Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in May 2011 and May 2012

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by province and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in May 2011 and May 2012


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  
2011 27,917.7 18,633.3 17,167.2 1,466.0 66.7 7.9 61.5
2012 28,240.6 18,809.9 17,388.0 1,421.9 66.6 7.6 61.6
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2011 429.1 257.2 223.3 33.9 59.9 13.2 52.0
2012 428.0 260.7 226.1 34.6 60.9 13.3 52.8
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2011 220.5 142.6 131.1 11.5 64.7 8.1 59.5
2012 221.6 147.9 133.9 14.0 66.7 9.5 60.4
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]  
2011 30.7 17.5 13.4 4.1 57.0 23.4 43.6
2012 30.2 15.3 12.6 2.8 50.7 18.3 41.7
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2011 87.0 50.1 40.6 9.6 57.6 19.2 46.7
2012 86.1 49.3 40.8 8.6 57.3 17.4 47.4
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista
Bay [1040]		  
2011 90.8 47.0 38.2 8.8 51.8 18.7 42.1
2012 90.1 48.1 38.9 9.3 53.4 19.3 43.2
Prince Edward Island  
2011 118.8 80.3 70.1 10.1 67.6 12.6 59.0
2012 120.4 80.9 70.7 10.2 67.2 12.6 58.7
Nova Scotia  
2011 778.9 492.7 445.6 47.1 63.3 9.6 57.2
2012 780.0 496.9 449.9 47.1 63.7 9.5 57.7
Cape Breton [1210]  
2011 112.4 61.3 51.0 10.4 54.5 17.0 45.4
2012 111.1 62.5 53.6 8.9 56.3 14.2 48.2
North Shore [1220]  
2011 129.9 77.8 69.9 7.8 59.9 10.0 53.8
2012 129.4 81.2 72.3 8.9 62.8 11.0 55.9
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2011 99.8 58.9 51.7 7.3 59.0 12.4 51.8
2012 99.5 58.4 52.0 6.3 58.7 10.8 52.3
Southern [1240]  
2011 98.5 57.5 51.2 6.4 58.4 11.1 52.0
2012 97.4 56.1 48.8 7.3 57.6 13.0 50.1
Halifax [1250]  
2011 338.3 237.0 221.8 15.2 70.1 6.4 65.6
2012 342.6 238.7 223.1 15.7 69.7 6.6 65.1
New Brunswick  
2011 619.0 388.1 346.5 41.6 62.7 10.7 56.0
2012 620.4 388.9 347.1 41.8 62.7 10.7 55.9
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2011 129.6 72.3 59.4 12.9 55.8 17.8 45.8
2012 128.1 70.0 56.6 13.4 54.6 19.1 44.2
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2011 171.5 112.4 101.2 11.1 65.5 9.9 59.0
2012 173.3 116.4 106.8 9.6 67.2 8.2 61.6
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2011 144.1 94.5 86.9 7.6 65.6 8.0 60.3
2012 144.6 93.4 84.4 9.0 64.6 9.6 58.4
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2011 108.7 70.9 65.1 5.8 65.2 8.2 59.9
2012 109.9 69.9 64.8 5.1 63.6 7.3 59.0
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2011 65.1 38.1 33.9 4.2 58.5 11.0 52.1
2012 64.5 39.3 34.5 4.8 60.9 12.2 53.5
Quebec  
2011 6,561.8 4,275.6 3,927.6 348.0 65.2 8.1 59.9
2012 6,623.9 4,307.6 3,947.8 359.8 65.0 8.4 59.6
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2011 78.6 44.5 38.4 6.1 56.6 13.7 48.9
2012 78.6 42.4 36.3 6.1 53.9 14.4 46.2
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2011 166.8 99.7 91.8 7.9 59.8 7.9 55.0
2012 166.5 104.4 93.0 11.4 62.7 10.9 55.9
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2011 586.9 392.8 362.0 30.8 66.9 7.8 61.7
2012 592.9 414.0 387.4 26.6 69.8 6.4 65.3
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2011 333.0 226.6 212.7 14.0 68.0 6.2 63.9
2012 335.0 216.7 206.2 10.5 64.7 4.8 61.6
Estrie [2430]  
