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Table 6-1
Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region,^{Table 6-1 Note 1} unadjusted for seasonality, three-month moving average ending in June 2016 and June 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Labour force characteristics — by province and economic region Population, Labour force, Employment, Unemployment, Participation rate, Unemployment rate and Employment rate, calculated using in thousands and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	in thousands				percent
	Population	Labour force^{Table 6-1 Note 2}	Employment	Unemployment	Participation rate	Unemployment rate	Employment rate
Canada
2016	29,545.1	19,520.6	18,164.5	1,356.1	66.1	6.9	61.5
2017	29,855.4	19,757.4	18,480.4	1,276.9	66.2	6.5	61.9
Newfoundland and Labrador
2016	444.2	272.2	239.5	32.6	61.3	12.0	53.9
2017	445.7	266.1	227.8	38.3	59.7	14.4	51.1
Avalon Peninsula [1010]
2016	234.9	155.1	140.7	14.4	66.0	9.3	59.9
2017	237.2	147.7	133.5	14.2	62.3	9.6	56.3
South Coast-Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay [1020, 1040]
2016	122.2	65.7	54.9	10.8	53.8	16.4	44.9
2017	121.7	66.0	51.8	14.3	54.2	21.7	42.6
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador [1030]
2016	87.1	51.4	43.9	7.5	59.0	14.6	50.4
2017	86.8	52.4	42.6	9.8	60.4	18.7	49.1
Prince Edward Island
2016	121.7	80.9	72.6	8.4	66.5	10.4	59.7
2017	123.6	83.6	75.7	7.9	67.6	9.4	61.2
Nova Scotia
2016	788.1	490.2	450.8	39.4	62.2	8.0	57.2
2017	791.6	493.7	453.1	40.6	62.4	8.2	57.2
Cape Breton [1210]
2016	106.1	57.9	50.2	7.7	54.6	13.3	47.3
2017	105.2	55.3	48.2	7.2	52.6	13.0	45.8
North Shore [1220]
2016	128.3	74.6	67.4	7.3	58.1	9.8	52.5
2017	127.8	76.8	69.8	7.0	60.1	9.1	54.6
Annapolis Valley [1230]
2016	102.6	61.8	55.9	5.9	60.2	9.5	54.5
2017	102.7	65.2	60.7	4.6	63.5	7.1	59.1
Southern [1240]
2016	97.9	55.4	49.9	5.4	56.6	9.7	51.0
2017	97.5	54.9	49.6	5.3	56.3	9.7	50.9
Halifax [1250]
2016	353.1	240.6	227.4	13.2	68.1	5.5	64.4
2017	358.5	241.4	224.8	16.6	67.3	6.9	62.7
New Brunswick
2016	623.4	392.2	353.0	39.2	62.9	10.0	56.6
2017	624.4	387.2	354.6	32.6	62.0	8.4	56.8
Campbellton-Miramichi [1310]
2016	128.6	69.9	58.4	11.5	54.4	16.5	45.4
2017	127.8	74.0	63.7	10.3	57.9	13.9	49.8
Moncton-Richibucto [1320]
2016	178.2	116.3	106.3	10.0	65.3	8.6	59.7
2017	179.8	112.6	105.0	7.5	62.6	6.7	58.4
Saint John-St. Stephen [1330]
2016	142.0	90.7	83.0	7.8	63.9	8.6	58.5
2017	141.8	90.4	83.8	6.6	63.8	7.3	59.1
Fredericton-Oromocto [1340]
2016	111.0	74.4	66.8	7.6	67.0	10.2	60.2
2017	111.8	70.4	65.6	4.8	63.0	6.8	58.7
Edmundston-Woodstock [1350]
2016	63.7	40.9	38.6	2.4	64.2	5.9	60.6
2017	63.2	39.8	36.4	3.4	63.0	8.5	57.6
Quebec
2016	6,881.4	4,458.7	4,138.4	320.3	64.8	7.2	60.1
2017	6,925.1	4,513.5	4,234.3	279.2	65.2	6.2	61.1
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine [2410]
2016	77.4	41.9	35.6	6.4	54.1	15.3	46.0
2017	76.7	43.5	38.6	4.9	56.7	11.3	50.3
Bas-Saint-Laurent [2415]
2016	169.2	95.6	88.8	6.8	56.5	7.1	52.5
2017	168.5	91.4	85.7	5.6	54.2	6.1	50.9
Capitale-Nationale [2420]
2016	620.9	420.3	403.8	16.5	67.7	3.9	65.0
2017	624.9	424.6	402.1	22.5	67.9	5.3	64.3
Chaudière-Appalaches [2425]
2016	349.7	229.4	217.1	12.4	65.6	5.4	62.1
2017	350.7	217.1	209.4	7.7	61.9	3.5	59.7
Estrie [2430]
2016	270.6	164.2	153.3	10.9	60.7	6.6	56.7
2017	272.2	164.7	155.6	9.0	60.5	5.5	57.2
