Table 9 
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in February 2023 and February 2024, unadjusted for seasonality 

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in February 2023 and February 2024, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2023 32,069.4 20,825.2 19,766.8 1,058.4 64.9 5.1 61.6
2024 33,064.3 21,390.6 20,144.7 1,245.9 64.7 5.8 60.9
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2023 451.4 256.6 227.2 29.4 56.8 11.5 50.3
2024 458.8 264.3 234.2 30.1 57.6 11.4 51.0
Avalon Peninsula              
2023 242.2 146.7 135.3 11.4 60.6 7.8 55.9
2024 248.7 152.3 139.4 12.9 61.2 8.5 56.1
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2023 121.3 60.5 49.4 11.0 49.9 18.2 40.7
2024 121.5 61.9 51.1 10.8 50.9 17.4 42.1
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2023 87.9 49.5 42.5 6.9 56.3 13.9 48.4
2024 88.6 50.1 43.7 6.4 56.5 12.8 49.3
Prince Edward Island              
2023 141.5 87.9 80.8 7.1 62.1 8.1 57.1
2024 147.7 96.0 87.3 8.6 65.0 9.0 59.1
Nova Scotia              
2023 851.8 517.9 487.2 30.7 60.8 5.9 57.2
2024 878.0 539.9 505.4 34.4 61.5 6.4 57.6
Cape Breton              
2023 110.8 56.0 50.2 5.8 50.5 10.4 45.3
2024 113.5 57.2 50.3 6.9 50.4 12.1 44.3
North Shore              
2023 129.9 69.0 63.7 5.3 53.1 7.7 49.0
2024 131.4 71.6 66.0 5.6 54.5 7.8 50.2
Annapolis Valley              
2023 109.6 66.0 62.4 3.6 60.2 5.5 56.9
2024 111.8 68.1 64.5 3.6 60.9 5.3 57.7
Southern              
2023 100.0 55.4 52.0 3.4 55.4 6.1 52.0
2024 100.8 54.8 50.5 4.3 54.4 7.8 50.1
Halifax              
2023 401.5 271.4 258.8 12.6 67.6 4.6 64.5
2024 420.4 288.2 274.1 14.1 68.6 4.9 65.2
New Brunswick              
2023 674.1 401.0 370.5 30.4 59.5 7.6 55.0
2024 694.5 412.6 381.5 31.1 59.4 7.5 54.9
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2023 132.9 69.9 61.4 8.5 52.6 12.2 46.2
2024 134.5 65.9 54.9 11.0 49.0 16.7 40.8
Moncton–Richibucto              
2023 199.4 125.1 115.9 9.2 62.7 7.4 58.1
2024 208.1 131.8 124.5 7.2 63.3 5.5 59.8
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2023 151.6 90.7 84.4 6.3 59.8 6.9 55.7
2024 155.7 96.4 90.4 5.9 61.9 6.1 58.1
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2023 124.3 77.2 73.1 4.1 62.1 5.3 58.8
2024 129.3 80.9 76.9 4.0 62.6 4.9 59.5
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2023 65.8 38.0 35.8 2.3 57.8 6.1 54.4
2024 67.0 37.7 34.7 3.0 56.3 8.0 51.8
Quebec              
2023 7,203.8 4,636.8 4,429.0 207.8 64.4 4.5 61.5
2024 7,340.9 4,706.7 4,468.6 238.1 64.1 5.1 60.9
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2023 76.5 36.8 33.4 3.4 48.1 9.2 43.7
2024 76.7 35.1 30.5 4.5 45.8 12.8 39.8
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2023 165.8 93.3 88.2 5.1 56.3 5.5 53.2
2024 166.4 96.7 91.6 5.1 58.1 5.3 55.0
Capitale-Nationale              
2023 631.8 406.3 393.2 13.1 64.3 3.2 62.2
2024 640.0 424.0 407.5 16.5 66.3 3.9 63.7
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2023 360.8 226.8 221.3 5.5 62.9 2.4 61.3
2024 364.0 236.4 228.8 7.6 64.9 3.2 62.9
Estrie              
2023 283.6 170.9 162.8 8.2 60.3 4.8 57.4
2024 288.4 173.8 165.5 8.3 60.3 4.8 57.4