2011 257.8 165.3 153.0 12.3 64.1 7.4 59.3
2012 260.1 149.6 135.9 13.7 57.5 9.2 52.2
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2011 190.1 117.6 109.4 8.2 61.9 7.0 57.5
2012 191.8 109.2 97.5 11.7 56.9 10.7 50.8
Montérégie [2435]  
2011 1,186.2 778.7 724.5 54.1 65.6 6.9 61.1
2012 1,200.7 794.2 738.6 55.5 66.1 7.0 61.5
Montréal [2440]  
2011 1,621.1 1,047.0 952.0 95.0 64.6 9.1 58.7
2012 1,629.2 1,047.6 935.8 111.8 64.3 10.7 57.4
Laval [2445]  
2011 331.7 225.1 209.7 15.4 67.9 6.8 63.2
2012 337.7 233.2 216.0 17.2 69.1 7.4 64.0
Lanaudière [2450]  
2011 389.4 260.2 234.7 25.5 66.8 9.8 60.3
2012 396.4 267.2 243.6 23.7 67.4 8.9 61.5
Laurentides [2455]  
2011 461.0 313.5 286.7 26.8 68.0 8.5 62.2
2012 469.2 326.9 303.1 23.8 69.7 7.3 64.6
Outaouais [2460]  
2011 304.9 207.3 190.4 16.9 68.0 8.2 62.4
2012 309.8 209.9 195.8 14.2 67.8 6.8 63.2
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2011 117.5 76.5 69.4 7.1 65.1 9.3 59.1
2012 117.8 71.9 67.5 4.4 61.0 6.1 57.3
Mauricie [2470]  
2011 221.2 127.2 117.9 9.3 57.5 7.3 53.3
2012 222.0 128.3 115.0 13.3 57.8 10.4 51.8
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2011 225.2 137.5 123.4 14.1 61.1 10.3 54.8
2012 225.4 136.4 126.0 10.4 60.5 7.6 55.9
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2011 90.6 56.2 51.7 4.6 62.0 8.2 57.1
2012 90.8 55.7 50.2 5.5 61.3 9.9 55.3
Ontario  
2011 10,895.9 7,292.9 6,690.7 602.2 66.9 8.3 61.4
2012 11,041.1 7,330.5 6,746.3 584.3 66.4 8.0 61.1
Ottawa [3510]  
2011 1,045.3 724.8 677.6 47.3 69.3 6.5 64.8
2012 1,059.8 756.0 705.7 50.2 71.3 6.6 66.6
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2011 369.7 233.6 214.6 19.0 63.2 8.1 58.0
2012 371.7 228.5 213.5 15.0 61.5 6.6 57.4
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2011 318.4 192.1 174.3 17.9 60.3 9.3 54.7
2012 319.8 191.7 176.0 15.8 59.9 8.2 55.0
Toronto [3530]  
2011 5,021.8 3,404.2 3,105.9 298.3 67.8 8.8 61.8
2012 5,122.3 3,414.3 3,112.1 302.2 66.7 8.9 60.8
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2011 1,033.7 744.6 685.8 58.8 72.0 7.9 66.3
2012 1,048.4 739.0 686.7 52.3 70.5 7.1 65.5
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2011 1,166.9 760.2 706.2 54.0 65.1 7.1 60.5
2012 1,177.0 765.5 709.7 55.8 65.0 7.3 60.3
London [3560]  
2011 539.4 355.8 325.5 30.3 66.0 8.5 60.3
2012 543.9 357.1 328.8 28.3 65.7 7.9 60.5
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2011 519.9 323.5 292.3 31.2 62.2 9.6 56.2
2012 519.1 325.5 295.3 30.3 62.7 9.3 56.9
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2011 245.7 166.4 156.4 10.0 67.7 6.0 63.7
2012 245.7 163.8 156.8 7.0 66.7 4.3 63.8
Northeast [3590]  
2011 461.7 284.6 258.4 26.2 61.6 9.2 56.0
2012 460.2 279.7 261.3 18.4 60.8 6.6 56.8
Northwest [3595]  
2011 173.5 103.0 93.8 9.2 59.4 8.9 54.1
2012 173.1 109.4 100.4 9.0 63.2 8.2 58.0
Manitoba  
2011 950.8 658.5 622.4 36.1 69.3 5.5 65.5
2012 961.5 663.3 628.9 34.4 69.0 5.2 65.4
Southeast [4610]  
2011 82.3 58.6 55.8 2.8 71.2 4.8 67.8
2012 83.9 58.2 55.7 2.5 69.4 4.3 66.4
South Central [4620]  
2011 47.1 33.1 31.5 1.6 70.3 4.8 66.9
2012 48.1 31.1 30.0 1.1 64.7 3.5 62.4
Southwest [4630]  
2011 83.6 59.5 57.4 2.1 71.2 3.5 68.7
2012 83.9 58.6 55.7 2.9 69.8 4.9 66.4
North Central [4640]  
2011 36.5 24.9 23.0 1.8 68.2 7.2 63.0
