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Payroll employees: Canadian provinces ranked (Aug 2026)

Measure: Payroll employees. All 13 provinces and territories with data in Job vacancies by province and territory, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2026-08.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0432-01. 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: 2026-11-03

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National value: 17,589,650 (Canada).

Lowest: 18,795 to 21,780
Group 2: 21,780 to 340,450
Group 3: 340,450 to 526,435
Group 4: 526,435 to 2,460,325
Highest: 2,460,325 to 6,791,575

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	6,791,575
2	Quebec	3,891,845
3	British Columbia	2,460,325
4	Alberta	2,159,545
5	Manitoba	624,170
6	Saskatchewan	526,435
7	Nova Scotia	463,910
8	New Brunswick	340,450
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	198,040
10	Prince Edward Island	71,750
11	Northwest Territories	21,780
12	Yukon	21,030
13	Nunavut	18,795

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0432-01: Job vacancies, payroll employees, and job vacancy rate by provinces and territories, monthly, adjusted for seasonality. Reference period: 2026-08.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by payroll employees (2026-08). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0432-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-payroll-employees/

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