Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in January 2023 and January 2024, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Canada | |||||||
2023 | 32,014.0 | 20,803.3 | 19,786.7 | 1,016.6 | 65.0 | 4.9 | 61.8 |
2024 | 32,969.9 | 21,390.3 | 20,195.1 | 1,195.2 | 64.9 | 5.6 | 61.3 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
2023 | 450.8 | 259.7 | 231.3 | 28.4 | 57.6 | 10.9 | 51.3 |
2024 | 458.2 | 263.8 | 235.7 | 28.1 | 57.6 | 10.7 | 51.4 |
Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
2023 | 241.7 | 150.2 | 138.8 | 11.4 | 62.1 | 7.6 | 57.4 |
2024 | 248.1 | 153.6 | 141.3 | 12.4 | 61.9 | 8.1 | 57.0 |
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay | |||||||
2023 | 121.2 | 60.1 | 49.6 | 10.4 | 49.6 | 17.3 | 40.9 |
2024 | 121.5 | 61.4 | 52.3 | 9.1 | 50.5 | 14.8 | 43.0 |
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
2023 | 87.9 | 49.5 | 42.9 | 6.6 | 56.3 | 13.3 | 48.8 |
2024 | 88.6 | 48.8 | 42.2 | 6.6 | 55.1 | 13.5 | 47.6 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||
2023 | 141.1 | 87.5 | 80.8 | 6.6 | 62.0 | 7.5 | 57.3 |
2024 | 147.2 | 96.4 | 88.0 | 8.4 | 65.5 | 8.7 | 59.8 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||
2023 | 850.3 | 518.7 | 489.3 | 29.3 | 61.0 | 5.6 | 57.5 |
2024 | 875.6 | 537.7 | 503.3 | 34.4 | 61.4 | 6.4 | 57.5 |
Cape Breton | |||||||
2023 | 110.7 | 58.0 | 52.0 | 6.0 | 52.4 | 10.3 | 47.0 |
2024 | 113.3 | 57.8 | 50.1 | 7.7 | 51.0 | 13.3 | 44.2 |
North Shore | |||||||
2023 | 129.8 | 67.4 | 62.7 | 4.7 | 51.9 | 7.0 | 48.3 |
2024 | 131.3 | 71.1 | 66.1 | 5.0 | 54.2 | 7.0 | 50.3 |
Annapolis Valley | |||||||
2023 | 109.4 | 65.9 | 62.7 | 3.3 | 60.2 | 5.0 | 57.3 |
2024 | 111.6 | 68.1 | 64.5 | 3.6 | 61.0 | 5.3 | 57.8 |
Southern | |||||||
2023 | 100.0 | 56.0 | 52.1 | 3.9 | 56.0 | 7.0 | 52.1 |
2024 | 100.7 | 54.5 | 50.3 | 4.2 | 54.1 | 7.7 | 50.0 |
Halifax | |||||||
2023 | 400.4 | 271.3 | 259.8 | 11.5 | 67.8 | 4.2 | 64.9 |
2024 | 418.7 | 286.2 | 272.3 | 13.9 | 68.4 | 4.9 | 65.0 |
New Brunswick | |||||||
2023 | 672.7 | 402.3 | 371.6 | 30.8 | 59.8 | 7.7 | 55.2 |
2024 | 692.6 | 413.4 | 384.4 | 29.1 | 59.7 | 7.0 | 55.5 |
Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
2023 | 132.8 | 70.4 | 62.0 | 8.4 | 53.0 | 11.9 | 46.7 |
2024 | 134.3 | 66.4 | 56.4 | 10.0 | 49.4 | 15.1 | 42.0 |
Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
2023 | 198.8 | 124.6 | 115.8 | 8.8 | 62.7 | 7.1 | 58.2 |
