Table 9 
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in December 2021 and December 2022, unadjusted for seasonality 

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in December 2021 and December 2022, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2021 31,468.9 20,439.1 19,282.7 1,156.4 65.0 5.7 61.3
2022 31,966.2 20,631.2 19,694.2 937.0 64.5 4.5 61.6
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2021 445.7 252.2 224.1 28.2 56.6 11.2 50.3
2022 450.3 258.7 234.5 24.2 57.5 9.4 52.1
Avalon Peninsula              
2021 237.5 146.4 134.2 12.2 61.6 8.3 56.5
2022 241.3 151.6 141.4 10.2 62.8 6.7 58.6
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2021 121.0 58.6 50.3 8.3 48.4 14.2 41.6
2022 121.2 57.7 49.7 8.0 47.6 13.9 41.0
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2021 87.3 47.2 39.6 7.6 54.1 16.1 45.4
2022 87.8 49.4 43.4 6.0 56.3 12.1 49.4
Prince Edward Island              
2021 136.0 87.7 80.7 7.0 64.5 8.0 59.3
2022 140.8 88.9 83.8 5.1 63.1 5.7 59.5
Nova Scotia              
2021 826.7 507.9 469.0 38.9 61.4 7.7 56.7
2022 849.1 512.6 482.0 30.7 60.4 6.0 56.8
Cape Breton              
2021 109.0 59.1 50.9 8.2 54.2 13.9 46.7
2022 110.7 57.8 51.8 6.0 52.2 10.4 46.8
North Shore              
2021 127.8 74.0 68.4 5.6 57.9 7.6 53.5
2022 129.8 68.4 63.0 5.4 52.7 7.9 48.5
Annapolis Valley              
2021 106.9 63.6 59.0 4.6 59.5 7.2 55.2
2022 109.3 64.4 61.8 2.7 58.9 4.2 56.5
Southern              
2021 98.5 54.3 48.5 5.8 55.1 10.7 49.2
2022 99.9 56.1 52.1 4.0 56.2 7.1 52.2
Halifax              
2021 384.4 257.0 242.3 14.6 66.9 5.7 63.0
2022 399.4 265.9 253.3 12.7 66.6 4.8 63.4
New Brunswick              
2021 654.0 392.5 362.5 30.0 60.0 7.6 55.4
2022 671.3 399.2 372.5 26.7 59.5 6.7 55.5
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2021 131.0 65.8 57.7 8.1 50.2 12.3 44.0
2022 132.7 71.1 63.4 7.6 53.6 10.7 47.8
Moncton–Richibucto              
2021 191.3 122.2 113.0 9.2 63.9 7.5 59.1
2022 198.3 121.8 115.4 6.4 61.4 5.3 58.2
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2021 147.5 88.4 81.2 7.2 59.9 8.1 55.1
2022 151.1 93.6 87.2 6.4 61.9 6.8 57.7
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2021 119.6 77.9 74.1 3.8 65.1 4.9 62.0
2022 123.6 75.5 70.9 4.6 61.1 6.1 57.4
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2021 64.6 38.2 36.4 1.7 59.1 4.5 56.3
2022 65.7 37.3 35.6 1.7 56.8 4.6 54.2
Quebec              
2021 7,116.1 4,547.0 4,344.7 202.3 63.9 4.4 61.1
2022 7,188.0 4,596.2 4,428.9 167.3 63.9 3.6 61.6
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2021 76.3 40.8 34.7 6.1 53.5 15.0 45.5
2022 76.5 36.3 33.1 3.2 47.5 8.8 43.3
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2021 165.7 91.3 87.4 3.8 55.1 4.2 52.7
2022 165.8 94.5 90.6 3.9 57.0 4.1 54.6
Capitale-Nationale              
2021 626.5 396.5 385.6 10.9 63.3 2.7 61.5
2022 630.9 398.6 386.0 12.5 63.2 3.1 61.2
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2021 357.6 224.1 218.4 5.7 62.7 2.5 61.1
2022 360.4 237.5 233.4 4.1 65.9 1.7 64.8
Estrie              
2021 279.7 169.0 163.6 5.4 60.4 3.2 58.5
2022 282.9 170.4 164.6 5.8 60.2 3.4 58.2
Centre-du-Québec              
