|
Labour Force (000s) |
Employment (000s) |
Unemployment (000s) |
Unemployment Rate (%) |
Change from Previous Month |
Unemployment Rate, April 2011 (%) |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
264.5 |
232.0 |
32.5 |
12.3 |
down 0.7 |
11.3 |
Prince Edward Island |
82.0 |
73.0 |
9.0 |
11.0 |
down 0.3 |
11.3 |
Nova Scotia |
499.2 |
454.5 |
44.7 |
9.0 |
up 0.7 |
9.1 |
New Brunswick |
389.4 |
351.4 |
38.0 |
9.8 |
down 0.4 |
9.9 |
Quebec |
4,319.0 |
3,975.4 |
343.6 |
8.0 |
up 0.1 |
7.8 |
Ontario |
7,354.8 |
6,780.5 |
574.3 |
7.8 |
up 0.4 |
7.9 |
Manitoba |
664.7 |
629.6 |
35.1 |
5.3 |
unchanged |
5.2 |
Saskatchewan |
564.0 |
536.5 |
27.6 |
4.9 |
up 0.1 |
5.0 |
Alberta |
2,254.6 |
2,143.0 |
111.6 |
4.9 |
down 0.4 |
5.9 |
British Columbia |
2,473.1 |
2,318.8 |
154.3 |
6.2 |
down 0.8 |
7.8 |
All Canada |
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Age 15 to 24 |
2,842.2 |
2,448.0 |
394.2 |
13.9 |
unchanged |
14.3 |
25 to 54 |
12,597.1 |
11,821.5 |
775.5 |
6.2 |
up 0.1 |
6.3 |
25+, men |
8,495.0 |
7,954.6 |
540.3 |
6.4 |
up 0.1 |
6.6 |
25+, women |
7,528.1 |
7,092.0 |
436.1 |
5.8 |
up 0.1 |
6.2 |
Total |
18,865.3 |
17,494.7 |
1,370.6 |
7.3 |
up 0.1 |
7.6 |
Three-Month Average Unemployment Rates for Economic Regions
Region |
2012 |
2011 |
Region |
2012 |
2011 |
Avalon Peninsula |
9.9 |
8.2 |
Hamilton/Niagara Peninsula |
7.3 |
7.5 |
Halifax |
6.4 |
6.6 |
London |
7.8 |
8.3 |
Capitale-Nationale |
6.6 |
8.2 |
Windsor/Sarnia |
9.6 |
10.0 |
Montérégie |
7.8 |
7.6 |
Northeast Ontario |
7.1 |
8.7 |
Montréal |
11.3 |
9.5 |
Winnipeg |
6.0 |
5.9 |
Laval |
8.3 |
7.5 |
Regina/Moose Mountain |
3.9 |
5.3 |
Lanaudière |
9.9 |
9.5 |
Saskatoon/Biggar |
5.6 |
5.7 |
Laurentides |
7.5 |
8.8 |
Calgary |
5.2 |
6.0 |
Ottawa |
6.7 |
6.5 |
Edmonton |
5.4 |
6.1 |
Kingston/Pembroke |
6.7 |
8.0 |
Vancouver Island and Coast |
6.0 |
8.5 |
Toronto |
8.3 |
8.4 |
Lower Mainland/Southwest |
6.6 |
8.4 |
Kitchener/Waterloo/Barrie |
6.9 |
8.2 |
Thompson/Okanagan |
9.2 |
8.8 |