.8 27.4 63.5 9.9 57.3
Kootenay [5940]  
2008 122.7 73.7 72.1 1.6 60.1 2.2 58.8
2009 123.2 78.6 71.5 7.1 63.8 9.0 58.0
Cariboo [5950]  
2008 126.0 89.7 82.7 7.1 71.2 7.9 65.6
2009 127.1 84.3 73.4 10.9 66.3 12.9 57.7
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2008 65.7 48.6 44.4 4.2 74.0 8.6 67.6
2009 65.2 44.5 39.8 4.7 68.3 10.6 61.0
Northeast [5980]  
2008 52.0 37.7 35.8 1.9 72.5 5.0 68.8
2009 53.1 36.8 33.7 3.1 69.3 8.4 63.5
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: 2009-06-05

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