2012 36.7 24.0 23.2 0.8 65.4 3.3 63.2
Winnipeg [4650]  
2011 568.8 390.8 368.4 22.4 68.7 5.7 64.8
2012 576.6 400.7 378.4 22.3 69.5 5.6 65.6
Interlake [4660]  
2011 72.4 50.8 47.7 3.1 70.2 6.1 65.9
2012 73.0 52.1 50.2 2.0 71.4 3.8 68.8
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]  
2011 60.1 41.0 38.7 2.3 68.2 5.6 64.4
2012 59.2 38.6 35.7 2.9 65.2 7.5 60.3
Saskatchewan  
2011 797.8 553.7 523.8 29.8 69.4 5.4 65.7
2012 807.7 561.3 533.4 27.9 69.5 5.0 66.0
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2011 236.8 170.5 162.0 8.5 72.0 5.0 68.4
2012 240.6 174.5 167.9 6.6 72.5 3.8 69.8
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2011 81.1 52.4 50.4 2.0 64.6 3.8 62.1
2012 81.0 52.5 49.9 2.6 64.8 5.0 61.6
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2011 263.7 183.9 173.5 10.4 69.7 5.7 65.8
2012 269.4 187.9 177.8 10.2 69.7 5.4 66.0
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2011 63.0 41.1 39.4 1.7 65.2 4.1 62.5
2012 62.6 40.3 38.8 1.5 64.4 3.7 62.0
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2011 153.3 105.8 98.5 7.3 69.0 6.9 64.3
2012 154.0 106.0 99.0 7.0 68.8 6.6 64.3
Alberta  
2011 2,994.7 2,180.8 2,056.2 124.6 72.8 5.7 68.7
2012 3,050.5 2,243.7 2,133.3 110.4 73.6 4.9 69.9
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2011 218.6 146.5 136.6 9.9 67.0 6.8 62.5
2012 221.2 152.2 145.1 7.0 68.8 4.6 65.6
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2011 155.8 112.2 107.5 4.7 72.0 4.2 69.0
2012 156.7 114.6 109.7 4.9 73.1 4.3 70.0
Calgary [4830]  
2011 1,105.7 809.1 761.5 47.6 73.2 5.9 68.9
2012 1,129.7 847.1 803.5 43.7 75.0 5.2 71.1
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]  
2011 71.8 56.5 54.7 1.8 78.7 3.2 76.2
2012 72.0 55.0 53.0 2.1 76.4 3.8 73.6
Red Deer [4850]  
2011 153.7 111.2 103.7 7.4 72.3 6.7 67.5
2012 156.3 115.1 108.7 6.4 73.6 5.6 69.5
Edmonton [4860]  
2011 996.4 720.3 679.2 41.1 72.3 5.7 68.2
2012 1,018.2 741.2 704.8 36.4 72.8 4.9 69.2
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace
River [4870]		  
2011 190.3 141.8 134.2 7.6 74.5 5.4 70.5
2012 191.4 134.7 128.3 6.4 70.4 4.8 67.0
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2011 102.4 83.2 78.7 4.5 81.3 5.4 76.9
2012 104.9 83.8 80.3 3.5 79.9 4.2 76.5
British Columbia  
2011 3,770.8 2,453.6 2,261.0 192.5 65.1 7.8 60.0
2012 3,807.1 2,476.1 2,304.5 171.6 65.0 6.9 60.5
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2011 654.8 407.2 374.5 32.8 62.2 8.1 57.2
2012 657.9 396.2 373.3 22.9 60.2 5.8 56.7
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2011 2,305.8 1,515.5 1,398.6 116.9 65.7 7.7 60.7
2012 2,341.0 1,546.8 1,443.0 103.9 66.1 6.7 61.6
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2011 437.6 280.8 257.1 23.7 64.2 8.4 58.8
2012 436.4 277.4 252.7 24.7 63.6 8.9 57.9
Kootenay [5940]  
2011 127.2 77.6 70.3 7.4 61.0 9.5 55.3
2012 127.0 79.1 73.0 6.1 62.3 7.7 57.5
Cariboo [5950]  
2011 127.4 85.2 79.2 6.1 66.9 7.2 62.2
2012 126.9 90.6 83.4 7.2 71.4 7.9 65.7
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2011 66.7 46.1 42.4 3.7 69.1 8.0 63.6
2012 66.2 44.8 39.7 5.2 67.7 11.6 60.0
Northeast [5980]  
2011 51.4 41.1 39.0 2.1 80.0 5.1 75.9
2012 51.7 41.1 39.5 1.6 79.5 3.9 76.4
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.