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

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by province and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in December 2011 and December 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      
Canada  Note 2  
2011 28,106.7 18,606.5 17,330.1 1,276.4 66.2 6.9 61.7
2012 28,442.1 18,855.2 17,602.4 1,252.9 66.3 6.6 61.9
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2011 428.6 255.4 223.2 32.2 59.6 12.6 52.1
2012 427.8 262.7 232.5 30.2 61.4 11.5 54.3
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2011 221.2 144.4 130.6 13.8 65.3 9.6 59.0
2012 222.5 149.8 138.0 11.8 67.3 7.9 62.0
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]  
2011 30.4 16.4 12.9 3.6 53.9 22.0 42.4
2012 29.9 15.7 13.1 2.6 52.5 16.6 43.8
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2011 86.6 48.9 41.8 7.0 56.5 14.3 48.3
2012 85.7 50.4 42.3 8.1 58.8 16.1 49.4
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista
Bay [1040]		  
2011 90.4 45.7 37.9 7.8 50.6 17.1 41.9
2012 89.7 46.8 39.1 7.7 52.2 16.5 43.6
Prince Edward Island  
2011 119.8 80.5 71.4 9.1 67.2 11.3 59.6
2012 120.6 81.8 72.5 9.3 67.8 11.4 60.1
Nova Scotia  
2011 779.5 492.9 454.4 38.5 63.2 7.8 58.3
2012 780.6 496.3 453.5 42.8 63.6 8.6 58.1
Cape Breton [1210]  
2011 111.6 62.8 52.8 10.0 56.3 15.9 47.3
2012 110.5 59.9 50.7 9.3 54.2 15.5 45.9
North Shore [1220]  
2011 129.6 77.0 69.3 7.7 59.4 10.0 53.5
2012 129.0 79.4 70.4 9.0 61.6 11.3 54.6
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2011 99.6 58.2 54.2 4.0 58.4 6.9 54.4
2012 99.5 61.6 57.0 4.7 61.9 7.6 57.3
Southern [1240]  
2011 97.9 58.5 52.8 5.8 59.8 9.9 53.9
2012 96.8 57.0 50.0 7.0 58.9 12.3 51.7
Halifax [1250]  
2011 340.8 236.4 225.3 11.0 69.4 4.7 66.1
2012 344.9 238.4 225.4 12.9 69.1 5.4 65.4
New Brunswick  
2011 620.0 385.8 352.3 33.5 62.2 8.7 56.8
2012 620.2 386.7 347.0 39.7 62.4 10.3 55.9
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2011 128.7 68.6 59.3 9.3 53.3 13.6 46.1
2012 127.2 72.0 59.2 12.7 56.6 17.6 46.5
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2011 172.5 113.9 105.5 8.4 66.0 7.4 61.2
2012 174.0 112.1 103.8 8.4 64.4 7.5 59.7
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2011 144.5 92.0 85.5 6.5 63.7 7.1 59.2
2012 144.6 91.7 82.5 9.3 63.4 10.1 57.1
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2011 109.7 71.8 66.2 5.6 65.5 7.8 60.3
2012 110.4 70.8 65.3 5.6 64.1 7.9 59.1
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2011 64.8 39.5 35.9 3.6 61.0 9.1 55.4
2012 64.0 40.0 36.3 3.7 62.5 9.3 56.7
Quebec  
2011 6,600.1 4,246.7 3,917.9 328.8 64.3 7.7 59.4
2012 6,659.9 4,330.5 4,022.1 308.4 65.0 7.1 60.4
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2011 78.6 40.1 35.1 5.0 51.0 12.5 44.7
2012 78.6 40.5 34.4 6.1 51.5 15.1 43.8
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2011 166.7 93.9 86.8 7.1 56.3 7.6 52.1
2012 166.4 99.1 92.8 6.3 59.6 6.4 55.8
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2011 591.0 401.2 381.3 19.9 67.9 5.0 64.5
2012 596.3 396.8 379.1 17.8 66.5 4.5 63.6
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2011 334.2 234.6 224.7 9.8 70.2 4.2 67.2
2012 336.3 230.6 221.7 8.9 68.6 3.9 65.9
Estrie [2430]  
2011 259.1 159.9 150.8 9.1 61.7 5.7 58.2
2012 261.4 167.4 156.6 10.8 64.0 6.5 59.9
