Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in April 2020 and April 2021, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2020 | 30,974.1 | 19,318.8 | 17,538.2 | 1,780.6 | 62.4 | 9.2 | 56.6 |
2021 | 31,234.1 | 20,073.4 | 18,393.2 | 1,680.2 | 64.3 | 8.4 | 58.9 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2020 | 445.7 | 238.2 | 201.7 | 36.4 | 53.4 | 15.3 | 45.3 |
2021 | 445.1 | 244.1 | 205.2 | 38.9 | 54.8 | 15.9 | 46.1 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2020 | 236.1 | 138.9 | 121.6 | 17.3 | 58.8 | 12.5 | 51.5 |
2021 | 236.7 | 138.1 | 120.8 | 17.3 | 58.3 | 12.5 | 51.0 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2020 | 122.0 | 54.7 | 43.9 | 10.8 | 44.8 | 19.7 | 36.0 |
2021 | 121.1 | 57.6 | 44.8 | 12.8 | 47.6 | 22.2 | 37.0 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2020 | 87.7 | 44.6 | 36.3 | 8.3 | 50.9 | 18.6 | 41.4 |
2021 | 87.2 | 48.4 | 39.6 | 8.8 | 55.5 | 18.2 | 45.4 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2020 | 131.9 | 82.1 | 72.3 | 9.8 | 62.2 | 11.9 | 54.8 |
2021 | 133.4 | 83.3 | 74.1 | 9.2 | 62.4 | 11.0 | 55.5 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2020 | 812.0 | 473.5 | 422.7 | 50.8 | 58.3 | 10.7 | 52.1 |
2021 | 817.7 | 501.1 | 455.4 | 45.7 | 61.3 | 9.1 | 55.7 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2020 | 109.7 | 56.4 | 47.1 | 9.4 | 51.4 | 16.7 | 42.9 |
2021 | 109.0 | 51.4 | 44.0 | 7.4 | 47.2 | 14.4 | 40.4 |
North Shore | |||||||
2020 | 127.6 | 69.0 | 61.7 | 7.2 | 54.1 | 10.4 | 48.4 |
2021 | 127.1 | 73.4 | 66.8 | 6.6 | 57.7 | 9.0 | 52.6 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2020 | 105.5 | 56.7 | 50.5 | 6.2 | 53.7 | 10.9 | 47.9 |
2021 | 105.9 | 62.4 | 56.5 | 5.9 | 58.9 | 9.5 | 53.4 |
Southern | |||||||
2020 | 98.4 | 52.3 | 46.5 | 5.8 | 53.2 | 11.1 | 47.3 |
2021 | 98.0 | 54.2 | 50.0 | 4.2 | 55.3 | 7.7 | 51.0 |
Halifax | |||||||
2020 | 370.9 | 239.1 | 216.9 | 22.2 | 64.5 | 9.3 | 58.5 |
2021 | 377.7 | 259.7 | 238.0 | 21.6 | 68.8 | 8.3 | 63.0 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2020 | 646.1 | 373.9 | 331.4 | 42.5 | 57.9 | 11.4 | 51.3 |
2021 | 648.7 | 389.7 | 348.6 | 41.1 | 60.1 | 10.5 | 53.7 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2020 | 131.7 | 66.3 | 55.0 | 11.3 | 50.3 | 17.0 | 41.8 |
2021 | 130.9 | 70.5 | 60.0 | 10.5 | 53.9 | 14.9 | 45.8 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2020 | 187.1 | 114.4 | 103.6 | 10.8 | 61.1 | 9.4 | 55.4 |
2021 | 189.0 | 119.8 | 107.6 | 12.2 | 63.4 | 10.2 | 56.9 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2020 | 145.9 | 88.0 | 78.5 | 9.5 | 60.3 | 10.8 | 53.8 |
2021 | 146.3 | 90.0 | 80.7 | 9.3 | 61.5 | 10.3 | 55.2 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2020 | 116.6 | 67.1 | 60.4 | 6.8 | 57.5 | 10.1 | 51.8 |
2021 | 118.0 | 74.9 | 68.7 | 6.1 | 63.5 | 8.1 | 58.2 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2020 | 64.8 | 38.1 | 34.0 | 4.2 | 58.8 | 11.0 | 52.5 |
2021 | 64.5 | 34.6 | 31.5 | 3.0 | 53.6 | 8.7 | 48.8 |
Quebec | |||||||
2020 | 7,040.2 | 4,386.4 | 3,920.0 | 466.4 | 62.3 | 10.6 | 55.7 |
