|
Labour Force (000s) |
Employment (000s) |
Unemployment (000s) |
Unemployment Rate (%) |
Change from Previous Month |
Unemployment Rate, September 2011 (%) |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
261.0 |
228.7 |
32.2 |
12.3 |
down 0.4 |
13.6 |
Prince Edward Island |
81.1 |
72.0 |
9.1 |
11.2 |
down 0.5 |
11.4 |
Nova Scotia |
502.0 |
458.6 |
43.4 |
8.6 |
down 1.1 |
8.4 |
New Brunswick |
393.4 |
350.0 |
43.4 |
11.0 |
up 0.6 |
9.0 |
Quebec |
4,345.4 |
3,999.9 |
345.5 |
8.0 |
up 0.4 |
7.4 |
Ontario |
7,384.3 |
6,798.8 |
585.6 |
7.9 |
down 0.1 |
7.7 |
Manitoba |
668.6 |
635.0 |
33.6 |
5.0 |
down 0.4 |
5.6 |
Saskatchewan |
564.8 |
538.4 |
26.4 |
4.7 |
up 0.3 |
4.6 |
Alberta |
2,255.6 |
2,156.0 |
99.6 |
4.4 |
unchanged |
5.3 |
British Columbia |
2,503.4 |
2,328.3 |
175.1 |
7.0 |
up 0.3 |
6.8 |
All Canada |
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Age 15 to 24 |
2,843.0 |
2,417.7 |
425.3 |
15.0 |
up 0.2 |
14.0 |
25 to 54 |
12,644.7 |
11,882.2 |
762.5 |
6.0 |
down 0.1 |
6.0 |
55+ |
3,471.8 |
3,265.8 |
206.0 |
5.9 |
up 0.3 |
5.8 |
25+, men |
8,548.5 |
8,005.8 |
542.7 |
6.3 |
unchanged |
6.2 |
25+, women |
7,568.0 |
7,142.2 |
425.8 |
5.6 |
unchanged |
5.7 |
Total |
18,959.5 |
17,565.7 |
1,393.8 |
7.4 |
up 0.1 |
7.2 |
Three-Month Average Unemployment Rates for Economic Regions
Region |
2012 |
2011 |
Region |
2012 |
2011 |
Avalon Peninsula |
8.7 |
9.4 |
Hamilton/Niagara Peninsula |
7.6 |
7.4 |
Halifax |
5.9 |
6.6 |
London |
8.3 |
9.1 |
Capitale-Nationale |
5.5 |
4.2 |
Windsor/Sarnia |
8.2 |
8.9 |
Montérégie |
5.7 |
6.6 |
Northeast Ontario |
7.5 |
8.4 |
Montréal |
9.3 |
9.5 |
Winnipeg |
6.3 |
6.8 |
Laval |
8.6 |
7.0 |
Regina/Moose Mountain |
4.1 |
4.2 |
Lanaudière |
7.0 |
6.1 |
Saskatoon/Biggar |
5.1 |
5.7 |
Laurentides |
7.2 |
7.7 |
Calgary |
5.1 |
6.1 |
Ottawa |
6.8 |
6.3 |
Edmonton |
4.5 |
5.8 |
Kingston/Pembroke |
7.9 |
7.6 |
Vancouver Island and Coast |
5.9 |
7.6 |
Toronto |
9.4 |
8.6 |
Lower Mainland/Southwest |
7.1 |
7.2 |
Kitchener/Waterloo/Barrie |
6.9 |
7.1 |
Thompson/Okanagan |
5.2 |
7.3 |