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Table 5-1
Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area (seasonally adjusted) — 3 month moving average

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3 month moving average
  February 2010 March 2010 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
                                                    in thousands (except rates)      
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador  
Population 159.4 159.7 ... 0.3 0.8 3.3 0.2 0.5 2.1
Labour force 110.3 110.3 0.8 0.0 1.0 1.4 0.0 0.9 1.3
Employment 101.4 101.7 0.8 0.3 2.2 0.8 0.3 2.2 0.8
Unemployment 8.9 8.6 0.4 -0.3 -1.2 0.6 -3.4 -12.2 7.5
Participation rate 69.2 69.1 0.5 -0.1 0.3 -0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 7.8 0.4 -0.3 -1.2 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.6 63.7 0.5 0.1 1.1 -0.8 ... ... ...
Halifax, Nova Scotia  
Population 323.6 323.9 ... 0.3 1.1 4.1 0.1 0.3 1.3
Labour force 231.5 232.4 1.1 0.9 1.8 2.5 0.4 0.8 1.1
Employment 216.5 217.7 1.2 1.2 2.4 1.8 0.6 1.1 0.8
Unemployment 15.0 14.8 0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 -3.3 5.7
Participation rate 71.5 71.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.9 67.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 -0.3 ... ... ...
Saint John, New Brunswick  
Population 105.9 105.9 ... 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.7
Labour force 72.2 71.2 0.8 -1.0 -0.4 0.2 -1.4 -0.6 0.3
Employment 66.5 65.8 0.7 -0.7 -1.0 -1.2 -1.1 -1.5 -1.8
Unemployment 5.7 5.4 0.3 -0.3 0.6 1.4 -5.3 12.5 35.0
Participation rate 68.2 67.2 0.7 -1.0 -0.5 -0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 7.6 0.5 -0.3 0.9 2.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.8 62.1 0.7 -0.7 -1.0 -1.6 ... ... ...
Saguenay, Quebec  
Population 124.7 124.7 ... 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Labour force 75.6 75.7 0.7 0.1 -0.7 0.1 0.1 -0.9 0.1
Employment 69.6 69.8 0.7 0.2 -1.0 1.1 0.3 -1.4 1.6
Unemployment 6.0 5.9 0.4 -0.1 0.3 -1.0 -1.7 5.4 -14.5
Participation rate 60.6 60.7 0.6 0.1 -0.6 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 7.8 0.5 -0.1 0.5 -1.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.8 56.0 0.6 0.2 -0.8 1.0 ... ... ...
Québec, Quebec  
Population 621.1 621.7 ... 0.6 1.8 7.1 0.1 0.3 1.2
Labour force 410.4 410.0 3.3 -0.4 -2.7 -6.2 -0.1 -0.7 -1.5
Employment 393.6 392.2 3.2 -1.4 -0.2 -6.1 -0.4 -0.1 -1.5
Unemployment 16.7 17.8 1.4 1.1 -2.5 -0.1 6.6 -12.3 -0.6
Participation rate 66.1 65.9 0.5 -0.2 -0.7 -1.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.1 4.3 0.3 0.2 -0.6 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.4 63.1 0.5 -0.3 -0.2 -1.7 ... ... ...
Trois-Rivières, Quebec  
Population 123.4 123.5 ... 0.1 0.3 1.3 0.1 0.2 1.1
Labour force 72.3 70.6 0.7 -1.7 -4.9 -1.4 -2.4 -6.5 -1.9
Employment 65.1 63.5 0.8 -1.6 -4.7 -2.8 -2.5 -6.9 -4.2
Unemployment 7.2 7.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 1.4 -1.4 -1.4 24.6
Participation rate 58.6 57.2 0.6 -1.4 -4.1 -1.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.0 10.1 0.5 0.1 0.6 2.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 52.8 51.4 0.6 -1.4 -4.0 -2.9 ... ... ...
Sherbrooke, Quebec  
Population 141.3 141.5 ... 0.2 0.5 2.0 0.1 0.4 1.4
Labour force 88.4 87.9 0.8 -0.5 -2.5 -0.7 -0.6 -2.8 -0.8
Employment 82.0 80.6 0.8 -1.4 -4.8 -1.7 -1.7 -5.6 -2.1
Unemployment 6.4 7.2 0.3 0.8 2.2 0.9 12.5 44.0 14.3
Participation rate 62.6 62.1 0.6 -0.5 -2.0 -1.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.2 8.2 0.4 1.0 2.7 1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.0 57.0 0.6 -1.0 -3.6 -2.0 ... ... ...
