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

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3 month moving average
  October 2010 November 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 161.4 161.5 ... 0.1 2.6 2.9 0.1 1.6 1.8
Labour force 111.6 111.2 0.8 -0.4 1.9 3.0 -0.4 1.7 2.8
Employment 102.7 103.2 0.8 0.5 3.7 4.8 0.5 3.7 4.9
Unemployment 8.9 7.9 0.4 -1.0 -1.9 -1.9 -11.2 -19.4 -19.4
Participation rate 69.1 68.9 0.5 -0.2 0.1 0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 7.1 0.4 -0.9 -1.9 -2.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.6 63.9 0.5 0.3 1.3 1.9 ... ... ...
Halifax, Nova Scotia  
Population 326.3 326.6 ... 0.3 3.8 4.1 0.1 1.2 1.3
Labour force 230.1 229.5 1.1 -0.6 -1.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.5 0.0
Employment 214.6 214.1 1.2 -0.5 -1.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.6 0.1
Unemployment 15.4 15.4 0.7 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.7 -1.3
Participation rate 70.5 70.3 0.4 -0.2 -1.1 -0.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 6.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.8 65.6 0.4 -0.2 -1.1 -0.7 ... ... ...
Saint John, New Brunswick  
Population 106.4 106.5 ... 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.7 0.8
Labour force 70.4 70.4 0.8 0.0 -1.2 -1.1 0.0 -1.7 -1.5
Employment 64.9 65.5 0.8 0.6 -1.3 -1.7 0.9 -1.9 -2.5
Unemployment 5.5 4.9 0.4 -0.6 0.1 0.6 -10.9 2.1 14.0
Participation rate 66.2 66.1 0.8 -0.1 -1.6 -1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.8 7.0 0.5 -0.8 0.3 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.0 61.5 0.7 0.5 -1.6 -2.1 ... ... ...
Saguenay, Quebec  
Population 124.7 124.7 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Labour force 74.1 72.5 0.8 -1.6 -3.9 -4.5 -2.2 -5.1 -5.8
Employment 67.8 66.8 0.7 -1.0 -4.0 -4.4 -1.5 -5.6 -6.2
Unemployment 6.3 5.7 0.4 -0.6 0.1 -0.1 -9.5 1.8 -1.7
Participation rate 59.4 58.1 0.6 -1.3 -3.2 -3.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 7.9 0.5 -0.6 0.6 0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 54.4 53.6 0.6 -0.8 -3.2 -3.5 ... ... ...
Québec, Quebec  
Population 626.4 627.0 ... 0.6 7.1 7.8 0.1 1.1 1.3
Labour force 439.4 441.5 3.3 2.1 28.8 30.8 0.5 7.0 7.5
Employment 419.1 421.9 3.3 2.8 29.5 32.8 0.7 7.5 8.4
Unemployment 20.3 19.6 1.4 -0.7 -0.7 -1.9 -3.4 -3.4 -8.8
Participation rate 70.1 70.4 0.5 0.3 3.8 4.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.5 -0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.9 67.3 0.5 0.4 4.0 4.5 ... ... ...
Trois-Rivières, Quebec  
Population 124.3 124.4 ... 0.1 1.2 1.4 0.1 1.0 1.1
Labour force 74.1 74.2 0.8 0.1 -1.3 -1.8 0.1 -1.7 -2.4
Employment 67.4 67.7 0.8 0.3 -0.5 -1.0 0.4 -0.7 -1.5
Unemployment 6.7 6.5 0.4 -0.2 -0.7 -0.8 -3.0 -9.7 -11.0
Participation rate 59.6 59.6 0.6 0.0 -1.7 -2.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.0 8.8 0.5 -0.2 -0.7 -0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 54.2 54.4 0.6 0.2 -1.0 -1.5 ... ... ...
Sherbrooke, Quebec  
Population 142.8 142.9 ... 0.1 1.9 2.1 0.1 1.3 1.5
Labour force 92.6 92.7 0.8 0.1 2.3 2.2 0.1 2.5 2.4
Employment 85.6 85.7 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.4
Unemployment 7.0 7.0 0.3 0.0 2.0 1.9 0.0 40.0 37.3
Participation rate 64.8 64.9 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 7.6 0.4 0.0 2.1 2.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.9 60.0 0.6 0.1 -0.6 -0.7 ... ... ...
