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Women+'s participation rate, October 2026: Canadian provinces ranked

Measure: Women+'s participation rate, October 2026 (%). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Unemployment of women and men by province, Canada, October 2026, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2026-10.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0287-01. 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: 2026-11-10

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National value: 61 (Canada).

Lowest: 55.2 to 58.7 %
Group 2: 58.7 to 60.6 %
Group 3: 60.6 to 61.3 %
Group 4: 61.3 to 63.5 %
Highest: 63.5 to 64.6 %

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: Monthly survey estimates; small-province figures have wide sampling variability.


1	Alberta	64.6
2	Prince Edward Island	63.5
3	Saskatchewan	62.8
4	Manitoba	61.3
5	British Columbia	60.9
6	Ontario	60.6
7	Quebec	60.5
8	Nova Scotia	58.7
9	New Brunswick	57.1
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	55.2

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0287-01: Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle. Reference period: 2026-10.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by women+'s participation rate, October 2026 (%) (2026-10). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0287-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-women-plus-s-participation-rate-october-2026/

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