Centre-du-Québec [2433]
2016	201.0	129.7	123.6	6.1	64.5	4.7	61.5
2017	201.8	131.7	124.9	6.8	65.3	5.2	61.9
Montérégie [2435]
2016	1,258.5	827.2	772.2	55.0	65.7	6.6	61.4
2017	1,267.3	851.0	812.5	38.6	67.2	4.5	64.1
Montréal [2440]
2016	1,678.6	1,096.2	986.1	110.1	65.3	10.0	58.7
2017	1,694.4	1,128.8	1,030.6	98.1	66.6	8.7	60.8
Laval [2445]
2016	354.6	225.7	215.6	10.1	63.6	4.5	60.8
2017	357.9	233.0	219.7	13.3	65.1	5.7	61.4
Lanaudière [2450]
2016	414.3	269.4	253.4	16.0	65.0	5.9	61.2
2017	417.2	279.5	264.4	15.1	67.0	5.4	63.4
Laurentides [2455]
2016	497.5	330.9	308.3	22.6	66.5	6.8	62.0
2017	503.2	328.1	308.6	19.5	65.2	5.9	61.3
Outaouais [2460]
2016	320.1	216.7	200.7	16.0	67.7	7.4	62.7
2017	322.1	217.3	205.3	12.0	67.5	5.5	63.7
Abitibi-Témiscamingue [2465]
2016	120.5	78.1	72.1	6.0	64.8	7.7	59.8
2017	120.4	78.6	74.5	4.1	65.3	5.2	61.9
Mauricie [2470]
2016	225.3	137.5	128.3	9.2	61.0	6.7	56.9
2017	225.3	127.8	120.6	7.2	56.7	5.6	53.5
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean [2475]
2016	231.5	135.7	125.2	10.5	58.6	7.7	54.1
2017	231.0	138.1	127.2	10.9	59.8	7.9	55.1
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec [2480, 2490]
2016	91.7	60.2	54.4	5.8	65.6	9.6	59.3
2017	91.3	58.3	54.5	3.8	63.9	6.5	59.7
Ontario
2016	11,501.7	7,544.2	7,047.3	497.0	65.6	6.6	61.3
2017	11,658.1	7,602.6	7,129.6	473.0	65.2	6.2	61.2
Ottawa [3510]
2016	1,106.6	744.1	692.2	51.8	67.2	7.0	62.6
2017	1,119.7	740.0	693.5	46.5	66.1	6.3	61.9
Kingston-Pembroke [3515]
2016	378.0	226.6	212.7	13.9	59.9	6.1	56.3
2017	379.9	218.7	204.1	14.6	57.6	6.7	53.7
Muskoka-Kawarthas [3520]
2016	327.9	177.2	166.1	11.1	54.0	6.3	50.7
2017	330.1	193.0	179.8	13.2	58.5	6.8	54.5
Toronto [3530]
2016	5,434.9	3,656.4	3,408.4	248.0	67.3	6.8	62.7
2017	5,533.5	3,689.0	3,442.6	246.3	66.7	6.7	62.2
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie [3540]
2016	1,089.6	755.6	714.6	41.0	69.3	5.4	65.6
2017	1,106.7	777.4	736.2	41.2	70.2	5.3	66.5
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula [3550]
2016	1,208.6	768.3	718.0	50.3	63.6	6.5	59.4
2017	1,223.1	791.9	749.5	42.5	64.7	5.4	61.3
London [3560]
2016	557.5	361.7	339.2	22.5	64.9	6.2	60.8
2017	563.4	358.2	338.0	20.2	63.6	5.6	60.0
Windsor-Sarnia [3570]
2016	525.1	326.5	303.7	22.8	62.2	7.0	57.8
2017	527.6	315.3	295.3	20.0	59.8	6.3	56.0
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula [3580]
2016	246.0	146.4	139.4	7.0	59.5	4.8	56.7
2017	246.5	144.7	139.6	5.1	58.7	3.5	56.6
Northeast [3590]
2016	456.1	273.4	252.7	20.7	59.9	7.6	55.4
2017	455.4	265.4	247.8	17.6	58.3	6.6	54.4
Northwest [3595]
2016	171.5	108.0	100.2	7.8	63.0	7.2	58.4
2017	172.1	109.0	103.2	5.8	63.3	5.3	60.0
Manitoba
2016	997.4	679.5	639.3	40.1	68.1	5.9	64.1
2017	1,011.9	682.5	647.7	34.9	67.4	5.1	64.0
Southeast [4610]
2016	90.8	65.4	62.3	3.1	72.0	4.7	68.6
2017	92.7	65.4	62.5	2.9	70.6	4.4	67.4
South Central and North Central [4620, 4640]
2016	85.3	57.1	54.7	2.4	66.9	4.2	64.1
2017	86.3	57.0	55.0	2.1	66.0	3.7	63.7
Southwest [4630]
2016	88.4	57.7	54.0	3.8	65.3	6.6	61.1
2017	89.2	59.0	55.6	3.4	66.1	5.8	62.3
Winnipeg [4650]
2016	602.0	411.8	385.9	25.8	68.4	6.3	64.1
2017	612.3	414.1	391.6	22.5	67.6	5.4	64.0
Interlake [4660]
2016	75.5	49.2	45.8	3.4	65.2	6.9	60.7
2017	75.9	49.1	47.6	1.5	64.7	3.1	62.7
Parklands and North [4670, 4680]
2016	55.5	38.2	36.6	1.6	68.8	4.2	65.9
2017	55.4	37.8	35.4	2.5	68.2	6.6	63.9
Saskatchewan
