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Monthly indicators: Employment and unemployment rates by administrative region
Key seasonally adjusted economic indicators.
| Employment | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment (K), three-month moving averages | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
| July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Déc. | |||
| Québec | 4,099.6 | 4,269.0 | 4,270.0 | 4,293.0 | 4,302.2 | 4,308.8 | 4,334.3 | 4,347.3 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) | 86.7 | 88.3 | 88.7 | 90.3 | 90.9 | 89.6 | 89.0 | 87.4 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) | 122.9 | 123.2 | 120.0 | 118.4 | 118.3 | 119.4 | 121.2 | 122.4 |
| Capitale-Nationale (03) | 367.1 | 380.8 | 378.5 | 386.2 | 393.4 | 397.8 | 394.2 | 387.1 |
| Mauricie (04) | 123.8 | 120.8 | 123.2 | 124.3 | 122.8 | 124.2 | 122.3 | 119.6 |
| Estrie (05) | 158.5 | 161.3 | 160.0 | 159.2 | 161.1 | 161.2 | 163.4 | 162.9 |
| Montréal (06) | 1,015.7 | 1,078.3 | 1,074.1 | 1,076.2 | 1,073.8 | 1,077.9 | 1,098.2 | 1,112.8 |
| Outaouais (07) | 188.6 | 198.1 | 196.5 | 199.8 | 203.1 | 203.5 | 204.3 | 204.6 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) | 68.4 | 73.0 | 74.7 | 74.7 | 74.1 | 73.1 | 72.4 | 71.7 |
| Côte-Nord (09) et Nord-du-Québec (10) | 50.1 | 49.7 | 50.5 | 49.1 | 48.6 | 48.2 | 47.8 | 48.3 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) | 30.9 | 34.0 | 33.5 | 34.1 | 34.3 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 35.7 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches (12) | 223.4 | 215.8 | 214.7 | 211.4 | 211.0 | 211.9 | 215.0 | 216.9 |
| Laval (13) | 211.3 | 227.6 | 229.0 | 230.2 | 229.7 | 229.6 | 232.9 | 233.6 |
| Lanaudière (14) | 264.8 | 260.0 | 261.1 | 259.4 | 262.7 | 258.4 | 261.0 | 263.0 |
| Laurentides (15) | 281.7 | 317.7 | 320.9 | 325.3 | 319.9 | 318.6 | 314.1 | 319.3 |
| Montérégie (16) | 783.9 | 810.8 | 817.6 | 826.1 | 827.7 | 824.4 | 827.2 | 824.1 |
| Centre-du-Québec (17) | 121.8 | 129.7 | 126.9 | 128.2 | 130.9 | 135.6 | 135.9 | 137.8 |
| Unemployment rate | ||||||||
| Unemployment rate (%), three-month moving averages | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
| July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Déc. | |||
| Québec | 8.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) | 7.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) | 9.3 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| Capitale-Nationale (03) | 6.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Mauricie (04) | 8.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Estrie (05) | 7.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Montréal (06) | 11.4 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
| Outaouais (07) | 8.1 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) | 6.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| Côte-Nord (09) et Nord-du-Québec (10) | 7.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) | 13.2 | 12.6 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 14.4 | 14.2 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches (12) | 5.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| Laval (13) | 8.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 4.9 |
| Lanaudière (14) | 8.6 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| Laurentides (15) | 10.0 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| Montérégie (16) | 8.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| Centre-du-Québec (17) | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| – 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. | ||||||||
| – Numbers in bold have been revised since last Friday. | ||||||||
| Sources : Institut de la statistique du Québec, | ||||||||
| Statistics Canada. | ||||||||
Update : January 7, 2022
| .. | 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 |