Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in May 2012 and May 2013

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Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,1 unadjusted for seasonality, 3 month moving average ending in May 2012 and May 2013
Table summary
This table displays the labour force characteristics by province and economic region. The data in this table is unadjusted for seasonality, three-month moving average. The row headers provide information for Canada, the provinces and the economic regions for the current month and the same month last year. The column headers provide information for the labour force characteristics in thousands.
  Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Unemployment
         in thousands      
Canada 2  
2012 28,240.6 18,809.9 17,388.0 1,421.9 66.6 7.6 61.6
2013 28,586.5 19,000.7 17,586.8 1,414.0 66.5 7.4 61.5
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2012 428.0 260.7 226.1 34.6 60.9 13.3 52.8
2013 429.4 263.8 229.6 34.2 61.4 13.0 53.5
Avalon Peninsula [1010]  
2012 221.6 147.9 133.9 14.0 66.7 9.5 60.4
2013 224.1 146.4 134.5 12.0 65.3 8.2 60.0
South Coast-Burin Peninsula [1020]  
2012 30.2 15.3 12.6 2.8 50.7 18.3 41.7
2013 29.8 16.9 13.2 3.8 56.7 22.5 44.3
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]  
2012 86.1 49.3 40.8 8.6 57.3 17.4 47.4
2013 85.8 52.2 43.7 8.5 60.8 16.3 50.9
Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1040]  
2012 90.1 48.1 38.9 9.3 53.4 19.3 43.2
2013 89.7 48.2 38.2 10.0 53.7 20.7 42.6
Prince Edward Island  
2012 120.4 80.9 70.7 10.2 67.2 12.6 58.7
2013 120.6 83.9 73.2 10.7 69.6 12.8 60.7
Nova Scotia  
2012 780.0 496.9 449.9 47.1 63.7 9.5 57.7
2013 781.1 499.4 451.5 47.8 63.9 9.6 57.8
Cape Breton [1210]  
2012 111.1 62.5 53.6 8.9 56.3 14.2 48.2
2013 110.0 62.4 52.8 9.6 56.7 15.4 48.0
North Shore [1220]  
2012 129.4 81.2 72.3 8.9 62.8 11.0 55.9
2013 128.7 77.4 68.7 8.7 60.1 11.2 53.4
Annapolis Valley [1230]  
2012 99.5 58.4 52.0 6.3 58.7 10.8 52.3
2013 99.4 61.5 55.7 5.7 61.9 9.3 56.0
Southern [1240]  
2012 97.4 56.1 48.8 7.3 57.6 13.0 50.1
2013 96.4 57.4 50.2 7.2 59.5 12.5 52.1
Halifax [1250]  
2012 342.6 238.7 223.1 15.7 69.7 6.6 65.1
2013 346.6 240.8 224.1 16.7 69.5 6.9 64.7
New Brunswick  
2012 620.4 388.9 347.1 41.8 62.7 10.7 55.9
2013 619.9 391.5 345.3 46.2 63.2 11.8 55.7
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]  
2012 128.1 70.0 56.6 13.4 54.6 19.1 44.2
2013 126.5 74.8 60.1 14.7 59.1 19.7 47.5
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]  
2012 173.3 116.4 106.8 9.6 67.2 8.2 61.6
2013 174.5 114.1 103.3 10.8 65.4 9.5 59.2
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]  
2012 144.6 93.4 84.4 9.0 64.6 9.6 58.4
2013 144.5 92.5 82.2 10.4 64.0 11.2 56.9
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]  
2012 109.9 69.9 64.8 5.1 63.6 7.3 59.0
2013 110.8 70.2 64.9 5.3 63.4 7.5 58.6
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]  
2012 64.5 39.3 34.5 4.8 60.9 12.2 53.5
2013 63.7 39.8 34.9 4.9 62.5 12.3 54.8
Quebec  
2012 6,623.9 4,307.6 3,947.8 359.8 65.0 8.4 59.6
2013 6,679.8 4,353.5 3,995.0 358.5 65.2 8.2 59.8
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]  
2012 78.6 42.4 36.3 6.1 53.9 14.4 46.2
2013 78.4 42.5 34.5 8.0 54.2 18.8 44.0
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]  
2012 166.5 104.4 93.0 11.4 62.7 10.9 55.9
2013 166.0 99.5 88.9 10.6 59.9 10.7 53.6
