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

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in April 2022 and April 2023, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2022 31,626.2 20,579.0 19,422.7 1,156.3 65.1 5.6 61.4
2023 32,208.4 20,961.9 19,855.9 1,106.0 65.1 5.3 61.6
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2022 447.0 256.4 219.0 37.4 57.4 14.6 49.0
2023 452.9 256.4 226.4 29.9 56.6 11.7 50.0
Avalon Peninsula              
2022 238.6 148.1 131.7 16.4 62.1 11.1 55.2
2023 243.4 145.1 134.4 10.7 59.6 7.4 55.2
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2022 121.0 60.6 48.5 12.0 50.1 19.8 40.1
2023 121.4 60.7 49.2 11.6 50.0 19.1 40.5
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2022 87.4 47.7 38.7 9.0 54.6 18.9 44.3
2023 88.1 50.5 42.9 7.6 57.3 15.0 48.7
Prince Edward Island              
2022 137.7 89.4 79.6 9.7 64.9 10.9 57.8
2023 142.7 91.0 83.0 7.9 63.8 8.7 58.2
Nova Scotia              
2022 833.1 508.6 473.0 35.7 61.0 7.0 56.8
2023 855.4 521.1 487.8 33.3 60.9 6.4 57.0
Cape Breton              
2022 109.4 59.6 50.8 8.8 54.5 14.8 46.4
2023 111.1 54.7 48.5 6.2 49.2 11.3 43.7
North Shore              
2022 128.3 71.1 65.6 5.5 55.4 7.7 51.1
2023 130.1 71.5 66.3 5.2 55.0 7.3 51.0
Annapolis Valley              
2022 107.6 65.6 62.2 3.5 61.0 5.3 57.8
2023 109.9 66.3 62.5 3.8 60.3 5.7 56.9
Southern              
2022 98.9 54.3 49.5 4.8 54.9 8.8 50.1
2023 100.1 55.0 50.8 4.2 54.9 7.6 50.7
Halifax              
2022 388.9 258.0 244.9 13.1 66.3 5.1 63.0
2023 404.2 273.6 259.7 13.9 67.7 5.1 64.3
New Brunswick              
2022 658.7 390.4 359.1 31.3 59.3 8.0 54.5
2023 677.0 401.3 373.8 27.5 59.3 6.9 55.2
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2022 131.4 65.9 56.5 9.4 50.2 14.3 43.0
2023 133.1 70.7 62.3 8.4 53.1 11.9 46.8
Moncton–Richibucto              
2022 193.3 121.3 113.3 8.0 62.8 6.6 58.6
2023 200.7 126.5 117.4 9.0 63.0 7.1 58.5
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2022 148.4 89.3 82.4 6.9 60.2 7.7 55.5
2023 152.2 89.1 84.1 5.0 58.5 5.6 55.3
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2022 120.6 76.5 71.7 4.7 63.4 6.1 59.5
2023 125.0 77.5 74.7 2.8 62.0 3.6 59.8
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2022 64.9 37.4 35.2 2.3 57.6 6.1 54.2
2023 66.0 37.5 35.2 2.2 56.8 5.9 53.3
Quebec              
2022 7,131.8 4,542.1 4,333.1 209.1 63.7 4.6 60.8
2023 7,220.6 4,642.0 4,432.7 209.3 64.3 4.5 61.4
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2022 76.3 38.2 33.1 5.0 50.1 13.1 43.4
2023 76.6 40.5 36.8 3.7 52.9 9.1 48.0
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2022 165.6 92.4 86.4 6.1 55.8 6.6 52.2
2023 165.9 91.9 86.5 5.5 55.4 6.0 52.1
Capitale-Nationale              
2022 627.3 396.2 379.2 17.0 63.2 4.3 60.4
2023 632.9 413.2 401.5 11.7 65.3 2.8 63.4
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2022 358.3 226.3 220.1 6.2 63.2 2.7 61.4
2023 361.3 221.0 215.2 5.7 61.2 2.6 59.6
Estrie              
2022 280.5 163.0 157.1 5.9 58.1 3.6 56.0
2023 284.3 167.1 158.1 9.0 58.8 5.4 55.6
Centre-du-Québec              
