|
Labour Force (000s) |
Employment (000s) |
Unemployment (000s) |
Unemployment Rate (%) |
Change from Previous Month |
Unemployment Rate, October 2011 (%) |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
264.0 |
232.5 |
31.5 |
11.9 |
down 0.4 |
13.0 |
Prince Edward Island |
81.9 |
72.4 |
9.6 |
11.7 |
up 0.5 |
11.2 |
Nova Scotia |
503.6 |
457.4 |
46.2 |
9.2 |
up 0.6 |
8.5 |
New Brunswick |
395.2 |
349.4 |
45.8 |
11.6 |
up 0.6 |
9.4 |
Quebec |
4,354.1 |
4,020.0 |
334.2 |
7.7 |
down 0.3 |
7.7 |
Ontario |
7,399.8 |
6,788.9 |
610.9 |
8.3 |
up 0.4 |
8.1 |
Manitoba |
664.7 |
627.7 |
37.0 |
5.6 |
up 0.6 |
5.2 |
Saskatchewan |
567.3 |
540.7 |
26.6 |
4.7 |
unchanged |
4.2 |
Alberta |
2,261.9 |
2,161.0 |
101.0 |
4.5 |
up 0.1 |
5.1 |
British Columbia |
2,484.8 |
2,317.4 |
167.4 |
6.7 |
down 0.3 |
6.6 |
All Canada |
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Age 15 to 24 |
2,834.5 |
2,418.9 |
415.7 |
14.7 |
down 0.3 |
14.1 |
25 to 54 |
12,648.1 |
11,883.4 |
764.7 |
6.0 |
unchanged |
6.2 |
55+ |
3,494.9 |
3,265.2 |
229.7 |
6.6 |
up 0.7 |
6.1 |
25+, men |
8,562.5 |
8,001.4 |
561.1 |
6.6 |
up 0.3 |
6.3 |
25+, women |
7,580.4 |
7,147.2 |
433.2 |
5.7 |
up 0.1 |
5.9 |
Total |
18,977.5 |
17,567.5 |
1,410.0 |
7.4 |
unchanged |
7.4 |
Three-Month Average Unemployment Rates for Economic Regions
Region |
2012 |
2011 |
Region |
2012 |
2011 |
Avalon Peninsula |
8.5 |
9.8 |
Hamilton/Niagara Peninsula |
7.2 |
7.0 |
Halifax |
5.4 |
5.8 |
London |
8.3 |
8.7 |
Capitale-Nationale |
5.3 |
4.3 |
Windsor/Sarnia |
7.8 |
8.4 |
Montérégie |
6.2 |
6.7 |
Northeast Ontario |
7.9 |
7.7 |
Montréal |
9.3 |
9.8 |
Winnipeg |
5.8 |
6.2 |
Laval |
8.0 |
6.2 |
Regina/Moose Mountain |
3.6 |
3.6 |
Lanaudière |
6.9 |
6.1 |
Saskatoon/Biggar |
4.5 |
5.0 |
Laurentides |
7.0 |
7.7 |
Calgary |
4.8 |
5.6 |
Ottawa |
6.6 |
6.3 |
Edmonton |
4.2 |
5.6 |
Kingston/Pembroke |
8.3 |
6.9 |
Vancouver Island and Coast |
5.6 |
6.9 |
Toronto |
8.9 |
8.4 |
Lower Mainland/Southwest |
6.9 |
6.7 |
Kitchener/Waterloo/Barrie |
6.4 |
6.8 |
Thompson/Okanagan |
4.8 |
7.2 |