Capitale-Nationale [2420]  
2012 592.9 414.0 387.4 26.6 69.8 6.4 65.3
2013 597.8 406.0 382.1 23.9 67.9 5.9 63.9
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]  
2012 335.0 216.7 206.2 10.5 64.7 4.8 61.6
2013 336.6 222.8 207.8 15.0 66.2 6.7 61.7
Estrie [2430]  
2012 260.1 149.6 135.9 13.7 57.5 9.2 52.2
2013 262.2 163.0 152.6 10.5 62.2 6.4 58.2
Centre-du-Québec [2433]  
2012 191.8 109.2 97.5 11.7 56.9 10.7 50.8
2013 193.0 122.0 112.3 9.7 63.2 8.0 58.2
Montérégie [2435]  
2012 1,200.7 794.2 738.6 55.5 66.1 7.0 61.5
2013 1,212.5 810.5 755.3 55.2 66.8 6.8 62.3
Montréal [2440]  
2012 1,629.2 1,047.6 935.8 111.8 64.3 10.7 57.4
2013 1,643.1 1,068.1 958.6 109.5 65.0 10.3 58.3
Laval [2445]  
2012 337.7 233.2 216.0 17.2 69.1 7.4 64.0
2013 343.0 235.2 219.3 16.0 68.6 6.8 63.9
Lanaudière [2450]  
2012 396.4 267.2 243.6 23.7 67.4 8.9 61.5
2013 401.6 264.3 239.4 24.9 65.8 9.4 59.6
Laurentides [2455]  
2012 469.2 326.9 303.1 23.8 69.7 7.3 64.6
2013 475.7 327.9 306.4 21.5 68.9 6.6 64.4
Outaouais [2460]  
2012 309.8 209.9 195.8 14.2 67.8 6.8 63.2
2013 313.7 204.4 190.1 14.3 65.2 7.0 60.6
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]  
2012 117.8 71.9 67.5 4.4 61.0 6.1 57.3
2013 118.0 79.1 71.5 7.6 67.0 9.6 60.6
Mauricie [2470]  
2012 222.0 128.3 115.0 13.3 57.8 10.4 51.8
2013 222.2 117.6 104.1 13.5 52.9 11.5 46.8
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]  
2012 225.4 136.4 126.0 10.4 60.5 7.6 55.9
2013 225.0 135.6 121.9 13.7 60.3 10.1 54.2
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]  
2012 90.8 55.7 50.2 5.5 61.3 9.9 55.3
2013 90.9 55.0 50.3 4.7 60.5 8.5 55.3
Ontario  
2012 11,041.1 7,330.5 6,746.3 584.3 66.4 8.0 61.1
2013 11,172.6 7,410.5 6,833.1 577.4 66.3 7.8 61.2
Ottawa [3510]  
2012 1,059.8 756.0 705.7 50.2 71.3 6.6 66.6
2013 1,072.3 728.7 682.8 45.9 68.0 6.3 63.7
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]  
2012 371.7 228.5 213.5 15.0 61.5 6.6 57.4
2013 372.8 231.2 216.1 15.0 62.0 6.5 58.0
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]  
2012 319.8 191.7 176.0 15.8 59.9 8.2 55.0
2013 321.0 180.5 163.4 17.0 56.2 9.4 50.9
Toronto [3530]  
2012 5,122.3 3,414.3 3,112.1 302.2 66.7 8.9 60.8
2013 5,216.1 3,525.3 3,239.9 285.5 67.6 8.1 62.1
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]  
2012 1,048.4 739.0 686.7 52.3 70.5 7.1 65.5
2013 1,061.4 756.5 701.7 54.8 71.3 7.2 66.1
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]  
2012 1,177.0 765.5 709.7 55.8 65.0 7.3 60.3
2013 1,186.4 765.0 706.8 58.3 64.5 7.6 59.6
London [3560]  
2012 543.9 357.1 328.8 28.3 65.7 7.9 60.5
2013 548.2 358.2 326.0 32.2 65.3 9.0 59.5
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]  
2012 519.1 325.5 295.3 30.3 62.7 9.3 56.9
2013 518.6 319.8 289.9 29.8 61.7 9.3 55.9
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]  
2012 245.7 163.8 156.8 7.0 66.7 4.3 63.8
2013 245.6 158.1 150.5 7.6 64.4 4.8 61.3
Northeast [3590]  
2012 460.2 279.7 261.3 18.4 60.8 6.6 56.8
2013 457.4 278.6 254.8 23.8 60.9 8.5 55.7
Northwest [3595]  
2012 173.1 109.4 100.4 9.0 63.2 8.2 58.0
2013 172.9 108.7 101.2 7.5 62.9 6.9 58.5
Manitoba  
2012 961.5 663.3 628.9 34.4 69.0 5.2 65.4
2013 971.0 666.8 630.7 36.2 68.7 5.4 65.0
Southeast [4610]  
2012 83.9 58.2 55.7 2.5 69.4 4.3 66.4
2013 85.1 59.2 56.8 2.4 69.6 4.1 66.7
South Central [4620]  
2012 48.1 31.1 30.0 1.1 64.7 3.5 62.4
2013 48.8 33.0 32.0 1.0 67.6 3.0 65.6
Southwest [4630]  
2012 83.9 58.6 55.7 2.9 69.8 4.9 66.4