2016	867.7	610.8	573.4	37.4	70.4	6.1	66.1
2017	876.2	612.0	573.0	39.1	69.8	6.4	65.4
Regina-Moose Mountain [4710]
2016	265.8	196.8	185.5	11.3	74.0	5.7	69.8
2017	269.1	193.8	182.9	10.9	72.0	5.6	68.0
Swift Current-Moose Jaw [4720]
2016	82.1	55.4	53.6	1.9	67.5	3.4	65.3
2017	81.7	53.9	51.4	2.5	66.0	4.6	62.9
Saskatoon-Biggar [4730]
2016	299.4	207.4	195.0	12.5	69.3	6.0	65.1
2017	304.7	214.8	198.3	16.5	70.5	7.7	65.1
Yorkton-Melville [4740]
2016	61.9	40.2	37.9	2.3	64.9	5.7	61.2
2017	61.1	42.0	40.4	1.7	68.7	4.0	66.1
Prince Albert and Northern [4750, 4760]
2016	158.5	110.9	101.4	9.5	70.0	8.6	64.0
2017	159.6	107.5	100.0	7.5	67.4	7.0	62.7
Alberta
2016	3,396.0	2,460.5	2,263.9	196.5	72.5	8.0	66.7
2017	3,425.1	2,496.0	2,299.1	197.0	72.9	7.9	67.1
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat [4810]
2016	230.4	161.3	149.6	11.7	70.0	7.3	64.9
2017	229.8	153.3	145.9	7.4	66.7	4.8	63.5
Camrose-Drumheller [4820]
2016	161.6	103.6	95.2	8.4	64.1	8.1	58.9
2017	160.3	109.8	101.2	8.5	68.5	7.7	63.1
Calgary [4830]
2016	1,288.5	935.1	855.6	79.5	72.6	8.5	66.4
2017	1,305.8	975.8	892.3	83.6	74.7	8.6	68.3
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River [4840, 4870]
2016	277.2	193.8	178.9	14.9	69.9	7.7	64.5
2017	275.8	195.5	183.1	12.3	70.9	6.3	66.4
Red Deer [4850]
2016	172.2	125.4	113.7	11.6	72.8	9.3	66.0
2017	173.2	121.8	113.3	8.5	70.3	7.0	65.4
Edmonton [4860]
2016	1,147.8	851.7	789.5	62.1	74.2	7.3	68.8
2017	1,162.5	849.3	779.7	69.6	73.1	8.2	67.1
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake [4880]
2016	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
2017	117.8	90.5	83.5	7.0	76.8	7.7	70.9
British Columbia
2016	3,923.5	2,531.4	2,386.4	145.0	64.5	5.7	60.8
2017	3,973.8	2,620.0	2,485.6	134.5	65.9	5.1	62.5
Vancouver Island and Coast [5910]
2016	660.7	381.3	361.8	19.4	57.7	5.1	54.8
2017	668.1	406.4	388.9	17.5	60.8	4.3	58.2
Lower Mainland-Southwest [5920]
2016	2,454.2	1,632.9	1,545.8	87.1	66.5	5.3	63.0
2017	2,490.1	1,685.0	1,601.5	83.5	67.7	5.0	64.3
Thompson-Okanagan [5930]
2016	435.5	270.1	251.3	18.8	62.0	7.0	57.7
2017	441.1	277.6	261.7	15.9	62.9	5.7	59.3
Kootenay [5940]
2016	122.3	72.4	67.0	5.4	59.2	7.5	54.8
2017	122.8	78.4	72.4	5.9	63.8	7.5	59.0
Cariboo [5950]
2016	127.7	84.5	77.9	6.6	66.2	7.8	61.0
2017	128.0	87.3	81.3	6.0	68.2	6.9	63.5
North Coast and Nechako [5960, 5970]
2016	66.8	46.9	43.1	3.8	70.2	8.1	64.5
2017	67.1	44.4	41.8	2.6	66.2	5.9	62.3
Northeast [5980]
2016	56.2	43.4	39.4	4.0	77.2	9.2	70.1
2017	56.5	40.9	37.9	3.0	72.4	7.3	67.1
.. not available for a specific reference period Note 1 For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (71-543-G). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 The labour force is composed of those members of the civilian non-institutional population 15 years of age and over who, during the reference week, were employed or unemployed. Return to note 2 referrer Notes: Estimates in this table are based on 2011 Census boundaries. Related CANSIM table 282-0122. As a result of the wildfire affecting northern Alberta, LFS data for the census agglomeration of Wood Buffalo were not collected from May to July 2016. Data collection resumed in August 2016. Estimates for the economic region of Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake are not available for June, July, August, and September 2016.

Date modified:: 2017-07-07