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Employment rate

Area: Greater Victoria (CMA) 3 months to October 2026

61.4% of people 15 and over have a job

About the same (−2.0 pt, within the margin of error)

Down 2.0 points in a year. Up 2.3 points since Oct 2021.

Who decides what

No government decides this directly · 1 other body Show all

No government decides this directly. Employers and workers decide hiring.

Who decides what: Employment rate
BodyWhat it decidesLaw or bylaw
Bank of CanadaConducts monetary policy. Its law asks it to reduce swings in production, trade, prices and employment where it can.Bank of Canada Act, preamble
Bank of Canada Act, s. 21

No government decides this directly; the rows list who decides the rules around it. Each row says what a body decides and links to the law, order or bylaw that gives it that role. It does not say who caused a change: markets, households and other governments also move these numbers. Who decides what, for every measure · How we choose

Over time

Time range

Employment rate, Greater Victoria, yearly average (%)

2025 By year

  • Ages 25 to 54 87.7%
  • Ages 15 and over 64.0%
Line chart of 2 lines, 6 periods from 2020 to 2025. Ages 25 to 54: starts at 82.1% (2020), ends at 87.7% (2025); highest 87.9% (2022), lowest 82.1% (2020). Ages 15 and over: starts at 59.1% (2020), ends at 64.0% (2025); highest 64.7% (2024), lowest 59.1% (2020). Every value is in the table.050100%2025202320212020: Ages 25 to 54: 82.1%; Ages 15 and over: 59.1%2021: Ages 25 to 54: 86.1%; Ages 15 and over: 60.6%2022: Ages 25 to 54: 87.9%; Ages 15 and over: 61.4%2023: Ages 25 to 54: 86.8%; Ages 15 and over: 61.9%2024: Ages 25 to 54: 86.9%; Ages 15 and over: 64.7%2025: Ages 25 to 54: 87.7%; Ages 15 and over: 64.0%
Line chart of 2 lines, 6 periods from 2020 to 2025. Ages 25 to 54: starts at 82.1% (2020), ends at 87.7% (2025); highest 87.9% (2022), lowest 82.1% (2020). Ages 15 and over: starts at 59.1% (2020), ends at 64.0% (2025); highest 64.7% (2024), lowest 59.1% (2020). Every value is in the table.050100%202520242023202220212020Ages 25 to 5487.7Ages 15 andover 64.02020: Ages 25 to 54: 82.1%; Ages 15 and over: 59.1%2021: Ages 25 to 54: 86.1%; Ages 15 and over: 60.6%2022: Ages 25 to 54: 87.9%; Ages 15 and over: 61.4%2023: Ages 25 to 54: 86.8%; Ages 15 and over: 61.9%2024: Ages 25 to 54: 86.9%; Ages 15 and over: 64.7%2025: Ages 25 to 54: 87.7%; Ages 15 and over: 64.0%

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Employment rate, Greater Victoria, yearly average (%)