2021 | 7,088.0 | 4,475.3 | 4,155.1 | 320.2 | 63.1 | 7.2 | 58.6 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2020 | 76.6 | 35.4 | 28.5 | 6.9 | 46.2 | 19.5 | 37.2 |
2021 | 76.3 | 35.6 | 30.3 | 5.4 | 46.7 | 15.2 | 39.7 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2020 | 166.6 | 90.5 | 79.9 | 10.6 | 54.3 | 11.7 | 48.0 |
2021 | 165.8 | 89.7 | 84.8 | 4.8 | 54.1 | 5.4 | 51.1 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2020 | 622.8 | 385.8 | 346.2 | 39.6 | 61.9 | 10.3 | 55.6 |
2021 | 624.8 | 393.2 | 367.4 | 25.7 | 62.9 | 6.5 | 58.8 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2020 | 355.4 | 227.8 | 207.8 | 19.9 | 64.1 | 8.7 | 58.5 |
2021 | 356.2 | 224.6 | 214.2 | 10.4 | 63.1 | 4.6 | 60.1 |
Estrie | |||||||
2020 | 276.2 | 166.4 | 150.8 | 15.5 | 60.2 | 9.3 | 54.6 |
2021 | 278.0 | 169.2 | 157.9 | 11.3 | 60.9 | 6.7 | 56.8 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2020 | 206.3 | 133.1 | 121.9 | 11.2 | 64.5 | 8.4 | 59.1 |
2021 | 207.3 | 132.8 | 123.1 | 9.6 | 64.1 | 7.2 | 59.4 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2020 | 1,300.9 | 840.2 | 755.1 | 85.0 | 64.6 | 10.1 | 58.0 |
2021 | 1,312.2 | 838.6 | 785.6 | 52.9 | 63.9 | 6.3 | 59.9 |
Montréal | |||||||
2020 | 1,741.3 | 1,114.5 | 996.4 | 118.0 | 64.0 | 10.6 | 57.2 |
2021 | 1,762.8 | 1,153.7 | 1,048.3 | 105.4 | 65.4 | 9.1 | 59.5 |
Laval | |||||||
2020 | 362.9 | 214.0 | 189.5 | 24.4 | 59.0 | 11.4 | 52.2 |
2021 | 365.3 | 242.6 | 222.7 | 19.9 | 66.4 | 8.2 | 61.0 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2020 | 423.1 | 290.4 | 258.7 | 31.7 | 68.6 | 10.9 | 61.1 |
2021 | 425.9 | 266.1 | 251.5 | 14.6 | 62.5 | 5.5 | 59.1 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2020 | 518.9 | 288.6 | 253.2 | 35.4 | 55.6 | 12.3 | 48.8 |
2021 | 524.6 | 333.7 | 313.4 | 20.3 | 63.6 | 6.1 | 59.7 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2020 | 326.1 | 204.5 | 184.1 | 20.4 | 62.7 | 10.0 | 56.5 |
2021 | 328.4 | 203.6 | 188.3 | 15.2 | 62.0 | 7.5 | 57.3 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2020 | 119.0 | 72.3 | 65.5 | 6.8 | 60.8 | 9.4 | 55.0 |
2021 | 118.4 | 77.5 | 72.8 | 4.7 | 65.5 | 6.1 | 61.5 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2020 | 227.6 | 137.0 | 121.7 | 15.3 | 60.2 | 11.2 | 53.5 |
2021 | 227.3 | 126.7 | 117.7 | 9.0 | 55.7 | 7.1 | 51.8 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2020 | 229.8 | 131.9 | 112.2 | 19.7 | 57.4 | 14.9 | 48.8 |
2021 | 229.1 | 134.9 | 126.1 | 8.9 | 58.9 | 6.6 | 55.0 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2020 | 86.5 | 54.2 | 48.4 | 5.8 | 62.7 | 10.7 | 56.0 |
2021 | 85.6 | 53.0 | 51.0 | 2.0 | 61.9 | 3.8 | 59.6 |
Ontario | |||||||
2020 | 12,181.9 | 7,521.7 | 6,905.7 | 615.9 | 61.7 | 8.2 | 56.7 |
2021 | 12,301.8 | 7,849.2 | 7,163.1 | 686.1 | 63.8 | 8.7 | 58.2 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2020 | 1,183.1 | 745.3 | 697.3 | 48.0 | 63.0 | 6.4 | 58.9 |
2021 | 1,195.8 | 788.9 | 736.8 | 52.1 | 66.0 | 6.6 | 61.6 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2020 | 393.7 | 221.5 | 199.5 | 22.0 | 56.3 | 9.9 | 50.7 |