2024 | 207.3 | 130.8 | 124.1 | 6.7 | 63.1 | 5.1 | 59.9 |
Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
2023 | 151.3 | 92.6 | 86.1 | 6.5 | 61.2 | 7.0 | 56.9 |
2024 | 155.3 | 96.3 | 90.6 | 5.7 | 62.0 | 5.9 | 58.3 |
Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
2023 | 124.0 | 76.6 | 71.8 | 4.7 | 61.8 | 6.1 | 57.9 |
2024 | 128.8 | 81.7 | 77.8 | 3.9 | 63.4 | 4.8 | 60.4 |
Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
2023 | 65.8 | 38.2 | 35.9 | 2.3 | 58.1 | 6.0 | 54.6 |
2024 | 66.9 | 38.1 | 35.4 | 2.7 | 57.0 | 7.1 | 52.9 |
Quebec | |||||||
2023 | 7,195.7 | 4,636.5 | 4,443.7 | 192.7 | 64.4 | 4.2 | 61.8 |
2024 | 7,327.5 | 4,721.5 | 4,487.5 | 234.1 | 64.4 | 5.0 | 61.2 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
2023 | 76.5 | 36.6 | 33.1 | 3.6 | 47.8 | 9.8 | 43.3 |
2024 | 76.7 | 35.2 | 31.0 | 4.2 | 45.9 | 11.9 | 40.4 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
2023 | 165.8 | 94.4 | 90.0 | 4.4 | 56.9 | 4.7 | 54.3 |
2024 | 166.3 | 97.6 | 94.2 | 3.4 | 58.7 | 3.5 | 56.6 |
Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
2023 | 631.4 | 402.3 | 388.3 | 14.0 | 63.7 | 3.5 | 61.5 |
2024 | 639.2 | 420.6 | 405.6 | 14.9 | 65.8 | 3.5 | 63.5 |
Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
2023 | 360.6 | 232.7 | 228.3 | 4.3 | 64.5 | 1.8 | 63.3 |
2024 | 363.7 | 238.5 | 232.4 | 6.1 | 65.6 | 2.6 | 63.9 |
Estrie | |||||||
2023 | 283.2 | 170.4 | 164.1 | 6.3 | 60.2 | 3.7 | 57.9 |
2024 | 288.0 | 174.1 | 166.4 | 7.7 | 60.5 | 4.4 | 57.8 |
Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
2023 | 210.5 | 122.3 | 118.8 | 3.4 | 58.1 | 2.8 | 56.4 |
2024 | 212.8 | 132.6 | 128.1 | 4.4 | 62.3 | 3.3 | 60.2 |
Montérégie | |||||||
2023 | 1,340.6 | 883.4 | 847.6 | 35.8 | 65.9 | 4.1 | 63.2 |
2024 | 1,360.6 | 916.8 | 881.9 | 34.9 | 67.4 | 3.8 | 64.8 |
Montréal | |||||||
2023 | 1,784.2 | 1,214.3 | 1,151.3 | 63.0 | 68.1 | 5.2 | 64.5 |
2024 | 1,850.0 | 1,208.1 | 1,122.2 | 86.0 | 65.3 | 7.1 | 60.7 |
Laval | |||||||
2023 | 371.7 | 245.5 | 234.3 | 11.3 | 66.0 | 4.6 | 63.0 |
2024 | 376.8 | 253.9 | 240.0 | 14.0 | 67.4 | 5.5 | 63.7 |
Lanaudière | |||||||
2023 | 434.2 | 289.1 | 270.1 | 18.9 | 66.6 | 6.5 | 62.2 |
2024 | 439.4 | 284.5 | 271.6 | 12.9 | 64.7 | 4.5 | 61.8 |
Laurentides | |||||||
2023 | 539.0 | 353.4 | 346.8 | 6.6 | 65.6 | 1.9 | 64.3 |
2024 | 548.1 | 363.1 | 343.2 | 20.0 | 66.2 | 5.5 | 62.6 |