2022 208.8 141.0 136.2 4.7 67.5 3.3 65.2
2023 211.0 136.2 132.4 3.8 64.5 2.8 62.7
Montérégie              
2022 1,326.0 851.6 816.0 35.5 64.2 4.2 61.5
2023 1,345.4 870.9 835.1 35.8 64.7 4.1 62.1
Montréal              
2022 1,766.6 1,188.7 1,121.3 67.4 67.3 5.7 63.5
2023 1,793.9 1,200.7 1,129.3 71.4 66.9 5.9 63.0
Laval              
2022 368.3 237.3 228.8 8.5 64.4 3.6 62.1
2023 372.8 247.1 234.4 12.7 66.3 5.1 62.9
Lanaudière              
2022 430.1 287.0 273.6 13.4 66.7 4.7 63.6
2023 435.5 293.5 277.4 16.1 67.4 5.5 63.7
Laurentides              
2022 532.1 333.9 318.0 15.9 62.8 4.8 59.8
2023 541.3 356.9 346.4 10.4 65.9 2.9 64.0
Outaouais              
2022 331.8 214.9 207.6 7.3 64.8 3.4 62.6
2023 336.4 216.3 206.4 9.9 64.3 4.6 61.4
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2022 118.4 73.2 70.9 2.3 61.8 3.1 59.9
2023 118.7 73.1 71.0 2.2 61.6 3.0 59.8
Mauricie              
2022 227.6 119.7 114.4 5.3 52.6 4.4 50.3
2023 228.8 126.4 121.1 5.2 55.2 4.1 52.9
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2022 228.8 126.3 120.5 5.8 55.2 4.6 52.7
2023 229.5 134.7 130.1 4.6 58.7 3.4 56.7
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2022 85.5 52.5 49.7 2.8 61.4 5.3 58.1
2023 86.4 52.5 50.9 1.6 60.8 3.0 58.9
Ontario              
2022 12,468.7 8,124.0 7,670.0 454.0 65.2 5.6 61.5
2023 12,685.9 8,243.6 7,819.6 424.0 65.0 5.1 61.6
Ottawa              
2022 1,215.6 789.4 752.1 37.3 64.9 4.7 61.9
2023 1,237.3 811.1 776.0 35.1 65.6 4.3 62.7
Kingston–Pembroke              
2022 400.5 249.7 238.8 11.0 62.3 4.4 59.6
2023 405.6 238.8 228.5 10.4 58.9 4.4 56.3
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2022 352.3 191.1 184.6 6.4 54.2 3.3 52.4
2023 356.3 199.3 190.9 8.4 55.9 4.2 53.6
Toronto              
2022 5,889.6 3,965.1 3,720.0 245.2 67.3 6.2 63.2
2023 6,009.4 3,999.3 3,788.5 210.8 66.6 5.3 63.0
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2022 1,233.8 823.7 779.7 43.9 66.8 5.3 63.2
2023 1,259.5 879.5 833.9 45.6 69.8 5.2 66.2
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2022 1,290.4 826.0 780.8 45.2 64.0 5.5 60.5
2023 1,307.4 813.7 770.8 42.9 62.2 5.3 59.0
London              
2022 618.5 412.7 392.2 20.6 66.7 5.0 63.4
2023 630.5 401.3 382.1 19.2 63.6 4.8 60.6
Windsor–Sarnia              
2022 563.5 326.4 306.0 20.4 57.9 6.3 54.3
2023 570.6 357.4 335.3 22.1 62.6 6.2 58.8
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2022 268.0 164.7 159.0 5.6 61.5 3.4 59.3
2023 271.1 166.0 156.0 10.0 61.2 6.0 57.5
Northeast              
2022 462.4 270.1 257.6 12.6 58.4 4.7 55.7
2023 463.3 266.9 252.8 14.1 57.6 5.3 54.6
Northwest              
2022 173.9 105.0 99.2 5.8 60.4 5.5 57.0
2023 174.9 110.3 104.9 5.4 63.1 4.9 60.0
Manitoba              
2022 1,058.8 704.4 670.8 33.6 66.5 4.8 63.4
2023 1,078.7 719.1 684.3 34.8 66.7 4.8 63.4
Southeast              
2022 100.5 67.0 63.6 3.4 66.7 5.1 63.3
2023 102.7 70.3 67.9 2.4 68.5 3.4 66.1
South Central and North Central              
2022 92.0 60.2 58.3 2.0 65.4 3.3 63.4
2023 93.7 62.2 60.1 2.1 66.4 3.4 64.1
Southwest              
2022 90.8 59.6 57.1 2.4 65.6 4.0 62.9
