Table 9 
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in February 2022 and February 2023, unadjusted for seasonality 

 Back to main article CSV (12 KB)
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in February 2022 and February 2023, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2022 31,548.5 20,460.6 19,226.5 1,234.2 64.9 6.0 60.9
2023 32,069.4 20,825.2 19,766.8 1,058.4 64.9 5.1 61.6
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2022 446.4 253.1 217.2 35.9 56.7 14.2 48.7
2023 451.4 256.6 227.2 29.4 56.8 11.5 50.3
Avalon Peninsula              
2022 238.0 146.0 130.2 15.9 61.3 10.9 54.7
2023 242.2 146.7 135.3 11.4 60.6 7.8 55.9
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2022 121.0 60.3 49.0 11.3 49.8 18.7 40.5
2023 121.3 60.5 49.4 11.0 49.9 18.2 40.7
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2022 87.3 46.8 38.1 8.7 53.6 18.6 43.6
2023 87.9 49.5 42.5 6.9 56.3 13.9 48.4
Prince Edward Island              
2022 136.8 88.6 78.8 9.7 64.8 10.9 57.6
2023 141.5 87.9 80.8 7.1 62.1 8.1 57.1
Nova Scotia              
2022 830.0 505.3 468.7 36.5 60.9 7.2 56.5
2023 851.8 517.9 487.2 30.7 60.8 5.9 57.2
Cape Breton              
2022 109.2 57.4 50.1 7.3 52.6 12.7 45.9
2023 110.8 56.0 50.2 5.8 50.5 10.4 45.3
North Shore              
2022 128.1 71.6 66.6 4.9 55.9 6.8 52.0
2023 129.9 69.0 63.7 5.3 53.1 7.7 49.0
Annapolis Valley              
2022 107.3 66.1 61.2 4.9 61.6 7.4 57.0
2023 109.6 66.0 62.4 3.6 60.2 5.5 56.9
Southern              
2022 98.7 54.4 49.2 5.2 55.1 9.6 49.8
2023 100.0 55.4 52.0 3.4 55.4 6.1 52.0
Halifax              
2022 386.7 255.8 241.6 14.2 66.1 5.6 62.5
2023 401.5 271.4 258.8 12.6 67.6 4.6 64.5
New Brunswick              
2022 656.3 386.4 353.7 32.8 58.9 8.5 53.9
2023 674.1 401.0 370.5 30.4 59.5 7.6 55.0
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2022 131.2 63.7 54.9 8.7 48.6 13.7 41.8
2023 132.9 69.9 61.4 8.5 52.6 12.2 46.2
Moncton–Richibucto              
2022 192.3 119.8 110.0 9.8 62.3 8.2 57.2
2023 199.4 125.1 115.9 9.2 62.7 7.4 58.1
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2022 147.9 89.0 81.0 7.9 60.2 8.9 54.8
2023 151.6 90.7 84.4 6.3 59.8 6.9 55.7
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2022 120.1 76.7 72.9 3.8 63.9 5.0 60.7
2023 124.3 77.2 73.1 4.1 62.1 5.3 58.8
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2022 64.7 37.4 34.8 2.6 57.8 7.0 53.8
2023 65.8 38.0 35.8 2.3 57.8 6.1 54.4
Quebec              
2022 7,123.5 4,523.3 4,293.6 229.8 63.5 5.1 60.3
2023 7,203.8 4,636.8 4,429.0 207.8 64.4 4.5 61.5
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2022 76.3 39.1 32.7 6.4 51.2 16.4 42.9
2023 76.5 36.8 33.4 3.4 48.1 9.2 43.7
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2022 165.6 90.6 83.6 7.1 54.7 7.8 50.5
2023 165.8 93.3 88.2 5.1 56.3 5.5 53.2
Capitale-Nationale              
2022 626.9 391.9 372.2 19.7 62.5 5.0 59.4
2023 631.8 406.3 393.2 13.1 64.3 3.2 62.2
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2022 357.9 219.6 212.9 6.6 61.4 3.0 59.5
2023 360.8 226.8 221.3 5.5 62.9 2.4 61.3
Estrie              
2022 280.1 165.9 159.9 6.0 59.2 3.6 57.1