Outaouais | |||||||
2023 | 335.3 | 219.7 | 212.1 | 7.6 | 65.5 | 3.5 | 63.3 |
2024 | 340.1 | 224.2 | 214.5 | 9.7 | 65.9 | 4.3 | 63.1 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
2023 | 118.6 | 73.2 | 70.8 | 2.5 | 61.7 | 3.4 | 59.7 |
2024 | 118.9 | 73.9 | 71.6 | 2.3 | 62.2 | 3.1 | 60.2 |
Mauricie | |||||||
2023 | 228.6 | 122.9 | 117.4 | 5.5 | 53.8 | 4.5 | 51.4 |
2024 | 230.2 | 125.9 | 118.9 | 7.0 | 54.7 | 5.6 | 51.7 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
2023 | 229.2 | 126.5 | 122.3 | 4.2 | 55.2 | 3.3 | 53.4 |
2024 | 230.5 | 126.8 | 122.0 | 4.8 | 55.0 | 3.8 | 52.9 |
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
2023 | 86.4 | 50.0 | 48.6 | x | 57.9 | x | 56.3 |
2024 | 86.1 | 45.7 | 43.9 | 1.8 | 53.1 | 3.9 | 51.0 |
Ontario | |||||||
2023 | 12,605.0 | 8,183.1 | 7,776.6 | 406.4 | 64.9 | 5.0 | 61.7 |
2024 | 13,013.2 | 8,387.9 | 7,904.9 | 483.0 | 64.5 | 5.8 | 60.7 |
Ottawa | |||||||
2023 | 1,229.7 | 807.0 | 779.1 | 27.9 | 65.6 | 3.5 | 63.4 |
2024 | 1,265.3 | 849.2 | 814.1 | 35.1 | 67.1 | 4.1 | 64.3 |
Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
2023 | 403.8 | 244.6 | 231.4 | 13.2 | 60.6 | 5.4 | 57.3 |
2024 | 412.4 | 232.6 | 222.5 | 10.2 | 56.4 | 4.4 | 54.0 |
Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
2023 | 354.9 | 193.3 | 184.5 | 8.8 | 54.5 | 4.6 | 52.0 |
2024 | 361.6 | 194.4 | 188.8 | 5.6 | 53.8 | 2.9 | 52.2 |
Toronto | |||||||
2023 | 5,963.9 | 3,934.7 | 3,725.0 | 209.7 | 66.0 | 5.3 | 62.5 |
2024 | 6,198.7 | 4,078.8 | 3,820.9 | 257.9 | 65.8 | 6.3 | 61.6 |
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
2023 | 1,250.8 | 872.7 | 829.3 | 43.3 | 69.8 | 5.0 | 66.3 |
2024 | 1,292.3 | 884.1 | 832.6 | 51.5 | 68.4 | 5.8 | 64.4 |
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
2023 | 1,300.9 | 827.5 | 787.2 | 40.4 | 63.6 | 4.9 | 60.5 |
2024 | 1,333.6 | 841.2 | 793.2 | 48.0 | 63.1 | 5.7 | 59.5 |
London | |||||||
2023 | 626.2 | 409.0 | 391.0 | 18.0 | 65.3 | 4.4 | 62.4 |
2024 | 647.3 | 419.7 | 397.6 | 22.0 | 64.8 | 5.2 | 61.4 |
Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
2023 | 567.5 | 357.0 | 336.3 | 20.7 | 62.9 | 5.8 | 59.3 |
2024 | 584.2 | 353.9 | 330.3 | 23.6 | 60.6 | 6.7 | 56.5 |
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
2023 | 270.1 | 162.3 | 155.0 | 7.2 | 60.1 | 4.4 | 57.4 |
2024 | 274.4 | 161.3 | 153.6 | 7.8 | 58.8 | 4.8 | 56.0 |
Northeast | |||||||
