|
Labour Force (000s) |
Employment (000s) |
Unemployment (000s) |
Unemployment Rate (%) |
Change from Previous Month |
Unemployment Rate, November 2011 (%) |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
266.3 |
233.0 |
33.2 |
12.5 |
up 0.6 |
13.3 |
Prince Edward Island |
82.5 |
73.1 |
9.4 |
11.4 |
down 0.3 |
11.2 |
Nova Scotia |
498.4 |
454.8 |
43.7 |
8.8 |
down 0.4 |
8.6 |
New Brunswick |
393.4 |
349.4 |
44.0 |
11.2 |
down 0.4 |
9.8 |
Quebec |
4,372.1 |
4,038.2 |
333.9 |
7.6 |
down 0.1 |
8.0 |
Ontario |
7,403.0 |
6,820.9 |
582.1 |
7.9 |
down 0.4 |
7.9 |
Manitoba |
668.3 |
633.2 |
35.1 |
5.3 |
down 0.3 |
5.5 |
Saskatchewan |
565.7 |
540.4 |
25.3 |
4.5 |
down 0.2 |
5.1 |
Alberta |
2,266.5 |
2,171.1 |
95.4 |
4.2 |
down 0.3 |
5.0 |
British Columbia |
2,480.2 |
2,312.7 |
167.5 |
6.8 |
up 0.1 |
7.1 |
All Canada |
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Age 15 to 24 |
2,833.2 |
2,435.2 |
397.9 |
14.0 |
down 0.7 |
14.1 |
25 to 54 |
12,664.9 |
11,916.6 |
748.3 |
5.9 |
down 0.1 |
6.3 |
55+ |
3,498.5 |
3,275.0 |
223.5 |
6.4 |
down 0.2 |
6.2 |
25+, men |
8,555.6 |
8,011.9 |
543.7 |
6.4 |
down 0.2 |
6.4 |
25+, women |
7,607.7 |
7,179.7 |
428.0 |
5.6 |
down 0.1 |
6.1 |
Total |
18,996.5 |
17,626.8 |
1,369.7 |
7.2 |
down 0.2 |
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 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
Halifax |
5.0 |
5.1 |
London |
7.6 |
8.5 |
Capitale-Nationale |
4.5 |
4.4 |
Windsor/Sarnia |
7.9 |
8.2 |
Montérégie |
5.9 |
6.6 |
Northeast Ontario |
7.7 |
6.5 |
Montréal |
9.7 |
9.6 |
Winnipeg |
5.2 |
5.7 |
Laval |
7.4 |
7.0 |
Regina/Moose Mountain |
3.2 |
3.0 |
Lanaudière |
6.9 |
6.3 |
Saskatoon/Biggar |
4.4 |
4.8 |
Laurentides |
6.3 |
7.4 |
Calgary |
4.4 |
4.9 |
Ottawa |
6.3 |
6.0 |
Edmonton |
3.9 |
5.3 |
Kingston/Pembroke |
8.5 |
6.3 |
Vancouver Island and Coast |
5.4 |
6.4 |
Toronto |
8.1 |
8.1 |
Lower Mainland/Southwest |
6.6 |
6.2 |
Kitchener/Waterloo/Barrie |
5.8 |
6.5 |
Thompson/Okanagan |
5.7 |
6.9 |