Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in July 2010 and July 2011

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by province and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in July 2010 and July 2011
  Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
         in thousands      
Canada 2  
2010 27,644.4 18,845.7 17,332.8 1,512.9 68.2 8.0 62.7
2011 27,975.6 18,995.3 17,601.4 1,393.9 67.9 7.3 62.9
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2010 427.7 266.6 231.3 35.3 62.3 13.2 54.1
2011 428.8 266.8 236.4 30.4 62.2 11.4 55.1
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2010 218.4 147.8 132.7 15.1 67.7 10.2 60.8
2011 220.7 147.0 135.0 12.0 66.6 8.2 61.2
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]  
2010 31.0 17.2 13.8 3.4 55.5 19.8 44.5
2011 30.6 17.9 14.1 3.8 58.5 21.2 46.1
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2010 87.2 50.7 42.3 8.4 58.1 16.6 48.5
2011 86.9 52.2 44.9 7.4 60.1 14.2 51.7
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1040]  
2010 91.1 50.9 42.4 8.4 55.9 16.5 46.5
2011 90.7 49.6 42.5 7.2 54.7 14.5 46.9
Prince Edward Island  
2010 116.9 82.5 75.1 7.4 70.6 9.0 64.2
2011 119.3 84.6 76.7 7.9 70.9 9.3 64.3
Nova Scotia  
2010 776.6 512.4 468.4 44.0 66.0 8.6 60.3
2011 778.8 507.1 464.1 43.1 65.1 8.5 59.6
Cape Breton [1210]  
2010 113.3 67.8 58.0 9.8 59.8 14.5 51.2
2011 112.1 65.2 56.4 8.9 58.2 13.7 50.3
North Shore [1220]  
2010 130.2 79.9 73.1 6.8 61.4 8.5 56.1
2011 129.8 81.1 74.1 7.1 62.5 8.8 57.1
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2010 100.0 60.4 55.2 5.2 60.4 8.6 55.2
2011 99.7 60.6 54.5 6.1 60.8 10.1 54.7
Southern [1240]  
2010 99.2 64.0 56.8 7.2 64.5 11.3 57.3
2011 98.3 58.7 53.2 5.4 59.7 9.2 54.1
Halifax [1250]  
2010 333.9 240.2 225.2 15.0 71.9 6.2 67.4
2011 338.9 241.5 225.9 15.5 71.3 6.4 66.7
New Brunswick  
2010 616.6 403.5 367.1 36.3 65.4 9.0 59.5
2011 619.3 398.8 361.0 37.8 64.4 9.5 58.3
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2010 130.8 72.5 61.4 11.1 55.4 15.3 46.9
2011 129.3 76.8 64.9 11.9 59.4 15.5 50.2
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2010 169.6 116.9 108.9 8.0 68.9 6.8 64.2
2011 171.8 113.7 104.5 9.2 66.2 8.1 60.8
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2010 143.3 94.1 86.2 7.9 65.7 8.4 60.2
2011 144.2 96.0 89.1 7.0 66.6 7.3 61.8
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2010 107.4 75.1 70.3 4.8 69.9 6.4 65.5
2011 109.0 72.1 66.5 5.6 66.1 7.8 61.0
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2010 65.5 44.9 40.4 4.5 68.5 10.0 61.7
2011 65.0 40.2 36.0 4.1 61.8 10.2 55.4
Quebec  
2010 6,503.4 4,324.7 3,997.1 327.6 66.5 7.6 61.5
2011 6,573.8 4,365.6 4,055.3 310.2 66.4 7.1 61.7
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2010 78.7 45.7 38.9 6.8 58.1 14.9 49.4
2011 78.6 47.9 42.7 5.1 60.9 10.6 54.3
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2010 167.0 102.6 93.1 9.5 61.4 9.3 55.7
2011 166.8 102.0 96.2 5.8 61.2 5.7 57.7
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2010 580.9 393.3 374.5 18.7 67.7 4.8 64.5
2011 588.0 406.3 386.7 19.5 69.1 4.8 65.8
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2010 331.8 235.2 223.2 12.0 70.9 5.1 67.3
2011 333.3 234.5 223.0 11.6 70.4 4.9 66.9