2021 208.3 141.5 137.0 4.4 67.9 3.1 65.8
2022 210.3 120.3 117.0 3.3 57.2 2.7 55.6
Montérégie              
2021 1,321.5 856.4 819.5 36.9 64.8 4.3 62.0
2022 1,338.9 878.1 847.2 30.8 65.6 3.5 63.3
Montréal              
2021 1,764.0 1,193.1 1,120.0 73.0 67.6 6.1 63.5
2022 1,781.4 1,193.0 1,138.9 54.1 67.0 4.5 63.9
Laval              
2021 367.3 242.8 232.7 10.1 66.1 4.2 63.4
2022 371.3 240.4 231.3 9.2 64.7 3.8 62.3
Lanaudière              
2021 428.7 272.2 259.3 12.9 63.5 4.7 60.5
2022 433.8 294.2 280.1 14.1 67.8 4.8 64.6
Laurentides              
2021 529.6 333.1 321.0 12.1 62.9 3.6 60.6
2022 538.2 340.5 335.1 5.4 63.3 1.6 62.3
Outaouais              
2021 330.7 212.3 204.1 8.3 64.2 3.9 61.7
2022 334.9 219.8 212.6 7.2 65.6 3.3 63.5
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2021 118.4 73.1 71.2 1.9 61.7 2.6 60.1
2022 118.6 72.5 70.3 2.3 61.1 3.2 59.3
Mauricie              
2021 227.5 122.4 118.9 3.5 53.8 2.9 52.3
2022 228.5 125.0 119.2 5.8 54.7 4.6 52.2
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2021 228.9 128.2 122.5 5.7 56.0 4.4 53.5
2022 229.2 127.2 123.4 3.8 55.5 3.0 53.8
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2021 85.3 50.3 48.8 1.6 59.0 3.2 57.2
2022 86.4 47.8 46.2 1.6 55.3 3.3 53.5
Ontario              
2021 12,401.0 8,071.5 7,601.7 469.8 65.1 5.8 61.3
2022 12,585.6 8,115.0 7,721.5 393.5 64.5 4.8 61.4
Ottawa              
2021 1,208.0 755.2 724.2 31.0 62.5 4.1 60.0
2022 1,227.8 797.9 769.4 28.5 65.0 3.6 62.7
Kingston–Pembroke              
2021 398.6 239.3 228.6 10.7 60.0 4.5 57.4
2022 403.4 242.5 231.0 11.4 60.1 4.7 57.3
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2021 350.8 170.5 160.4 10.1 48.6 5.9 45.7
2022 354.6 197.9 191.3 6.6 55.8 3.3 53.9
Toronto              
2021 5,855.0 3,987.7 3,723.7 264.1 68.1 6.6 63.6
2022 5,952.7 3,891.6 3,688.1 203.6 65.4 5.2 62.0
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2021 1,225.4 825.2 784.8 40.4 67.3 4.9 64.0
2022 1,248.5 869.8 825.7 44.2 69.7 5.1 66.1
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2021 1,284.8 814.1 766.5 47.6 63.4 5.8 59.7
2022 1,299.4 823.7 786.1 37.6 63.4 4.6 60.5
London              
2021 614.6 408.7 386.5 22.1 66.5 5.4 62.9
2022 625.2 404.9 386.7 18.2 64.8 4.5 61.9
Windsor–Sarnia              
2021 561.5 338.8 318.5 20.3 60.3 6.0 56.7
2022 566.9 349.8 328.1 21.7 61.7 6.2 57.9
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2021 266.7 164.2 159.2 5.0 61.6 3.0 59.7
2022 269.9 163.7 157.9 5.8 60.7 3.5 58.5
Northeast              
2021 462.0 263.4 250.5 13.0 57.0 4.9 54.2
2022 462.6 268.5 257.2 11.4 58.0 4.2 55.6
Northwest              
2021 173.6 104.5 98.8 5.6 60.2 5.4 56.9
2022 174.6 104.6 100.2 4.4 59.9 4.2 57.4
Manitoba              
2021 1,053.4 692.1 659.1 33.0 65.7 4.8 62.6
2022 1,070.3 698.0 670.1 27.9 65.2 4.0 62.6
Southeast              
2021 99.8 67.0 63.6 3.4 67.1 5.1 63.7
2022 101.9 67.8 65.8 2.0 66.5 2.9 64.6
South Central and North Central              
2021 91.5 59.2 57.3 1.9 64.7 3.2 62.6
2022 93.1 60.6 58.4 2.3 65.1 3.8 62.7
Southwest              
2021 90.6 54.9 51.7 3.3 60.6 6.0 57.1
2022 91.3 57.4 55.5 1.9 62.9 3.3 60.8
Winnipeg              
