Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in October 2018 and October 2019, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2018 | 30,385.5 | 19,938.5 | 18,788.1 | 1,150.5 | 65.6 | 5.8 | 61.8 |
2019 | 30,851.6 | 20,383.1 | 19,268.5 | 1,114.6 | 66.1 | 5.5 | 62.5 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2018 | 442.9 | 264.6 | 233.2 | 31.4 | 59.7 | 11.9 | 52.7 |
2019 | 439.9 | 258.9 | 231.5 | 27.4 | 58.9 | 10.6 | 52.6 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2018 | 237.6 | 149.7 | 134.7 | 15.0 | 63.0 | 10.0 | 56.7 |
2019 | 237.3 | 150.5 | 138.1 | 12.4 | 63.4 | 8.2 | 58.2 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2018 | 119.9 | 63.9 | 54.1 | 9.8 | 53.3 | 15.3 | 45.1 |
2019 | 118.3 | 59.4 | 50.7 | 8.7 | 50.2 | 14.6 | 42.9 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2018 | 85.5 | 51.0 | 44.4 | 6.6 | 59.6 | 12.9 | 51.9 |
2019 | 84.3 | 49.0 | 42.7 | 6.3 | 58.1 | 12.9 | 50.7 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2018 | 126.2 | 84.7 | 79.2 | 5.4 | 67.1 | 6.4 | 62.8 |
2019 | 129.6 | 87.7 | 81.9 | 5.8 | 67.7 | 6.6 | 63.2 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2018 | 800.5 | 499.8 | 462.9 | 36.9 | 62.4 | 7.4 | 57.8 |
2019 | 809.7 | 510.0 | 472.0 | 38.0 | 63.0 | 7.5 | 58.3 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2018 | 104.4 | 57.7 | 48.9 | 8.8 | 55.3 | 15.3 | 46.8 |
2019 | 104.0 | 58.6 | 50.9 | 7.7 | 56.3 | 13.1 | 48.9 |
North Shore | |||||||
2018 | 127.7 | 73.0 | 67.5 | 5.5 | 57.2 | 7.5 | 52.9 |
2019 | 128.0 | 75.6 | 70.2 | 5.3 | 59.1 | 7.0 | 54.8 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2018 | 103.2 | 59.2 | 55.9 | 3.4 | 57.4 | 5.7 | 54.2 |
2019 | 103.7 | 63.2 | 59.4 | 3.8 | 60.9 | 6.0 | 57.3 |
Southern | |||||||
2018 | 97.7 | 57.3 | 54.0 | 3.2 | 58.6 | 5.6 | 55.3 |
2019 | 98.1 | 51.7 | 47.0 | 4.7 | 52.7 | 9.1 | 47.9 |
Halifax | |||||||
2018 | 367.5 | 252.6 | 236.6 | 16.0 | 68.7 | 6.3 | 64.4 |
2019 | 376.0 | 260.9 | 244.5 | 16.4 | 69.4 | 6.3 | 65.0 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2018 | 628.0 | 388.6 | 361.3 | 27.2 | 61.9 | 7.0 | 57.5 |
2019 | 633.0 | 393.3 | 364.5 | 28.8 | 62.1 | 7.3 | 57.6 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2018 | 127.2 | 73.5 | 65.4 | 8.1 | 57.8 | 11.0 | 51.4 |
2019 | 127.0 | 67.0 | 58.8 | 8.2 | 52.8 | 12.2 | 46.3 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2018 | 182.1 | 114.9 | 108.5 | 6.4 | 63.1 | 5.6 | 59.6 |
2019 | 184.7 | 117.2 | 110.4 | 6.8 | 63.5 | 5.8 | 59.8 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2018 | 142.4 | 91.8 | 85.5 | 6.3 | 64.5 | 6.9 | 60.0 |
2019 | 143.5 | 95.2 | 88.0 | 7.2 | 66.3 | 7.6 | 61.3 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2018 | 113.3 | 69.3 | 64.7 | 4.6 | 61.2 | 6.6 | 57.1 |
2019 | 114.9 | 74.6 | 70.3 | 4.3 | 64.9 | 5.8 | 61.2 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2018 | 62.9 | 39.0 | 37.3 | 1.7 | 62.0 | 4.4 | 59.3 |
2019 | 63.0 | 39.3 | 37.0 | 2.3 | 62.4 | 5.9 | 58.7 |
Quebec | |||||||
2018 | 6,999.8 | 4,519.8 | 4,281.2 | 238.6 | 64.6 | 5.3 | 61.2 |