Montréal, Quebec  
Population 3,154.7 3,157.9 ... 3.2 39.7 43.2 0.1 1.3 1.4
Labour force 2,116.2 2,098.0 7.0 -18.2 14.8 27.4 -0.9 0.7 1.3
Employment 1,934.7 1,917.3 7.2 -17.4 23.6 34.0 -0.9 1.2 1.8
Unemployment 181.4 180.6 4.8 -0.8 -8.9 -6.6 -0.4 -4.7 -3.5
Participation rate 67.1 66.4 0.2 -0.7 -0.4 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.6 8.6 0.2 0.0 -0.5 -0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.3 60.7 0.2 -0.6 0.0 0.2 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 993.6 994.8 ... 1.2 13.3 14.4 0.1 1.4 1.5
Labour force 721.8 721.7 3.5 -0.1 17.0 14.9 0.0 2.4 2.1
Employment 671.9 672.6 3.6 0.7 9.9 5.2 0.1 1.5 0.8
Unemployment 49.9 49.1 1.6 -0.8 7.1 9.6 -1.6 16.9 24.3
Participation rate 72.6 72.5 0.4 -0.1 0.7 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 6.8 0.2 -0.1 0.8 1.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.6 67.6 0.4 0.0 0.1 -0.5 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 253.4 253.7 ... 0.3 4.1 4.4 0.1 1.6 1.8
Labour force 179.1 178.1 1.4 -1.0 -5.6 -4.6 -0.6 -3.0 -2.5
Employment 166.6 166.1 1.4 -0.5 -6.7 -5.8 -0.3 -3.9 -3.4
Unemployment 12.6 12.0 0.6 -0.6 1.1 1.2 -4.8 10.1 11.1
Participation rate 70.7 70.2 0.6 -0.5 -3.4 -3.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.0 6.7 0.3 -0.3 0.8 0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.7 65.5 0.6 -0.2 -3.7 -3.5 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 740.2 741.1 ... 0.9 9.2 9.9 0.1 1.3 1.4
Labour force 542.7 543.6 3.3 0.9 22.6 19.5 0.2 4.3 3.7
Employment 505.4 506.5 3.3 1.1 16.7 11.1 0.2 3.4 2.2
Unemployment 37.3 37.1 1.5 -0.2 6.0 8.4 -0.5 19.3 29.3
Participation rate 73.3 73.4 0.4 0.1 2.2 1.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 6.8 0.3 -0.1 0.8 1.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 68.3 68.3 0.5 0.0 1.4 0.5 ... ... ...
Kingston, Ontario  
Population 126.3 126.3 ... 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
Labour force 78.8 78.3 0.7 -0.5 -7.0 -7.3 -0.6 -8.2 -8.5
Employment 73.6 73.3 0.7 -0.3 -6.8 -6.7 -0.4 -8.5 -8.4
Unemployment 5.2 5.1 0.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -1.9 0.0 -8.9
Participation rate 62.4 62.0 0.6 -0.4 -5.5 -5.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 6.5 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.3 58.0 0.6 -0.3 -5.4 -5.3 ... ... ...
Toronto, Ontario  
Population 4,793.2 4,802.2 ... 9.0 104.1 112.1 0.2 2.2 2.4
Labour force 3,308.7 3,286.3 9.6 -22.4 81.5 92.5 -0.7 2.5 2.9
Employment 3,003.2 2,997.2 9.9 -6.0 92.3 99.4 -0.2 3.2 3.4
Unemployment 305.6 289.1 6.4 -16.5 -10.8 -6.8 -5.4 -3.6 -2.3
Participation rate 69.0 68.4 0.2 -0.6 0.2 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 8.8 0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.7 62.4 0.2 -0.3 0.6 0.6 ... ... ...
Hamilton, Ontario  
Population 607.9 608.3 ... 0.4 4.7 5.0 0.1 0.8 0.8
Labour force 403.5 400.3 3.4 -3.2 -9.5 -7.7 -0.8 -2.3 -1.9
Employment 372.8 373.3 3.4 0.5 -1.6 -1.8 0.1 -0.4 -0.5
Unemployment 30.7 26.9 1.6 -3.8 -8.1 -6.0 -12.4 -23.1 -18.2
Participation rate 66.4 65.8 0.6 -0.6 -2.1 -1.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 6.7 0.4 -0.9 -1.8 -1.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.3 61.4 0.6 0.1 -0.7 -0.8 ... ... ...
Kitchener, Ontario  
Population 395.0 395.4 ... 0.4 5.2 5.6 0.1 1.3 1.4
Labour force 278.2 277.0 2.0 -1.2 3.9 3.3 -0.4 1.4 1.2
Employment 257.2 255.5 2.1 -1.7 7.9 5.8 -0.7 3.2 2.3
Unemployment 21.0 21.5 1.1 0.5 -4.0 -2.4 2.4 -15.7 -10.0
Participation rate 70.4 70.1 0.5 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.8 0.4 0.3 -1.5 -0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.1 64.6 0.5 -0.5 1.1 0.5 ... ... ...
