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

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Labour force characteristics by province and economic region, three-month moving average ending in March 2023 and March 2024, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment Unemployment Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Canada              
2023 32,137.4 20,895.0 19,774.8 1,120.2 65.0 5.4 61.5
2024 33,164.2 21,463.4 20,130.4 1,333.0 64.7 6.2 60.7
Newfoundland and Labrador              
2023 452.2 255.1 223.7 31.4 56.4 12.3 49.5
2024 459.4 264.3 232.8 31.5 57.5 11.9 50.7
Avalon Peninsula              
2023 242.8 144.7 133.0 11.7 59.6 8.1 54.8
2024 249.2 152.7 139.2 13.5 61.3 8.8 55.9
South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay               
2023 121.3 61.1 48.7 12.3 50.4 20.1 40.1
2024 121.5 61.8 49.8 11.9 50.9 19.3 41.0
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador              
2023 88.0 49.3 41.9 7.3 56.0 14.8 47.6
2024 88.7 49.8 43.7 6.1 56.1 12.2 49.3
Prince Edward Island              
2023 142.1 89.2 81.2 7.9 62.8 8.9 57.1
2024 148.3 95.9 87.0 8.9 64.7 9.3 58.7
Nova Scotia              
2023 853.6 517.3 486.1 31.3 60.6 6.1 56.9
2024 880.4 543.0 505.6 37.4 61.7 6.9 57.4
Cape Breton              
2023 110.9 54.6 48.8 5.8 49.2 10.6 44.0
2024 113.8 57.1 50.1 7.0 50.2 12.3 44.0
North Shore              
2023 130.0 70.3 65.4 4.9 54.1 7.0 50.3
2024 131.5 71.7 66.1 5.6 54.5 7.8 50.3
Annapolis Valley              
2023 109.7 66.3 62.8 3.5 60.4 5.3 57.2
2024 112.0 68.1 64.4 3.7 60.8 5.4 57.5
Southern              
2023 100.0 54.6 50.5 4.1 54.6 7.5 50.5
2024 100.9 55.1 50.1 4.9 54.6 8.9 49.7
Halifax              
2023 402.9 271.6 258.6 13.0 67.4 4.8 64.2
2024 422.2 291.0 274.9 16.1 68.9 5.5 65.1
New Brunswick              
2023 675.6 399.8 370.6 29.2 59.2 7.3 54.9
2024 696.6 415.1 380.1 35.0 59.6 8.4 54.6
Campbellton–Miramichi              
2023 133.0 69.2 60.8 8.4 52.0 12.1 45.7
2024 134.6 66.4 54.6 11.8 49.3 17.8 40.6
Moncton–Richibucto              
2023 200.1 125.9 116.0 9.9 62.9 7.9 58.0
2024 209.0 132.6 124.3 8.3 63.4 6.3 59.5
Saint John–St. Stephen              
2023 151.9 89.6 84.2 5.4 59.0 6.0 55.4
2024 156.1 97.8 91.3 6.5 62.7 6.6 58.5
Fredericton–Oromocto              
2023 124.7 77.4 74.2 3.2 62.1 4.1 59.5
2024 129.8 80.1 75.2 4.9 61.7 6.1 57.9
Edmundston–Woodstock              
2023 65.9 37.7 35.4 2.2 57.2 5.8 53.7
2024 67.1 38.1 34.7 3.4 56.8 8.9 51.7
Quebec              
2023 7,212.5 4,643.5 4,425.9 217.6 64.4 4.7 61.4
2024 7,356.0 4,702.8 4,452.6 250.2 63.9 5.3 60.5
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine              
2023 76.5 38.6 35.1 3.5 50.5 9.1 45.9
2024 76.7 35.6 31.4 4.3 46.4 12.1 40.9
Bas-Saint-Laurent              
2023 165.9 91.7 86.3 5.4 55.3 5.9 52.0
2024 166.4 95.5 90.4 5.1 57.4 5.3 54.3
Capitale-Nationale              
2023 632.4 412.1 398.4 13.7 65.2 3.3 63.0
2024 640.9 425.1 406.7 18.4 66.3 4.3 63.5
Chaudière-Appalaches              
2023 361.1 221.7 216.3 5.4 61.4 2.4 59.9
2024 364.2 237.4 228.4 8.9 65.2 3.7 62.7
Estrie              
2023 283.9 170.0 160.9 9.1 59.9 5.4 56.7
