Appendix A: Sub-provincial geography descriptions
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Labour market information from the LFS is available for a variety of geographic levels. While designed to provide highly reliable data at the national and provincial levels, key labour market estimates are also available for census metropolitan areas, economic regions, and employment insurance regions.
Census metropolitan area (CMA)
CMAs are large cities with an urban core population of at least 100,000, based on the previous census. The CMAs are based on 2006 census boundaries.
Labour Force Survey estimates are based on a sample and are therefore subject to sampling variability. As a result, estimates will show more variability than trends observed over longer time periods. Estimates for smaller geographic areas also have more variability. For an explanation of sampling variability of estimates and how to use standard errors to assess this variability, see Section 7 of this publication.
Here is a list of the 33 CMAs and the communities included in them. Please note that Indian Reserves, although geographically part of certain CMAs, are excluded from the LFS.
To view the geographical maps for the CMAs, visit our website at: http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvDocument&Item_Id=103738&SurvId=103716.
For further descriptions of CMAs or other geographic areas used by Statistics Canada, visit the website: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/standard-norme/sgc-cgt/2006/2006-metro-fin-eng.htm.
St. John’s: Bauline, Bay Bulls, Conception Bay South, Flatrock, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Mount Pearl, Paradise, Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove, Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, Pouch Cove, St. John’s, Torbay, Witless Bay.
Halifax: Halifax.
Moncton: Coverdale, Dieppe, Dorchester, Elgin, Hillsborough, Memramcook, Moncton, Riverview, Saint-Paul, Salisbury.
Saint John: Grand Bay-Westfield, Greenwich, Hampton, Kingston, Lepreau, Musquash, Petersville, Quispamsis, Rothesay, Saint John, Saint Martins, Simonds, St. Martins, Upham, Westfield.
Saguenay: Larouche, Saguenay, Saint-Fulgence, Saint-Honoré.
Québec: Beaumont, Boischatel, Château-Richer, Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, Lac-Beauport, Lac-Delage, Lac-Saint-Joseph, L’Ancienne-Lorette, L’Ange-Gardien, Lévis, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Québec, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Sainte-Famille, Sainte-Pétronille, Saint-François-de-l’Île-d’Orléans, Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Saint-Henri, Saint-Jean-de-l’Île-d’Orléans, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, Saint-Laurent-de-l’île-d’Orléans, Saint-Pierre-de-l’île-d’Orléans, Shannon, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury.
Sherbrooke: Ascot Corner, Compton, Hatley, Magog, North Hatley, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Sherbrooke, Stoke, Waterville.
Trois-Rivières: Bécancour, Champlain, Saint-Maurice, Trois-Rivières.
Montréal: Baie-d’Urfé, Beaconsfield, Beauharnois, Beloeil, Blainville, Boisbriand, Bois-des-Filion, Boucherville, Brossard, Candiac, Carignan, Chambly, Charlemagne, Châteauguay, Coteau-du-Lac, Côte-Saint-Luc, Delson, Deux-Montagnes, Dollard-des Ormeaux, Dorval, Gore, Hampstead, Hudson, Kirkland, La Prairie, L’Assomption, Laval, Lavaltrie, L’Épiphanie, Léry, Les Cèdres, Les Coteaux, L’Île-Cadieux, L’Île-Dorval, L’Île-Perrot, Longueuil, Lorraine, Mascouche, McMasterville, Mercier, Mirabel, Montréal, Montréal-Est, Montréal-Ouest, Mont-Royal, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, Oka, Otterburn Park, Pincourt, Pointe-Calumet, Pointe-Claire, Pointe-des-Cascades, Repentigny, Richelieu, Rosemère, Saint-Amable, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Colomban, Saint-Constant, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Sainte-Catherine, Sainte-Julie, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Thérèse, Saint-Eustache, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Jérôme, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lazare, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Mathieu, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Saint-Philippe, Saint-Placide, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Zotique, Senneville, Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Terrebonne, Varennes, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Verchères, Westmount.
Ottawa – Gatineau - Ontario/Quebec: Cantley, Chelsea, Clarence-Rockland, Denholm, Gatineau, La Pêche, L’Ange-Gardien, Ottawa, Pontiac, Russell, Val-des-Monts.
Ottawa – Gatineau - Quebec part: Cantley, Chelsea, Denholm, Gatineau, La Pêche, L’Ange-Gardien, Pontiac, Val-des-Monts.
Ottawa – Gatineau - Ontario part: Clarence-Rockland, Ottawa, Russell.
Kingston: Frontenac Islands, Kingston, Loyalist, South Frontenac.
Peterborough: Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan, Douro-Dummer, Otonabee-South Monaghan, Peterborough, Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield.
Oshawa: Clarington, Oshawa, Whitby.
Toronto: Ajax, Aurora, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Brampton, Caledon, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, Halton Hills, King, Markham, Milton, Mississauga, Mono, New Tecumseth, Newmarket, Oakville, Orangeville, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Uxbridge, Vaughan, Whitchurch-Stouffville.
Hamilton: Burlington, Grimsby, Hamilton.
St. Catharines – Niagara: Fort Erie, Lincoln, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Pelham, Port Colborne, St. Catharines, Thorold, Wainfleet, Welland.
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo: Cambridge, Kitchener, North Dumfries, Waterloo, Woolwich.
Brantford: Brant, Brantford.
Guelph: Guelph, Guelph/Eramosa.
London: Adelaine Metcalfe, Central Elgin, London, Middlesex Centre, Southwold, St. Thomas, Strathroy-Caradoc, Thames Centre.
Windsor: Amherstburg, Lakeshore, LaSalle, Tecumseh, Windsor.
