Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in November 2009 and November 2010

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by province and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in November 2009 and November 2010
  Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
         in thousands      
Canada 2  
2009 27,432.6 18,329.2 16,911.6 1,417.6 66.8 7.7 61.6
2010 27,839.6 18,611.7 17,258.7 1,353.0 66.9 7.3 62.0
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2009 429.9 254.1 217.5 36.5 59.1 14.4 50.6
2010 432.0 260.0 228.9 31.1 60.2 12.0 53.0
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2009 216.5 137.4 121.8 15.7 63.5 11.4 56.3
2010 219.3 141.4 129.4 12.1 64.5 8.6 59.0
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]  
2009 31.8 15.6 12.5 3.0 49.1 19.2 39.3
2010 31.3 18.2 14.6 3.6 58.1 19.8 46.6
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2009 88.2 51.5 43.5 7.9 58.4 15.3 49.3
2010 88.3 51.3 43.8 7.5 58.1 14.6 49.6
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1040]  
2009 93.4 49.6 39.7 9.9 53.1 20.0 42.5
2010 93.1 49.1 41.1 8.0 52.7 16.3 44.1
Prince Edward Island  
2009 116.4 79.0 71.1 8.0 67.9 10.1 61.1
2010 118.1 80.3 70.9 9.4 68.0 11.7 60.0
Nova Scotia  
2009 773.7 498.9 455.4 43.4 64.5 8.7 58.9
2010 777.3 499.2 454.8 44.5 64.2 8.9 58.5
Cape Breton [1210]  
2009 114.8 64.1 55.3 8.8 55.8 13.7 48.2
2010 114.0 64.5 55.0 9.5 56.6 14.7 48.2
North Shore [1220]  
2009 131.4 81.2 73.0 8.2 61.8 10.1 55.6
2010 131.4 78.8 71.2 7.7 60.0 9.8 54.2
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2009 101.9 63.4 57.6 5.8 62.2 9.1 56.5
2010 102.4 63.7 57.9 5.8 62.2 9.1 56.5
Southern [1240]  
2009 103.2 61.0 55.1 6.0 59.1 9.8 53.4
2010 102.9 63.7 56.8 6.9 61.9 10.8 55.2
Halifax [1250]  
2009 322.5 229.1 214.4 14.6 71.0 6.4 66.5
2010 326.6 228.5 213.8 14.6 70.0 6.4 65.5
New Brunswick  
2009 622.3 400.4 371.4 28.9 64.3 7.2 59.7
2010 625.8 399.6 365.0 34.7 63.9 8.7 58.3
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2009 135.0 73.6 64.7 8.8 54.5 12.0 47.9
2010 134.4 73.9 62.5 11.3 55.0 15.3 46.5
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2009 168.5 114.4 107.7 6.7 67.9 5.9 63.9
2010 170.8 112.0 103.6 8.3 65.6 7.4 60.7
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2009 144.0 94.7 89.2 5.5 65.8 5.8 61.9
2010 144.8 94.9 89.1 5.8 65.5 6.1 61.5
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2009 106.7 73.0 69.1 3.9 68.4 5.3 64.8
2010 107.7 75.1 70.3 4.8 69.7 6.4 65.3
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2009 68.1 44.8 40.7 4.0 65.8 8.9 59.8
2010 68.1 43.9 39.5 4.4 64.5 10.0 58.0
Quebec  
2009 6,458.7 4,177.3 3,860.1 317.2 64.7 7.6 59.8
2010 6,539.7 4,272.9 3,964.1 308.8 65.3 7.2 60.6
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2009 80.8 42.5 36.8 5.7 52.6 13.4 45.5
2010 81.0 43.5 38.5 5.0 53.7 11.5 47.5
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2009 167.7 95.1 87.8 7.3 56.7 7.7 52.4
2010 168.2 101.1 92.1 9.0 60.1 8.9 54.8
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2009 574.5 368.3 349.9 18.4 64.1 5.0 60.9
2010 580.6 392.9 375.1 17.8 67.7 4.5 64.6
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2009 332.9 220.9 209.8 11.1 66.4 5.0 63.0
2010 335.9 227.5 219.1 8.4 67.7 3.7 65.2
Estrie [2430]  
