Labour Force (000s) |
Employment (000s) |
Unemployment (000s) |
Unemployment Rate (%) |
Change in Unemployment Rate from Previous Month |
|
Newfoundland and Labrador |
270.4 |
238.8 |
31.6 |
11.7 |
down 0.8 percentage points |
Prince Edward Island |
80.1 |
71.8 |
8.3 |
10.4 |
down 1.1 |
Nova Scotia |
486.4 |
446.1 |
40.3 |
8.3 |
same |
New Brunswick |
386.7 |
348.4 |
38.3 |
9.9 |
up 0.3 |
Quebec |
4,435.4 |
4,122.0 |
313.3 |
7.1 |
down 0.4 |
Ontario |
7,500.5 |
7,006.9 |
493.6 | 6.6
down 0.4 |
|
Manitoba |
675.7 |
636.1 |
39.6 |
5.9 |
down 0.2 |
Saskatchewan |
605.0 |
568.9 |
36.1 |
6.0 |
down 0.3 |
Alberta |
2,443.0 |
2,251.5 |
191.4 |
7.8 |
up 0.6 |
British Columbia |
2,518.5 |
2,364.6 |
153.9 |
6.1 |
up 0.3 |
All Canada |
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Age 15 to 24 |
2,773.4 |
2,404.9 |
368.5 |
13.3 |
down 0.2 |
25 to 54 |
12,675.4 |
11,919.0 |
756.4 |
6.0 |
down 0.1 |
55+ |
3,952.9 |
3,731.3 |
221.6 |
5.6 |
down 0.6 |
25+, men |
8,798.4 |
8,239.5 |
558.9 |
6.4 |
down 0.2 |
25+, women |
7,829.9 |
7,410.8 |
419.1 |
5.4 |
down 0.1 |
Total |
19,401.7 |
18,055.2 |
1,3846.5 |
6.9 |
down 0.2 |
Three-Month Average Unemployment Rates for Economic Regions
Region |
2015 |
2016 |
Region |
2015 |
2016 |
Avalon Peninsula |
9.5 |
10.9 |
Hamilton/Niagara Peninsula |
6.0 |
6.5 |
Halifax |
6.9 |
7.4 |
London |
6.3 |
6.9 |
Capitale-Nationale |
5.8 |
4.8 |
Windsor/Sarnia |
9.6 |
7.3 |
Montérégie |
6.1 |
7.1 |
Northeast Ontario |
8.1 |
8.5 |
Montréal |
10.4 |
10.7 |
Winnipeg |
6.1 |
6.4 |
Laval |
6.0 |
7.5 |
Regina/Moose Mountain |
4.6 |
6.0 |
Lanaudière |
9.1 |
7.2 |
Saskatoon/Biggar |
5.2 |
7.1 |
Laurentides |
8.2 |
7.1 |
Calgary |
5.7 |
8.6 |
Ottawa |
6.6 |
7.3 |
Edmonton |
6.4 |
7.5 |
Kingston/Pembroke |
8.7 |
7.7 |
Vancouver Island and Coast |
6.4 |
6.6 |
Toronto |
7.1 |
7.2 |
Lower Mainland/Southwest |
6.2 |
6.0 |
Kitchener/Waterloo/Barrie |
6.3 |
6.0 |
Thompson/Okanagan |
7.4 |
8.6 |
Source: Statistics Canada