Barrie: Barrie, Innisfil, Springwater.
Greater Sudbury: Greater Sudbury.
Thunder Bay: Conmee, Gillies, Neebing, O’Connor, Oliver Paipoonge, Shuniah, Thunder Bay.
Winnipeg: East St. Paul, Headingley, Macdonald, Ritchot, Rosser, Springfield, St. Clements, St. François Xavier, Taché, West St. Paul, Winnipeg.
Regina: Balgonie, Belle Plaine, Buena Vista, Disley, Edenwold, Edenwold No. 158, Grand Coulee, Lumsden, Lumsden Beach, Lumsden No. 189, Pense, Pense No. 160, Pilot Butte, Regina, Regina Beach, Sherwood No. 159, White City.
Saskatoon: Allan, Asquith, Blucher No. 343, Bradwell, Clavet, Colonsay, Colonsay No. 342, Corman Park No. 344, Dalmeny, Delisle, Dundurn, Dundurn No. 314, Elstow, Langham, Martensville, Meacham, Osler, Saskatoon, Shields, Thode, Vanscoy, Vanscoy No. 345, Warman.
Calgary: Airdrie, Beiseker, Calgary, Chestermere, Cochrane, Crossfield, Irricana, Rocky View No. 44.
Edmonton: Beaumont, Betula Beach, Bon Accord, Bruderheim, Calmar, Devon, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Gibbons, Golden Days, Itaska Beach, Kapasiwin, Lakeview, Leduc, Leduc County, Legal, Morinville, New Sarepta, Parkland County, Point Alison, Redwater, Seba Beach, Spring Lake, Spruce Grove, St. Albert, Stony Plain, Strathcona County, Sturgeon County, Sundance Beach, Thorsby, Wabamun, Warburg.
Kelowna: Central Okanagan, Central Okanagan J, Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland.
Abbotsford-Mission: Abbotsford, Fraser Valley H, Mission.
Vancouver: Anmore, Belcarra, Bowen Island, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Greater Vancouver A, Langley, Lions Bay, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver, West Vancouver, White Rock.
Victoria: Capital H (Part 1), Central Saanich, Colwood, Esquimalt, Highlands, Langford, Metchosin, North Saanich, Oak Bay, Saanich, Sidney, Sooke, Victoria, View Royal.
Economic region (ER)
An economic region is a geographical unit generally composed of several census divisions within a province. In the case of Prince Edward Island, the province constitutes one economic region.
The composition of economic regions is determined through a consultative process with the provinces. The boundaries in current use are based on 2006 Census geography. With the exception of British Columbia, the boundaries of these regions were unchanged or only slightly modified from previous definitions, and it was possible to revise associated data back to 1987 to provide historical continuity. Economic regions in British Columbia, however, were completely modified in 1995, and historical revisions were not possible.
Labour Force Survey estimates are based on a sample and are therefore subject to sampling variability. As a result, estimates will show more variability than trends observed over longer time periods. Estimates for smaller geographic areas also have more variability. For an explanation of sampling variability of estimates and how to use standard errors to assess this variability, see Section 7 of this publication.
To view the geographical maps for the Economic regions, visit our website at: http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvDocument&Item_Id=103738&SurvId=103716.
Brief descriptions of the economic regions in current use are given on the following pages.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Employment insurance region
In compliance with the Employment Insurance Act, the Labour Force Survey publishes seasonally adjusted, three month moving average unemployment rates for employment insurance regions (EIRs). These rates are generally used to determine eligibility, benefit entitlement and weekly amount of benefits for persons living within a particular employment insurance region. The boundaries of these regions are determined by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), and are currently based on 1996 Census boundaries. For geographic descriptions and maps of employment insurance regions, see the ESDC website: http://www.rhdcc.gc.ca/fra/emploi/ae/regions_economiques/index.shtml.
Newfoundland and Labrador
01. St-John’s; 02. Newfoundland and Labrador.
Prince Edward Island
03. All of Prince Edward Island.
Nova Scotia
04. Eastern Nova Scotia; 05. Western Nova Scotia; 06. Halifax.
New Brunswick
07. Fredericton-Moncton-Saint John; 08. Madawaska-Charlotte; 09. Restigouche-Albert.
Quebec
10. Gaspésie – Îles-de-la-Madeleine; 11. Québec; 12. Trois-Rivières; 13. South Central Quebec; 14. Sherbrooke; 15. Montérégie; 16. Montréal; 17. Central Québec; 18. Northwestern Quebec; 19. Bas-Saint-Laurent – Côte-Nord; 20. Gatineau; 21. Saguenay.
Ontario
22. Ottawa; 23. Eastern Ontario; 24. Kingston; 25. Central Ontario; 26. Oshawa; 27. Toronto; 28. Hamilton; 29. St. Catharines; 30. London; 31. Niagara; 32. Windsor; 33. Kitchener; 34. Huron; 35. South Central Ontario; 36. Sudbury; 37. Thunder Bay; 38. Northern Ontario.
Manitoba
39. Winnipeg; 40. Southern Manitoba; 41. Northern Manitoba.
Saskatchewan
42. Regina; 43. Saskatoon; 44. Southern Saskatchewan; 45. Northern Saskatchewan.
Alberta
46. Calgary; 47. Edmonton; 48. Northern Alberta; 49. Southern Alberta.
British Columbia
50. Southern Interior British Columbia; 51. Abbotsford; 52. Vancouver; 53. Victoria; 54. Southern Coastal British Columbia; 55. Northern British Columbia.
Territories
56. Yukon; 57. Northwest Territories; 58. Nunavut.
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