Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted
for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in September 2010 and
September 2011
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Population | Labour force | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |||
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Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | |||||
in thousands | |||||||
CanadaNote 2 | |||||||
2010 | 27,708.6 | 18,829.9 | 17,292.5 | 1,537.4 | 68.0 | 8.2 | 62.4 |
2011 | 28,030.6 | 18,954.9 | 17,557.1 | 1,397.8 | 67.6 | 7.4 | 62.6 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2010 | 428.0 | 267.0 | 233.4 | 33.6 | 62.4 | 12.6 | 54.5 |
2011 | 428.5 | 266.5 | 234.4 | 32.1 | 62.2 | 12.0 | 54.7 |
Avalon Peninsula [1010] | |||||||
2010 | 218.9 | 146.4 | 131.4 | 15.0 | 66.9 | 10.2 | 60.0 |
2011 | 220.8 | 147.3 | 133.5 | 13.9 | 66.7 | 9.4 | 60.5 |
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020] | |||||||
2010 | 31.0 | 18.2 | 14.9 | 3.3 | 58.7 | 18.1 | 48.1 |
2011 | 30.5 | 17.1 | 13.4 | 3.6 | 56.1 | 21.1 | 43.9 |
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030] | |||||||
2010 | 87.2 | 51.2 | 43.3 | 7.8 | 58.7 | 15.2 | 49.7 |
2011 | 86.7 | 52.3 | 45.2 | 7.1 | 60.3 | 13.6 | 52.1 |
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1040] |
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2010 | 91.1 | 51.3 | 43.8 | 7.5 | 56.3 | 14.6 | 48.1 |
2011 | 90.5 | 49.8 | 42.4 | 7.4 | 55.0 | 14.9 | 46.9 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2010 | 117.2 | 82.7 | 74.6 | 8.1 | 70.6 | 9.8 | 63.7 |
2011 | 119.6 | 84.8 | 76.8 | 8.0 | 70.9 | 9.4 | 64.2 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2010 | 777.4 | 510.5 | 464.7 | 45.8 | 65.7 | 9.0 | 59.8 |
2011 | 779.0 | 506.0 | 463.0 | 42.9 | 65.0 | 8.5 | 59.4 |
Cape Breton [1210] | |||||||
2010 | 113.2 | 67.8 | 57.7 | 10.1 | 59.9 | 14.9 | 51.0 |
2011 | 111.9 | 65.0 | 55.3 | 9.7 | 58.1 | 14.9 | 49.4 |
North Shore [1220] | |||||||
2010 | 130.2 | 80.3 | 72.7 | 7.5 | 61.7 | 9.3 | 55.8 |
2011 | 129.7 | 78.7 | 71.2 | 7.5 | 60.7 | 9.5 | 54.9 |
Annapolis Valley [1230] | |||||||
2010 | 100.0 | 60.6 | 55.4 | 5.2 | 60.6 | 8.6 | 55.4 |
2011 | 99.6 | 60.9 | 55.9 | 4.9 | 61.1 | 8.0 | 56.1 |
Southern [1240] | |||||||
2010 | 99.1 | 64.0 | 57.2 | 6.9 | 64.6 | 10.8 | 57.7 |
2011 | 98.1 | 58.6 | 53.7 | 4.9 | 59.7 | 8.4 | 54.7 |
Halifax [1250] | |||||||
2010 | 334.9 | 237.8 | 221.7 | 16.0 | 71.0 | 6.7 | 66.2 |
2011 | 339.7 | 242.7 | 226.8 | 15.9 | 71.4 | 6.6 | 66.8 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2010 | 617.1 | 403.1 | 367.2 | 36.0 | 65.3 | 8.9 | 59.5 |