2021 | 395.6 | 228.7 | 205.6 | 23.1 | 57.8 | 10.1 | 52.0 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2020 | 345.7 | 177.7 | 159.4 | 18.3 | 51.4 | 10.3 | 46.1 |
2021 | 348.0 | 201.9 | 187.8 | 14.1 | 58.0 | 7.0 | 54.0 |
Toronto | |||||||
2020 | 5,739.0 | 3,615.8 | 3,326.2 | 289.6 | 63.0 | 8.0 | 58.0 |
2021 | 5,807.4 | 3,752.3 | 3,398.7 | 353.7 | 64.6 | 9.4 | 58.5 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2020 | 1,193.8 | 798.1 | 735.9 | 62.2 | 66.9 | 7.8 | 61.6 |
2021 | 1,211.3 | 813.5 | 742.7 | 70.9 | 67.2 | 8.7 | 61.3 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2020 | 1,267.8 | 763.5 | 696.4 | 67.1 | 60.2 | 8.8 | 54.9 |
2021 | 1,276.1 | 807.8 | 738.0 | 69.9 | 63.3 | 8.7 | 57.8 |
London | |||||||
2020 | 600.8 | 362.7 | 332.3 | 30.5 | 60.4 | 8.4 | 55.3 |
2021 | 608.6 | 396.2 | 362.3 | 33.9 | 65.1 | 8.6 | 59.5 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2020 | 556.4 | 301.0 | 265.5 | 35.5 | 54.1 | 11.8 | 47.7 |
2021 | 559.3 | 324.7 | 295.6 | 29.1 | 58.1 | 9.0 | 52.9 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2020 | 262.7 | 170.2 | 156.5 | 13.6 | 64.8 | 8.0 | 59.6 |
2021 | 264.2 | 167.2 | 157.0 | 10.2 | 63.3 | 6.1 | 59.4 |
Northeast | |||||||
2020 | 464.0 | 265.1 | 244.9 | 20.2 | 57.1 | 7.6 | 52.8 |
2021 | 461.7 | 263.6 | 242.3 | 21.4 | 57.1 | 8.1 | 52.5 |
Northwest | |||||||
2020 | 175.0 | 100.7 | 91.9 | 8.8 | 57.5 | 8.7 | 52.5 |
2021 | 173.8 | 104.4 | 96.4 | 8.0 | 60.1 | 7.7 | 55.5 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2020 | 1,046.9 | 670.5 | 618.8 | 51.6 | 64.0 | 7.7 | 59.1 |
2021 | 1,050.7 | 694.7 | 645.8 | 48.9 | 66.1 | 7.0 | 61.5 |
Southeast | |||||||
2020 | 98.0 | 61.2 | 57.3 | 3.9 | 62.4 | 6.4 | 58.5 |
2021 | 99.0 | 64.3 | 59.7 | 4.6 | 64.9 | 7.2 | 60.3 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2020 | 90.4 | 57.4 | 54.0 | 3.5 | 63.5 | 6.1 | 59.7 |
2021 | 91.0 | 60.0 | 56.1 | 3.9 | 65.9 | 6.5 | 61.6 |
Southwest | |||||||
2020 | 90.8 | 57.0 | 52.4 | 4.7 | 62.8 | 8.2 | 57.7 |
2021 | 90.6 | 60.5 | 57.8 | 2.8 | 66.8 | 4.6 | 63.8 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2020 | 635.6 | 414.2 | 380.8 | 33.4 | 65.2 | 8.1 | 59.9 |
2021 | 639.3 | 432.1 | 399.0 | 33.1 | 67.6 | 7.7 | 62.4 |
Interlake | |||||||
2020 | 76.2 | 46.3 | 42.2 | 4.1 | 60.8 | 8.9 | 55.4 |
2021 | 76.4 | 44.9 | 42.6 | 2.4 | 58.8 | 5.3 | 55.8 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2020 | 55.8 | 34.3 | 32.2 | 2.2 | 61.5 | 6.4 | 57.7 |
2021 | 54.4 | 32.9 | 30.7 | 2.2 | 60.5 | 6.7 | 56.4 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2020 | 888.4 | 584.2 | 532.2 | 52.0 | 65.8 | 8.9 | 59.9 |
2021 | 889.3 | 589.2 | 543.5 | 45.7 | 66.3 | 7.8 | 61.1 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2020 | 274.2 | 181.8 | 165.8 | 16.1 | 66.3 | 8.9 | 60.5 |
2021 | 275.7 | 186.0 | 169.7 | 16.3 | 67.5 | 8.8 | 61.6 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2020 | 83.7 | 55.5 | 50.8 | 4.7 | 66.3 | 8.5 | 60.7 |
2021 | 83.1 | 56.7 | 52.9 | 3.8 | 68.2 | 6.7 | 63.7 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2020 | 309.0 | 206.1 | 185.1 | 20.9 | 66.7 | 10.1 | 59.9 |
