Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in October 2019 and October 2020, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2019 | 30,851.6 | 20,383.1 | 19,268.5 | 1,114.6 | 66.1 | 5.5 | 62.5 |
2020 | 31,223.1 | 20,367.9 | 18,497.0 | 1,870.9 | 65.2 | 9.2 | 59.2 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2019 | 439.9 | 258.9 | 231.5 | 27.4 | 58.9 | 10.6 | 52.6 |
2020 | 439.3 | 253.9 | 223.8 | 30.1 | 57.8 | 11.9 | 50.9 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2019 | 237.3 | 150.5 | 138.1 | 12.4 | 63.4 | 8.2 | 58.2 |
2020 | 238.3 | 145.1 | 129.9 | 15.2 | 60.9 | 10.5 | 54.5 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2019 | 118.3 | 59.4 | 50.7 | 8.7 | 50.2 | 14.6 | 42.9 |
2020 | 117.4 | 59.6 | 51.0 | 8.7 | 50.8 | 14.6 | 43.4 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2019 | 84.3 | 49.0 | 42.7 | 6.3 | 58.1 | 12.9 | 50.7 |
2020 | 83.7 | 49.1 | 43.0 | 6.2 | 58.7 | 12.6 | 51.4 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2019 | 129.6 | 87.7 | 81.9 | 5.8 | 67.7 | 6.6 | 63.2 |
2020 | 131.9 | 86.2 | 79.1 | 7.1 | 65.4 | 8.2 | 60.0 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2019 | 809.7 | 510.0 | 472.0 | 38.0 | 63.0 | 7.5 | 58.3 |
2020 | 818.6 | 500.7 | 457.3 | 43.4 | 61.2 | 8.7 | 55.9 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2019 | 104.0 | 58.6 | 50.9 | 7.7 | 56.3 | 13.1 | 48.9 |
2020 | 103.5 | 55.6 | 48.6 | 7.0 | 53.7 | 12.6 | 47.0 |
North Shore | |||||||
2019 | 128.0 | 75.6 | 70.2 | 5.3 | 59.1 | 7.0 | 54.8 |
2020 | 128.2 | 70.6 | 65.5 | 5.1 | 55.1 | 7.2 | 51.1 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2019 | 103.7 | 63.2 | 59.4 | 3.8 | 60.9 | 6.0 | 57.3 |
2020 | 104.1 | 58.4 | 53.8 | 4.6 | 56.1 | 7.9 | 51.7 |
Southern | |||||||
2019 | 98.1 | 51.7 | 47.0 | 4.7 | 52.7 | 9.1 | 47.9 |
2020 | 98.4 | 52.8 | 47.2 | 5.6 | 53.7 | 10.6 | 48.0 |
Halifax | |||||||
2019 | 376.0 | 260.9 | 244.5 | 16.4 | 69.4 | 6.3 | 65.0 |
2020 | 384.4 | 263.3 | 242.3 | 21.0 | 68.5 | 8.0 | 63.0 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2019 | 633.0 | 393.3 | 364.5 | 28.8 | 62.1 | 7.3 | 57.6 |
2020 | 637.4 | 392.5 | 357.8 | 34.7 | 61.6 | 8.8 | 56.1 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2019 | 127.0 | 67.0 | 58.8 | 8.2 | 52.8 | 12.2 | 46.3 |
2020 | 126.7 | 72.7 | 64.0 | 8.8 | 57.4 | 12.1 | 50.5 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2019 | 184.7 | 117.2 | 110.4 | 6.8 | 63.5 | 5.8 | 59.8 |
2020 | 187.0 | 120.7 | 110.8 | 9.9 | 64.5 | 8.2 | 59.3 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2019 | 143.5 | 95.2 | 88.0 | 7.2 | 66.3 | 7.6 | 61.3 |
2020 | 144.5 | 87.5 | 79.7 | 7.8 | 60.6 | 8.9 | 55.2 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2019 | 114.9 | 74.6 | 70.3 | 4.3 | 64.9 | 5.8 | 61.2 |
2020 | 116.3 | 73.5 | 67.6 | 5.9 | 63.2 | 8.0 | 58.1 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2019 | 63.0 | 39.3 | 37.0 | 2.3 | 62.4 | 5.9 | 58.7 |
2020 | 63.0 | 38.1 | 35.8 | 2.4 | 60.5 | 6.3 | 56.8 |
Quebec | |||||||
2019 | 7,066.0 | 4,618.0 | 4,406.2 | 211.8 | 65.4 | 4.6 | 62.4 |
