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

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by province and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in December 2010 and December 2011


Table summary
This table displays the results of by province and economic region population, labour force, participation rate, unemployment rate and employment rate, calculated using labour force, employment, unemployment and in thousands units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
in thousands
CanadaNote 2
2010 27,790.2 18,447.8 17,132.9 1,314.9 66.4 7.1 61.7
2011 28,106.7 18,606.5 17,330.1 1,276.4 66.2 6.9 61.7
Newfoundland and Labrador
2010 428.8 252.9 219.8 33.1 59.0 13.1 51.3
2011 428.6 255.4 223.2 32.2 59.6 12.6 52.1
Avalon Peninsula [1010]
2010 219.6 138.4 126.5 12.0 63.0 8.7 57.6
2011 221.2 144.4 130.6 13.8 65.3 9.6 59.0
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]
2010 30.9 17.8 13.7 4.1 57.6 23.0 44.3
2011 30.4 16.4 12.9 3.6 53.9 22.0 42.4
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]
2010 87.2 50.6 42.2 8.4 58.0 16.6 48.4
2011 86.6 48.9 41.8 7.0 56.5 14.3 48.3
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista
Bay [1040]
2010 91.1 46.0 37.4 8.6 50.5 18.7 41.1
2011 90.4 45.7 37.9 7.8 50.6 17.1 41.9
Prince Edward Island
2010 117.7 78.5 68.8 9.7 66.7 12.4 58.5
2011 119.8 80.5 71.4 9.1 67.2 11.3 59.6
Nova Scotia
2010 778.6 495.1 449.0 46.0 63.6 9.3 57.7
2011 779.5 492.9 454.4 38.5 63.2 7.8 58.3
Cape Breton [1210]
2010 113.0 62.3 52.6 9.7 55.1 15.6 46.5
2011 111.6 62.8 52.8 10.0 56.3 15.9 47.3
North Shore [1220]
2010 130.2 78.2 69.3 8.8 60.1 11.3 53.2
2011 129.6 77.0 69.3 7.7 59.4 10.0 53.5
Annapolis Valley [1230]
2010 100.0 61.7 55.3 6.4 61.7 10.4 55.3
2011 99.6 58.2 54.2 4.0 58.4 6.9 54.4
Southern [1240]
2010 99.0 59.6 52.9 6.7 60.2 11.2 53.4
2011 97.9 58.5 52.8 5.8 59.8 9.9 53.9
Halifax [1250]
2010 336.3 233.2 218.8 14.4 69.3 6.2 65.1
2011 340.8 236.4 225.3 11.0 69.4 4.7 66.1
New Brunswick
2010 618.0 386.9 352.3 34.7 62.6 9.0 57.0
2011 620.0 385.8 352.3 33.5 62.2 8.7 56.8
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]
2010 130.2 70.0 58.0 12.0 53.8 17.1 44.5
2011 128.7 68.6 59.3 9.3 53.3 13.6 46.1
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]
2010 170.5 110.1 100.7 9.3 64.6 8.4 59.1
2011 172.5 113.9 105.5 8.4 66.0 7.4 61.2
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]
2010 143.7 92.1 87.1 5.0 64.1 5.4 60.6
2011 144.5 92.0 85.5 6.5 63.7 7.1 59.2
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]
2010 108.2 74.9 70.2 4.8 69.2 6.4 64.9
2011 109.7 71.8 66.2 5.6 65.5 7.8 60.3
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]
2010 65.3 39.8 36.3 3.5 60.9 8.8 55.6
2011 64.8 39.5 35.9 3.6 61.0 9.1 55.4
Quebec
2010 6,534.1 4,250.5 3,939.9 310.6 65.1 7.3 60.3
2011 6,600.1 4,246.7 3,917.9 328.8 64.3 7.7 59.4
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]
2010 78.7 41.9 36.6 5.2 53.2 12.4 46.5
2011 78.6 40.1 35.1 5.0 51.0 12.5 44.7
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]
2010 166.9 98.4 89.0 9.4 59.0 9.6 53.3
2011 166.7 93.9 86.8 7.1 56.3 7.6 52.1
Capitale-Nationale [2420]
2010 584.2 393.7 373.3 20.4 67.4 5.2 63.9
2011 591.0 401.2 381.3 19.9 67.9 5.0 64.5
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]
2010 332.6 225.9 217.2 8.7 67.9 3.9 65.3
2011 334.2 234.6 224.7 9.8 70.2 4.2 67.2
Estrie [2430]
