Employment and Unemployment by Province and Age, July 2011

Labour Force (000s)

Employment (000s)

Unemployment (000s)

Unemployment Rate

(%)

Change from Previous Month

Unemployment Rate, July 2010 (%)

Newfoundland and Labrador

255.9

225.4

30.5

11.9

down 0.4

14.9

Prince Edward Island

81.2

71.8

9.4

11.6

down 0.4

10.9

Nova Scotia

498.9

451.4

47.5

9.5

up 0.8

9.4

New Brunswick

386.9

348.0

38.9

10.1

up 0.5

9.1

Quebec

4,283.6

3,974.5

309.1

7.2

down 0.7

8.2

Ontario

7,297.6

6,747.4

550.3

7.5

down 0.2

8.6

Manitoba

659.5

621.9

37.6

5.7

up 0.2

5.7

Saskatchewan

553.8

526.8

27.1

4.9

unchanged

5.1

Alberta

2,225.4

2,103.0

122.4

5.5

down 0.1

6.3

British Columbia

2,453.3

2,274.1

179.2

7.3

unchanged3

7.5

All Canada

Age 15 to 24

2,890.6

2,481.7

408.9

14.1

down 0.2

14.2

25 to 54

12,525.2

11,778.6

746.6

6.0

down 0.1

6.9

25+, men

8,378.5

7,863.7

514.8

6.1

down 0.2

7.2

25+, women

7,427.1

6,998.8

428.3

5.8

down 0.2

6.4

Total

18,696.1

17,344.2

1,351.9

7.2

down 0.2

8.0

Region

2011

2010

Region

2011

2010

Avalon Peninsula

8.2

10.2

Hamilton/Niagara Peninsula

6.9

7.9

Halifax

6.4

6.2

London

9.3

8.3

Capitale-Nationale

4.8

4.8

Windsor/Sarnia

8.5

11.3

Montérégie

6.6

7.1

Northeast Ontario

8.5

9.3

Montréal

9.1

9.6

Winnipeg

6.1

6.2

Laval

6.3

6.5

Regina/Moose Mountain

4.7

4.2

Lanaudière

7.2

6.5

Saskatoon/Biggar

5.1

5.4

Laurentides

7.6

7.3

Calgary

5.7

6.9

Ottawa

6.4

7.2

Edmonton

5.4

7.1

Kingston/Pembroke

8.3

8.3

Vancouver Island and Coast

8.0

5.9

Toronto

8.9

9.9

Lower Mainland/Southwest

7.1

7.8

Kitchener/Waterloo/Barrie

6.7

8.0

Thompson/Okanagan

7.4

8.1