Montréal, Quebec  
Population 3,125.4 3,128.9 ... 3.5 10.7 40.7 0.1 0.3 1.3
Labour force 2,110.1 2,117.8 6.9 7.7 34.6 68.6 0.4 1.7 3.3
Employment 1,916.1 1,926.5 7.2 10.4 32.8 56.8 0.5 1.7 3.0
Unemployment 194.0 191.3 4.8 -2.7 1.8 11.8 -1.4 0.9 6.6
Participation rate 67.5 67.7 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 9.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.3 61.6 0.2 0.3 0.9 1.1 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 983.7 984.8 ... 1.1 3.3 13.4 0.1 0.3 1.4
Labour force 709.7 713.1 3.4 3.4 8.4 17.5 0.5 1.2 2.5
Employment 665.4 670.1 3.6 4.7 7.4 11.4 0.7 1.1 1.7
Unemployment 44.2 43.1 1.6 -1.1 1.1 6.2 -2.5 2.6 16.8
Participation rate 72.1 72.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 6.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.6 68.0 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 250.4 250.7 ... 0.3 1.1 4.2 0.1 0.4 1.7
Labour force 183.3 182.9 1.3 -0.4 -0.8 7.5 -0.2 -0.4 4.3
Employment 172.2 171.9 1.4 -0.3 -0.9 7.0 -0.2 -0.5 4.2
Unemployment 11.1 11.0 0.6 -0.1 0.1 0.5 -0.9 0.9 4.8
Participation rate 73.2 73.0 0.5 -0.2 -0.6 1.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.0 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 68.8 68.6 0.6 -0.2 -0.6 1.7 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 733.3 734.1 ... 0.8 2.2 9.3 0.1 0.3 1.3
Labour force 526.3 530.2 3.1 3.9 9.2 10.0 0.7 1.8 1.9
Employment 493.2 498.2 3.3 5.0 8.4 4.4 1.0 1.7 0.9
Unemployment 33.1 32.1 1.5 -1.0 1.0 5.7 -3.0 3.2 21.6
Participation rate 71.8 72.2 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 6.1 0.3 -0.2 0.1 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.3 67.9 0.5 0.6 1.0 -0.2 ... ... ...
Kingston, Ontario  
Population 126.4 126.4 ... 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
Labour force 82.7 81.8 0.7 -0.9 -3.5 -2.2 -1.1 -4.1 -2.6
Employment 77.9 76.9 0.7 -1.0 -3.2 -2.1 -1.3 -4.0 -2.7
Unemployment 4.8 4.9 0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 2.1 -3.9 -2.0
Participation rate 65.4 64.7 0.5 -0.7 -2.8 -1.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 6.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 60.8 0.6 -0.8 -2.6 -1.8 ... ... ...
Toronto, Ontario  
Population 4,715.1 4,724.3 ... 9.2 26.2 106.8 0.2 0.6 2.3
Labour force 3,218.7 3,220.5 9.4 1.8 15.7 29.2 0.1 0.5 0.9
Employment 2,916.0 2,919.1 9.7 3.1 14.2 19.2 0.1 0.5 0.7
Unemployment 302.7 301.3 6.4 -1.4 1.4 9.9 -0.5 0.5 3.4
Participation rate 68.3 68.2 0.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.4 9.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.8 61.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 -1.0 ... ... ...
Hamilton, Ontario  
Population 604.1 604.5 ... 0.4 0.9 4.6 0.1 0.1 0.8
Labour force 406.6 402.5 3.1 -4.1 -7.3 -5.5 -1.0 -1.8 -1.3
Employment 371.4 370.8 3.2 -0.6 -4.1 -2.5 -0.2 -1.1 -0.7
Unemployment 35.2 31.6 1.6 -3.6 -3.4 -3.1 -10.2 -9.7 -8.9
Participation rate 67.3 66.6 0.5 -0.7 -1.3 -1.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 7.9 0.4 -0.8 -0.6 -0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.5 61.3 0.5 -0.2 -0.8 -0.9 ... ... ...
Kitchener, Ontario  
Population 390.9 391.4 ... 0.5 1.2 5.3 0.1 0.3 1.4
Labour force 273.7 275.8 1.9 2.1 2.7 -3.5 0.8 1.0 -1.3
Employment 246.0 249.5 2.0 3.5 1.9 -3.0 1.4 0.8 -1.2
Unemployment 27.7 26.4 1.2 -1.3 0.9 -0.4 -4.7 3.5 -1.5
Participation rate 70.0 70.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 -1.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.1 9.6 0.4 -0.5 0.3 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.9 63.7 0.5 0.8 0.2 -1.7 ... ... ...
London, Ontario  
Population 391.8 392.1 ... 0.3 0.9 4.2 0.1 0.2 1.1
Labour force 264.6 265.6 1.8 1.0 2.0 2.2 0.4 0.8 0.8
Employment 241.2 240.8 1.9 -0.4 0.5 1.8 -0.2 0.2 0.8
Unemployment 23.4 24.8 1.1 1.4 1.6 0.3 6.0 6.9 1.2
Participation rate 67.5 67.7 0.5 0.2 0.3 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 9.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 61.4 0.5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 ... ... ...
Oshawa, Ontario  
Population 296.9 297.4 ... 0.5 1.4 5.6 0.2 0.5 1.9
Labour force 202.1 203.9 1.6 1.8 5.7 9.4 0.9 2.9 4.8
Employment 181.2 183.0 1.6 1.8 4.5 5.1 1.0 2.5 2.9
Unemployment 20.9 20.9 0.9 0.0 1.2 4.3 0.0 6.1 25.9
Participation rate 68.1 68.6 0.5 0.5 1.6 1.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.3 10.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 1.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.0 61.5 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.5 ... ... ...
St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario  
Population 330.5 330.6 ... 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2
Labour force 210.7 211.7 1.6 1.0 3.8 1.4 0.5 1.8 0.7
Employment 187.3 189.7 1.7 2.4 4.5 -0.1 1.3 2.4 -0.1
Unemployment 23.4 22.0 0.9 -1.4 -0.8 1.5 -6.0 -3.5 7.3
Participation rate 63.8 64.0 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.1 10.4 0.4 -0.7 -0.6 0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.7 57.4 0.5 0.7 1.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, Ontario  
Population 134.9 135.0 ... 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.7
Labour force 84.6 84.7 0.7 0.1 -0.3 -3.0 0.1 -0.4 -3.4
Employment 75.4 75.7 0.7 0.3 -0.5 -5.4 0.4 -0.7 -6.7
Unemployment 9.1 9.0 0.4 -0.1 0.2 2.4 -1.1 2.3 36.4
Participation rate 62.7 62.7 0.6 0.0 -0.4 -2.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 10.6 0.4 -0.2 0.2 3.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.9 56.1 0.6 0.2 -0.4 -4.4 ... ... ...
Thunder Bay, Ontario  
Population 103.0 103.0 ... 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.1 -0.5
Labour force 65.1 64.1 0.6 -1.0 -1.7 -0.5 -1.5 -2.6 -0.8
Employment 60.3 59.6 0.7 -0.7 -0.9 0.1 -1.2 -1.5 0.2
Unemployment 4.8 4.5 0.3 -0.3 -0.8 -0.6 -6.2 -15.1 -11.8
Participation rate 63.2 62.2 0.6 -1.0 -1.6 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.4 7.0 0.5 -0.4 -1.1 -0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.5 57.9 0.6 -0.6 -0.8 0.4 ... ... ...
Windsor, Ontario  
Population 273.6 273.6 ... 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2
Labour force 172.3 172.5 1.5 0.2 2.1 -4.0 0.1 1.2 -2.3
Employment 150.9 151.4 1.6 0.5 2.6 0.0 0.3 1.7 0.0
Unemployment 21.4 21.1 1.0 -0.3 -0.5 -4.0 -1.4 -2.3 -15.9
Participation rate 63.0 63.0 0.5 0.0 0.7 -1.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.4 12.2 0.6 -0.2 -0.5 -2.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.2 55.3 0.6 0.1 0.9 -0.1 ... ... ...
Winnipeg, Manitoba  
Population 597.9 598.7 ... 0.8 2.0 9.5 0.1 0.3 1.6
Labour force 419.1 419.6 1.3 0.5 1.0 3.0 0.1 0.2 0.7
Employment 395.5 396.5 1.3 1.0 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1
Unemployment 23.6 23.1 0.8 -0.5 -0.3 2.7 -2.1 -1.3 13.2
Participation rate 70.1 70.1 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.5 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.1 66.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 -1.0 ... ... ...
