|
|
Labour Force (000s) |
Employment (000s) |
Unemployment (000s) |
Unemployment Rate (%) |
Change from Previous Month |
Unemployment Rate, August 2011 (%) |
|
Newfoundland and Labrador |
262.4 |
228.9 |
33.4 |
12.7 |
down 0.1 |
13.8 |
|
Prince Edward Island |
81.8 |
72.2 |
9.6 |
11.7 |
up 1.5 |
11.4 |
|
Nova Scotia |
506.0 |
456.8 |
49.2 |
9.7 |
up 0.3 |
8.6 |
|
New Brunswick |
392.6 |
351.9 |
40.7 |
10.4 |
up 0.4 |
9.3 |
|
Quebec |
4,318.4 |
3,989.3 |
329.1 |
7.6 |
unchanged |
7.6 |
|
Ontario |
7,352.7 |
6,767.7 |
585.1 |
8.0 |
up 0.1 |
7.5 |
|
Manitoba |
664.3 |
628.4 |
35.9 |
5.4 |
down 0.3 |
5.4 |
|
Saskatchewan |
567.2 |
542.0 |
25.2 |
4.4 |
down 0.6 |
4.5 |
|
Alberta |
2,253.2 |
2,153.9 |
99.3 |
4.4 |
down 0.2 |
5.6 |
|
British Columbia |
2,488.3 |
2,322.6 |
165.7 |
6.7 |
down 0.3 |
7.4 |
|
All Canada |
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|
Age 15 to 24 |
2,822.5 |
2,405.7 |
416.8 |
14.8 |
up 0.5 |
14.0 |
|
25 to 54 |
12,609.8 |
11,846.7 |
763.1 |
6.1 |
unchanged |
6.0 |
|
55+ |
3,454.6 |
3,261.3 |
193.3 |
5.6 |
down 0.5 |
6.3 |
|
25+, men |
8,512.9 |
7,979.1 |
533.8 |
6.3 |
down 0.1 |
6.3 |
|
25+, women |
7,551.5 |
7,128.9 |
422.6 |
5.6 |
down 0.2 |
5.8 |
|
Total |
18,886.9 |
17,513.6 |
1,373.3 |
7.3 |
unchanged |
7.3 |
Three-Month Average Unemployment Rates for Economic Regions
|
Region |
2012 |
2011 |
Region |
2012 |
2011 |
|
Avalon Peninsula |
8.9 |
8.9 |
Hamilton/Niagara Peninsula |
7.9 |
7.4 |
|
Halifax |
6.6 |
6.5 |
London |
8.4 |
9.3 |
|
Capitale-Nationale |
5.6 |
4.6 |
Windsor/Sarnia |
8.8 |
8.5 |
|
Montérégie |
5.4 |
7.0 |
Northeast Ontario |
7.0 |
8.4 |
|
Montréal |
9.8 |
10.0 |
Winnipeg |
6.4 |
6.6 |
|
Laval |
9.1 |
6.5 |
Regina/Moose Mountain |
4.4 |
4.6 |
|
Lanaudière |
6.6 |
6.6 |
Saskatoon/Biggar |
5.4 |
5.3 |
|
Laurentides |
7.1 |
7.8 |
Calgary |
4.8 |
6.1 |
|
Ottawa |
6.5 |
6.2 |
Edmonton |
4.5 |
5.7 |
|
Kingston/Pembroke |
7.6 |
8.1 |
Vancouver Island and Coast |
6.1 |
7.8 |
|
Toronto |
9.5 |
8.9 |
Lower Mainland/Southwest |
7.0 |
7.5 |
|
Kitchener/Waterloo/Barrie |
6.8 |
6.9 |
Thompson/Okanagan |
4.7 |
6.9 |