2013 84.2 58.2 56.2 2.0 69.1 3.4 66.7
North Central [4640]  
2012 36.7 24.0 23.2 0.8 65.4 3.3 63.2
2013 36.9 25.4 25.0 0.5 68.8 2.0 67.8
Winnipeg [4650]  
2012 576.6 400.7 378.4 22.3 69.5 5.6 65.6
2013 584.2 406.1 379.8 26.3 69.5 6.5 65.0
Interlake [4660]  
2012 73.0 52.1 50.2 2.0 71.4 3.8 68.8
2013 73.5 47.8 45.7 2.0 65.0 4.2 62.2
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]  
2012 59.2 38.6 35.7 2.9 65.2 7.5 60.3
2013 58.4 37.2 35.1 2.1 63.7 5.6 60.1
Saskatchewan  
2012 807.7 561.3 533.4 27.9 69.5 5.0 66.0
2013 821.9 577.0 552.4 24.6 70.2 4.3 67.2
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]  
2012 240.6 174.5 167.9 6.6 72.5 3.8 69.8
2013 245.8 180.4 173.9 6.4 73.4 3.5 70.7
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]  
2012 81.0 52.5 49.9 2.6 64.8 5.0 61.6
2013 81.3 55.0 53.1 1.9 67.7 3.5 65.3
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]  
2012 269.4 187.9 177.8 10.2 69.7 5.4 66.0
2013 277.2 197.5 189.6 7.9 71.2 4.0 68.4
Yorkton-Melville [4740]  
2012 62.6 40.3 38.8 1.5 64.4 3.7 62.0
2013 62.4 41.2 38.6 2.6 66.0 6.3 61.9
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]  
2012 154.0 106.0 99.0 7.0 68.8 6.6 64.3
2013 155.2 103.0 97.1 5.8 66.4 5.6 62.6
Alberta  
2012 3,050.5 2,243.7 2,133.3 110.4 73.6 4.9 69.9
2013 3,145.7 2,285.1 2,175.7 109.3 72.6 4.8 69.2
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]  
2012 221.2 152.2 145.1 7.0 68.8 4.6 65.6
2013 226.0 149.1 139.9 9.2 66.0 6.2 61.9
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]  
2012 156.7 114.6 109.7 4.9 73.1 4.3 70.0
2013 159.1 114.3 110.9 3.4 71.8 3.0 69.7
Calgary [4830]  
2012 1,129.7 847.1 803.5 43.7 75.0 5.2 71.1
2013 1,168.6 859.7 817.8 42.0 73.6 4.9 70.0
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House [4840]  
2012 72.0 55.0 53.0 2.1 76.4 3.8 73.6
2013 73.4 54.8 52.6 2.2 74.7 4.0 71.7
Red Deer [4850]  
2012 156.3 115.1 108.7 6.4 73.6 5.6 69.5
2013 160.6 120.4 113.1 7.3 75.0 6.1 70.4
Edmonton [4860]  
2012 1,018.2 741.2 704.8 36.4 72.8 4.9 69.2
2013 1,054.9 755.9 720.0 35.9 71.7 4.7 68.3
Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4870]  
2012 191.4 134.7 128.3 6.4 70.4 4.8 67.0
2013 194.4 144.1 138.4 5.7 74.1 4.0 71.2
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]  
2012 104.9 83.8 80.3 3.5 79.9 4.2 76.5
2013 108.6 86.8 83.0 3.8 79.9 4.4 76.4
British Columbia  
2012 3,807.1 2,476.1 2,304.5 171.6 65.0 6.9 60.5
2013 3,844.4 2,469.3 2,300.3 169.0 64.2 6.8 59.8
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]  
2012 657.9 396.2 373.3 22.9 60.2 5.8 56.7
2013 660.3 400.9 374.8 26.1 60.7 6.5 56.8
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]  
2012 2,341.0 1,546.8 1,443.0 103.9 66.1 6.7 61.6
2013 2,380.6 1,557.0 1,447.8 109.2 65.4 7.0 60.8
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]  
2012 436.4 277.4 252.7 24.7 63.6 8.9 57.9
2013 433.9 261.8 243.6 18.2 60.3 7.0 56.1
Kootenay [5940]  
2012 127.0 79.1 73.0 6.1 62.3 7.7 57.5
2013 126.3 84.2 79.0 5.2 66.7 6.2 62.5
Cariboo [5950]  
2012 126.9 90.6 83.4 7.2 71.4 7.9 65.7
2013 125.9 83.1 78.5 4.6 66.0 5.5 62.4
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]  
2012 66.2 44.8 39.7 5.2 67.7 11.6 60.0
2013 65.2 43.0 39.7 3.3 66.0 7.7 60.9
Northeast [5980]  
2012 51.7 41.1 39.5 1.6 79.5 3.9 76.4
2013 52.2 39.3 36.9 2.4 75.3 6.1 70.7
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.
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