Centre-du-Québec              
2023 210.7 128.3 124.9 3.4 60.9 2.7 59.3
2024 213.0 136.2 131.1 5.2 63.9 3.8 61.5
Montérégie              
2023 1,342.2 876.8 839.3 37.5 65.3 4.3 62.5
2024 1,362.3 911.5 874.2 37.3 66.9 4.1 64.2
Montréal              
2023 1,787.1 1,216.1 1,147.0 69.1 68.0 5.7 64.2
2024 1,858.1 1,195.3 1,109.0 86.3 64.3 7.2 59.7
Laval              
2023 372.1 247.0 234.9 12.1 66.4 4.9 63.1
2024 377.2 251.5 238.0 13.5 66.7 5.4 63.1
Lanaudière              
2023 434.6 287.0 267.6 19.5 66.0 6.8 61.6
2024 439.8 282.1 270.8 11.3 64.1 4.0 61.6
Laurentides              
2023 539.8 358.1 350.1 7.9 66.3 2.2 64.9
2024 548.8 364.9 348.3 16.6 66.5 4.5 63.5
Outaouais              
2023 335.7 215.6 206.3 9.3 64.2 4.3 61.5
2024 340.5 226.0 216.0 10.0 66.4 4.4 63.4
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2023 118.7 72.4 70.0 2.4 61.0 3.3 59.0
2024 118.8 74.5 73.1 1.5 62.7 2.0 61.5
Mauricie              
2023 228.7 122.0 116.1 6.0 53.3 4.9 50.8
2024 230.3 126.4 119.1 7.3 54.9 5.8 51.7
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2023 229.3 129.0 124.6 4.4 56.3 3.4 54.3
2024 230.6 125.8 121.0 4.9 54.6 3.9 52.5
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2023 86.5 50.3 49.3 x 58.2 x 57.0
2024 86.1 46.3 44.1 2.2 53.8 4.8 51.2
Ontario              
2023 12,627.9 8,190.6 7,780.5 410.1 64.9 5.0 61.6
2024 13,056.1 8,387.1 7,874.1 513.0 64.2 6.1 60.3
Ottawa              
2023 1,231.9 809.8 779.2 30.6 65.7 3.8 63.3
2024 1,268.9 851.2 812.9 38.3 67.1 4.5 64.1
Kingston–Pembroke              
2023 404.2 245.0 231.8 13.2 60.6 5.4 57.3
2024 413.2 227.4 216.6 10.7 55.0 4.7 52.4
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2023 355.3 190.5 180.8 9.7 53.6 5.1 50.9
2024 362.3 190.9 183.7 7.1 52.7 3.7 50.7
Toronto              
2023 5,976.9 3,947.7 3,744.1 203.6 66.0 5.2 62.6
2024 6,223.8 4,084.8 3,811.3 273.5 65.6 6.7 61.2
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2023 1,253.3 871.2 829.2 42.0 69.5 4.8 66.2
2024 1,296.5 887.4 834.8 52.7 68.4 5.9 64.4
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2023 1,302.6 821.2 777.5 43.7 63.0 5.3 59.7
2024 1,337.0 838.7 785.4 53.3 62.7 6.4 58.7
London              
2023 627.5 409.7 390.1 19.6 65.3 4.8 62.2
2024 649.5 421.6 398.7 22.9 64.9 5.4 61.4
Windsor–Sarnia              
2023 568.3 357.2 336.6 20.7 62.9 5.8 59.2
2024 586.0 353.4 328.6 24.8 60.3 7.0 56.1
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2023 270.4 160.7 153.3 7.4 59.4 4.6 56.7
2024 274.8 161.6 154.3 7.3 58.8 4.5 56.1
Northeast              
2023 462.7 270.2 255.6 14.5 58.4 5.4 55.2
2024 467.4 265.5 247.6 17.8 56.8 6.7 53.0
Northwest              
2023 174.7 107.4 102.3 5.2 61.5 4.8 58.6
2024 176.8 104.7 100.0 4.7 59.2 4.5 56.6
Manitoba              
2023 1,073.4 710.1 679.2 30.9 66.2 4.4 63.3
2024 1,107.6 730.9 700.6 30.3 66.0 4.1 63.3
Southeast              
2023 102.2 68.7 66.0 2.7 67.2 3.9 64.6
2024 104.9 73.2 69.3 3.9 69.8 5.3 66.1
South Central and North Central              
2023 93.3 63.6 61.4 2.2 68.2 3.5 65.8
2024 95.5 64.8 62.3 2.5 67.9 3.9 65.2
Southwest              
2023 91.5 57.6 55.6 2.0 63.0 3.5 60.8
2024 93.5 58.1 55.3 2.8 62.1 4.8 59.1
