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Labour force characteristics, unadjusted, by economic region (3 month moving average)
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| Popu- lation |
Labour force | Employ- ment |
Unem- ployment |
Partici- pation rate |
Unem- ployment rate |
Employ- ment rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | % | ||||||
| Que. | |||||||
| February 2010 | 6,478.3 | 4,154.4 | 3,797.0 | 357.5 | 64.1 | 8.6 | 58.6 |
| February 2009 | 6,405.4 | 4,130.3 | 3,782.6 | 347.7 | 64.5 | 8.4 | 59.1 |
| ER 2410 Gaspésie - Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
| February 2010 | 80.9 | 40.6 | 34.1 | 6.5 | 50.2 | 16.0 | 42.2 |
| February 2009 | 80.8 | 38.3 | 30.5 | 7.8 | 47.4 | 20.4 | 37.7 |
| ER 2415 Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
| February 2010 | 167.8 | 94.3 | 84.1 | 10.2 | 56.2 | 10.8 | 50.1 |
| February 2009 | 167.5 | 104.9 | 93.3 | 11.6 | 62.6 | 11.1 | 55.7 |
| ER 2420 Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
| February 2010 | 576.0 | 369.6 | 350.6 | 19.0 | 64.2 | 5.1 | 60.9 |
| February 2009 | 570.6 | 373.9 | 354.5 | 19.5 | 65.5 | 5.2 | 62.1 |
| ER 2425 Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
| February 2010 | 333.6 | 215.4 | 202.1 | 13.3 | 64.6 | 6.2 | 60.6 |
| February 2009 | 330.9 | 215.8 | 200.1 | 15.7 | 65.2 | 7.3 | 60.5 |
| ER 2430 Estrie | |||||||
| February 2010 | 255.0 | 149.6 | 137.4 | 12.2 | 58.7 | 8.2 | 53.9 |
| February 2009 | 252.3 | 162.5 | 147.9 | 14.6 | 64.4 | 9.0 | 58.6 |
| ER 2433 Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
| February 2010 | 188.9 | 112.9 | 102.3 | 10.6 | 59.8 | 9.4 | 54.2 |
| February 2009 | 187.3 | 125.4 | 114.4 | 11.1 | 67.0 | 8.9 | 61.1 |
| ER 2435 Montérégie | |||||||
| February 2010 | 1,173.0 | 790.3 | 726.4 | 63.9 | 67.4 | 8.1 | 61.9 |
| February 2009 | 1,152.6 | 771.9 | 716.2 | 55.8 | 67.0 | 7.2 | 62.1 |
| ER 2440 Montréal | |||||||
| February 2010 | 1,599.9 | 1,022.0 | 918.0 | 104.0 | 63.9 | 10.2 | 57.4 |
| February 2009 | 1,593.5 | 1,018.5 | 920.4 | 98.1 | 63.9 | 9.6 | 57.8 |
| ER 2445 Laval | |||||||
| February 2010 | 322.0 | 225.9 | 205.6 | 20.3 | 70.2 | 9.0 | 63.9 |
| February 2009 | 316.6 | 211.3 | 193.5 | 17.8 | 66.7 | 8.4 | 61.1 |
| ER 2450 Lanaudière | |||||||
| February 2010 | 380.1 | 250.0 | 226.2 | 23.7 | 65.8 | 9.5 | 59.5 |
| February 2009 | 369.0 | 238.2 | 220.7 | 17.6 | 64.6 | 7.4 | 59.8 |
| ER 2455 Laurentides | |||||||
| February 2010 | 451.1 | 301.2 | 277.2 | 23.9 | 66.8 | 7.9 | 61.4 |
| February 2009 | 440.6 | 288.8 | 263.0 | 25.9 | 65.5 | 9.0 | 59.7 |
| ER 2460 Outaouais | |||||||
| February 2010 | 302.0 | 209.6 | 194.4 | 15.2 | 69.4 | 7.3 | 64.4 |
| February 2009 | 297.1 | 202.6 | 188.9 | 13.7 | 68.2 | 6.8 | 63.6 |
| ER 2465 Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
| February 2010 | 116.7 | 70.8 | 64.3 | 6.5 | 60.7 | 9.2 | 55.1 |
| February 2009 | 116.1 | 75.5 | 68.4 | 7.1 | 65.0 | 9.4 | 58.9 |
| ER 2470 Mauricie | |||||||
| February 2010 | 219.7 | 116.8 | 105.9 | 10.9 | 53.2 | 9.3 | 48.2 |
| February 2009 | 218.6 | 120.6 | 111.0 | 9.6 | 55.2 | 8.0 | 50.8 |
| ER 2475 Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
| February 2010 | 223.0 | 129.9 | 117.4 | 12.5 | 58.3 | 9.6 | 52.6 |
| February 2009 | 223.0 | 131.7 | 117.4 | 14.3 | 59.1 | 10.9 | 52.6 |
| ER 2480 and 2490 Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
| February 2010 | 88.6 | 55.5 | 50.8 | 4.7 | 62.6 | 8.5 | 57.3 |
| February 2009 | 88.8 | 50.3 | 42.8 | 7.6 | 56.6 | 15.1 | 48.2 |
| Note: Population 15 and over. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) 282-0054 and Catalogue no. 71-001-XIE. Last modified: 2010-03-12. | |||||||
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