Employment and Unemployment by Province and Age, October 2011

Labour Force (000s)

Employment (000s)

Unemployment (000s)

Unemployment Rate

(%)

Change from Previous Month

Unemployment Rate, October 2010 (%)

Newfoundland and Labrador

257.6

224.3

33.2

12.9

down 0.6

13.1

Prince Edward Island

81.0

72.0

9.1

11.2

down 0.2

12.7

Nova Scotia

491.6

449.4

42.3

8.6

up 0.2

9.6

New Brunswick

389.5

352.9

36.6

9.4

up 0.5

9.9

Quebec

4,286.9

3,958.9

328.0

7.7

up 0.4

7.9

Ontario

7,311.3

6,718.6

592.7

8.1

up 0.5

8.5

Manitoba

660.5

626.3

34.2

5.2

down 0.3

5.0

Saskatchewan

551.7

528.9

22.8

4.1

down 0.5

5.7

Alberta

2,239.6

2,125.7

113.9

5.1

down 0.3

5.9

British Columbia

2,450.3

2,288.9

161.4

6.6

down 0.1

7.3

All Canada











Age 15 to 24

2,887.5

2,479.5

408.0

14.1

up 0.1

14.9

25 to 54

12,565.0

11,795.3

769.7

6.1

up 0.2

6.7

25+, men

8,398.6

7,872.2

526.5

6.3

up 0.2

6.8

25+, women

7,433.7

6,994.0

439.7

5.9

up 0.3

6.4

Total

18,719.9

17,345.6

1,374.2

7.3

up 0.2

7.8

Three-Month Average Unemployment Rates for Economic Regions

Region

2011

2010

Region

2011

2010

Avalon Peninsula

9.8

9.6

Hamilton/Niagara Peninsula

7.0

7.9

Halifax

5.8

6.7

London

8.7

8.6

Capitale-Nationale

4.3

4.6

Windsor/Sarnia

8.4

10.1

Montérégie

6.7

7.6

Northeast Ontario

7.7

8.6

Montréal

9.8

9.5

Winnipeg

6.2

6.1

Laval

6.2

7.9

Regina/Moose Mountain

3.6

4.7

Lanaudière

6.1

6.3

Saskatoon/Biggar

5.0

4.8

Laurentides

7.7

7.0

Calgary

5.6

6.9

Ottawa

6.3

7.1

Edmonton

5.6

6.1

Kingston/Pembroke

6.9

7.5

Vancouver Island and Coast

6.9

6.2

Toronto

8.4

9.4

Lower Mainland/Southwest

6.7

7.5

Kitchener/Waterloo/Barrie

6.8

7.6

Thompson/Okanagan

7.2

8.6

Source: Statistics Canada, Nov. 4, 2011

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