2021 641.4 431.4 410.5 20.9 67.3 4.8 64.0
2022 651.4 433.1 414.6 18.5 66.5 4.3 63.6
Interlake              
2021 76.7 46.3 44.2 2.1 60.4 4.5 57.6
2022 77.7 45.4 43.7 1.7 58.4 3.7 56.2
Parklands and North              
2021 53.5 33.3 31.8 1.5 62.2 4.5 59.4
2022 54.9 33.7 32.2 1.5 61.4 4.5 58.7
Saskatchewan              
2021 890.3 593.1 563.7 29.3 66.6 4.9 63.3
2022 908.2 598.3 576.4 21.9 65.9 3.7 63.5
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2021 276.6 186.3 177.7 8.6 67.4 4.6 64.2
2022 282.7 185.8 178.9 6.9 65.7 3.7 63.3
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2021 82.7 53.9 50.6 3.4 65.2 6.3 61.2
2022 83.2 54.9 53.0 1.9 66.0 3.5 63.7
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2021 314.2 213.9 203.3 10.6 68.1 5.0 64.7
2022 322.5 217.8 210.4 7.4 67.5 3.4 65.2
Yorkton–Melville              
2021 61.4 36.1 34.4 1.6 58.8 4.4 56.0
2022 61.7 38.9 37.1 1.8 63.0 4.6 60.1
Prince Albert and Northern              
2021 155.4 102.9 97.7 5.2 66.2 5.1 62.9
2022 158.1 100.9 97.1 3.8 63.8 3.8 61.4
Alberta              
2021 3,562.1 2,450.4 2,281.0 169.4 68.8 6.9 64.0
2022 3,657.4 2,500.5 2,372.7 127.8 68.4 5.1 64.9
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2021 240.1 148.2 138.5 9.7 61.7 6.5 57.7
2022 244.6 149.5 145.3 4.2 61.1 2.8 59.4
Camrose–Drumheller              
2021 161.9 97.3 88.7 8.6 60.1 8.8 54.8
2022 163.8 109.2 105.7 3.5 66.7 3.2 64.5
Calgary              
2021 1,363.5 958.5 885.4 73.1 70.3 7.6 64.9
2022 1,403.5 988.3 931.9 56.5 70.4 5.7 66.4
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2021 275.0 189.9 177.7 12.2 69.1 6.4 64.6
2022 280.2 193.4 183.4 10.1 69.0 5.2 65.5
Red Deer              
2021 177.0 113.2 105.8 7.4 64.0 6.5 59.8
2022 181.3 119.6 112.0 7.6 66.0 6.4 61.8
Edmonton              
2021 1,240.1 866.8 813.7 53.1 69.9 6.1 65.6
2022 1,277.7 863.1 820.7 42.3 67.6 4.9 64.2
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2021 104.5 76.5 71.2 5.3 73.2 6.9 68.1
2022 106.3 77.3 73.7 3.6 72.7 4.7 69.3
British Columbia              
2021 4,383.6 2,844.6 2,696.1 148.6 64.9 5.2 61.5
2022 4,445.2 2,863.7 2,751.8 111.9 64.4 3.9 61.9
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2021 754.4 453.0 432.4 20.6 60.0 4.5 57.3
2022 766.9 453.1 440.8 12.4 59.1 2.7 57.5
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2021 2,711.2 1,820.1 1,719.7 100.4 67.1 5.5 63.4
2022 2,749.2 1,834.8 1,758.5 76.3 66.7 4.2 64.0
Thompson–Okanagan              
2021 511.5 316.4 301.9 14.5 61.9 4.6 59.0
2022 519.3 321.8 308.1 13.7 62.0 4.3 59.3
Kootenay              
2021 139.8 78.7 74.0 4.7 56.3 6.0 52.9
2022 141.2 79.6 77.3 2.3 56.4 2.9 54.7
Cariboo              
2021 141.9 91.6 87.5 4.1 64.6 4.5 61.7
2022 143.4 89.5 85.0 4.4 62.4 4.9 59.3
North Coast and Nechako              
2021 69.5 45.6 42.9 2.8 65.6 6.1 61.7
2022 69.6 46.7 44.7 1.9 67.1 4.1 64.2
Northeast              
2021 55.3 39.1 37.8 x 70.7 x 68.4
2022 55.6 38.2 37.3 x 68.7 x 67.1
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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
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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