2020 | 7,131.7 | 4,623.7 | 4,277.0 | 346.7 | 64.8 | 7.5 | 60.0 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2019 | 75.5 | 39.2 | 35.3 | 3.9 | 51.9 | 9.9 | 46.8 |
2020 | 74.8 | 34.8 | 31.7 | 3.1 | 46.5 | 8.9 | 42.4 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2019 | 167.7 | 97.3 | 93.4 | 3.8 | 58.0 | 3.9 | 55.7 |
2020 | 167.1 | 94.8 | 91.3 | 3.4 | 56.7 | 3.6 | 54.6 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2019 | 631.8 | 417.4 | 405.7 | 11.7 | 66.1 | 2.8 | 64.2 |
2020 | 634.5 | 402.8 | 384.3 | 18.5 | 63.5 | 4.6 | 60.6 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2019 | 354.3 | 237.1 | 230.6 | 6.5 | 66.9 | 2.7 | 65.1 |
2020 | 355.4 | 242.9 | 233.4 | 9.5 | 68.3 | 3.9 | 65.7 |
Estrie | |||||||
2019 | 277.9 | 177.3 | 168.4 | 8.9 | 63.8 | 5.0 | 60.6 |
2020 | 280.6 | 174.6 | 164.6 | 10.1 | 62.2 | 5.8 | 58.7 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2019 | 204.4 | 130.3 | 126.4 | 3.9 | 63.7 | 3.0 | 61.8 |
2020 | 205.3 | 126.6 | 121.2 | 5.4 | 61.7 | 4.3 | 59.0 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2019 | 1,291.5 | 852.5 | 824.4 | 28.1 | 66.0 | 3.3 | 63.8 |
2020 | 1,301.8 | 862.7 | 805.2 | 57.6 | 66.3 | 6.7 | 61.9 |
Montréal | |||||||
2019 | 1,759.6 | 1,212.1 | 1,130.2 | 82.0 | 68.9 | 6.8 | 64.2 |
2020 | 1,795.1 | 1,189.8 | 1,056.6 | 133.2 | 66.3 | 11.2 | 58.9 |
Laval | |||||||
2019 | 368.8 | 219.1 | 212.6 | 6.5 | 59.4 | 3.0 | 57.6 |
2020 | 373.7 | 248.5 | 232.7 | 15.8 | 66.5 | 6.4 | 62.3 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2019 | 424.4 | 279.1 | 268.0 | 11.2 | 65.8 | 4.0 | 63.1 |
2020 | 427.0 | 294.8 | 273.9 | 20.9 | 69.0 | 7.1 | 64.1 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2019 | 518.3 | 331.7 | 314.2 | 17.6 | 64.0 | 5.3 | 60.6 |
2020 | 524.3 | 337.3 | 304.7 | 32.6 | 64.3 | 9.7 | 58.1 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2019 | 328.6 | 220.8 | 211.2 | 9.6 | 67.2 | 4.3 | 64.3 |
2020 | 331.4 | 210.8 | 194.9 | 15.9 | 63.6 | 7.5 | 58.8 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2019 | 119.9 | 78.8 | 76.1 | 2.7 | 65.7 | 3.4 | 63.5 |
2020 | 119.5 | 75.0 | 71.7 | 3.3 | 62.8 | 4.4 | 60.0 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2019 | 225.7 | 127.6 | 121.1 | 6.5 | 56.5 | 5.1 | 53.7 |
2020 | 225.7 | 134.0 | 126.3 | 7.7 | 59.4 | 5.7 | 56.0 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2019 | 229.1 | 139.2 | 133.0 | 6.2 | 60.8 | 4.5 | 58.1 |
2020 | 227.9 | 138.1 | 131.7 | 6.5 | 60.6 | 4.7 | 57.8 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2019 | 88.7 | 58.4 | 55.7 | 2.8 | 65.8 | 4.8 | 62.8 |
2020 | 87.5 | 56.0 | 52.9 | 3.1 | 64.0 | 5.5 | 60.5 |
Ontario | |||||||
2019 | 12,185.6 | 7,966.7 | 7,538.5 | 428.2 | 65.4 | 5.4 | 61.9 |
2020 | 12,355.0 | 8,017.0 | 7,223.8 | 793.2 | 64.9 | 9.9 | 58.5 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2019 | 1,167.1 | 802.2 | 769.1 | 33.1 | 68.7 | 4.1 | 65.9 |
2020 | 1,182.2 | 767.9 | 707.4 | 60.5 | 65.0 | 7.9 | 59.8 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2019 | 388.8 | 227.1 | 212.5 | 14.6 | 58.4 | 6.4 | 54.7 |