2019 | 7,066.0 | 4,618.0 | 4,406.2 | 211.8 | 65.4 | 4.6 | 62.4 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2018 | 76.1 | 38.2 | 33.2 | 5.0 | 50.2 | 13.1 | 43.6 |
2019 | 75.5 | 39.2 | 35.3 | 3.9 | 51.9 | 9.9 | 46.8 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2018 | 168.1 | 97.2 | 93.2 | 4.1 | 57.8 | 4.2 | 55.4 |
2019 | 167.7 | 97.3 | 93.4 | 3.8 | 58.0 | 3.9 | 55.7 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2018 | 628.9 | 405.1 | 388.0 | 17.1 | 64.4 | 4.2 | 61.7 |
2019 | 631.8 | 417.4 | 405.7 | 11.7 | 66.1 | 2.8 | 64.2 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2018 | 353.0 | 232.0 | 223.4 | 8.6 | 65.7 | 3.7 | 63.3 |
2019 | 354.3 | 237.1 | 230.6 | 6.5 | 66.9 | 2.7 | 65.1 |
Estrie | |||||||
2018 | 275.2 | 175.6 | 167.8 | 7.7 | 63.8 | 4.4 | 61.0 |
2019 | 277.9 | 177.3 | 168.4 | 8.9 | 63.8 | 5.0 | 60.6 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2018 | 203.4 | 126.7 | 120.5 | 6.2 | 62.3 | 4.9 | 59.2 |
2019 | 204.4 | 130.3 | 126.4 | 3.9 | 63.7 | 3.0 | 61.8 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2018 | 1,280.5 | 823.6 | 787.6 | 35.9 | 64.3 | 4.4 | 61.5 |
2019 | 1,291.5 | 852.5 | 824.4 | 28.1 | 66.0 | 3.3 | 63.8 |
Montréal | |||||||
2018 | 1,725.7 | 1,154.7 | 1,075.1 | 79.5 | 66.9 | 6.9 | 62.3 |
2019 | 1,759.6 | 1,212.1 | 1,130.2 | 82.0 | 68.9 | 6.8 | 64.2 |
Laval | |||||||
2018 | 363.7 | 249.6 | 235.2 | 14.3 | 68.6 | 5.7 | 64.7 |
2019 | 368.8 | 219.1 | 212.6 | 6.5 | 59.4 | 3.0 | 57.6 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2018 | 421.5 | 264.6 | 248.8 | 15.7 | 62.8 | 5.9 | 59.0 |
2019 | 424.4 | 279.1 | 268.0 | 11.2 | 65.8 | 4.0 | 63.1 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2018 | 512.0 | 342.2 | 325.7 | 16.6 | 66.8 | 4.9 | 63.6 |
2019 | 518.3 | 331.7 | 314.2 | 17.6 | 64.0 | 5.3 | 60.6 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2018 | 325.6 | 213.7 | 203.8 | 9.9 | 65.6 | 4.6 | 62.6 |
2019 | 328.6 | 220.8 | 211.2 | 9.6 | 67.2 | 4.3 | 64.3 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2018 | 120.2 | 76.9 | 74.7 | 2.2 | 64.0 | 2.9 | 62.1 |
2019 | 119.9 | 78.8 | 76.1 | 2.7 | 65.7 | 3.4 | 63.5 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2018 | 225.6 | 131.2 | 125.1 | 6.2 | 58.2 | 4.7 | 55.5 |
2019 | 225.7 | 127.6 | 121.1 | 6.5 | 56.5 | 5.1 | 53.7 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2018 | 230.1 | 130.8 | 124.1 | 6.6 | 56.8 | 5.0 | 53.9 |
2019 | 229.1 | 139.2 | 133.0 | 6.2 | 60.8 | 4.5 | 58.1 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2018 | 90.1 | 57.9 | 54.9 | 2.9 | 64.3 | 5.0 | 60.9 |
2019 | 88.7 | 58.4 | 55.7 | 2.8 | 65.8 | 4.8 | 62.8 |
Ontario | |||||||
2018 | 11,947.5 | 7,719.8 | 7,274.4 | 445.5 | 64.6 | 5.8 | 60.9 |
2019 | 12,185.6 | 7,966.7 | 7,538.5 | 428.2 | 65.4 | 5.4 | 61.9 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2018 | 1,145.6 | 742.3 | 707.5 | 34.8 | 64.8 | 4.7 | 61.8 |
2019 | 1,167.1 | 802.2 | 769.1 | 33.1 | 68.7 | 4.1 | 65.9 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2018 | 384.9 | 218.1 | 207.3 | 10.8 | 56.7 | 5.0 | 53.9 |
2019 | 388.8 | 227.1 | 212.5 | 14.6 | 58.4 | 6.4 | 54.7 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2018 | 335.4 | 202.9 | 188.1 | 14.8 | 60.5 | 7.3 | 56.1 |
