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Men+'s unemployment rate: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Men+'s unemployment rate (%). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Employment of women and men by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0327-01. 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: 2026-11-09

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National value: 7.1 (Canada).

Lowest: 5.6 to 6.2 %
Group 2: 6.2 to 7.2 %
Group 3: 7.2 to 7.9 %
Group 4: 7.9 to 8.7 %
Highest: 8.7 to 12.2 %

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.

Note: Labour Force Survey annual averages for the ten provinces; the territories are surveyed separately.


1	Newfoundland and Labrador	12.2
2	Prince Edward Island	8.7
3	New Brunswick	8.1
4	Ontario	7.9
5	Nova Scotia	7.4
6	Alberta	7.2
7	Quebec	6.2
7	British Columbia	6.2
9	Manitoba	5.8
10	Saskatchewan	5.6

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0327-01: Labour force characteristics by gender and detailed age group, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by men+'s unemployment rate (%) (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0327-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-men-plus-s-unemployment-rate/

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