2020 | 390.3 | 219.7 | 202.0 | 17.7 | 56.3 | 8.1 | 51.8 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2019 | 340.0 | 182.3 | 172.4 | 9.8 | 53.6 | 5.4 | 50.7 |
2020 | 342.8 | 203.4 | 187.1 | 16.3 | 59.3 | 8.0 | 54.6 |
Toronto | |||||||
2019 | 5,854.5 | 3,909.3 | 3,685.5 | 223.8 | 66.8 | 5.7 | 63.0 |
2020 | 5,965.1 | 4,045.7 | 3,580.6 | 465.1 | 67.8 | 11.5 | 60.0 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2019 | 1,163.3 | 801.9 | 760.7 | 41.1 | 68.9 | 5.1 | 65.4 |
2020 | 1,182.9 | 788.2 | 717.9 | 70.2 | 66.6 | 8.9 | 60.7 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2019 | 1,268.4 | 818.2 | 779.9 | 38.3 | 64.5 | 4.7 | 61.5 |
2020 | 1,281.5 | 792.6 | 727.0 | 65.6 | 61.8 | 8.3 | 56.7 |
London | |||||||
2019 | 585.8 | 358.7 | 338.2 | 20.5 | 61.2 | 5.7 | 57.7 |
2020 | 592.7 | 369.5 | 339.1 | 30.4 | 62.3 | 8.2 | 57.2 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2019 | 540.4 | 326.1 | 305.0 | 21.0 | 60.3 | 6.4 | 56.4 |
2020 | 543.3 | 305.5 | 275.2 | 30.2 | 56.2 | 9.9 | 50.7 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2019 | 250.6 | 169.1 | 163.9 | 5.2 | 67.5 | 3.1 | 65.4 |
2020 | 251.3 | 157.2 | 147.1 | 10.1 | 62.6 | 6.4 | 58.5 |
Northeast | |||||||
2019 | 454.8 | 264.6 | 248.6 | 16.0 | 58.2 | 6.0 | 54.7 |
2020 | 452.1 | 265.8 | 245.5 | 20.2 | 58.8 | 7.6 | 54.3 |
Northwest | |||||||
2019 | 171.8 | 107.4 | 102.6 | 4.8 | 62.5 | 4.5 | 59.7 |
2020 | 170.9 | 101.7 | 94.7 | 7.0 | 59.5 | 6.9 | 55.4 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2019 | 1,040.8 | 693.6 | 657.5 | 36.1 | 66.6 | 5.2 | 63.2 |
2020 | 1,047.5 | 701.8 | 649.0 | 52.8 | 67.0 | 7.5 | 62.0 |
Southeast | |||||||
2019 | 96.0 | 63.7 | 60.8 | 2.8 | 66.4 | 4.4 | 63.3 |
2020 | 96.9 | 62.9 | 59.6 | 3.3 | 64.9 | 5.2 | 61.5 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2019 | 88.2 | 57.4 | 55.1 | 2.4 | 65.1 | 4.2 | 62.5 |
2020 | 88.6 | 58.8 | 56.7 | 2.1 | 66.4 | 3.6 | 64.0 |
Southwest | |||||||
2019 | 90.7 | 63.2 | 60.0 | 3.1 | 69.7 | 4.9 | 66.2 |
2020 | 90.7 | 60.5 | 56.6 | 3.9 | 66.7 | 6.4 | 62.4 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2019 | 637.2 | 428.8 | 405.2 | 23.6 | 67.3 | 5.5 | 63.6 |
2020 | 644.6 | 441.2 | 400.8 | 40.4 | 68.4 | 9.2 | 62.2 |
Interlake | |||||||
2019 | 76.4 | 47.9 | 46.0 | 1.9 | 62.7 | 4.0 | 60.2 |
2020 | 76.4 | 45.4 | 43.5 | 1.9 | 59.4 | 4.2 | 56.9 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2019 | 52.3 | 32.6 | 30.4 | 2.2 | 62.3 | 6.7 | 58.1 |
2020 | 50.3 | 33.0 | 31.7 | 1.3 | 65.6 | 3.9 | 63.0 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2019 | 891.1 | 619.0 | 587.4 | 31.6 | 69.5 | 5.1 | 65.9 |
2020 | 893.8 | 607.4 | 565.9 | 41.5 | 68.0 | 6.8 | 63.3 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2019 | 276.1 | 194.5 | 185.0 | 9.5 | 70.4 | 4.9 | 67.0 |
2020 | 278.4 | 189.5 | 178.4 | 11.1 | 68.1 | 5.9 | 64.1 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2019 | 80.4 | 55.8 | 52.8 | 3.0 | 69.4 | 5.4 | 65.7 |
2020 | 79.7 | 54.9 | 51.5 | 3.4 | 68.9 | 6.2 | 64.6 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2019 | 317.7 | 222.3 | 211.0 | 11.3 | 70.0 | 5.1 | 66.4 |
