Monthly indicators: Employment and unemployment rates by administrative region
Key seasonally adjusted economic indicators.
| Employment | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment (K), three-month moving averages | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||||
| December | January | February | March | April | May | |||||||
| Québec | 4 273.4 | 4 403.1 | 4 452.9 | 4 478.4 | 4 490.6 | 4 500.7 | 4 498.5 | 4 502.0 | ||||
| Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) | 87.7 | 89.7 | 90.9 | 91.3 | 90.7 | 90.0 | 89.8 | 88.9 | ||||
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) | 122.9 | 125.0 | 123.9 | 124.5 | 126.9 | 129.9 | 132.5 | 133.8 | ||||
| Capitale-Nationale (03) | 380.7 | 389.3 | 391.4 | 394.7 | 401.6 | 404.6 | 407.1 | 401.3 | ||||
| Mauricie (04) | 120.6 | 116.8 | 119.4 | 119.7 | 120.6 | 121.7 | 123.7 | 123.6 | ||||
| Estrie (05) | 161.2 | 162.0 | 163.7 | 164.1 | 164.4 | 164.6 | 162.1 | 160.1 | ||||
| Montréal (06) | 1 079.2 | 1 129.0 | 1 136.4 | 1 147.2 | 1 149.6 | 1 146.1 | 1 142.5 | 1 157.6 | ||||
| Outaouais (07) | 199.3 | 210.8 | 215.8 | 215.1 | 210.6 | 209.5 | 209.8 | 210.8 | ||||
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) | 72.7 | 72.6 | 72.2 | 72.0 | 71.6 | 72.2 | 72.1 | 71.4 | ||||
| Côte-Nord (09) et Nord-du-Québec (10) | 49.4 | 47.2 | 46.8 | 48.8 | 49.2 | 50.0 | 50.3 | 50.9 | ||||
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) | 33.9 | 34.1 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 35.6 | 37.4 | 38.6 | 39.6 | ||||
| Chaudière-Appalaches (12) | 216.1 | 231.3 | 233.6 | 231.6 | 228.1 | 225.2 | 223.3 | 221.2 | ||||
| Laval (13) | 228.9 | 226.3 | 232.7 | 233.4 | 233.1 | 231.5 | 233.9 | 234.2 | ||||
| Lanaudière (14) | 259.2 | 278.2 | 281.9 | 276.6 | 276.9 | 281.1 | 282.4 | 279.3 | ||||
| Laurentides (15) | 318.5 | 323.4 | 335.6 | 346.8 | 352.1 | 349.4 | 350.1 | 356.3 | ||||
| Montérégie (16) | 812.9 | 838.4 | 854.9 | 855.6 | 853.3 | 856.5 | 848.6 | 843.0 | ||||
| Centre-du-Québec (17) | 130.0 | 129.0 | 119.7 | 122.1 | 126.3 | 131.1 | 131.7 | 129.9 | ||||
| Unemployment rate | ||||||||||||
| Unemployment rate (%), three-month moving averages | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||||
| December | January | February | March | April | May | |||||||
| Québec | 6.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||||
| Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | ||||
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) | 5.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | ||||
| Capitale-Nationale (03) | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | ||||
| Mauricie (04) | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||||
| Estrie (05) | 5.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||||
| Montréal (06) | 8.3 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.3 | ||||
| Outaouais (07) | 5.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||||
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) | 4.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 | ||||
| Côte-Nord (09) et Nord-du-Québec (10) | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | F | F | F | 3.2 | ||||
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) | 12.9 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | ||||
| Chaudière-Appalaches (12) | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||||
| Laval (13) | 6.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||||
| Lanaudière (14) | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||||
| Laurentides (15) | 5.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | ||||
| Montérégie (16) | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | ||||
| Centre-du-Québec (17) | 5.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | ||||
| F: Estimate too unreliable to be published according to Statistics Canada’s release criteria. | ||||||||||||
| – The LFS estimates for administrative regions, seasonally adjusted by the ISQ, are published as three-month moving averages to smooth out irregular fluctuations due to small sample sizes. For more information, please read the document Quelques rappels concernant les moyennes mobiles sur trois mois (MM3M) : | ||||||||||||
| https://statistique.quebec.ca/fr/fichier/quelques-rappels-concernant-les-moyennes-mobiles-sur-trois-mois-mm3m.pdf | ||||||||||||
| – Quarterly and annual values are calculated from monthly data rather than moving averages. Annual values are calculated from non-seasonally adjusted monthly data. | ||||||||||||
| – Since March 2020, LFS results must be interpreted with caution, given the decrease in the survey response rate, which is still not back to its pre-pandemic level. | ||||||||||||
| – Numbers in bold have been revised since last Friday. | ||||||||||||
| Sources : Institut de la statistique du Québec, | ||||||||||||
| Statistics Canada. | ||||||||||||
Update : June 9, 2023
| .. | Data not available |
| ... | Not applicable |
| – | Void or zero |
| — | Negligible data |
| p | Preliminary data |
| r | Revised data |
| e | Estimated data |
| x | Confidential |
| F | Data unreliable |
| n.e.s. | Not elsewhere specified |
| p.-y. | Person-year |
| f.t.e | Full-time equivalent |
| ‰ | Per thousand |
| kg | Kilogramme |
| l | Liter |
| n | Number |
| t | Metric ton |
| $ | In dollars |
| k and '000 | In thousands |
| M and '000 000 | In millions |
| G | In billions |
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