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Average weeks of unemployment: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Average weeks of unemployment. All 10 provinces and territories with data in How long people have been unemployed by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0057-01. 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: 2026-11-14

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National value: 21.8 (Canada).

Lowest: 17.6 to 18.2
Group 2: 18.2 to 18.5
Group 3: 18.5 to 19.3
Group 4: 19.3 to 23.2
Highest: 23.2 to 24.9

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; territories are not published in this table. Average weeks uses Statistics Canada's series with no top-code.


1	Ontario	24.9
2	Manitoba	23.2
3	Alberta	20.9
4	Nova Scotia	19.3
5	Newfoundland and Labrador	19.1
6	Saskatchewan	18.5
6	British Columbia	18.5
8	Quebec	18.2
9	New Brunswick	18.1
10	Prince Edward Island	17.6

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0057-01: Duration of unemployment by gender and age group, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by average weeks of unemployment (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0057-01: Duration of unemployment by gender and age group, annual; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-average-weeks-of-unemployment/

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