2023 | 462.6 | 270.5 | 257.8 | 12.7 | 58.5 | 4.7 | 55.7 |
2024 | 466.9 | 268.2 | 251.4 | 16.8 | 57.4 | 6.3 | 53.8 |
Northwest | |||||||
2023 | 174.6 | 104.6 | 100.0 | 4.6 | 59.9 | 4.4 | 57.3 |
2024 | 176.6 | 104.5 | 100.0 | 4.5 | 59.2 | 4.3 | 56.6 |
Manitoba | |||||||
2023 | 1,071.7 | 707.6 | 678.6 | 29.0 | 66.0 | 4.1 | 63.3 |
2024 | 1,104.2 | 730.7 | 700.7 | 30.0 | 66.2 | 4.1 | 63.5 |
Southeast | |||||||
2023 | 102.0 | 68.5 | 66.0 | 2.5 | 67.2 | 3.6 | 64.7 |
2024 | 104.6 | 72.8 | 69.2 | 3.6 | 69.6 | 4.9 | 66.2 |
South Central and North Central | |||||||
2023 | 93.2 | 63.3 | 60.9 | 2.4 | 67.9 | 3.8 | 65.3 |
2024 | 95.3 | 63.4 | 61.1 | 2.3 | 66.5 | 3.6 | 64.1 |
Southwest | |||||||
2023 | 91.4 | 57.9 | 55.6 | 2.2 | 63.3 | 3.8 | 60.8 |
2024 | 93.3 | 59.2 | 56.2 | 3.1 | 63.5 | 5.2 | 60.2 |
Winnipeg | |||||||
2023 | 652.3 | 438.9 | 420.5 | 18.5 | 67.3 | 4.2 | 64.5 |
2024 | 677.3 | 452.7 | 435.8 | 16.9 | 66.8 | 3.7 | 64.3 |
Interlake | |||||||
2023 | 77.7 | 45.4 | 43.5 | 2.0 | 58.4 | 4.4 | 56.0 |
2024 | 79.0 | 49.9 | 47.4 | 2.5 | 63.2 | 5.0 | 60.0 |
Parklands and North | |||||||
2023 | 55.0 | 33.6 | 32.2 | 1.4 | 61.1 | 4.2 | 58.5 |
2024 | 54.7 | 32.7 | 31.1 | 1.6 | 59.8 | 4.9 | 56.9 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||
2023 | 910.1 | 604.4 | 579.0 | 25.4 | 66.4 | 4.2 | 63.6 |
2024 | 936.2 | 627.2 | 597.1 | 30.1 | 67.0 | 4.8 | 63.8 |
Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
2023 | 283.4 | 186.5 | 178.6 | 7.9 | 65.8 | 4.2 | 63.0 |
2024 | 293.5 | 195.1 | 185.2 | 9.9 | 66.5 | 5.1 | 63.1 |
Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
2023 | 83.3 | 56.7 | 54.5 | 2.2 | 68.1 | 3.9 | 65.4 |
2024 | 84.6 | 52.5 | 49.9 | 2.6 | 62.1 | 5.0 | 59.0 |
Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
2023 | 323.3 | 219.0 | 210.1 | 8.8 | 67.7 | 4.0 | 65.0 |
2024 | 335.7 | 235.4 | 223.4 | 12.0 | 70.1 | 5.1 | 66.5 |
Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
2023 | 61.7 | 39.3 | 37.1 | 2.2 | 63.7 | 5.6 | 60.1 |
2024 | 62.2 | 41.2 | 39.9 | 1.3 | 66.2 | 3.2 | 64.1 |
Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
2023 | 158.4 | 102.9 | 98.6 | 4.2 | 65.0 | 4.1 | 62.2 |
2024 | 160.2 | 102.9 | 98.7 | 4.2 | 64.2 | 4.1 | 61.6 |
Alberta | |||||||
2023 | 3,667.3 | 2,537.1 | 2,390.4 | 146.7 | 69.2 | 5.8 | 65.2 |
2024 | 3,836.1 | 2,642.1 | 2,479.4 | 162.7 | 68.9 | 6.2 | 64.6 |
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