Estrie [2430]  
2010 255.8 158.8 145.0 13.8 62.1 8.7 56.7
2011 258.2 168.3 157.2 11.1 65.2 6.6 60.9
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2010 188.9 117.7 111.1 6.6 62.3 5.6 58.8
2011 190.4 121.0 113.4 7.6 63.6 6.3 59.6
Montérégie [2435]  
2010 1,172.9 794.3 738.3 56.0 67.7 7.1 62.9
2011 1,188.9 797.9 745.6 52.3 67.1 6.6 62.7
Montréal [2440]  
2010 1,610.9 1,083.3 978.7 104.5 67.2 9.6 60.8
2011 1,622.9 1,073.4 975.3 98.1 66.1 9.1 60.1
Laval [2445]  
2010 326.5 223.8 209.3 14.5 68.5 6.5 64.1
2011 332.7 222.3 208.2 14.1 66.8 6.3 62.6
Lanaudière [2450]  
2010 382.8 263.7 246.7 17.1 68.9 6.5 64.4
2011 390.7 270.9 251.4 19.5 69.3 7.2 64.3
Laurentides [2455]  
2010 453.4 305.3 282.9 22.3 67.3 7.3 62.4
2011 462.6 315.4 291.4 24.0 68.2 7.6 63.0
Outaouais [2460]  
2010 300.2 209.0 195.1 13.9 69.6 6.7 65.0
2011 305.8 211.0 196.7 14.3 69.0 6.8 64.3
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2010 117.1 74.7 67.9 6.8 63.8 9.1 58.0
2011 117.6 79.5 74.1 5.5 67.6 6.9 63.0
Mauricie [2470]  
2010 220.4 126.7 115.6 11.1 57.5 8.8 52.5
2011 221.4 125.4 117.4 8.1 56.6 6.5 53.0
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2010 225.3 134.5 124.4 10.1 59.7 7.5 55.2
2011 225.2 134.2 123.4 10.8 59.6 8.0 54.8
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2010 90.8 56.2 52.4 3.8 61.9 6.8 57.7
2011 90.6 55.5 52.7 2.8 61.3 5.0 58.2
Ontario  
2010 10,784.4 7,371.6 6,707.8 663.8 68.4 9.0 62.2
2011 10,920.1 7,429.5 6,831.4 598.1 68.0 8.1 62.6
Ottawa [3510]  
2010 1,034.2 751.4 697.0 54.4 72.7 7.2 67.4
2011 1,047.7 739.1 691.9 47.2 70.5 6.4 66.0
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2010 368.6 227.1 208.4 18.8 61.6 8.3 56.5
2011 370.2 242.0 222.0 20.0 65.4 8.3 60.0
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2010 317.0 193.1 177.8 15.3 60.9 7.9 56.1
2011 318.6 202.0 185.2 16.8 63.4 8.3 58.1
Toronto [3530]  
2010 4,945.0 3,434.6 3,093.1 341.4 69.5 9.9 62.6
2011 5,038.3 3,458.5 3,151.2 307.2 68.6 8.9 62.5
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2010 1,020.9 739.4 680.1 59.3 72.4 8.0 66.6
2011 1,036.3 758.3 707.5 50.8 73.2 6.7 68.3
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2010 1,159.4 767.2 706.9 60.4 66.2 7.9 61.0
2011 1,168.5 777.6 724.3 53.3 66.5 6.9 62.0
London [3560]  
2010 535.3 363.7 333.5 30.2 67.9 8.3 62.3
2011 540.2 360.1 326.6 33.5 66.7 9.3 60.5
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2010 521.6 333.8 296.2 37.6 64.0 11.3 56.8
2011 519.6 323.4 295.8 27.6 62.2 8.5 56.9
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2010 245.8 163.0 151.6 11.4 66.3 7.0 61.7
2011 245.7 170.8 162.4 8.5 69.5 5.0 66.1
Northeast [3590]  
2010 462.2 289.3 262.3 27.0 62.6 9.3 56.8
2011 461.6 291.6 266.8 24.9 63.2 8.5 57.8
Northwest [3595]  
2010 174.4 108.9 100.9 8.0 62.4 7.3 57.9
2011 173.4 106.1 97.8 8.3 61.2 7.8 56.4
Manitoba  
2010 940.5 666.3 629.7 36.6 70.8 5.5 67.0
2011 953.0 668.4 631.7 36.7 70.1 5.5 66.3
Southeast [4610]  
2010 80.8 59.3 56.4 2.9 73.4 4.9 69.8
2011 82.7 58.3 56.0 2.3 70.5 3.9 67.7
South Central [4620]  
2010 46.1 32.7 31.9 0.9 70.9 2.8 69.2
2011 47.3 34.1 32.9 1.2 72.1 3.5 69.6
Southwest [4630]  
2010 83.4 55.1 52.8 2.3 66.1 4.2 63.3
2011 83.7 61.1 58.2 2.9 73.0 4.7 69.5
North Central [4640]  
2010 36.0 25.4 24.3 1.1 70.6 4.3 67.5