Winnipeg              
2023 653.5 440.4 419.8 20.6 67.4 4.7 64.2
2024 680.0 453.1 435.9 17.2 66.6 3.8 64.1
Interlake              
2023 77.8 46.0 43.9 2.1 59.1 4.6 56.4
2024 79.1 48.4 46.2 2.3 61.2 4.8 58.4
Parklands and North              
2023 55.0 33.9 32.5 1.4 61.6 4.1 59.1
2024 54.7 33.2 31.7 1.5 60.7 4.5 58.0
Saskatchewan              
2023 911.9 605.8 578.9 26.9 66.4 4.4 63.5
2024 938.4 626.8 595.6 31.2 66.8 5.0 63.5
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2023 284.1 188.2 179.5 8.7 66.2 4.6 63.2
2024 294.4 196.3 185.4 10.8 66.7 5.5 63.0
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2023 83.4 56.4 54.1 2.3 67.6 4.1 64.9
2024 84.7 53.4 50.9 2.5 63.0 4.7 60.1
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2023 324.2 219.2 209.8 9.4 67.6 4.3 64.7
2024 336.7 235.4 224.0 11.3 69.9 4.8 66.5
Yorkton–Melville              
2023 61.7 38.4 36.3 2.2 62.2 5.7 58.8
2024 62.2 40.6 38.5 2.1 65.3 5.2 61.9
Prince Albert and Northern              
2023 158.5 103.6 99.2 4.3 65.4 4.2 62.6
2024 160.3 101.2 96.8 4.5 63.1 4.4 60.4
Alberta              
2023 3,677.9 2,546.7 2,392.6 154.0 69.2 6.0 65.1
2024 3,850.2 2,656.6 2,485.0 171.6 69.0 6.5 64.5
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2023 245.7 154.3 147.9 6.5 62.8 4.2 60.2
2024 254.8 172.9 158.7 14.2 67.9 8.2 62.3
Camrose–Drumheller              
2023 164.2 112.7 107.4 5.3 68.6 4.7 65.4
2024 168.3 107.5 102.3 5.2 63.9 4.8 60.8
Calgary              
2023 1,412.2 979.8 914.3 65.5 69.4 6.7 64.7
2024 1,483.9 1,028.1 963.6 64.5 69.3 6.3 64.9
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2023 281.3 198.0 187.0 11.0 70.4 5.6 66.5
2024 290.3 213.6 203.3 10.3 73.6 4.8 70.0
Red Deer              
2023 182.1 121.6 112.2 9.4 66.8 7.7 61.6
2024 188.7 127.9 119.0 8.8 67.8 6.9 63.1
Edmonton              
2023 1,285.8 901.0 848.2 52.8 70.1 5.9 66.0
2024 1,354.4 926.1 861.5 64.6 68.4 7.0 63.6
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2023 106.6 79.2 75.7 3.6 74.3 4.5 71.0
2024 109.8 80.6 76.6 4.0 73.4 5.0 69.8
British Columbia              
2023 4,455.6 2,871.8 2,740.7 131.1 64.5 4.6 61.5
2024 4,592.1 2,969.7 2,812.3 157.4 64.7 5.3 61.2
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2023 768.7 451.7 436.3 15.4 58.8 3.4 56.8
2024 788.0 471.7 451.9 19.9 59.9 4.2 57.3
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2023 2,756.4 1,850.3 1,760.6 89.7 67.1 4.8 63.9
2024 2,854.7 1,921.8 1,820.1 101.8 67.3 5.3 63.8
Thompson–Okanagan              
2023 520.3 315.5 302.1 13.4 60.6 4.2 58.1
2024 533.2 304.1 286.0 18.1 57.0 6.0 53.6
Kootenay              
2023 141.3 83.3 80.8 2.4 59.0 2.9 57.2
2024 143.7 90.8 84.6 6.2 63.2 6.8 58.9
Cariboo              
2023 143.6 87.3 81.5 5.8 60.8 6.6 56.8
2024 146.3 92.2 86.1 6.1 63.0 6.6 58.9
North Coast and Nechako              
2023 69.6 47.4 44.6 2.8 68.1 5.9 64.1
2024 69.9 48.7 45.7 3.0 69.7 6.2 65.4
Northeast              
2023 55.6 36.4 34.8 1.5 65.5 4.1 62.6
2024 56.4 40.3 38.0 2.3 71.5 5.7 67.4
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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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