Map 2
Employment rates are highest in the Prairie provinces and Quebec

Map description

The title of the map is "Employment rates are highest in the Prairie provinces and Quebec"

This is a map of Canada showing the employment rates in 2021 for Canada, for the five census metropolitan areas (CMAs) with the lowest employment rates, the five CMAs with the highest employment rates and the five most populated CMAs.

In Canada, the employment rate in 2021 was 57.1%.

The map shows the employment rates in 2021 for the five CMAs with the lowest employment rates, as follows, from east to west: Belleville–Quinte West (50.7%), Peterborough (50.3%), St. Catharines–Niagara (48.6%), Windsor (49.5%) and Thunder Bay (52.2%).

The map shows the employment rates in 2021 for the five CMAs with the highest employment rates, as follows, from east to west: Québec (62.0%), Montréal (60.7%), Regina (61.4%), Saskatoon (63.0%) and Calgary (60.8%).

The map shows the employment rates in 2021 for the five most populated CMAs, as follows, from east to west: Montréal (60.7%), Ottawa–Gatineau (59.6%), Toronto (56.1%), Calgary (60.8%) and Vancouver (60.0%).

Note(s): Montréal and Calgary are among the five most populated CMAs and belong to the category of CMAs with the highest employment rate.

Source(s): Census of Population, 2021 (3901).