2011 36.6 25.2 23.8 1.4 68.9 5.6 65.0
Winnipeg [4650]  
2010 561.8 401.0 376.3 24.7 71.4 6.2 67.0
2011 570.3 395.8 371.8 24.0 69.4 6.1 65.2
Interlake [4660]  
2010 71.9 51.2 48.6 2.5 71.2 4.9 67.6
2011 72.6 52.6 50.5 2.1 72.5 4.0 69.6
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]  
2010 60.5 41.6 39.4 2.2 68.8 5.3 65.1
2011 60.0 41.3 38.5 2.9 68.8 7.0 64.2
Saskatchewan  
2010 790.6 562.8 534.1 28.7 71.2 5.1 67.6
2011 799.4 562.3 535.2 27.1 70.3 4.8 67.0
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2010 234.3 171.0 163.8 7.2 73.0 4.2 69.9
2011 237.4 174.7 166.6 8.2 73.6 4.7 70.2
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2010 81.1 55.4 52.6 2.7 68.3 4.9 64.9
2011 81.1 52.0 50.3 1.8 64.1 3.5 62.0
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2010 259.2 190.2 179.9 10.3 73.4 5.4 69.4
2011 264.6 188.4 178.7 9.7 71.2 5.1 67.5
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2010 63.3 42.9 41.4 1.5 67.8 3.5 65.4
2011 62.9 41.1 39.7 1.3 65.3 3.2 63.1
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2010 152.7 103.3 96.3 7.0 67.6 6.8 63.1
2011 153.4 106.0 100.0 6.1 69.1 5.8 65.2
Alberta  
2010 2,960.8 2,189.1 2,045.0 144.1 73.9 6.6 69.1
2011 3,005.0 2,235.5 2,114.2 121.3 74.4 5.4 70.4
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2010 217.3 151.7 140.8 10.9 69.8 7.2 64.8
2011 219.2 149.0 140.7 8.3 68.0 5.6 64.2
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2010 155.6 113.6 109.2 4.3 73.0 3.8 70.2
2011 156.1 113.7 108.9 4.8 72.8 4.2 69.8
Calgary [4830]  
2010 1,089.6 825.9 769.3 56.6 75.8 6.9 70.6
2011 1,110.2 836.8 788.6 48.1 75.4 5.7 71.0
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]  
2010 71.6 56.4 53.7 2.8 78.8 5.0 75.0
2011 71.9 55.0 53.6 1.5 76.5 2.7 74.5
Red Deer [4850]  
2010 152.4 112.6 106.2 6.4 73.9 5.7 69.7
2011 154.2 113.0 107.4 5.7 73.3 5.0 69.6
Edmonton [4860]  
2010 984.7 710.2 660.1 50.1 72.1 7.1 67.0
2011 1,000.0 736.8 697.3 39.5 73.7 5.4 69.7
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4870]  
2010 189.9 139.9 130.7 9.2 73.7 6.6 68.8
2011 190.6 146.4 137.7 8.7 76.8 5.9 72.2
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2010 99.9 78.6 74.9 3.7 78.7 4.7 75.0
2011 102.9 84.8 80.0 4.8 82.4 5.7 77.7
British Columbia  
2010 3,726.9 2,466.3 2,277.1 189.2 66.2 7.7 61.1
2011 3,778.1 2,476.7 2,295.3 181.4 65.6 7.3 60.8
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2010 648.9 413.0 388.5 24.5 63.6 5.9 59.9
2011 655.6 409.1 376.5 32.6 62.4 8.0 57.4
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2010 2,271.8 1,518.6 1,399.8 118.8 66.8 7.8 61.6
2011 2,311.9 1,536.1 1,426.6 109.6 66.4 7.1 61.7
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2010 433.2 279.3 256.6 22.7 64.5 8.1 59.2
2011 438.0 279.8 259.2 20.6 63.9 7.4 59.2
Kootenay [5940]  
2010 126.5 78.7 71.6 7.1 62.2 9.0 56.6
2011 127.3 77.0 70.4 6.6 60.5 8.6 55.3
Cariboo [5950]  
2010 127.8 90.4 82.7 7.8 70.7 8.6 64.7
2011 127.3 87.8 81.2 6.6 69.0 7.5 63.8
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2010 67.0 46.2 40.7 5.5 69.0 11.9 60.7
2011 66.7 48.0 44.3 3.7 72.0 7.7 66.4
Northeast [5980]  
2010 51.7 40.1 37.2 2.9 77.6 7.2 72.0
2011 51.4 38.8 37.2 1.7 75.5 4.4 72.4
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.