Union membership and coverage by province

Name: Union membership and coverage by province (Canada)
Creator: Statistics Canada
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Unionization rate (union members as a share of employees) and union coverage rate (members or covered by a collective agreement), employees 15 and over, annual Labour Force Survey. Territories are not covered.

Reference period: 2025
Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0129-01. 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).

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Unionization rate (%), 2025, sorted high to low. 10 areas ranked by Unionization rate (%). Highest: Newfoundland and Labrador (37.4); lowest: Alberta (22.6); national value 28.5. Full data in the table below.Source: Statistics Canada.

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Canada	28.5	30.6	5,215.9	18,317.6
Newfoundland and Labrador	37.4	39.8	84.9	226.9
Prince Edward Island	31.6	33.8	26.2	82.9
Nova Scotia	29.2	30.7	137.1	469
New Brunswick	29	30.7	106.5	366.7
Quebec	36.6	39.9	1,512.8	4,132.4
Ontario	24.4	26.3	1,739.7	7,119.9
Manitoba	31.8	34.1	208.6	655.9
Saskatchewan	32.5	34.2	173.1	533.3
Alberta	22.6	23.8	505.7	2,238.8
British Columbia	28.9	30.5	721.2	2,491.9

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0129-01: Union status by geography. Reference period: 2025.

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Source agency: Statistics Canada
Dataset: Table 14-10-0129-01
Table: Union membership and coverage by province
Data last updated: 2026-10-29
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Union membership and coverage by province (Canada, 2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0129-01. Retrieved 2026-10-29 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/ca-unionization/