2020 | 322.3 | 224.3 | 206.5 | 17.8 | 69.6 | 7.9 | 64.1 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2019 | 59.1 | 40.1 | 38.9 | 1.2 | 67.9 | 3.0 | 65.8 |
2020 | 57.9 | 35.7 | 34.0 | 1.8 | 61.7 | 5.0 | 58.7 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2019 | 157.8 | 106.2 | 99.7 | 6.5 | 67.3 | 6.1 | 63.2 |
2020 | 155.5 | 103.0 | 95.6 | 7.4 | 66.2 | 7.2 | 61.5 |
Alberta | |||||||
2019 | 3,540.1 | 2,531.4 | 2,358.2 | 173.2 | 71.5 | 6.8 | 66.6 |
2020 | 3,582.9 | 2,493.1 | 2,213.8 | 279.3 | 69.6 | 11.2 | 61.8 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2019 | 233.5 | 158.0 | 147.9 | 10.1 | 67.7 | 6.4 | 63.3 |
2020 | 234.6 | 148.8 | 135.8 | 12.9 | 63.4 | 8.7 | 57.9 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2019 | 158.8 | 101.7 | 97.3 | 4.4 | 64.0 | 4.3 | 61.3 |
2020 | 157.7 | 93.8 | 82.0 | 11.8 | 59.5 | 12.6 | 52.0 |
Calgary | |||||||
2019 | 1,370.2 | 997.2 | 923.1 | 74.0 | 72.8 | 7.4 | 67.4 |
2020 | 1,396.7 | 1,013.9 | 899.6 | 114.3 | 72.6 | 11.3 | 64.4 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2019 | 273.3 | 200.4 | 188.8 | 11.6 | 73.3 | 5.8 | 69.1 |
2020 | 270.8 | 189.2 | 168.7 | 20.5 | 69.9 | 10.8 | 62.3 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2019 | 176.1 | 124.0 | 114.9 | 9.0 | 70.4 | 7.3 | 65.2 |
2020 | 176.8 | 117.3 | 104.3 | 13.0 | 66.3 | 11.1 | 59.0 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2019 | 1,216.3 | 863.7 | 804.1 | 59.7 | 71.0 | 6.9 | 66.1 |
2020 | 1,237.5 | 847.1 | 748.5 | 98.6 | 68.5 | 11.6 | 60.5 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2019 | 111.9 | 86.4 | 82.0 | 4.4 | 77.2 | 5.1 | 73.3 |
2020 | 108.8 | 83.2 | 75.0 | 8.2 | 76.5 | 9.9 | 68.9 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2019 | 4,115.6 | 2,704.6 | 2,570.8 | 133.8 | 65.7 | 4.9 | 62.5 |
2020 | 4,184.9 | 2,691.5 | 2,449.4 | 242.1 | 64.3 | 9.0 | 58.5 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2019 | 689.3 | 409.6 | 391.8 | 17.8 | 59.4 | 4.3 | 56.8 |
2020 | 699.8 | 420.4 | 385.5 | 34.8 | 60.1 | 8.3 | 55.1 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2019 | 2,598.1 | 1,752.1 | 1,664.3 | 87.7 | 67.4 | 5.0 | 64.1 |
2020 | 2,650.7 | 1,726.3 | 1,563.7 | 162.5 | 65.1 | 9.4 | 59.0 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2019 | 454.9 | 295.5 | 281.9 | 13.6 | 65.0 | 4.6 | 62.0 |
2020 | 461.6 | 293.9 | 270.3 | 23.7 | 63.7 | 8.1 | 58.6 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2019 | 123.5 | 73.6 | 69.5 | 4.1 | 59.6 | 5.6 | 56.3 |
2020 | 123.8 | 78.3 | 72.3 | 6.1 | 63.2 | 7.8 | 58.4 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2019 | 128.3 | 87.0 | 81.0 | 6.0 | 67.8 | 6.9 | 63.1 |
2020 | 128.5 | 88.4 | 79.1 | 9.3 | 68.8 | 10.5 | 61.6 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2019 | 66.1 | 45.0 | 42.9 | 2.0 | 68.1 | 4.4 | 64.9 |
2020 | 65.9 | 42.8 | 39.4 | 3.4 | 64.9 | 7.9 | 59.8 |
Northeast | |||||||
2019 | 55.3 | 41.9 | 39.2 | 2.6 | 75.8 | 6.2 | 70.9 |
2020 | 54.7 | 41.4 | 39.1 | 2.3 | 75.7 | 5.6 | 71.5 |
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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