2019 | 340.0 | 182.3 | 172.4 | 9.8 | 53.6 | 5.4 | 50.7 |
Toronto | |||||||
2018 | 5,708.9 | 3,756.1 | 3,512.1 | 244.0 | 65.8 | 6.5 | 61.5 |
2019 | 5,854.5 | 3,909.3 | 3,685.5 | 223.8 | 66.8 | 5.7 | 63.0 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2018 | 1,137.8 | 774.0 | 742.1 | 31.9 | 68.0 | 4.1 | 65.2 |
2019 | 1,163.3 | 801.9 | 760.7 | 41.1 | 68.9 | 5.1 | 65.4 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2018 | 1,248.5 | 798.4 | 752.5 | 45.8 | 63.9 | 5.7 | 60.3 |
2019 | 1,268.4 | 818.2 | 779.9 | 38.3 | 64.5 | 4.7 | 61.5 |
London | |||||||
2018 | 575.7 | 360.3 | 342.1 | 18.2 | 62.6 | 5.1 | 59.4 |
2019 | 585.8 | 358.7 | 338.2 | 20.5 | 61.2 | 5.7 | 57.7 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2018 | 534.6 | 323.0 | 304.1 | 18.9 | 60.4 | 5.9 | 56.9 |
2019 | 540.4 | 326.1 | 305.0 | 21.0 | 60.3 | 6.4 | 56.4 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2018 | 248.8 | 161.8 | 156.1 | 5.7 | 65.0 | 3.5 | 62.7 |
2019 | 250.6 | 169.1 | 163.9 | 5.2 | 67.5 | 3.1 | 65.4 |
Northeast | |||||||
2018 | 455.3 | 271.8 | 256.7 | 15.0 | 59.7 | 5.5 | 56.4 |
2019 | 454.8 | 264.6 | 248.6 | 16.0 | 58.2 | 6.0 | 54.7 |
Northwest | |||||||
2018 | 172.0 | 111.1 | 105.5 | 5.5 | 64.6 | 5.0 | 61.3 |
2019 | 171.8 | 107.4 | 102.6 | 4.8 | 62.5 | 4.5 | 59.7 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2018 | 1,027.3 | 693.3 | 652.8 | 40.5 | 67.5 | 5.8 | 63.5 |
2019 | 1,040.8 | 693.6 | 657.5 | 36.1 | 66.6 | 5.2 | 63.2 |
Southeast | |||||||
2018 | 94.6 | 65.9 | 63.1 | 2.8 | 69.7 | 4.2 | 66.7 |
2019 | 96.0 | 63.7 | 60.8 | 2.8 | 66.4 | 4.4 | 63.3 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2018 | 87.3 | 56.5 | 53.9 | 2.6 | 64.7 | 4.6 | 61.7 |
2019 | 88.2 | 57.4 | 55.1 | 2.4 | 65.1 | 4.2 | 62.5 |
Southwest | |||||||
2018 | 90.0 | 58.7 | 56.5 | 2.2 | 65.2 | 3.7 | 62.8 |
2019 | 90.7 | 63.2 | 60.0 | 3.1 | 69.7 | 4.9 | 66.2 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2018 | 625.7 | 429.0 | 401.4 | 27.6 | 68.6 | 6.4 | 64.2 |
2019 | 637.2 | 428.8 | 405.2 | 23.6 | 67.3 | 5.5 | 63.6 |
Interlake | |||||||
2018 | 76.2 | 48.5 | 45.6 | 2.9 | 63.6 | 6.0 | 59.8 |
2019 | 76.4 | 47.9 | 46.0 | 1.9 | 62.7 | 4.0 | 60.2 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2018 | 53.5 | 34.6 | 32.2 | 2.4 | 64.7 | 6.9 | 60.2 |
2019 | 52.3 | 32.6 | 30.4 | 2.2 | 62.3 | 6.7 | 58.1 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2018 | 885.6 | 612.3 | 574.9 | 37.4 | 69.1 | 6.1 | 64.9 |
2019 | 891.1 | 619.0 | 587.4 | 31.6 | 69.5 | 5.1 | 65.9 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2018 | 273.1 | 195.8 | 183.8 | 12.0 | 71.7 | 6.1 | 67.3 |
2019 | 276.1 | 194.5 | 185.0 | 9.5 | 70.4 | 4.9 | 67.0 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2018 | 81.0 | 52.8 | 50.8 | 2.0 | 65.2 | 3.8 | 62.7 |
2019 | 80.4 | 55.8 | 52.8 | 3.0 | 69.4 | 5.4 | 65.7 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2018 | 312.3 | 219.2 | 205.1 | 14.1 | 70.2 | 6.4 | 65.7 |
2019 | 317.7 | 222.3 | 211.0 | 11.3 | 70.0 | 5.1 | 66.4 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2018 | 60.0 | 39.0 | 37.3 | 1.7 | 65.0 | 4.4 | 62.2 |