2023 283.6 170.9 162.8 8.2 60.3 4.8 57.4
Centre-du-Québec              
2022 208.6 140.8 135.9 4.9 67.5 3.5 65.1
2023 210.7 128.3 124.9 3.4 60.9 2.7 59.3
Montérégie              
2022 1,323.9 847.1 808.6 38.6 64.0 4.6 61.1
2023 1,342.2 876.8 839.3 37.5 65.3 4.3 62.5
Montréal              
2022 1,765.0 1,201.2 1,126.8 74.4 68.1 6.2 63.8
2023 1,787.1 1,216.1 1,147.0 69.1 68.0 5.7 64.2
Laval              
2022 367.8 241.2 234.5 6.7 65.6 2.8 63.8
2023 372.1 247.0 234.9 12.1 66.4 4.9 63.1
Lanaudière              
2022 429.4 277.7 261.1 16.6 64.7 6.0 60.8
2023 434.6 287.0 267.6 19.5 66.0 6.8 61.6
Laurentides              
2022 530.8 327.6 312.9 14.7 61.7 4.5 58.9
2023 539.8 358.1 350.1 7.9 66.3 2.2 64.9
Outaouais              
2022 331.2 213.4 203.4 10.0 64.4 4.7 61.4
2023 335.7 215.6 206.3 9.3 64.2 4.3 61.5
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2022 118.4 72.2 69.5 2.7 61.0 3.7 58.7
2023 118.7 72.4 70.0 2.4 61.0 3.3 59.0
Mauricie              
2022 227.5 117.0 111.0 5.9 51.4 5.0 48.8
2023 228.7 122.0 116.1 6.0 53.3 4.9 50.8
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2022 228.8 126.6 120.0 6.7 55.3 5.3 52.4
2023 229.3 129.0 124.6 4.4 56.3 3.4 54.3
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2022 85.3 51.5 48.8 2.7 60.4 5.2 57.2
2023 86.5 50.3 49.3 x 58.2 x 57.0
Ontario              
2022 12,437.0 8,096.9 7,588.8 508.1 65.1 6.3 61.0
2023 12,627.9 8,190.6 7,780.5 410.1 64.9 5.0 61.6
Ottawa              
2022 1,212.1 771.3 732.8 38.5 63.6 5.0 60.5
2023 1,231.9 809.8 779.2 30.6 65.7 3.8 63.3
Kingston–Pembroke              
2022 399.5 240.6 229.5 11.2 60.2 4.7 57.4
2023 404.2 245.0 231.8 13.2 60.6 5.4 57.3
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2022 351.6 177.1 168.0 9.1 50.4 5.1 47.8
2023 355.3 190.5 180.8 9.7 53.6 5.1 50.9
Toronto              
2022 5,873.3 4,000.5 3,716.5 284.0 68.1 7.1 63.3
2023 5,976.9 3,947.7 3,744.1 203.6 66.0 5.2 62.6
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2022 1,229.9 810.6 768.0 42.6 65.9 5.3 62.4
2023 1,253.3 871.2 829.2 42.0 69.5 4.8 66.2
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2022 1,287.8 818.6 771.1 47.5 63.6 5.8 59.9
2023 1,302.6 821.2 777.5 43.7 63.0 5.3 59.7
London              
2022 616.7 408.2 385.3 22.9 66.2 5.6 62.5
2023 627.5 409.7 390.1 19.6 65.3 4.8 62.2
Windsor–Sarnia              
2022 562.6 336.3 311.4 24.9 59.8 7.4 55.4
2023 568.3 357.2 336.6 20.7 62.9 5.8 59.2
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2022 267.4 160.0 153.0 7.1 59.8 4.4 57.2
2023 270.4 160.7 153.3 7.4 59.4 4.6 56.7
Northeast              
2022 462.3 269.8 255.5 14.2 58.4 5.3 55.3
2023 462.7 270.2 255.6 14.5 58.4 5.4 55.2
Northwest              
2022 173.8 104.0 97.8 6.2 59.8 6.0 56.3
2023 174.7 107.4 102.3 5.2 61.5 4.8 58.6
Manitoba              
2022 1,055.7 702.0 668.7 33.3 66.5 4.7 63.3
2023 1,073.4 710.1 679.2 30.9 66.2 4.4 63.3
Southeast              
2022 100.1 67.8 64.4 3.4 67.7 5.0 64.3
2023 102.2 68.7 66.0 2.7 67.2 3.9 64.6
South Central and North Central              
2022 91.7 58.9 56.6 2.3 64.2 3.9 61.7
2023 93.3 63.6 61.4 2.2 68.2 3.5 65.8
Southwest              