London, Ontario  
Population 395.1 395.4 ... 0.3 4.2 4.5 0.1 1.1 1.2
Labour force 255.5 256.3 1.9 0.8 -7.3 -5.3 0.3 -2.8 -2.0
Employment 232.8 233.6 1.9 0.8 -6.7 -2.8 0.3 -2.8 -1.2
Unemployment 22.7 22.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.6 -2.6 -0.4 -2.6 -10.3
Participation rate 64.7 64.8 0.5 0.1 -2.6 -2.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 8.8 0.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.9 59.1 0.5 0.2 -2.3 -1.4 ... ... ...
Oshawa, Ontario  
Population 301.1 301.6 ... 0.5 5.6 6.0 0.2 1.9 2.0
Labour force 215.3 215.8 1.5 0.5 17.6 17.0 0.2 8.9 8.6
Employment 193.0 194.7 1.5 1.7 16.2 14.3 0.9 9.1 7.9
Unemployment 22.2 21.2 0.9 -1.0 1.5 2.8 -4.5 7.6 15.2
Participation rate 71.5 71.6 0.5 0.1 4.6 4.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.3 9.8 0.4 -0.5 -0.1 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.1 64.6 0.5 0.5 4.3 3.6 ... ... ...
St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario  
Population 331.5 331.6 ... 0.1 1.1 1.2 0.0 0.3 0.4
Labour force 206.9 208.3 1.6 1.4 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.3
Employment 187.0 188.6 1.6 1.6 3.4 2.9 0.9 1.8 1.6
Unemployment 19.8 19.7 0.9 -0.1 -3.1 -2.3 -0.5 -13.6 -10.5
Participation rate 62.4 62.8 0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 9.5 0.4 -0.1 -1.5 -1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.4 56.9 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.7 ... ... ...
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, Ontario  
Population 135.6 135.7 ... 0.1 0.9 1.0 0.1 0.7 0.7
Labour force 90.2 89.7 0.8 -0.5 4.7 4.7 -0.6 5.5 5.5
Employment 81.5 81.7 0.8 0.2 5.5 5.2 0.2 7.2 6.8
Unemployment 8.7 7.9 0.4 -0.8 -0.9 -0.6 -9.2 -10.2 -7.1
Participation rate 66.5 66.1 0.6 -0.4 3.0 3.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 8.8 0.5 -0.8 -1.6 -1.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 60.2 0.6 0.1 3.7 3.4 ... ... ...
Thunder Bay, Ontario  
Population 102.8 102.8 ... 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.3 -0.4
Labour force 64.2 65.3 0.6 1.1 -0.5 -0.4 1.7 -0.8 -0.6
Employment 59.9 60.9 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.7 1.7 0.7 1.2
Unemployment 4.4 4.4 0.3 0.0 -0.9 -1.1 0.0 -17.0 -20.0
Participation rate 62.5 63.5 0.6 1.0 -0.3 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 6.7 0.5 -0.2 -1.4 -1.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.3 59.2 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.9 ... ... ...
Windsor, Ontario  
Population 274.3 274.4 ... 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.3
Labour force 169.9 168.3 1.5 -1.6 -2.1 -1.7 -0.9 -1.2 -1.0
Employment 151.3 150.1 1.5 -1.2 1.3 1.9 -0.8 0.9 1.3
Unemployment 18.6 18.2 1.0 -0.4 -3.4 -3.6 -2.2 -15.7 -16.5
Participation rate 61.9 61.3 0.6 -0.6 -1.0 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.9 10.8 0.5 -0.1 -1.9 -2.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.2 54.7 0.5 -0.5 0.3 0.5 ... ... ...
Winnipeg, Manitoba  
Population 605.0 605.8 ... 0.8 9.1 9.7 0.1 1.5 1.6
Labour force 431.3 428.0 1.3 -3.3 9.4 9.0 -0.8 2.2 2.1
Employment 406.6 404.8 1.3 -1.8 9.7 8.6 -0.4 2.5 2.2
Unemployment 24.7 23.2 0.8 -1.5 -0.2 0.4 -6.1 -0.9 1.8
Participation rate 71.3 70.7 0.2 -0.6 0.5 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 5.4 0.2 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.2 66.8 0.2 -0.4 0.6 0.3 ... ... ...
