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Number of employees: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Number of employees (thousands). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Union membership and coverage by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0129-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 18,317.6 (Canada).

Lowest: 82.9 to 366.7 thousand
Group 2: 366.7 to 533.3 thousand
Group 3: 533.3 to 2,238.8 thousand
Group 4: 2,238.8 to 4,132.4 thousand
Highest: 4,132.4 to 7,119.9 thousand

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Ontario	7,119.9
2	Quebec	4,132.4
3	British Columbia	2,491.9
4	Alberta	2,238.8
5	Manitoba	655.9
6	Saskatchewan	533.3
7	Nova Scotia	469
8	New Brunswick	366.7
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	226.9
10	Prince Edward Island	82.9

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0129-01: Union status by geography. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by number of employees (thousands) (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0129-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-employees/

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