2024 288.9 172.9 163.2 9.7 59.8 5.6 56.5
Centre-du-Québec              
2023 210.9 134.2 130.1 4.1 63.6 3.1 61.7
2024 213.2 136.9 132.4 4.5 64.2 3.3 62.1
Montérégie              
2023 1,343.9 880.1 841.2 39.0 65.5 4.4 62.6
2024 1,364.1 901.4 862.2 39.2 66.1 4.3 63.2
Montréal              
2023 1,790.5 1,209.4 1,136.5 72.9 67.5 6.0 63.5
2024 1,866.8 1,189.4 1,098.1 91.3 63.7 7.7 58.8
Laval              
2023 372.5 245.5 232.6 12.9 65.9 5.3 62.4
2024 377.7 249.4 235.7 13.7 66.0 5.5 62.4
Lanaudière              
2023 435.1 290.8 272.7 18.1 66.8 6.2 62.7
2024 440.2 288.3 276.0 12.3 65.5 4.3 62.7
Laurentides              
2023 540.6 354.9 346.4 8.5 65.6 2.4 64.1
2024 549.6 365.5 349.4 16.1 66.5 4.4 63.6
Outaouais              
2023 336.1 214.0 203.9 10.2 63.7 4.8 60.7
2024 341.0 228.9 218.4 10.6 67.1 4.6 64.0
Abitibi-Témiscamingue              
2023 118.7 73.2 70.9 2.3 61.7 3.1 59.7
2024 118.9 76.5 75.0 1.5 64.3 2.0 63.1
Mauricie              
2023 228.7 124.4 118.0 6.4 54.4 5.1 51.6
2024 230.5 125.7 118.8 6.8 54.5 5.4 51.5
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean              
2023 229.4 131.6 126.9 4.7 57.4 3.6 55.3
2024 230.8 126.1 121.2 4.9 54.6 3.9 52.5
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec              
2023 86.4 51.1 49.8 x 59.1 x 57.6
2024 86.0 48.2 45.2 3.0 56.0 6.2 52.6
Ontario              
2023 12,656.4 8,218.0 7,781.3 436.7 64.9 5.3 61.5
2024 13,100.8 8,429.0 7,870.9 558.0 64.3 6.6 60.1
Ottawa              
2023 1,234.6 811.7 778.5 33.3 65.7 4.1 63.1
2024 1,272.7 849.4 805.7 43.7 66.7 5.1 63.3
Kingston–Pembroke              
2023 404.9 241.8 229.4 12.3 59.7 5.1 56.7
2024 414.1 227.3 215.6 11.7 54.9 5.1 52.1
Muskoka–Kawarthas              
2023 355.8 192.7 182.5 10.1 54.2 5.2 51.3
2024 362.9 192.5 183.4 9.1 53.0 4.7 50.5
Toronto              
2023 5,992.9 3,978.2 3,760.7 217.6 66.4 5.5 62.8
2024 6,249.9 4,109.6 3,808.1 301.5 65.8 7.3 60.9
Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie              
2023 1,256.4 872.1 827.9 44.2 69.4 5.1 65.9
2024 1,300.8 895.7 841.6 54.1 68.9 6.0 64.7
Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula              
2023 1,304.9 817.4 771.6 45.8 62.6 5.6 59.1
2024 1,340.6 837.6 779.5 58.0 62.5 6.9 58.1
London              
2023 629.0 404.7 383.7 21.0 64.3 5.2 61.0
2024 651.8 424.7 399.4 25.3 65.2 6.0 61.3
Windsor–Sarnia              
2023 569.4 357.8 335.9 21.8 62.8 6.1 59.0
2024 587.9 358.8 333.3 25.5 61.0 7.1 56.7
Stratford–Bruce Peninsula              
2023 270.7 163.7 154.0 9.7 60.5 5.9 56.9
2024 275.2 165.0 158.2 6.8 60.0 4.1 57.5
Northeast              
2023 463.0 269.0 253.4 15.6 58.1 5.8 54.7
2024 467.9 263.8 246.4 17.4 56.4 6.6 52.7
Northwest              
2023 174.8 108.9 103.7 5.2 62.3 4.8 59.3
2024 177.0 104.7 99.7 4.9 59.2 4.7 56.3
Manitoba              
2023 1,075.9 714.5 681.8 32.7 66.4 4.6 63.4
2024 1,111.2 733.1 699.3 33.8 66.0 4.6 62.9
Southeast              
2023 102.4 69.2 66.5 2.6 67.6 3.8 64.9
2024 105.1 74.0 70.3 3.7 70.4 5.0 66.9
South Central and North Central              
2023 93.5 62.9 61.1 1.8 67.3 2.9 65.3
2024 95.7 64.8 61.8 3.0 67.7 4.6 64.6
Southwest              