2021 | 312.1 | 208.3 | 191.5 | 16.8 | 66.7 | 8.1 | 61.4 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2020 | 63.0 | 40.3 | 37.4 | 2.9 | 64.0 | 7.2 | 59.4 |
2021 | 62.0 | 37.3 | 35.4 | 1.9 | 60.2 | 5.1 | 57.1 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2020 | 158.5 | 100.5 | 93.0 | 7.5 | 63.4 | 7.5 | 58.7 |
2021 | 156.5 | 101.0 | 94.1 | 6.9 | 64.5 | 6.8 | 60.1 |
Alberta | |||||||
2020 | 3,495.3 | 2,342.0 | 2,099.6 | 242.4 | 67.0 | 10.4 | 60.1 |
2021 | 3,533.4 | 2,434.6 | 2,193.7 | 240.8 | 68.9 | 9.9 | 62.1 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2020 | 238.3 | 144.3 | 134.3 | 10.0 | 60.6 | 6.9 | 56.4 |
2021 | 239.3 | 143.6 | 131.0 | 12.5 | 60.0 | 8.7 | 54.7 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2020 | 162.6 | 108.4 | 98.5 | 10.0 | 66.7 | 9.2 | 60.6 |
2021 | 162.1 | 99.8 | 92.1 | 7.6 | 61.6 | 7.6 | 56.8 |
Calgary | |||||||
2020 | 1,331.5 | 902.9 | 803.3 | 99.6 | 67.8 | 11.0 | 60.3 |
2021 | 1,349.9 | 928.3 | 838.1 | 90.3 | 68.8 | 9.7 | 62.1 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2020 | 274.2 | 193.1 | 173.2 | 19.9 | 70.4 | 10.3 | 63.2 |
2021 | 274.4 | 198.1 | 178.6 | 19.5 | 72.2 | 9.8 | 65.1 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2020 | 174.4 | 116.9 | 103.3 | 13.6 | 67.0 | 11.6 | 59.2 |
2021 | 175.8 | 121.2 | 108.4 | 12.8 | 68.9 | 10.6 | 61.7 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2020 | 1,209.5 | 799.7 | 716.6 | 83.1 | 66.1 | 10.4 | 59.2 |
2021 | 1,227.3 | 866.7 | 774.7 | 92.0 | 70.6 | 10.6 | 63.1 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2020 | 104.8 | 76.7 | 70.5 | 6.2 | 73.2 | 8.1 | 67.3 |
2021 | 104.5 | 76.9 | 70.9 | 6.0 | 73.6 | 7.8 | 67.8 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2020 | 4,285.5 | 2,646.4 | 2,433.7 | 212.7 | 61.8 | 8.0 | 56.8 |
2021 | 4,326.1 | 2,812.1 | 2,608.6 | 203.6 | 65.0 | 7.2 | 60.3 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2020 | 733.9 | 418.0 | 382.8 | 35.2 | 57.0 | 8.4 | 52.2 |
2021 | 742.0 | 432.5 | 401.3 | 31.2 | 58.3 | 7.2 | 54.1 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2020 | 2,654.6 | 1,676.6 | 1,550.8 | 125.8 | 63.2 | 7.5 | 58.4 |
2021 | 2,678.8 | 1,807.1 | 1,676.3 | 130.9 | 67.5 | 7.2 | 62.6 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2020 | 496.8 | 301.6 | 274.0 | 27.5 | 60.7 | 9.1 | 55.2 |
2021 | 503.5 | 302.7 | 278.1 | 24.6 | 60.1 | 8.1 | 55.2 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2020 | 137.3 | 80.5 | 71.5 | 9.0 | 58.6 | 11.2 | 52.1 |
2021 | 138.0 | 88.6 | 83.1 | 5.5 | 64.2 | 6.2 | 60.2 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2020 | 139.1 | 86.0 | 77.6 | 8.5 | 61.8 | 9.9 | 55.8 |
2021 | 140.1 | 91.6 | 86.1 | 5.6 | 65.4 | 6.1 | 61.5 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2020 | 69.0 | 44.1 | 40.2 | 3.9 | 63.9 | 8.8 | 58.3 |
2021 | 68.9 | 48.4 | 44.5 | 3.9 | 70.2 | 8.1 | 64.6 |
Northeast | |||||||
2020 | 54.9 | 39.5 | 36.7 | 2.8 | 71.9 | 7.1 | 66.8 |
2021 | 54.8 | 41.2 | 39.2 | 2.0 | 75.2 | 4.9 | 71.5 |
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0387-02.
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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