2023 91.8 58.4 55.8 2.6 63.6 4.5 60.8
Winnipeg              
2022 644.7 439.8 416.9 22.9 68.2 5.2 64.7
2023 657.4 447.1 423.2 23.9 68.0 5.3 64.4
Interlake              
2022 77.0 45.4 43.8 1.6 59.0 3.5 56.9
2023 78.1 46.8 44.6 2.2 59.9 4.7 57.1
Parklands and North              
2022 53.8 32.4 31.1 1.2 60.2 3.7 57.8
2023 54.9 34.2 32.7 1.5 62.3 4.4 59.6
Saskatchewan              
2022 894.3 605.2 571.2 33.9 67.7 5.6 63.9
2023 916.2 610.9 579.4 31.4 66.7 5.1 63.2
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2022 278.1 191.3 179.3 12.0 68.8 6.3 64.5
2023 285.7 192.0 181.3 10.7 67.2 5.6 63.5
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2022 82.7 53.8 50.6 3.2 65.1 5.9 61.2
2023 83.6 54.8 52.7 2.2 65.6 4.0 63.0
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2022 316.4 220.8 210.8 9.9 69.8 4.5 66.6
2023 326.2 221.5 211.1 10.4 67.9 4.7 64.7
Yorkton–Melville              
2022 61.3 38.6 37.0 1.6 63.0 4.1 60.4
2023 61.8 38.5 35.9 2.5 62.3 6.5 58.1
Prince Albert and Northern              
2022 155.8 100.7 93.5 7.3 64.6 7.2 60.0
2023 158.9 104.0 98.4 5.6 65.4 5.4 61.9
Alberta              
2022 3,586.7 2,495.9 2,327.7 168.2 69.6 6.7 64.9
2023 3,703.0 2,574.5 2,412.7 161.7 69.5 6.3 65.2
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2022 241.1 158.5 149.9 8.6 65.7 5.4 62.2
2023 247.0 156.4 147.5 8.9 63.3 5.7 59.7
Camrose–Drumheller              
2022 162.1 98.7 93.2 5.5 60.9 5.6 57.5
2023 164.8 114.1 106.6 7.5 69.2 6.6 64.7
Calgary              
2022 1,374.2 975.8 907.6 68.2 71.0 7.0 66.0
2023 1,422.6 995.8 931.9 64.0 70.0 6.4 65.5
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2022 276.2 196.9 186.6 10.2 71.3 5.2 67.6
2023 282.7 198.9 187.1 11.8 70.4 5.9 66.2
Red Deer              
2022 178.1 113.8 106.1 7.7 63.9 6.8 59.6
2023 183.2 117.6 109.6 8.0 64.2 6.8 59.8
Edmonton              
2022 1,250.2 871.4 808.4 63.0 69.7 7.2 64.7
2023 1,295.7 911.3 852.9 58.3 70.3 6.4 65.8
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2022 104.9 80.9 76.0 4.9 77.1 6.1 72.4
2023 107.1 80.4 77.1 3.3 75.1 4.1 72.0
British Columbia              
2022 4,409.5 2,862.6 2,719.2 143.4 64.9 5.0 61.7
2023 4,475.9 2,902.0 2,756.1 145.9 64.8 5.0 61.6
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2022 759.6 445.3 424.1 21.1 58.6 4.7 55.8
2023 771.9 448.7 430.5 18.2 58.1 4.1 55.8
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2022 2,726.9 1,842.6 1,752.8 89.8 67.6 4.9 64.3
2023 2,770.4 1,874.6 1,776.3 98.4 67.7 5.2 64.1
Thompson–Okanagan              
2022 514.8 314.1 294.2 19.9 61.0 6.3 57.1
2023 522.5 320.2 306.2 14.0 61.3 4.4 58.6
Kootenay              
2022 140.4 85.3 81.7 3.6 60.8 4.2 58.2
2023 141.7 86.3 82.7 3.7 60.9 4.3 58.4
Cariboo              
2022 142.6 95.2 90.6 4.6 66.8 4.8 63.5
2023 144.1 88.6 81.9 6.7 61.5 7.6 56.8
North Coast and Nechako              
2022 69.6 42.1 39.6 2.5 60.5 5.9 56.9
2023 69.7 46.8 44.0 2.8 67.1 6.0 63.1
Northeast              
2022 55.5 38.0 36.2 1.8 68.5 4.7 65.2
2023 55.8 36.7 34.5 2.3 65.8 6.3 61.8
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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