Regina, Saskatchewan  
Population 176.3 176.6 ... 0.3 3.6 3.9 0.2 2.1 2.3
Labour force 129.6 129.3 0.7 -0.3 8.9 8.6 -0.2 7.4 7.1
Employment 123.3 123.0 0.8 -0.3 8.5 8.3 -0.2 7.4 7.2
Unemployment 6.3 6.3 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 6.8 5.0
Participation rate 73.5 73.2 0.4 -0.3 3.6 3.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.9 4.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 69.9 69.6 0.4 -0.3 3.4 3.2 ... ... ...
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  
Population 210.2 210.6 ... 0.4 5.6 6.0 0.2 2.7 2.9
Labour force 148.3 148.5 0.9 0.2 -2.5 -2.9 0.1 -1.7 -1.9
Employment 140.2 140.2 0.9 0.0 -3.7 -4.1 0.0 -2.6 -2.8
Unemployment 8.1 8.3 0.5 0.2 1.2 1.3 2.5 16.9 18.6
Participation rate 70.6 70.5 0.4 -0.1 -3.2 -3.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.6 0.3 0.1 0.9 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.7 66.6 0.5 -0.1 -3.6 -3.9 ... ... ...
Calgary, Alberta  
Population 1,000.1 1,001.5 ... 1.4 19.4 21.1 0.1 2.0 2.2
Labour force 743.3 737.2 3.3 -6.1 -19.3 -18.1 -0.8 -2.6 -2.4
Employment 694.2 691.9 3.4 -2.3 -10.0 -11.0 -0.3 -1.4 -1.6
Unemployment 49.1 45.3 2.0 -3.8 -9.3 -7.0 -7.7 -17.0 -13.4
Participation rate 74.3 73.6 0.3 -0.7 -3.4 -3.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 6.1 0.3 -0.5 -1.1 -0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 69.4 69.1 0.3 -0.3 -2.4 -2.6 ... ... ...
Edmonton, Alberta  
Population 928.4 929.6 ... 1.2 16.4 17.8 0.1 1.8 2.0
Labour force 661.0 662.3 3.2 1.3 -2.9 1.3 0.2 -0.4 0.2
Employment 619.0 622.6 3.4 3.6 7.7 12.6 0.6 1.3 2.1
Unemployment 42.0 39.8 1.9 -2.2 -10.5 -11.1 -5.2 -20.9 -21.8
Participation rate 71.2 71.2 0.3 0.0 -1.6 -1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.4 6.0 0.3 -0.4 -1.6 -1.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.7 67.0 0.4 0.3 -0.3 0.1 ... ... ...
Abbotsford, British Columbia  
Population 138.4 138.5 ... 0.1 2.0 2.1 0.1 1.5 1.5
Labour force 95.7 95.5 0.8 -0.2 -0.6 -0.7 -0.2 -0.6 -0.7
Employment 87.3 86.6 0.9 -0.7 -2.5 -2.0 -0.8 -2.8 -2.3
Unemployment 8.4 8.9 0.4 0.5 1.9 1.4 6.0 27.1 18.7
Participation rate 69.1 69.0 0.6 -0.1 -1.4 -1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 9.3 0.4 0.5 2.0 1.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.1 62.5 0.6 -0.6 -2.8 -2.5 ... ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia  
Population 2,047.9 2,051.2 ... 3.3 46.5 50.3 0.2 2.3 2.5
Labour force 1,373.8 1,369.4 5.1 -4.4 28.2 30.5 -0.3 2.1 2.3
Employment 1,273.2 1,270.9 5.1 -2.3 33.1 31.0 -0.2 2.7 2.5
Unemployment 100.7 98.5 3.0 -2.2 -4.9 -0.5 -2.2 -4.7 -0.5
Participation rate 67.1 66.8 0.3 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.3 7.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.2 62.0 0.3 -0.2 0.3 0.0 ... ... ...
Victoria, British Columbia  
Population 291.5 291.7 ... 0.2 2.2 2.4 0.1 0.8 0.8
Labour force 188.3 190.3 1.5 2.0 -7.4 -4.8 1.1 -3.7 -2.5
Employment 178.4 179.6 1.5 1.2 -3.3 -1.9 0.7 -1.8 -1.0
Unemployment 9.9 10.7 0.7 0.8 -4.1 -2.9 8.1 -27.7 -21.3
Participation rate 64.6 65.2 0.5 0.6 -3.1 -2.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.6 0.4 0.3 -1.9 -1.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 61.6 0.5 0.4 -1.6 -1.1 ... ... ...
1.
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.