Regina, Saskatchewan  
Population 173.6 173.9 ... 0.3 0.9 3.6 0.2 0.5 2.1
Labour force 120.4 121.9 0.7 1.5 1.5 -0.5 1.2 1.2 -0.4
Employment 114.6 115.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 -1.9 0.8 0.9 -1.6
Unemployment 5.8 6.4 0.3 0.6 0.5 1.4 10.3 8.5 28.0
Participation rate 69.4 70.1 0.4 0.7 0.5 -1.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.8 5.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.0 66.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 -2.5 ... ... ...
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  
Population 205.9 206.5 ... 0.6 1.5 5.7 0.3 0.7 2.8
Labour force 150.9 151.5 0.9 0.6 0.5 2.6 0.4 0.3 1.7
Employment 144.4 145.0 0.9 0.6 1.1 3.0 0.4 0.8 2.1
Unemployment 6.5 6.5 0.4 0.0 -0.6 -0.4 0.0 -8.5 -5.8
Participation rate 73.3 73.4 0.4 0.1 -0.3 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.3 0.3 0.0 -0.4 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 70.1 70.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.5 ... ... ...
Calgary, Alberta  
Population 985.4 987.1 ... 1.7 5.0 25.5 0.2 0.5 2.7
Labour force 749.7 748.2 3.0 -1.5 -8.3 4.7 -0.2 -1.1 0.6
Employment 696.9 694.3 3.2 -2.6 -7.6 -6.3 -0.4 -1.1 -0.9
Unemployment 52.9 53.9 1.8 1.0 -0.7 11.0 1.9 -1.3 25.6
Participation rate 76.1 75.8 0.3 -0.3 -1.2 -1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.1 7.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 70.7 70.3 0.3 -0.4 -1.2 -2.6 ... ... ...
Edmonton, Alberta  
Population 915.9 917.2 ... 1.3 4.0 21.5 0.1 0.4 2.4
Labour force 661.5 655.6 3.0 -5.9 -9.6 2.8 -0.9 -1.4 0.4
Employment 616.5 607.9 3.3 -8.6 -7.0 -13.7 -1.4 -1.1 -2.2
Unemployment 45.0 47.7 1.7 2.7 -2.6 16.5 6.0 -5.2 52.9
Participation rate 72.2 71.5 0.3 -0.7 -1.3 -1.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.8 7.3 0.3 0.5 -0.3 2.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.3 66.3 0.4 -1.0 -1.0 -3.1 ... ... ...
Abbotsford-Mission, British Columbia  
Population 136.9 137.0 ... 0.1 0.5 2.0 0.1 0.4 1.5
Labour force 95.4 95.0 0.9 -0.4 -1.1 3.7 -0.4 -1.1 4.1
Employment 89.1 89.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 4.9
Unemployment 6.3 5.9 0.4 -0.4 -1.1 -0.5 -6.3 -15.7 -7.8
Participation rate 69.7 69.3 0.6 -0.4 -1.1 1.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 6.2 0.4 -0.4 -1.1 -0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.1 65.0 0.6 -0.1 -0.3 2.1 ... ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia  
Population 2,012.9 2,017.1 ... 4.2 12.4 47.8 0.2 0.6 2.4
Labour force 1,345.3 1,341.9 5.0 -3.4 0.7 39.1 -0.3 0.1 3.0
Employment 1,241.4 1,237.6 5.1 -3.8 -0.2 16.0 -0.3 0.0 1.3
Unemployment 103.9 104.3 2.8 0.4 0.9 23.1 0.4 0.9 28.4
Participation rate 66.8 66.5 0.3 -0.3 -0.4 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 7.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.7 61.4 0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.6 ... ... ...
Victoria, British Columbia  
Population 289.9 290.0 ... 0.1 0.5 2.3 0.0 0.2 0.8
Labour force 201.6 200.8 1.4 -0.8 3.1 7.2 -0.4 1.6 3.7
Employment 186.5 187.0 1.4 0.5 4.1 4.3 0.3 2.2 2.4
Unemployment 15.1 13.8 0.7 -1.3 -1.0 2.9 -8.6 -6.8 26.6
Participation rate 69.5 69.2 0.5 -0.3 0.9 1.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 6.9 0.3 -0.6 -0.6 1.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.3 64.5 0.5 0.2 1.3 1.0 ... ... ...
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
All geographic regions are based on the 2001 Census boundaries. Related CANSIM Table 282-0090.