|
|
Labour Force (000s) |
Employment (000s) |
Unemployment (000s) |
Unemployment Rate (%) |
Change from Previous Month |
Unemployment Rate, December 2011 (%) |
|
Newfoundland and Labrador |
266.4 |
235.7 |
30.6 |
11.5 |
down 1.0 |
12.7 |
|
Prince Edward Island |
83.6 |
74.4 |
9.2 |
11.0 |
down 0.4 |
11.2 |
|
Nova Scotia |
495.8 |
449.8 |
46.1 |
9.3 |
up 0.5 |
7.8 |
|
New Brunswick |
389.8 |
347.8 |
42.0 |
10.8 |
down 0.4 |
9.4 |
|
Quebec |
4,363.4 |
4,044.0 |
319.4 |
7.3 |
down 0.3 |
8.7 |
|
Ontario |
7,439.2 |
6,853.8 |
585.4 |
7.9 |
unchanged |
7.7 |
|
Manitoba |
673.4 |
638.4 |
35.1 |
5.2 |
down 0.1 |
5.4 |
|
Saskatchewan |
570.7 |
544.4 |
26.3 |
4.6 |
up 0.1 |
5.2 |
|
Alberta |
2,267.2 |
2,165.0 |
102.1 |
4.5 |
up 0.3 |
4.9 |
|
British Columbia |
2,474.3 |
2,313.3 |
161.0 |
6.5 |
down 0.3 |
7.0 |
|
All Canada |
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|
Age 15 to 24 |
2,835.9 |
2,435.1 |
400.8 |
14.1 |
up 0.1 |
14.1 |
|
25 to 54 |
12,703.4 |
11,954.4 |
749.0 |
5.9 |
unchanged |
6.2 |
|
55+ |
3,484.5 |
3,277.1 |
207.4 |
6.0 |
down 0.4 |
6.6 |
|
25+, men |
8,565.6 |
8,050.4 |
515.3 |
6.0 |
down 0.4 |
6.6 |
|
25+, women |
7,622.3 |
7,181.1 |
441.1 |
5.8 |
up 0.2 |
6.0 |
|
Total |
19,023.8 |
17,666.6 |
1,357.2 |
7.1 |
down 0.1 |
7.5 |
Three-Month Average Unemployment Rates for Economic Regions
|
Region |
2012 |
2011 |
Region |
2012 |
2011 |
|
Avalon Peninsula |
7.9 |
9.6 |
Hamilton/Niagara Peninsula |
6.4 |
6.5 |
|
Halifax |
5.4 |
4.7 |
London |
7.3 |
8.2 |
|
Capitale-Nationale |
4.5 |
5.0 |
Windsor/Sarnia |
8.5 |
8.2 |
|
Montérégie |
5.8 |
7.1 |
Northeast Ontario |
8.3 |
5.8 |
|
Montréal |
9.9 |
10.5 |
Winnipeg |
5.2 |
5.4 |
|
Laval |
7.4 |
8.1 |
Regina/Moose Mountain |
3.2 |
3.1 |
|
Lanaudière |
7.0 |
7.7 |
Saskatoon/Biggar |
4.6 |
4.5 |
|
Laurentides |
6.2 |
7.7 |
Calgary |
4.3 |
4.9 |
|
Ottawa |
6.0 |
5.9 |
Edmonton |
4.1 |
4.6 |
|
Kingston/Pembroke |
7.9 |
6.0 |
Vancouver Island and Coast |
5.8 |
6.3 |
|
Toronto |
7.7 |
7.8 |
Lower Mainland/Southwest |
6.2 |
6.3 |
|
Kitchener/Waterloo/Barrie |
5.9 |
6.3 |
Thompson/Okanagan |
5.7 |
6.6 |
