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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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 | ||||
| Dec. | January | February | March | April | May | |||
| Québec | 4,308.1 | 4,099.6 | 4,208.9 | 4,172.7 | 4,172.2 | 4,185.8 | 4,227.6 | 4,229.1 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) | 92.3 | 86.7 | 92.8 | 91.0 | 90.3 | 88.4 | 88.7 | 85.6 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) | 128.5 | 122.9 | 127.8 | 128.5 | 130.4 | 130.6 | 130.1 | 127.2 |
| Capitale-Nationale (03) | 403.0 | 367.1 | 382.1 | 376.0 | 368.6 | 368.0 | 370.7 | 370.6 |
| Mauricie (04) | 122.2 | 123.8 | 123.5 | 119.4 | 118.3 | 117.0 | 120.5 | 120.6 |
| Estrie (05) | 163.0 | 158.5 | 162.1 | 161.8 | 162.2 | 160.9 | 162.1 | 161.0 |
| Montréal (06) | 1,075.1 | 1,015.7 | 1,047.5 | 1,045.1 | 1,047.5 | 1,050.4 | 1,064.7 | 1,068.7 |
| Outaouais (07) | 206.3 | 188.6 | 191.3 | 189.9 | 190.0 | 190.6 | 192.0 | 191.7 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) | 76.2 | 68.4 | 70.6 | 68.6 | 69.5 | 72.1 | 74.0 | 75.3 |
| Côte-Nord (09) et Nord-du-Québec (10) | 53.1 | 50.1 | 49.8 | 49.7 | 50.2 | 51.7 | 52.5 | 52.8 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) | 34.0 | 30.9 | 31.6 | 31.5 | 31.7 | 32.3 | 32.8 | 32.8 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches (12) | 222.6 | 223.4 | 227.2 | 225.4 | 223.2 | 222.0 | 221.6 | 219.1 |
| Laval (13) | 215.0 | 211.3 | 227.1 | 220.1 | 220.9 | 218.1 | 224.0 | 222.0 |
| Lanaudière (14) | 261.1 | 264.8 | 263.4 | 259.7 | 255.0 | 255.6 | 257.6 | 260.5 |
| Laurentides (15) | 317.2 | 281.7 | 308.8 | 308.0 | 313.1 | 318.0 | 318.0 | 314.9 |
| Montérégie (16) | 812.2 | 783.9 | 781.8 | 776.5 | 779.0 | 787.4 | 793.2 | 800.1 |
| Centre-du-Québec (17) | 126.3 | 121.8 | 121.4 | 121.4 | 122.2 | 122.8 | 125.1 | 126.1 |
| Unemployment rate | ||||||||
| Unemployment rate (%), three-month moving averages | 2019 | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 | ||||
| Dec. | January | February | March | April | May | |||
| Québec | 5.1 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) | 5.6 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 4.7 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) | 5.6 | 9.3 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| Capitale-Nationale (03) | 3.5 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| Mauricie (04) | 5.6 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| Estrie (05) | 4.3 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 5.4 |
| Montréal (06) | 7.3 | 11.4 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.2 |
| Outaouais (07) | 5.0 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 6.0 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) | 3.9 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
| Côte-Nord (09) et Nord-du-Québec (10) | 4.8 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) | 13.3 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 11.4 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches (12) | 3.3 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Laval (13) | 4.4 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Lanaudière (14) | 4.1 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Laurentides (15) | 4.5 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 6.3 |
| Montérégie (16) | 4.2 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| Centre-du-Québec (17) | 4.0 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| – 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 : June 4, 2021
| .. | 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 |