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Institut de la statistique du Québec
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 | 2024 | 2025 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||||||
| Sept. | October | November | December | January | February | |||||||
| Québec | 4,566.0 | 4,644.8 | 4,637.2 | 4,643.0 | 4,646.0 | 4,656.7 | 4,662.5 | 4,649.3 | ||||
| Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) | 101.3 | 94.8 | 90.5 | 90.4 | 90.6 | 91.0 | 93.7 | 95.9 | ||||
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) | 131.1 | 137.1 | 138.0 | 137.6 | 136.1 | 135.2 | 135.6 | 134.5 | ||||
| Capitale-Nationale (03) | 421.5 | 435.8 | 444.9 | 447.9 | 450.8 | 455.2 | 456.0 | 454.1 | ||||
| Mauricie (04) | 133.6 | 141.2 | 143.0 | 141.3 | 138.1 | 138.2 | 138.7 | 138.4 | ||||
| Estrie (05) | 174.8 | 174.0 | 176.1 | 174.9 | 173.6 | 174.1 | 177.2 | 179.0 | ||||
| Montréal (06) | 1,098.8 | 1,151.2 | 1,131.1 | 1,139.9 | 1,151.1 | 1,161.2 | 1,171.6 | 1,173.5 | ||||
| Outaouais (07) | 216.9 | 212.5 | 210.4 | 213.3 | 214.0 | 215.2 | 214.1 | 214.6 | ||||
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) | 76.2 | 71.4 | 71.2 | 72.3 | 73.6 | 74.4 | 74.5 | 74.6 | ||||
| Côte-Nord (09) et Nord-du-Québec (10) | 52.3 | 51.6 | 51.7 | 53.0 | 54.3 | 54.4 | 54.8 | 55.5 | ||||
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) | 37.0 | 37.8 | 37.3 | 37.6 | 37.6 | 38.1 | 38.5 | 39.1 | ||||
| Chaudière-Appalaches (12) | 242.3 | 248.9 | 246.5 | 247.4 | 244.9 | 249.3 | 252.7 | 257.7 | ||||
| Laval (13) | 240.6 | 242.8 | 242.0 | 245.2 | 248.0 | 248.1 | 248.6 | 246.4 | ||||
| Lanaudière (14) | 286.8 | 280.8 | 279.3 | 273.0 | 266.5 | 257.9 | 258.5 | 256.9 | ||||
| Laurentides (15) | 362.4 | 361.6 | 363.8 | 361.5 | 358.0 | 355.2 | 352.0 | 347.6 | ||||
| Montérégie (16) | 858.1 | 865.6 | 872.9 | 870.7 | 870.0 | 870.3 | 860.3 | 850.9 | ||||
| Centre-du-Québec (17) | 132.3 | 137.6 | 138.4 | 137.1 | 139.0 | 138.8 | 135.8 | 130.6 | ||||
Unemployment rate |
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| Unemployment rate (%), three-month moving averages | 2024 | 2025 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||||||
| Sept. | October | November | December | January | February | |||||||
| Québec | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||||
| Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||||
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||||
| Capitale-Nationale (03) | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 | ||||
| Mauricie (04) | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||||
| Estrie (05) | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||||
| Montréal (06) | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.3 | ||||
| Outaouais (07) | 5.6 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.3 | ||||
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||||
| Côte-Nord (09) et Nord-du-Québec (10) | 4.4 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | ||||
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.8 | ||||
| Chaudière-Appalaches (12) | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||||
| Laval (13) | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | ||||
| Lanaudière (14) | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||||
| Laurentides (15) | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||||
| Montérégie (16) | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.5 | ||||
| Centre-du-Québec (17) | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||||
| 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 : March 13, 2026
| .. | 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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