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2011 191.1 115.4 106.7 8.7 60.4 7.5 55.8
2012 192.6 117.6 110.2 7.4 61.1 6.3 57.2
Montérégie [2435]  
2011 1,194.8 775.6 720.8 54.8 64.9 7.1 60.3
2012 1,208.1 832.2 783.7 48.5 68.9 5.8 64.9
Montréal [2440]  
2011 1,625.7 1,021.8 914.1 107.7 62.9 10.5 56.2
2012 1,637.2 1,053.2 949.4 103.8 64.3 9.9 58.0
Laval [2445]  
2011 335.3 215.9 198.4 17.5 64.4 8.1 59.2
2012 341.0 228.8 211.9 16.9 67.1 7.4 62.1
Lanaudière [2450]  
2011 393.8 277.9 256.5 21.4 70.6 7.7 65.1
2012 399.7 252.7 234.9 17.8 63.2 7.0 58.8
Laurentides [2455]  
2011 466.2 308.2 284.5 23.7 66.1 7.7 61.0
2012 473.3 315.4 296.1 19.4 66.6 6.2 62.6
Outaouais [2460]  
2011 307.9 215.2 200.5 14.7 69.9 6.8 65.1
2012 312.2 209.8 196.1 13.7 67.2 6.5 62.8
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2011 117.8 76.7 71.2 5.5 65.1 7.2 60.4
2012 118.0 78.0 73.0 5.0 66.1 6.4 61.9
Mauricie [2470]  
2011 221.8 131.1 120.8 10.2 59.1 7.8 54.5
2012 222.3 116.7 105.5 11.2 52.5 9.6 47.5
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2011 225.4 124.8 116.4 8.4 55.4 6.7 51.6
2012 225.4 137.2 125.4 11.7 60.9 8.5 55.6
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2011 90.7 54.4 49.1 5.3 60.0 9.7 54.1
2012 90.9 54.7 51.5 3.3 60.2 6.0 56.7
Ontario  
2011 10,979.7 7,261.3 6,744.4 516.9 66.1 7.1 61.4
2012 11,118.9 7,353.7 6,826.8 526.9 66.1 7.2 61.4
Ottawa [3510]  
2011 1,053.5 726.3 683.5 42.8 68.9 5.9 64.9
2012 1,067.5 738.9 694.8 44.1 69.2 6.0 65.1
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2011 371.2 233.7 219.5 14.1 63.0 6.0 59.1
2012 372.5 229.9 211.7 18.2 61.7 7.9 56.8
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2011 319.3 195.2 181.6 13.6 61.1 7.0 56.9
2012 320.6 173.3 160.8 12.5 54.1 7.2 50.2
Toronto [3530]  
2011 5,079.4 3,372.5 3,107.8 264.7 66.4 7.8 61.2
2012 5,177.2 3,509.7 3,237.6 272.0 67.8 7.7 62.5
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2011 1,042.5 737.0 690.4 46.6 70.7 6.3 66.2
2012 1,055.7 737.1 693.7 43.4 69.8 5.9 65.7
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2011 1,172.6 767.8 718.1 49.7 65.5 6.5 61.2
2012 1,182.7 761.1 712.7 48.4 64.4 6.4 60.3
London [3560]  
2011 542.1 352.0 323.1 28.9 64.9 8.2 59.6
2012 546.4 350.6 325.2 25.5 64.2 7.3 59.5
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2011 519.0 323.9 297.3 26.6 62.4 8.2 57.3
2012 518.8 325.0 297.3 27.7 62.6 8.5 57.3
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2011 245.7 164.7 157.2 7.5 67.0 4.6 64.0
2012 245.8 151.5 144.5 7.0 61.6 4.6 58.8
Northeast [3590]  
2011 461.2 277.2 261.1 16.1 60.1 5.8 56.6
2012 458.7 270.0 247.5 22.5 58.9 8.3 54.0
Northwest [3595]  
2011 173.2 111.0 104.6 6.3 64.1 5.7 60.4
2012 173.0 106.6 101.1 5.5 61.6 5.2 58.4
Manitoba  
2011 957.4 657.0 625.1 31.9 68.6 4.9 65.3
2012 966.3 664.5 632.7 31.8 68.8 4.8 65.5
Southeast [4610]  
2011 83.3 56.8 54.4 2.4 68.2 4.2 65.3
2012 84.6 58.8 56.0 2.8 69.5 4.8 66.2
South Central [4620]  
2011 47.8 31.6 30.7 0.9 66.1 2.8 64.2
2012 48.4 31.7 30.9 0.8 65.5 2.5 63.8
Southwest [4630]  
2011 83.8 57.5 55.4 2.2 68.6 3.8 66.1
2012 84.0 60.7 59.0 1.6 72.3 2.6 70.2
North Central [4640]  
2011 36.7 23.3 22.3 1.0 63.5 4.3 60.8
2012 36.8 23.7 23.0 0.8 64.4 3.4 62.5
Winnipeg [4650]  
2011 573.4 397.2 375.9 21.4 69.3 5.4 65.6