2023 | 245.1 | 153.7 | 148.0 | 5.7 | 62.7 | 3.7 | 60.4 |
2024 | 254.1 | 173.7 | 160.8 | 12.9 | 68.4 | 7.4 | 63.3 |
Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
2023 | 164.0 | 110.1 | 106.8 | 3.3 | 67.1 | 3.0 | 65.1 |
2024 | 168.0 | 106.1 | 101.7 | 4.4 | 63.2 | 4.1 | 60.5 |
Calgary | |||||||
2023 | 1,407.7 | 986.4 | 923.5 | 62.9 | 70.1 | 6.4 | 65.6 |
2024 | 1,477.9 | 1,026.6 | 968.5 | 58.1 | 69.5 | 5.7 | 65.5 |
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
2023 | 280.8 | 195.3 | 185.2 | 10.2 | 69.6 | 5.2 | 66.0 |
2024 | 289.7 | 209.5 | 199.5 | 9.9 | 72.3 | 4.7 | 68.9 |
Red Deer | |||||||
2023 | 181.7 | 121.2 | 111.9 | 9.3 | 66.7 | 7.7 | 61.6 |
2024 | 188.2 | 125.3 | 115.1 | 10.3 | 66.6 | 8.2 | 61.2 |
Edmonton | |||||||
2023 | 1,281.6 | 892.2 | 840.7 | 51.5 | 69.6 | 5.8 | 65.6 |
2024 | 1,348.6 | 919.3 | 856.1 | 63.2 | 68.2 | 6.9 | 63.5 |
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
2023 | 106.5 | 78.1 | 74.4 | 3.8 | 73.3 | 4.9 | 69.9 |
2024 | 109.6 | 81.7 | 77.7 | 3.9 | 74.5 | 4.8 | 70.9 |
British Columbia | |||||||
2023 | 4,449.3 | 2,866.5 | 2,745.3 | 121.2 | 64.4 | 4.2 | 61.7 |
2024 | 4,579.1 | 2,969.5 | 2,814.1 | 155.3 | 64.8 | 5.2 | 61.5 |
Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
2023 | 767.6 | 454.8 | 441.7 | 13.2 | 59.2 | 2.9 | 57.5 |
2024 | 786.2 | 471.1 | 451.2 | 19.9 | 59.9 | 4.2 | 57.4 |
Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
2023 | 2,752.1 | 1,839.0 | 1,756.4 | 82.6 | 66.8 | 4.5 | 63.8 |
2024 | 2,845.2 | 1,927.2 | 1,823.5 | 103.7 | 67.7 | 5.4 | 64.1 |
Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
2023 | 519.7 | 318.1 | 304.4 | 13.8 | 61.2 | 4.3 | 58.6 |
2024 | 532.0 | 301.9 | 287.5 | 14.4 | 56.7 | 4.8 | 54.0 |
Kootenay | |||||||
2023 | 141.2 | 82.0 | 79.1 | 2.9 | 58.1 | 3.5 | 56.0 |
2024 | 143.5 | 88.5 | 82.0 | 6.5 | 61.7 | 7.3 | 57.1 |
Cariboo | |||||||
2023 | 143.5 | 88.0 | 82.6 | 5.4 | 61.3 | 6.1 | 57.6 |
2024 | 146.0 | 92.5 | 86.4 | 6.1 | 63.4 | 6.6 | 59.2 |
North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
2023 | 69.6 | 47.3 | 45.1 | 2.2 | 68.0 | 4.7 | 64.8 |
2024 | 69.9 | 48.3 | 45.3 | 3.0 | 69.1 | 6.2 | 64.8 |
Northeast | |||||||
2023 | 55.6 | 37.2 | 36.1 | x | 66.9 | x | 64.9 |
2024 | 56.3 | 40.0 | 38.2 | 1.8 | 71.0 | 4.5 | 67.9 |
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).
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