2009 254.3 164.0 154.8 9.2 64.5 5.6 60.9
2010 257.3 166.3 155.4 10.9 64.6 6.6 60.4
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2009 188.5 117.9 111.6 6.3 62.5 5.3 59.2
2010 190.3 118.8 112.6 6.2 62.4 5.2 59.2
Montérégie [2435]  
2009 1,167.6 773.7 723.1 50.6 66.3 6.5 61.9
2010 1,190.4 804.0 747.3 56.7 67.5 7.1 62.8
Montréal [2440]  
2009 1,597.9 1,034.2 926.6 107.6 64.7 10.4 58.0
2010 1,605.7 1,040.5 945.5 94.9 64.8 9.1 58.9
Laval [2445]  
2009 320.6 220.6 207.6 13.0 68.8 5.9 64.8
2010 326.3 209.5 193.4 16.2 64.2 7.7 59.3
Lanaudière [2450]  
2009 377.2 257.4 234.2 23.2 68.2 9.0 62.1
2010 388.9 253.2 234.5 18.7 65.1 7.4 60.3
Laurentides [2455]  
2009 448.4 300.9 278.2 22.7 67.1 7.5 62.0
2010 459.5 315.2 290.9 24.2 68.6 7.7 63.3
Outaouais [2460]  
2009 300.7 209.9 198.8 11.1 69.8 5.3 66.1
2010 305.9 204.1 191.5 12.6 66.7 6.2 62.6
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2009 116.5 67.9 61.5 6.4 58.3 9.4 52.8
2010 117.3 77.8 71.7 6.1 66.3 7.8 61.1
Mauricie [2470]  
2009 219.4 120.0 110.2 9.9 54.7 8.3 50.2
2010 220.7 134.4 123.6 10.8 60.9 8.0 56.0
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2009 223.0 131.2 120.1 11.1 58.8 8.5 53.9
2010 223.2 125.0 116.4 8.6 56.0 6.9 52.2
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2009 88.7 52.7 49.1 3.6 59.4 6.8 55.4
2010 88.6 59.2 56.4 2.7 66.8 4.6 63.7
Ontario  
2009 10,706.8 7,157.8 6,558.4 599.4 66.9 8.4 61.3
2010 10,866.7 7,259.8 6,689.8 569.9 66.8 7.9 61.6
Ottawa [3510]  
2009 1,007.6 707.3 668.3 39.0 70.2 5.5 66.3
2010 1,018.7 712.1 665.2 46.9 69.9 6.6 65.3
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2009 361.8 224.7 207.3 17.4 62.1 7.7 57.3
2010 362.3 215.8 201.1 14.8 59.6 6.9 55.5
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2009 313.5 187.7 172.3 15.3 59.9 8.2 55.0
2010 315.4 184.9 168.1 16.8 58.6 9.1 53.3
Toronto [3530]  
2009 4,940.2 3,338.7 3,038.5 300.2 67.6 9.0 61.5
2010 5,053.9 3,446.5 3,154.8 291.7 68.2 8.5 62.4
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2009 1,003.0 705.7 650.6 55.1 70.4 7.8 64.9
2010 1,018.7 717.4 665.9 51.5 70.4 7.2 65.4
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2009 1,154.5 768.8 703.9 64.9 66.6 8.4 61.0
2010 1,164.4 758.9 703.2 55.7 65.2 7.3 60.4
London [3560]  
2009 522.5 351.4 320.0 31.4 67.3 8.9 61.2
2010 528.1 348.6 321.2 27.4 66.0 7.9 60.8
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2009 527.7 331.5 298.2 33.3 62.8 10.0 56.5
2010 529.0 335.4 303.9 31.5 63.4 9.4 57.4
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2009 249.0 165.1 153.6 11.5 66.3 7.0 61.7
2010 249.9 159.1 151.4 7.7 63.7 4.8 60.6
Northeast [3590]  
2009 455.0 269.1 244.8 24.3 59.1 9.0 53.8
2010 455.8 276.8 257.2 19.6 60.7 7.1 56.4
Northwest [3595]  
2009 172.1 107.8 100.8 7.0 62.6 6.5 58.6
2010 170.4 104.1 97.8 6.3 61.1 6.1 57.4
Manitoba  
2009 927.0 640.6 608.9 31.7 69.1 4.9 65.7
2010 940.9 655.4 624.6 30.7 69.7 4.7 66.4
Southeast [4610]  
2009 81.7 58.0 54.8 3.2 71.0 5.5 67.1
2010 84.3 59.0 56.4 2.6 70.0 4.4 66.9
South Central [4620]  
2009 45.4 32.7 31.5 1.2 72.0 3.7 69.4
2010 46.6 32.1 31.2 0.9 68.9 2.8 67.0
Southwest [4630]  
2009 83.3 56.2 54.2 2.0 67.5 3.6 65.1
2010 83.7 55.7 53.8 1.9 66.5 3.4 64.3
North Central [4640]  
2009 36.4 23.5 22.4 1.1 64.6 4.7 61.5
2010 36.8 24.8 23.7 1.1 67.4 4.4 64.4