2010 256.9 167.3 157.1 10.2 65.1 6.1 61.2
2011 259.1 159.9 150.8 9.1 61.7 5.7 58.2
Centre-du-Québec [2433]
2010 189.6 116.1 110.2 5.9 61.2 5.1 58.1
2011 191.1 115.4 106.7 8.7 60.4 7.5 55.8
Montérégie [2435]
2010 1,179.4 792.7 737.0 55.7 67.2 7.0 62.5
2011 1,194.8 775.6 720.8 54.8 64.9 7.1 60.3
Montréal [2440]
2010 1,616.0 1,035.3 941.2 94.1 64.1 9.1 58.2
2011 1,625.7 1,021.8 914.1 107.7 62.9 10.5 56.2
Laval [2445]
2010 329.2 208.8 192.0 16.7 63.4 8.0 58.3
2011 335.3 215.9 198.4 17.5 64.4 8.1 59.2
Lanaudière [2450]
2010 386.2 252.6 232.8 19.9 65.4 7.9 60.3
2011 393.8 277.9 256.5 21.4 70.6 7.7 65.1
Laurentides [2455]
2010 457.4 314.7 290.5 24.2 68.8 7.7 63.5
2011 466.2 308.2 284.5 23.7 66.1 7.7 61.0
Outaouais [2460]
2010 302.7 199.0 187.2 11.8 65.7 5.9 61.8
2011 307.9 215.2 200.5 14.7 69.9 6.8 65.1
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]
2010 117.3 78.2 72.6 5.6 66.7 7.2 61.9
2011 117.8 76.7 71.2 5.5 65.1 7.2 60.4
Mauricie [2470]
2010 220.9 135.2 125.6 9.6 61.2 7.1 56.9
2011 221.8 131.1 120.8 10.2 59.1 7.8 54.5
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]
2010 225.4 130.1 120.4 9.7 57.7 7.5 53.4
2011 225.4 124.8 116.4 8.4 55.4 6.7 51.6
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]
2010 90.8 60.7 57.2 3.5 66.9 5.8 63.0
2011 90.7 54.4 49.1 5.3 60.0 9.7 54.1
Ontario
2010 10,844.8 7,194.7 6,658.9 535.8 66.3 7.4 61.4
2011 10,979.7 7,261.3 6,744.4 516.9 66.1 7.1 61.4
Ottawa [3510]
2010 1,040.2 718.9 673.5 45.4 69.1 6.3 64.7
2011 1,053.5 726.3 683.5 42.8 68.9 5.9 64.9
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]
2010 369.2 219.9 205.3 14.6 59.6 6.6 55.6
2011 371.2 233.7 219.5 14.1 63.0 6.0 59.1
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]
2010 317.9 184.2 166.0 18.2 57.9 9.9 52.2
2011 319.3 195.2 181.6 13.6 61.1 7.0 56.9
Toronto [3530]
2010 4,984.8 3,385.4 3,126.5 258.9 67.9 7.6 62.7
2011 5,079.4 3,372.5 3,107.8 264.7 66.4 7.8 61.2
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]
2010 1,027.6 718.0 666.9 51.1 69.9 7.1 64.9
2011 1,042.5 737.0 690.4 46.6 70.7 6.3 66.2
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]
2010 1,163.9 753.0 696.2 56.8 64.7 7.5 59.8
2011 1,172.6 767.8 718.1 49.7 65.5 6.5 61.2
London [3560]
2010 537.6 351.2 324.6 26.7 65.3 7.6 60.4
2011 542.1 352.0 323.1 28.9 64.9 8.2 59.6
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]
2010 521.1 327.3 296.8 30.5 62.8 9.3 57.0
2011 519.0 323.9 297.3 26.6 62.4 8.2 57.3
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]
2010 245.9 156.1 146.8 9.3 63.5 6.0 59.7
2011 245.7 164.7 157.2 7.5 67.0 4.6 64.0
Northeast [3590]
2010 462.4 276.0 258.3 17.7 59.7 6.4 55.9
2011 461.2 277.2 261.1 16.1 60.1 5.8 56.6
Northwest [3595]
2010 174.1 104.7 98.2 6.6 60.1 6.3 56.4
2011 173.2 111.0 104.6 6.3 64.1 5.7 60.4
Manitoba
2010 945.9 652.7 622.3 30.3 69.0 4.6 65.8
2011 957.4 657.0 625.1 31.9 68.6 4.9 65.3
Southeast [4610]
2010 81.6 56.6 53.9 2.6 69.4 4.6 66.1
2011 83.3 56.8 54.4 2.4 68.2 4.2 65.3
South Central [4620]
2010 46.6 31.8 30.6 1.2 68.2 3.8 65.7
2011 47.8 31.6 30.7 0.9 66.1 2.8 64.2
Southwest [4630]
2010 83.5 54.8 53.4 1.4 65.6 2.6 64.0
2011 83.8 57.5 55.4 2.2 68.6 3.8 66.1
North Central [4640]
2010 36.2 23.9 22.9 1.0 66.0 4.2 63.3
2011 36.7 23.3 22.3 1.0 63.5 4.3 60.8
Winnipeg [4650]
2010 565.4 392.9 372.6 20.3 69.5 5.2 65.9
2011 573.4 397.2 375.9 21.4 69.3 5.4 65.6
Interlake [4660]
2010 72.2 49.5 47.7 1.8 68.6 3.6 66.1