2019 | 59.1 | 40.1 | 38.9 | 1.2 | 67.9 | 3.0 | 65.8 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2018 | 159.1 | 105.5 | 98.0 | 7.6 | 66.3 | 7.2 | 61.6 |
2019 | 157.8 | 106.2 | 99.7 | 6.5 | 67.3 | 6.1 | 63.2 |
Alberta | |||||||
2018 | 3,482.0 | 2,517.6 | 2,347.9 | 169.7 | 72.3 | 6.7 | 67.4 |
2019 | 3,540.1 | 2,531.4 | 2,358.2 | 173.2 | 71.5 | 6.8 | 66.6 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2018 | 231.2 | 152.6 | 146.3 | 6.3 | 66.0 | 4.1 | 63.3 |
2019 | 233.5 | 158.0 | 147.9 | 10.1 | 67.7 | 6.4 | 63.3 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2018 | 159.1 | 106.6 | 100.3 | 6.3 | 67.0 | 5.9 | 63.0 |
2019 | 158.8 | 101.7 | 97.3 | 4.4 | 64.0 | 4.3 | 61.3 |
Calgary | |||||||
2018 | 1,338.3 | 969.5 | 889.8 | 79.6 | 72.4 | 8.2 | 66.5 |
2019 | 1,370.2 | 997.2 | 923.1 | 74.0 | 72.8 | 7.4 | 67.4 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2018 | 274.3 | 199.2 | 188.8 | 10.5 | 72.6 | 5.3 | 68.8 |
2019 | 273.3 | 200.4 | 188.8 | 11.6 | 73.3 | 5.8 | 69.1 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2018 | 174.6 | 129.5 | 121.4 | 8.2 | 74.2 | 6.3 | 69.5 |
2019 | 176.1 | 124.0 | 114.9 | 9.0 | 70.4 | 7.3 | 65.2 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2018 | 1,190.2 | 873.0 | 819.1 | 53.9 | 73.3 | 6.2 | 68.8 |
2019 | 1,216.3 | 863.7 | 804.1 | 59.7 | 71.0 | 6.9 | 66.1 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2018 | 114.4 | 87.1 | 82.3 | 4.8 | 76.1 | 5.5 | 71.9 |
2019 | 111.9 | 86.4 | 82.0 | 4.4 | 77.2 | 5.1 | 73.3 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2018 | 4,045.8 | 2,638.0 | 2,520.3 | 117.7 | 65.2 | 4.5 | 62.3 |
2019 | 4,115.6 | 2,704.6 | 2,570.8 | 133.8 | 65.7 | 4.9 | 62.5 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2018 | 679.0 | 419.8 | 401.1 | 18.7 | 61.8 | 4.5 | 59.1 |
2019 | 689.3 | 409.6 | 391.8 | 17.8 | 59.4 | 4.3 | 56.8 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2018 | 2,544.6 | 1,696.1 | 1,625.1 | 71.1 | 66.7 | 4.2 | 63.9 |
2019 | 2,598.1 | 1,752.1 | 1,664.3 | 87.7 | 67.4 | 5.0 | 64.1 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2018 | 448.3 | 274.1 | 258.8 | 15.2 | 61.1 | 5.5 | 57.7 |
2019 | 454.9 | 295.5 | 281.9 | 13.6 | 65.0 | 4.6 | 62.0 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2018 | 123.3 | 79.1 | 74.2 | 4.9 | 64.2 | 6.2 | 60.2 |
2019 | 123.5 | 73.6 | 69.5 | 4.1 | 59.6 | 5.6 | 56.3 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2018 | 128.1 | 82.7 | 78.7 | 3.9 | 64.6 | 4.7 | 61.4 |
2019 | 128.3 | 87.0 | 81.0 | 6.0 | 67.8 | 6.9 | 63.1 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2018 | 66.5 | 44.5 | 42.5 | 2.1 | 66.9 | 4.7 | 63.9 |
2019 | 66.1 | 45.0 | 42.9 | 2.0 | 68.1 | 4.4 | 64.9 |
Northeast | |||||||
2018 | 56.0 | 41.6 | 39.8 | 1.8 | 74.3 | 4.3 | 71.1 |
2019 | 55.3 | 41.9 | 39.2 | 2.6 | 75.8 | 6.2 | 70.9 |
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0293-02 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0122).
Table note 1
For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G).
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