2012 580.5 400.9 379.9 21.0 69.1 5.2 65.4
Interlake [4660]  
2011 72.7 51.2 48.9 2.4 70.4 4.7 67.3
2012 73.3 50.2 48.4 1.8 68.5 3.6 66.0
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]  
2011 59.7 39.3 37.6 1.7 65.8 4.3 63.0
2012 58.8 38.5 35.5 3.0 65.5 7.8 60.4
Saskatchewan  
2011 803.6 549.7 525.6 24.1 68.4 4.4 65.4
2012 816.4 563.7 540.5 23.2 69.0 4.1 66.2
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2011 238.9 174.5 169.0 5.4 73.0 3.1 70.7
2012 243.8 177.9 172.2 5.7 73.0 3.2 70.6
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2011 81.1 50.9 48.9 2.0 62.8 3.9 60.3
2012 81.2 51.7 50.4 1.3 63.7 2.5 62.1
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2011 266.9 182.0 173.8 8.2 68.2 4.5 65.1
2012 273.9 190.8 182.1 8.7 69.7 4.6 66.5
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2011 62.8 41.7 40.1 1.7 66.4 4.1 63.9
2012 62.6 40.6 39.3 1.3 64.9 3.2 62.8
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2011 153.8 100.6 93.8 6.8 65.4 6.8 61.0
2012 154.9 102.7 96.5 6.2 66.3 6.0 62.3
Alberta  
2011 3,025.5 2,230.1 2,125.6 104.5 73.7 4.7 70.3
2012 3,103.7 2,253.7 2,161.9 91.8 72.6 4.1 69.7
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2011 220.0 150.0 143.8 6.2 68.2 4.1 65.4
2012 224.0 147.2 141.1 6.1 65.7 4.1 63.0
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2011 156.3 111.0 106.7 4.3 71.0 3.9 68.3
2012 158.1 104.7 101.6 3.1 66.2 3.0 64.3
Calgary [4830]  
2011 1,119.2 835.5 794.3 41.2 74.7 4.9 71.0
2012 1,151.1 851.8 815.5 36.3 74.0 4.3 70.8
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]  
2011 71.9 53.9 52.2 1.7 75.0 3.2 72.6
2012 72.7 53.7 51.1 2.6 73.9 4.8 70.3
Red Deer [4850]  
2011 155.2 117.9 111.8 6.2 76.0 5.3 72.0
2012 158.8 113.9 109.7 4.2 71.7 3.7 69.1
Edmonton [4860]  
2011 1,007.8 737.2 703.0 34.2 73.1 4.6 69.8
2012 1,039.1 759.1 727.9 31.2 73.1 4.1 70.1
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace
River [4870]		  
2011 191.1 141.4 134.3 7.0 74.0 5.0 70.3
2012 193.0 137.6 132.3 5.3 71.3 3.9 68.5
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2011 104.0 83.2 79.5 3.6 80.0 4.3 76.4
2012 106.9 85.7 82.7 3.0 80.2 3.5 77.4
British Columbia  
2011 3,792.5 2,447.1 2,290.2 156.9 64.5 6.4 60.4
2012 3,827.6 2,461.6 2,312.9 148.7 64.3 6.0 60.4
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2011 657.0 381.8 357.7 24.2 58.1 6.3 54.4
2012 659.2 393.0 370.1 22.9 59.6 5.8 56.1
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2011 2,325.3 1,536.3 1,439.3 97.0 66.1 6.3 61.9
2012 2,363.3 1,544.4 1,448.5 95.9 65.3 6.2 61.3
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2011 437.8 273.3 255.2 18.1 62.4 6.6 58.3
2012 434.5 267.1 251.8 15.2 61.5 5.7 58.0
Kootenay [5940]  
2011 127.3 80.8 75.4 5.5 63.5 6.8 59.2
2012 126.6 83.2 77.3 5.8 65.7 7.0 61.1
Cariboo [5950]  
2011 127.2 88.2 81.8 6.4 69.3 7.3 64.3
2012 126.3 89.2 85.3 3.9 70.6 4.4 67.5
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2011 66.5 48.0 43.2 4.7 72.2 9.8 65.0
2012 65.7 42.7 39.2 3.5 65.0 8.2 59.7
Northeast [5980]  
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
2012 52.0 42.0 40.6 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 80.8 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 78.1
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
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.