Winnipeg [4650]  
2009 549.2 382.8 362.2 20.6 69.7 5.4 66.0
2010 557.2 390.6 370.2 20.5 70.1 5.2 66.4
Interlake [4660]  
2009 72.2 48.0 45.7 2.3 66.5 4.8 63.3
2010 73.4 50.7 48.8 1.8 69.1 3.6 66.5
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]  
2009 58.9 39.4 38.1 1.3 66.9 3.3 64.7
2010 58.9 42.4 40.5 1.9 72.0 4.5 68.8
Saskatchewan  
2009 782.9 544.8 521.3 23.5 69.6 4.3 66.6
2010 794.8 554.6 527.1 27.5 69.8 5.0 66.3
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2009 232.0 162.0 155.1 6.8 69.8 4.2 66.9
2010 236.3 173.1 166.0 7.1 73.3 4.1 70.2
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2009 84.2 54.9 52.9 2.0 65.2 3.6 62.8
2010 84.6 55.9 53.3 2.6 66.1 4.7 63.0
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2009 247.4 181.0 173.7 7.3 73.2 4.0 70.2
2010 253.3 176.3 168.2 8.1 69.6 4.6 66.4
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2009 64.7 42.7 41.1 1.6 66.0 3.7 63.5
2010 64.7 42.5 40.3 2.2 65.7 5.2 62.3
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2009 154.5 104.2 98.4 5.8 67.4 5.6 63.7
2010 155.8 106.8 99.2 7.6 68.5 7.1 63.7
Alberta  
2009 2,886.9 2,123.0 1,975.7 147.3 73.5 6.9 68.4
2010 2,943.4 2,131.1 2,008.7 122.3 72.4 5.7 68.2
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2009 213.2 145.6 137.6 8.0 68.3 5.5 64.5
2010 215.5 145.2 138.6 6.6 67.4 4.5 64.3
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2009 156.9 110.0 103.2 6.8 70.1 6.2 65.8
2010 158.0 112.4 106.2 6.2 71.1 5.5 67.2
Calgary [4830]  
2009 1,059.8 802.7 747.4 55.3 75.7 6.9 70.5
2010 1,084.3 799.5 750.9 48.6 73.7 6.1 69.3
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]  
2009 70.1 53.7 51.0 2.7 76.6 5.0 72.8
2010 70.8 55.4 52.0 3.4 78.2 6.1 73.4
Red Deer [4850]  
2009 152.1 110.3 102.5 7.8 72.5 7.1 67.4
2010 156.2 113.0 106.4 6.6 72.3 5.8 68.1
Edmonton [4860]  
2009 947.3 683.1 631.6 51.5 72.1 7.5 66.7
2010 966.0 685.3 646.0 39.3 70.9 5.7 66.9
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4870]  
2009 192.0 143.0 130.9 12.2 74.5 8.5 68.2
2010 195.5 142.9 135.2 7.6 73.1 5.3 69.2
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2009 95.6 74.5 71.5 3.0 77.9 4.0 74.8
2010 97.2 77.4 73.3 4.1 79.6 5.3 75.4
British Columbia  
2009 3,727.9 2,453.4 2,271.8 181.6 65.8 7.4 60.9
2010 3,800.9 2,498.7 2,324.8 173.9 65.7 7.0 61.2
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2009 642.2 404.7 373.2 31.6 63.0 7.8 58.1
2010 649.9 407.6 384.1 23.5 62.7 5.8 59.1
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2009 2,275.5 1,513.4 1,404.9 108.4 66.5 7.2 61.7
2010 2,331.0 1,547.4 1,439.9 107.5 66.4 6.9 61.8
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2009 440.1 287.4 269.2 18.1 65.3 6.3 61.2
2010 447.4 297.8 273.3 24.5 66.6 8.2 61.1
Kootenay [5940]  
2009 123.5 75.8 69.3 6.4 61.4 8.4 56.1
2010 124.0 70.8 64.6 6.2 57.1 8.8 52.1
Cariboo [5950]  
2009 127.8 86.4 76.0 10.4 67.6 12.0 59.5
2010 129.0 88.7 82.4 6.3 68.8 7.1 63.9
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2009 65.1 45.8 41.5 4.4 70.4 9.6 63.7
2010 64.6 44.5 41.3 3.2 68.9 7.2 63.9
Northeast [5980]  
2009 53.7 39.9 37.6 2.2 74.3 5.5 70.0
2010 54.8 41.9 39.2 2.7 76.5 6.4 71.5
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):
All geographic regions are based on the 2001 Census boundaries. Related CANSIM table 282-0054.