2011 | 619.6 | 398.0 | 362.2 | 35.8 | 64.2 | 9.0 | 58.5 |
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310] | |||||||
2010 | 130.5 | 72.5 | 62.5 | 9.9 | 55.6 | 13.7 | 47.9 |
2011 | 129.1 | 75.8 | 64.9 | 10.8 | 58.7 | 14.2 | 50.3 |
Moncton-Richibucto [1320] | |||||||
2010 | 170.0 | 115.6 | 107.3 | 8.3 | 68.0 | 7.2 | 63.1 |
2011 | 172.1 | 113.7 | 104.7 | 9.0 | 66.1 | 7.9 | 60.8 |
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330] | |||||||
2010 | 143.5 | 95.4 | 87.3 | 8.2 | 66.5 | 8.6 | 60.8 |
2011 | 144.3 | 96.3 | 89.5 | 6.8 | 66.7 | 7.1 | 62.0 |
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340] | |||||||
2010 | 107.7 | 74.8 | 69.7 | 5.1 | 69.5 | 6.8 | 64.7 |
2011 | 109.3 | 71.8 | 66.1 | 5.8 | 65.7 | 8.1 | 60.5 |
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350] | |||||||
2010 | 65.4 | 44.9 | 40.3 | 4.5 | 68.7 | 10.0 | 61.6 |
2011 | 64.9 | 40.4 | 37.0 | 3.4 | 62.2 | 8.4 | 57.0 |
Quebec | |||||||
2010 | 6,516.7 | 4,328.7 | 3,992.0 | 336.7 | 66.4 | 7.8 | 61.3 |
2011 | 6,584.9 | 4,346.8 | 4,035.8 | 311.0 | 66.0 | 7.2 | 61.3 |
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410] | |||||||
2010 | 78.7 | 45.7 | 39.6 | 6.1 | 58.1 | 13.3 | 50.3 |
2011 | 78.6 | 44.6 | 40.2 | 4.5 | 56.7 | 10.1 | 51.1 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415] | |||||||
2010 | 166.9 | 104.3 | 93.9 | 10.5 | 62.5 | 10.1 | 56.3 |
2011 | 166.8 | 98.7 | 91.9 | 6.7 | 59.2 | 6.8 | 55.1 |
Capitale-Nationale [2420] | |||||||
2010 | 582.3 | 394.7 | 378.5 | 16.3 | 67.8 | 4.1 | 65.0 |
2011 | 589.2 | 411.3 | 394.1 | 17.2 | 69.8 | 4.2 | 66.9 |
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425] | |||||||
2010 | 332.1 | 229.9 | 219.3 | 10.6 | 69.2 | 4.6 | 66.0 |
2011 | 333.6 | 240.1 | 229.6 | 10.6 | 72.0 | 4.4 | 68.8 |
Estrie [2430] | |||||||
2010 | 256.3 | 163.5 | 149.8 | 13.6 | 63.8 | 8.3 | 58.4 |
2011 | 258.6 | 170.3 | 159.2 | 11.2 | 65.9 | 6.6 | 61.6 |
Centre-du-Québec [2433] | |||||||
2010 | 189.2 | 116.4 | 109.8 | 6.6 | 61.5 | 5.7 | 58.0 |
2011 | 190.7 | 119.5 | 110.4 | 9.1 | 62.7 | 7.6 | 57.9 |
Montérégie [2435] | |||||||
2010 | 1,175.9 | 801.2 | 740.2 | 61.0 | 68.1 | 7.6 | 62.9 |
2011 | 1,191.4 | 794.5 | 741.7 | 52.8 | 66.7 | 6.6 | 62.3 |
Montréal [2440] | |||||||
2010 | 1,613.0 | 1,077.5 | 971.0 | 106.6 | 66.8 | 9.9 | 60.2 |
2011 | 1,624.3 | 1,054.1 | 953.7 | 100.3 | 64.9 | 9.5 | 58.7 |
Laval [2445] | |||||||
2010 | 327.6 | 218.1 | 200.1 | 18.0 | 66.6 | 8.3 | 61.1 |
2011 | 333.8 | 216.0 | 200.8 | 15.2 | 64.7 | 7.0 | 60.2 |
Lanaudière [2450] | |||||||
2010 | 384.3 | 258.5 | 243.3 | 15.2 | 67.3 | 5.9 | 63.3 |
2011 | 392.0 | 278.9 | 261.8 | 17.1 | 71.1 | 6.1 | 66.8 |