2022 90.7 58.5 55.2 3.3 64.5 5.6 60.9
2023 91.5 57.6 55.6 2.0 63.0 3.5 60.8
Winnipeg              
2022 642.8 435.0 414.3 20.7 67.7 4.8 64.5
2023 653.5 440.4 419.8 20.6 67.4 4.7 64.2
Interlake              
2022 76.8 47.7 45.5 2.2 62.1 4.6 59.2
2023 77.8 46.0 43.9 2.1 59.1 4.6 56.4
Parklands and North              
2022 53.6 34.1 32.7 1.4 63.6 4.1 61.0
2023 55.0 33.9 32.5 1.4 61.6 4.1 59.1
Saskatchewan              
2022 891.9 598.4 565.9 32.5 67.1 5.4 63.4
2023 911.9 605.8 578.9 26.9 66.4 4.4 63.5
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2022 277.3 188.4 179.1 9.3 67.9 4.9 64.6
2023 284.1 188.2 179.5 8.7 66.2 4.6 63.2
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2022 82.7 53.4 49.2 4.2 64.6 7.9 59.5
2023 83.4 56.4 54.1 2.3 67.6 4.1 64.9
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2022 315.2 216.8 206.4 10.4 68.8 4.8 65.5
2023 324.2 219.2 209.8 9.4 67.6 4.3 64.7
Yorkton–Melville              
2022 61.3 37.4 35.3 2.1 61.0 5.6 57.6
2023 61.7 38.4 36.3 2.2 62.2 5.7 58.8
Prince Albert and Northern              
2022 155.4 102.4 96.0 6.4 65.9 6.3 61.8
2023 158.5 103.6 99.2 4.3 65.4 4.2 62.6
Alberta              
2022 3,574.1 2,478.2 2,304.7 173.6 69.3 7.0 64.5
2023 3,677.9 2,546.7 2,392.6 154.0 69.2 6.0 65.1
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2022 240.6 149.3 139.5 9.8 62.1 6.6 58.0
2023 245.7 154.3 147.9 6.5 62.8 4.2 60.2
Camrose–Drumheller              
2022 162.0 99.2 93.2 5.9 61.2 5.9 57.5
2023 164.2 112.7 107.4 5.3 68.6 4.7 65.4
Calgary              
2022 1,368.7 966.3 894.7 71.6 70.6 7.4 65.4
2023 1,412.2 979.8 914.3 65.5 69.4 6.7 64.7
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2022 275.5 197.7 186.9 10.8 71.8 5.5 67.8
2023 281.3 198.0 187.0 11.0 70.4 5.6 66.5
Red Deer              
2022 177.6 115.9 107.4 8.5 65.3 7.3 60.5
2023 182.1 121.6 112.2 9.4 66.8 7.7 61.6
Edmonton              
2022 1,245.0 870.7 809.0 61.7 69.9 7.1 65.0
2023 1,285.8 901.0 848.2 52.8 70.1 5.9 66.0
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2022 104.7 79.2 73.9 5.3 75.6 6.7 70.6
2023 106.6 79.2 75.7 3.6 74.3 4.5 71.0
British Columbia              
2022 4,397.0 2,828.4 2,686.3 142.1 64.3 5.0 61.1
2023 4,455.6 2,871.8 2,740.7 131.1 64.5 4.6 61.5
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2022 757.1 446.7 423.7 22.9 59.0 5.1 56.0
2023 768.7 451.7 436.3 15.4 58.8 3.4 56.8
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2022 2,719.3 1,820.5 1,730.2 90.3 66.9 5.0 63.6
2023 2,756.4 1,850.3 1,760.6 89.7 67.1 4.8 63.9
Thompson–Okanagan              
2022 513.2 307.6 289.3 18.4 59.9 6.0 56.4
2023 520.3 315.5 302.1 13.4 60.6 4.2 58.1
Kootenay              
2022 140.1 79.5 75.2 4.3 56.7 5.4 53.7
2023 141.3 83.3 80.8 2.4 59.0 2.9 57.2
Cariboo              
2022 142.3 93.1 90.1 3.0 65.4 3.2 63.3
2023 143.6 87.3 81.5 5.8 60.8 6.6 56.8
North Coast and Nechako              
2022 69.6 43.6 41.2 2.5 62.6 5.7 59.2
2023 69.6 47.4 44.6 2.8 68.1 5.9 64.1
Northeast              
2022 55.4 37.4 36.6 x 67.5 x 66.1
2023 55.6 36.4 34.8 1.5 65.5 4.1 62.6
x
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).
Date modified: