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Unemployed 52 weeks or more: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of unemployed people out of work 52 weeks or more (%). All 10 provinces and territories with data in How long people have been unemployed by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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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: 13 (Canada).

British Columbia: 9.7Alberta: 12.6Saskatchewan: 10.1Manitoba: 13.1Ontario: 16.2Quebec: 9.3New Brunswick: 8.4Yukon: not in this tableNunavut: not in this tableNewfoundland and Labrador: 9.1Nova Scotia: 9.5Northwest Territories: not in this tablePrince Edward Island: 8.6
  • Lowest: 8.4 to 9.1 %
  • Group 2: 9.1 to 9.5 %
  • Group 3: 9.5 to 10.1 %
  • Group 4: 10.1 to 13.1 %
  • Highest: 13.1 to 16.2 %
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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. 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.

1Ontario16.2
2Manitoba13.1
3Alberta12.6
4Saskatchewan10.1
5British Columbia9.7
6Nova Scotia9.5
7Quebec9.3
8Newfoundland and Labrador9.1
9Prince Edward Island8.6
10New Brunswick8.4

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 share of unemployed people out of work 52 weeks or more (%) (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-share-of-unemployed-people-out-of-work-52-weeks-or-more/

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