Laurentides [2455] | |||||||
2010 | 455.1 | 311.7 | 288.4 | 23.4 | 68.5 | 7.5 | 63.4 |
2011 | 464.1 | 316.9 | 292.4 | 24.5 | 68.3 | 7.7 | 63.0 |
Outaouais [2460] | |||||||
2010 | 301.3 | 209.8 | 195.0 | 14.9 | 69.6 | 7.1 | 64.7 |
2011 | 306.7 | 212.3 | 197.3 | 15.0 | 69.2 | 7.1 | 64.3 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465] | |||||||
2010 | 117.2 | 76.3 | 69.2 | 7.0 | 65.1 | 9.2 | 59.0 |
2011 | 117.6 | 79.3 | 74.4 | 4.9 | 67.4 | 6.2 | 63.3 |
Mauricie [2470] | |||||||
2010 | 220.6 | 130.4 | 116.8 | 13.6 | 59.1 | 10.4 | 52.9 |
2011 | 221.6 | 124.3 | 114.3 | 10.0 | 56.1 | 8.0 | 51.6 |
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475] | |||||||
2010 | 225.3 | 131.8 | 122.2 | 9.7 | 58.5 | 7.4 | 54.2 |
2011 | 225.3 | 128.7 | 120.2 | 8.5 | 57.1 | 6.6 | 53.4 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490] | |||||||
2010 | 90.8 | 58.6 | 54.9 | 3.7 | 64.5 | 6.3 | 60.5 |
2011 | 90.6 | 57.2 | 53.9 | 3.3 | 63.1 | 5.8 | 59.5 |
Ontario | |||||||
2010 | 10,811.5 | 7,357.4 | 6,683.6 | 673.8 | 68.1 | 9.2 | 61.8 |
2011 | 10,943.5 | 7,387.9 | 6,799.8 | 588.1 | 67.5 | 8.0 | 62.1 |
Ottawa [3510] | |||||||
2010 | 1,036.7 | 737.3 | 679.6 | 57.7 | 71.1 | 7.8 | 65.6 |
2011 | 1,049.8 | 733.8 | 687.6 | 46.3 | 69.9 | 6.3 | 65.5 |
Kingston-Pembroke [3515] | |||||||
2010 | 368.9 | 224.0 | 206.9 | 17.0 | 60.7 | 7.6 | 56.1 |
2011 | 370.7 | 240.1 | 221.9 | 18.2 | 64.8 | 7.6 | 59.9 |
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520] | |||||||
2010 | 317.5 | 190.4 | 172.8 | 17.7 | 60.0 | 9.3 | 54.4 |
2011 | 318.9 | 194.9 | 179.5 | 15.4 | 61.1 | 7.9 | 56.3 |
Toronto [3530] | |||||||
2010 | 4,962.6 | 3,463.7 | 3,115.4 | 348.3 | 69.8 | 10.1 | 62.8 |
2011 | 5,054.5 | 3,436.4 | 3,139.7 | 296.7 | 68.0 | 8.6 | 62.1 |
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540] | |||||||
2010 | 1,024.0 | 736.1 | 677.1 | 59.0 | 71.9 | 8.0 | 66.1 |
2011 | 1,038.8 | 754.2 | 700.8 | 53.4 | 72.6 | 7.1 | 67.5 |
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550] | |||||||
2010 | 1,161.5 | 767.1 | 705.0 | 62.1 | 66.0 | 8.1 | 60.7 |
2011 | 1,170.0 | 771.4 | 714.7 | 56.8 | 65.9 | 7.4 | 61.1 |
London [3560] | |||||||
2010 | 536.3 | 355.4 | 323.2 | 32.2 | 66.3 | 9.1 | 60.3 |
2011 | 540.9 | 361.8 | 328.8 | 33.0 | 66.9 | 9.1 | 60.8 |
Windsor-Sarnia [3570] | |||||||
2010 | 521.5 | 331.8 | 296.4 | 35.5 | 63.6 | 10.7 | 56.8 |
2011 | 519.3 | 324.5 | 295.7 | 28.8 | 62.5 | 8.9 | 56.9 |
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580] | |||||||
2010 | 245.9 | 159.1 | 150.8 | 8.4 | 64.7 | 5.3 | 61.3 |
2011 | 245.7 | 169.1 | 161.1 | 8.0 | 68.8 | 4.7 | 65.6 |
Northeast [3590] | |||||||
