Employment and Unemployment by Province and Age, November 2011

 

Labour Force (000s)

Employment (000s)

Unemployment (000s)

Unemployment Rate

(%)

Change from Previous Month

Unemployment Rate, November 2010 (%)

Newfoundland and Labrador

258.0

224.0

34.0

13.2

up 0.3

14.0

Prince Edward Island

81.7

72.6

9.1

11.1

down 0.1

12.2

Nova Scotia

496.7

453.8

42.9

8.6

unchanged

9.5

New Brunswick

389.4

351.2

38.2

9.8

up 0.4

10.2

Quebec

4,270.0

3,928.4

341.6

8.0

up 0.3

7.8

Ontario

7,315.0

6,735.2

579.8

7.9

down 0.2

8.2

Manitoba

660.6

624.5

36.1

5.5

up 0.3

5.0

Saskatchewan

553.0

524.7

28.2

5.1

up 1.0

5.5

Alberta

2,242.5

2,130.2

112.3

5.0

down 0.1

5.6

British Columbia

2,454.7

2,282.3

172.4

7.0

up 0.4

7.0

All Canada

Age 15 to 24

2,867.3

2,461.7

405.6

14.1

unchanged

13.6

25 to 54

12,563.0

11,776.9

786.2

6.3

up 0.2

6.6

25+, men

8,383.0

7,850.2

532.8

6.4

up 0.1

6.8

25+, women

7,471.4

7,015.1

456.3

6.1

up 0.2

6.3

Total

18,721.7

17,327.0

1,394.7

7.4

up 0.1

7.6

Three-Month Average Unemployment Rates for Economic Regions

Region

2011

2010

Region

2011

2010

Avalon Peninsula

9.6

8.8

Hamilton/Niagara Peninsula

6.4

7.3

Halifax

5.1

6.4

London

8.5

7.9

Capitale-Nationale

4.4

4.5

Windsor/Sarnia

8.2

9.4

Montérégie

6.6

7.1

Northeast Ontario

6.5

7.1

Montréal

9.6

9.1

Winnipeg

5.7

5.2

Laval

7.0

7.7

Regina/Moose Mountain

3.0

4.1

Lanaudière

6.3

7.4

Saskatoon/Biggar

4.8

4.6

Laurentides

7.4

7.7

Calgary

4.9

6.1

Ottawa

6.0

6.5

Edmonton

5.3

5.7

Kingston/Pembroke

6.3

6.8

Vancouver Island and Coast

6.4

5.8

Toronto

8.1

8.4

Lower Mainland/Southwest

6.2

7.0

Kitchener/Waterloo/Barrie

6.5

7.2

Thompson/Okanagan

6.9

8.3

Source: Statistics Canada, Dec. 2, 2011

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