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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by unemployment rate

All 10 provinces and territories with data in Unemployment rate by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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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: 6.8 (Canada).

British Columbia: 6.2Alberta: 7.2Saskatchewan: 5.2Manitoba: 5.9Ontario: 7.7Quebec: 5.6New Brunswick: 7.1Yukon: not in this tableNunavut: not in this tableNewfoundland and Labrador: 10.1Nova Scotia: 6.6Northwest Territories: not in this tablePrince Edward Island: 8
  • Lowest: 5.2 to 5.9 %
  • Group 2: 5.9 to 6.6 %
  • Group 3: 6.6 to 7.2 %
  • Group 4: 7.2 to 8 %
  • Highest: 8 to 10.1 %
  • Not in this table
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.

1Newfoundland and Labrador10.1
2Prince Edward Island8
3Ontario7.7
4Alberta7.2
5New Brunswick7.1
6Nova Scotia6.6
7British Columbia6.2
8Manitoba5.9
9Quebec5.6
10Saskatchewan5.2

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 unemployment rate (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-unemployment-rate/

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