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Employment rate, all 25+: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Employment rate, all 25+. All 10 provinces and territories with data in Unemployment and employment by education, provinces, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0020-01. 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: 2026-10-30

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National value: 61.9 (Canada).

Lowest: 52 to 57.4 %
Group 2: 57.4 to 61.2 %
Group 3: 61.2 to 62.3 %
Group 4: 62.3 to 65.4 %
Highest: 65.4 to 65.6 %

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.


1	Alberta	65.6
2	Saskatchewan	65.4
3	Manitoba	63.5
4	British Columbia	62.3
5	Ontario	61.7
6	Quebec	61.2
7	Prince Edward Island	60.8
8	Nova Scotia	57.4
9	New Brunswick	56.5
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	52

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0020-01: Unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by educational attainment, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by employment rate, all 25+ (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0020-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-employment-rate-all-25-plus/

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