Unemployment of women and men by province, Canada, October 2026

Name: Unemployment of women and men by province, Canada, October 2026 (Canada)
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Unemployment rate, employment rate and participation rate in October 2026 for women+ and men+ aged 15 and over (Statistics Canada's gender categories), with each group's unemployment rate a year earlier. Monthly Labour Force Survey estimates, seasonally adjusted; the survey covers the ten provinces (territories are surveyed separately). Month-to-month and year-over-year changes are derived by Quadranac and are subject to sampling variability: Statistics Canada publishes standard errors with each estimate.

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).

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Women+, unemployment rate, Oct 2026 (%), 2026-10, sorted high to low. 10 areas ranked by Women+, unemployment rate, Oct 2026 (%). Highest: Newfoundland and Labrador (8.1); lowest: Manitoba (4.9); national value 6.3. Full data in the table below.Source: Statistics Canada.

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Canada	6.3	57.1	61	7	63.9	68.7	6.6	7.1
Newfoundland and Labrador	8.1	50.7	55.2	9.4	54.2	59.8	8.6	11.5
Prince Edward Island	7.3	58.7	63.5	7.5	63	68.1	7.4	9.2
Nova Scotia	5.7	55.3	58.7	6.6	61.9	66.2	5.7	7.6
New Brunswick	6.2	53.6	57.1	8.6	58.2	63.6	7	8.4
Quebec	5.2	57.3	60.5	6.1	62.7	66.7	4.8	5.7
Ontario	7	56.3	60.6	7.5	63.6	68.7	7.6	7.5
Manitoba	4.9	58.3	61.3	5	68	71.6	6.4	5.4
Saskatchewan	6.7	58.6	62.8	5.2	67.5	71.2	4.9	6.1
Alberta	7.2	59.9	64.6	7.4	67.7	73.1	7.1	8.1
British Columbia	5.5	57.6	60.9	7	63.9	68.7	6.2	7

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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Source agency: Statistics Canada
Dataset: Table 14-10-0287-01
Table: Unemployment of women and men by province, Canada, October 2026
Data last updated: 2026-11-10
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Unemployment of women and men by province, Canada, October 2026 (Canada, 2026-10). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0287-01. Retrieved 2026-11-10 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/ca-labour-force-by-gender-monthly/