2011 72.7 51.2 48.9 2.4 70.4 4.7 67.3
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]
2010 60.3 43.2 41.2 2.0 71.6 4.6 68.3
2011 59.7 39.3 37.6 1.7 65.8 4.3 63.0
Saskatchewan
2010 794.8 549.9 522.6 27.3 69.2 5.0 65.8
2011 803.6 549.7 525.6 24.1 68.4 4.4 65.4
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]
2010 235.7 170.3 164.1 6.2 72.3 3.6 69.6
2011 238.9 174.5 169.0 5.4 73.0 3.1 70.7
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]
2010 81.2 53.3 50.6 2.6 65.6 4.9 62.3
2011 81.1 50.9 48.9 2.0 62.8 3.9 60.3
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]
2010 261.6 179.7 171.2 8.5 68.7 4.7 65.4
2011 266.9 182.0 173.8 8.2 68.2 4.5 65.1
Yorkton-Melville [4740]
2010 63.2 40.8 38.4 2.4 64.6 5.9 60.8
2011 62.8 41.7 40.1 1.7 66.4 4.1 63.9
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]
2010 153.1 105.8 98.2 7.6 69.1 7.2 64.1
2011 153.8 100.6 93.8 6.8 65.4 6.8 61.0
Alberta
2010 2,976.3 2,147.5 2,029.8 117.7 72.2 5.5 68.2
2011 3,025.5 2,230.1 2,125.6 104.5 73.7 4.7 70.3
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]
2010 217.8 142.4 136.3 6.1 65.4 4.3 62.6
2011 220.0 150.0 143.8 6.2 68.2 4.1 65.4
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]
2010 155.7 110.3 104.8 5.5 70.8 5.0 67.3
2011 156.3 111.0 106.7 4.3 71.0 3.9 68.3
Calgary [4830]
2010 1,097.1 804.6 757.0 47.6 73.3 5.9 69.0
2011 1,119.2 835.5 794.3 41.2 74.7 4.9 71.0
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]
2010 71.7 55.5 52.2 3.3 77.4 5.9 72.8
2011 71.9 53.9 52.2 1.7 75.0 3.2 72.6
Red Deer [4850]
2010 152.9 111.7 105.9 5.8 73.1 5.2 69.3
2011 155.2 117.9 111.8 6.2 76.0 5.3 72.0
Edmonton [4860]
2010 990.0 705.8 668.0 37.8 71.3 5.4 67.5
2011 1,007.8 737.2 703.0 34.2 73.1 4.6 69.8
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace
River [4870]
2010 190.0 136.4 128.7 7.6 71.8 5.6 67.7
2011 191.1 141.4 134.3 7.0 74.0 5.0 70.3
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]
2010 101.0 80.7 76.8 3.9 79.9 4.8 76.0
2011 104.0 83.2 79.5 3.6 80.0 4.3 76.4
British Columbia
2010 3,751.3 2,439.1 2,269.6 169.6 65.0 7.0 60.5
2011 3,792.5 2,447.1 2,290.2 156.9 64.5 6.4 60.4
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]
2010 652.5 402.7 379.0 23.6 61.7 5.9 58.1
2011 657.0 381.8 357.7 24.2 58.1 6.3 54.4
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]
2010 2,289.6 1,506.8 1,402.0 104.8 65.8 7.0 61.2
2011 2,325.3 1,536.3 1,439.3 97.0 66.1 6.3 61.9
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]
2010 435.9 285.2 262.4 22.8 65.4 8.0 60.2
2011 437.8 273.3 255.2 18.1 62.4 6.6 58.3
Kootenay [5940]
2010 127.0 72.3 66.0 6.3 56.9 8.7 52.0
2011 127.3 80.8 75.4 5.5 63.5 6.8 59.2
Cariboo [5950]
2010 127.7 87.3 81.2 6.1 68.4 7.0 63.6
2011 127.2 88.2 81.8 6.4 69.3 7.3 64.3
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]
2010 67.0 45.3 42.1 3.2 67.6 7.1 62.8
2011 66.5 48.0 43.2 4.7 72.2 9.8 65.0
Northeast [5980]
2010 51.6 39.5 36.7 2.8 76.6 7.1 71.1
2011 51.5 38.7 37.7 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 75.1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 73.2
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1.

For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (catalogue number 71-543-GIE).

Note 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 "/n1/en/cansim/282-0054" title="CANSIM table 282-0054">282-0054.
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.