Monthly indicators: Employment and unemployment rates by administrative region
Key seasonally adjusted economic indicators.
Employment |
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| Employment (K), three-month moving averages | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||
| Dec. | January | February | March | April | May | |||
| Québec | 4,099.6 | 4,269.0 | 4,344.5 | 4,340.7 | 4,345.6 | 4,360.8 | 4,388.2 | 4,390.1 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) | 86.7 | 88.3 | 87.3 | 86.5 | 87.4 | 88.9 | 90.1 | 90.2 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) | 122.9 | 123.2 | 122.2 | 122.4 | 122.1 | 121.6 | 122.7 | 122.7 |
| Capitale-Nationale (03) | 367.1 | 380.8 | 387.6 | 379.8 | 378.0 | 379.7 | 385.9 | 391.4 |
| Mauricie (04) | 123.8 | 120.8 | 119.8 | 116.6 | 115.2 | 116.7 | 117.1 | 116.3 |
| Estrie (05) | 158.5 | 161.3 | 162.7 | 162.4 | 162.0 | 162.1 | 161.7 | 159.8 |
| Montréal (06) | 1,015.7 | 1,078.3 | 1,111.9 | 1,125.1 | 1,131.5 | 1,135.9 | 1,129.2 | 1,121.8 |
| Outaouais (07) | 188.6 | 198.1 | 204.7 | 205.7 | 207.7 | 208.5 | 211.6 | 211.1 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) | 68.4 | 73.0 | 71.9 | 71.3 | 70.5 | 70.6 | 72.1 | 72.7 |
| Côte-Nord (09) et Nord-du-Québec (10) | 50.1 | 49.7 | 48.2 | 47.9 | 48.1 | 48.6 | 49.9 | 50.3 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) | 30.9 | 34.0 | 35.9 | 35.3 | 35.4 | 35.6 | 35.7 | 35.6 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches (12) | 223.4 | 215.8 | 216.7 | 216.5 | 218.1 | 220.9 | 225.5 | 227.0 |
| Laval (13) | 211.3 | 227.6 | 234.1 | 234.9 | 235.7 | 232.5 | 229.9 | 227.6 |
| Lanaudière (14) | 264.8 | 260.0 | 262.7 | 264.7 | 267.5 | 268.0 | 276.4 | 279.1 |
| Laurentides (15) | 281.7 | 317.7 | 319.0 | 315.6 | 315.6 | 319.0 | 325.1 | 329.9 |
| Montérégie (16) | 783.9 | 810.8 | 822.7 | 820.4 | 814.4 | 816.4 | 821.2 | 821.7 |
| Centre-du-Québec (17) | 121.8 | 129.7 | 137.2 | 135.7 | 136.3 | 135.8 | 134.1 | 132.9 |
Unemployment rate |
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| Unemployment rate (%), three-month moving averages | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||
| Dec. | January | February | March | April | May | |||
| Québec | 8.9 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) | 7.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) | 9.3 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| Capitale-Nationale (03) | 6.9 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| Mauricie (04) | 8.3 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Estrie (05) | 7.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| Montréal (06) | 11.4 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| Outaouais (07) | 8.1 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) | 6.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Côte-Nord (09) et Nord-du-Québec (10) | 7.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) | 13.2 | 12.6 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 9.2 | 7.8 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches (12) | 5.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| Laval (13) | 8.2 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| Lanaudière (14) | 8.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Laurentides (15) | 10.0 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Montérégie (16) | 8.4 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Centre-du-Québec (17) | 6.1 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| – 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 : June 10, 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 |