2010 | 462.3 | 286.1 | 258.4 | 27.7 | 61.9 | 9.7 | 55.9 |
2011 | 461.5 | 292.0 | 267.5 | 24.5 | 63.3 | 8.4 | 58.0 |
Northwest [3595] | |||||||
2010 | 174.3 | 106.3 | 98.0 | 8.2 | 61.0 | 7.7 | 56.2 |
2011 | 173.3 | 109.6 | 102.6 | 7.1 | 63.2 | 6.5 | 59.2 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2010 | 942.7 | 667.0 | 627.7 | 39.3 | 70.8 | 5.9 | 66.6 |
2011 | 955.2 | 669.1 | 628.8 | 40.3 | 70.0 | 6.0 | 65.8 |
Southeast [4610] | |||||||
2010 | 81.1 | 58.9 | 55.5 | 3.4 | 72.6 | 5.8 | 68.4 |
2011 | 83.0 | 57.9 | 55.7 | 2.2 | 69.8 | 3.8 | 67.1 |
South Central [4620] | |||||||
2010 | 46.3 | 32.6 | 31.6 | 1.0 | 70.4 | 3.1 | 68.3 |
2011 | 47.5 | 34.1 | 33.1 | 1.1 | 71.8 | 3.2 | 69.7 |
Southwest [4630] | |||||||
2010 | 83.4 | 56.0 | 53.1 | 2.9 | 67.1 | 5.2 | 63.7 |
2011 | 83.8 | 60.9 | 57.8 | 3.1 | 72.7 | 5.1 | 69.0 |
North Central [4640] | |||||||
2010 | 36.1 | 24.5 | 23.4 | 1.1 | 67.9 | 4.5 | 64.8 |
2011 | 36.6 | 23.8 | 21.9 | 1.9 | 65.0 | 8.0 | 59.8 |
Winnipeg [4650] | |||||||
2010 | 563.2 | 402.0 | 375.9 | 26.1 | 71.4 | 6.5 | 66.7 |
2011 | 571.8 | 397.8 | 370.7 | 27.1 | 69.6 | 6.8 | 64.8 |
Interlake [4660] | |||||||
2010 | 72.0 | 50.4 | 48.0 | 2.4 | 70.0 | 4.8 | 66.7 |
2011 | 72.7 | 53.1 | 50.8 | 2.3 | 73.0 | 4.3 | 69.9 |
Parklands and North [4670, 4680] | |||||||
2010 | 60.5 | 42.5 | 40.1 | 2.3 | 70.2 | 5.4 | 66.3 |
2011 | 59.9 | 41.5 | 38.7 | 2.8 | 69.3 | 6.7 | 64.6 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2010 | 792.7 | 559.1 | 529.3 | 29.8 | 70.5 | 5.3 | 66.8 |
2011 | 801.3 | 557.7 | 530.6 | 27.1 | 69.6 | 4.9 | 66.2 |
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710] | |||||||
2010 | 235.0 | 174.3 | 166.1 | 8.1 | 74.2 | 4.6 | 70.7 |
2011 | 238.0 | 177.8 | 170.4 | 7.4 | 74.7 | 4.2 | 71.6 |
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720] | |||||||
2010 | 81.2 | 54.2 | 51.6 | 2.6 | 66.7 | 4.8 | 63.5 |
2011 | 81.1 | 52.2 | 50.2 | 2.0 | 64.4 | 3.8 | 61.9 |
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730] | |||||||
2010 | 260.3 | 184.8 | 175.2 | 9.6 | 71.0 | 5.2 | 67.3 |
2011 | 265.6 | 183.1 | 172.7 | 10.4 | 68.9 | 5.7 | 65.0 |
Yorkton-Melville [4740] | |||||||
2010 | 63.3 | 43.3 | 41.4 | 1.9 | 68.4 | 4.4 | 65.4 |
2011 | 62.9 | 42.2 | 40.6 | 1.6 | 67.1 | 3.8 | 64.5 |
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760] | |||||||
2010 | 152.9 | 102.6 | 95.0 | 7.6 | 67.1 | 7.4 | 62.1 |
2011 | 153.6 | 102.3 | 96.7 | 5.6 | 66.6 | 5.5 | 63.0 |
Alberta | |||||||
2010 | 2,967.6 | 2,177.4 | 2,035.6 | 141.8 | 73.4 | 6.5 | 68.6 |
2011 | 3,014.2 | 2,255.2 | 2,125.0 | 130.2 | 74.8 | 5.8 | 70.5 |
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810] | |||||||
