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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by employment and labour force: Full-time

All 10 provinces and territories with data in Employment and labour force 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: 2026-10-26

National value: 17,194.8 (Canada).

Lowest: 80.8 to 345 thousand
Group 2: 345 to 510.6 thousand
Group 3: 510.6 to 2,124.7 thousand
Group 4: 2,124.7 to 3,781.3 thousand
Highest: 3,781.3 to 6,751.6 thousand
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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	6,751.6
2	Quebec	3,781.3
3	British Columbia	2,348.4
4	Alberta	2,124.7
5	Manitoba	608.9
6	Saskatchewan	510.6
7	Nova Scotia	436.3
8	New Brunswick	345
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	207.1
10	Prince Edward Island	80.8

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 employment and labour force: Full-time (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0327-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-employment-and-labour-force-full-time/

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