2023 91.7 57.8 55.6 2.2 63.0 3.8 60.6
2024 93.7 58.0 55.2 2.8 61.9 4.8 58.9
Winnipeg              
2023 655.3 443.8 421.0 22.8 67.7 5.1 64.2
2024 682.8 455.9 435.3 20.6 66.8 4.5 63.8
Interlake              
2023 78.0 46.7 44.7 2.0 59.9 4.3 57.3
2024 79.3 47.2 45.2 2.0 59.5 4.2 57.0
Parklands and North              
2023 55.0 34.1 32.8 1.3 62.0 3.8 59.6
2024 54.6 33.1 31.5 1.6 60.6 4.8 57.7
Saskatchewan              
2023 914.0 608.4 579.0 29.4 66.6 4.8 63.3
2024 940.8 625.6 591.7 33.9 66.5 5.4 62.9
Regina–Moose Mountain              
2023 284.9 189.5 179.9 9.6 66.5 5.1 63.1
2024 295.4 198.0 186.2 11.8 67.0 6.0 63.0
Swift Current–Moose Jaw              
2023 83.5 55.8 53.7 2.1 66.8 3.8 64.3
2024 84.8 53.2 50.7 2.5 62.7 4.7 59.8
Saskatoon–Biggar              
2023 325.2 220.9 210.8 10.1 67.9 4.6 64.8
2024 337.9 235.7 223.9 11.8 69.8 5.0 66.3
Yorkton–Melville              
2023 61.7 38.0 35.5 2.5 61.6 6.6 57.5
2024 62.2 38.4 36.0 2.4 61.7 6.3 57.9
Prince Albert and Northern              
2023 158.7 104.3 99.0 5.2 65.7 5.0 62.4
2024 160.5 100.3 94.9 5.4 62.5 5.4 59.1
Alberta              
2023 3,690.2 2,564.4 2,402.0 162.4 69.5 6.3 65.1
2024 3,864.6 2,673.8 2,494.1 179.7 69.2 6.7 64.5
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat              
2023 246.3 156.3 148.3 7.9 63.5 5.1 60.2
2024 255.5 172.7 160.1 12.6 67.6 7.3 62.7
Camrose–Drumheller              
2023 164.5 113.3 107.2 6.1 68.9 5.4 65.2
2024 168.6 107.0 101.8 5.3 63.5 5.0 60.4
Calgary              
2023 1,417.4 985.0 916.3 68.7 69.5 7.0 64.6
2024 1,489.9 1,044.4 971.2 73.2 70.1 7.0 65.2
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River               
2023 281.9 198.8 188.2 10.5 70.5 5.3 66.8
2024 291.0 215.0 204.1 10.9 73.9 5.1 70.1
Red Deer              
2023 182.6 120.2 111.0 9.2 65.8 7.7 60.8
2024 189.2 127.2 118.3 8.9 67.2 7.0 62.5
Edmonton              
2023 1,290.7 910.9 854.5 56.4 70.6 6.2 66.2
2024 1,360.3 927.4 863.1 64.4 68.2 6.9 63.4
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake              
2023 106.8 80.0 76.4 3.5 74.9 4.4 71.5
2024 110.1 80.1 75.7 4.4 72.8 5.5 68.8
British Columbia              
2023 4,465.0 2,884.8 2,743.2 141.6 64.6 4.9 61.4
2024 4,606.2 2,980.9 2,816.2 164.7 64.7 5.5 61.1
Vancouver Island and Coast              
2023 770.2 452.3 436.1 16.1 58.7 3.6 56.6
2024 789.8 478.4 456.5 21.8 60.6 4.6 57.8
Lower Mainland–Southwest              
2023 2,762.9 1,863.2 1,766.1 97.0 67.4 5.2 63.9
2024 2,865.0 1,922.8 1,818.8 104.0 67.1 5.4 63.5
Thompson–Okanagan              
2023 521.3 313.9 299.2 14.7 60.2 4.7 57.4
2024 534.5 306.5 285.9 20.5 57.3 6.7 53.5
Kootenay              
2023 141.5 85.0 82.3 2.7 60.1 3.2 58.2
2024 143.9 91.2 84.9 6.4 63.4 7.0 59.0
Cariboo              
2023 143.8 87.4 81.3 6.2 60.8 7.1 56.5
2024 146.5 92.4 86.3 6.0 63.1 6.5 58.9
North Coast and Nechako              
2023 69.6 47.3 44.3 3.0 68.0 6.3 63.6
2024 69.9 49.1 45.9 3.2 70.2 6.5 65.7
Northeast              
2023 55.7 35.8 33.9 1.9 64.3 5.3 60.9
2024 56.5 40.7 37.9 2.8 72.0 6.9 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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