2010 | 217.5 | 151.4 | 142.3 | 9.1 | 69.6 | 6.0 | 65.4 |
2011 | 219.6 | 152.9 | 144.0 | 8.9 | 69.6 | 5.8 | 65.6 |
Camrose-Drumheller [4820] | |||||||
2010 | 155.7 | 113.1 | 107.4 | 5.7 | 72.6 | 5.0 | 69.0 |
2011 | 156.2 | 113.4 | 107.5 | 5.9 | 72.6 | 5.2 | 68.8 |
Calgary [4830] | |||||||
2010 | 1,092.9 | 823.3 | 766.9 | 56.4 | 75.3 | 6.9 | 70.2 |
2011 | 1,114.2 | 844.3 | 793.2 | 51.1 | 75.8 | 6.1 | 71.2 |
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840] | |||||||
2010 | 71.6 | 57.6 | 54.5 | 3.1 | 80.4 | 5.4 | 76.1 |
2011 | 71.9 | 53.3 | 51.7 | 1.5 | 74.1 | 2.8 | 71.9 |
Red Deer [4850] | |||||||
2010 | 152.6 | 111.0 | 104.8 | 6.2 | 72.7 | 5.6 | 68.7 |
2011 | 154.6 | 116.1 | 110.1 | 6.0 | 75.1 | 5.2 | 71.2 |
Edmonton [4860] | |||||||
2010 | 987.0 | 702.5 | 654.5 | 48.0 | 71.2 | 6.8 | 66.3 |
2011 | 1,003.3 | 745.8 | 702.5 | 43.2 | 74.3 | 5.8 | 70.0 |
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4870] |
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2010 | 189.9 | 139.3 | 130.8 | 8.5 | 73.4 | 6.1 | 68.9 |
2011 | 190.9 | 145.2 | 136.7 | 8.5 | 76.1 | 5.9 | 71.6 |
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880] | |||||||
2010 | 100.4 | 79.2 | 74.3 | 4.9 | 78.9 | 6.2 | 74.0 |
2011 | 103.4 | 84.2 | 79.2 | 5.0 | 81.4 | 5.9 | 76.6 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2010 | 3,737.7 | 2,477.0 | 2,284.5 | 192.4 | 66.3 | 7.8 | 61.1 |
2011 | 3,784.8 | 2,483.0 | 2,300.7 | 182.3 | 65.6 | 7.3 | 60.8 |
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910] | |||||||
2010 | 650.5 | 412.2 | 386.1 | 26.1 | 63.4 | 6.3 | 59.4 |
2011 | 656.3 | 394.9 | 364.7 | 30.2 | 60.2 | 7.6 | 55.6 |
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920] | |||||||
2010 | 2,279.6 | 1,527.9 | 1,409.4 | 118.4 | 67.0 | 7.7 | 61.8 |
2011 | 2,317.8 | 1,558.7 | 1,446.1 | 112.6 | 67.2 | 7.2 | 62.4 |
Thompson-Okanagan [5930] | |||||||
2010 | 434.4 | 281.5 | 257.1 | 24.5 | 64.8 | 8.7 | 59.2 |
2011 | 438.1 | 272.9 | 253.0 | 19.9 | 62.3 | 7.3 | 57.7 |
Kootenay [5940] | |||||||
2010 | 126.7 | 78.5 | 70.5 | 8.0 | 62.0 | 10.2 | 55.6 |
2011 | 127.3 | 78.7 | 72.3 | 6.4 | 61.8 | 8.1 | 56.8 |
Cariboo [5950] | |||||||
2010 | 127.8 | 90.7 | 83.1 | 7.6 | 71.0 | 8.4 | 65.0 |
2011 | 127.3 | 91.4 | 84.0 | 7.4 | 71.8 | 8.1 | 66.0 |
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970] | |||||||
2010 | 67.0 | 46.4 | 41.5 | 4.9 | 69.3 | 10.6 | 61.9 |
2011 | 66.6 | 49.0 | 44.8 | 4.2 | 73.6 | 8.6 | 67.3 |
Northeast [5980] | |||||||
2010 | 51.6 | 39.7 | 36.7 | 3.0 | 76.9 | 7.6 | 71.1 |
2011 | 51.4 | 37.4 | 35.8 | 1.6 | 72.8 | 4.3 | 69.6 |
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