2025 By year

  • Ages 25 to 54 87.7%
  • Ages 15 and over 64.0%
Line chart of 2 lines, 11 periods from 2015 to 2025. Ages 25 to 54: starts at 82.2% (2015), ends at 87.7% (2025); highest 87.9% (2022), lowest 82.1% (2020). Ages 15 and over: starts at 59.4% (2015), ends at 64.0% (2025); highest 64.7% (2024), lowest 59.1% (2020). Every value is in the table.050100%20252022201920162015: Ages 25 to 54: 82.2%; Ages 15 and over: 59.4%2016: Ages 25 to 54: 84.3%; Ages 15 and over: 61.1%2017: Ages 25 to 54: 86.8%; Ages 15 and over: 62.8%2018: Ages 25 to 54: 86.5%; Ages 15 and over: 63.1%2019: Ages 25 to 54: 86.1%; Ages 15 and over: 61.9%2020: Ages 25 to 54: 82.1%; Ages 15 and over: 59.1%2021: Ages 25 to 54: 86.1%; Ages 15 and over: 60.6%2022: Ages 25 to 54: 87.9%; Ages 15 and over: 61.4%2023: Ages 25 to 54: 86.8%; Ages 15 and over: 61.9%2024: Ages 25 to 54: 86.9%; Ages 15 and over: 64.7%2025: Ages 25 to 54: 87.7%; Ages 15 and over: 64.0%
Line chart of 2 lines, 11 periods from 2015 to 2025. Ages 25 to 54: starts at 82.2% (2015), ends at 87.7% (2025); highest 87.9% (2022), lowest 82.1% (2020). Ages 15 and over: starts at 59.4% (2015), ends at 64.0% (2025); highest 64.7% (2024), lowest 59.1% (2020). Every value is in the table.050100%202520232021201920172015Ages 25 to 5487.7Ages 15 andover 64.02015: Ages 25 to 54: 82.2%; Ages 15 and over: 59.4%2016: Ages 25 to 54: 84.3%; Ages 15 and over: 61.1%2017: Ages 25 to 54: 86.8%; Ages 15 and over: 62.8%2018: Ages 25 to 54: 86.5%; Ages 15 and over: 63.1%2019: Ages 25 to 54: 86.1%; Ages 15 and over: 61.9%2020: Ages 25 to 54: 82.1%; Ages 15 and over: 59.1%2021: Ages 25 to 54: 86.1%; Ages 15 and over: 60.6%2022: Ages 25 to 54: 87.9%; Ages 15 and over: 61.4%2023: Ages 25 to 54: 86.8%; Ages 15 and over: 61.9%2024: Ages 25 to 54: 86.9%; Ages 15 and over: 64.7%2025: Ages 25 to 54: 87.7%; Ages 15 and over: 64.0%

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Employment rate, Greater Victoria, yearly average (%)

2025 By year

  • Ages 25 to 54 87.7%
  • Ages 15 and over 64.0%
Line chart of 2 lines, 15 periods from 2011 to 2025. Ages 25 to 54: starts at 82.7% (2011), ends at 87.7% (2025); highest 87.9% (2022), lowest 82.1% (2020). Ages 15 and over: starts at 60.6% (2011), ends at 64.0% (2025); highest 64.7% (2024), lowest 59.1% (2020). Every value is in the table.050100%20252021201720132011: Ages 25 to 54: 82.7%; Ages 15 and over: 60.6%2012: Ages 25 to 54: 82.8%; Ages 15 and over: 61.7%2013: Ages 25 to 54: 83.6%; Ages 15 and over: 61.0%2014: Ages 25 to 54: 83.5%; Ages 15 and over: 59.3%2015: Ages 25 to 54: 82.2%; Ages 15 and over: 59.4%2016: Ages 25 to 54: 84.3%; Ages 15 and over: 61.1%2017: Ages 25 to 54: 86.8%; Ages 15 and over: 62.8%2018: Ages 25 to 54: 86.5%; Ages 15 and over: 63.1%2019: Ages 25 to 54: 86.1%; Ages 15 and over: 61.9%2020: Ages 25 to 54: 82.1%; Ages 15 and over: 59.1%2021: Ages 25 to 54: 86.1%; Ages 15 and over: 60.6%2022: Ages 25 to 54: 87.9%; Ages 15 and over: 61.4%2023: Ages 25 to 54: 86.8%; Ages 15 and over: 61.9%2024: Ages 25 to 54: 86.9%; Ages 15 and over: 64.7%2025: Ages 25 to 54: 87.7%; Ages 15 and over: 64.0%
Line chart of 2 lines, 15 periods from 2011 to 2025. Ages 25 to 54: starts at 82.7% (2011), ends at 87.7% (2025); highest 87.9% (2022), lowest 82.1% (2020). Ages 15 and over: starts at 60.6% (2011), ends at 64.0% (2025); highest 64.7% (2024), lowest 59.1% (2020). Every value is in the table.050100%20252023202120192017201520132011Ages 25 to 5487.7Ages 15 andover 64.02011: Ages 25 to 54: 82.7%; Ages 15 and over: 60.6%2012: Ages 25 to 54: 82.8%; Ages 15 and over: 61.7%2013: Ages 25 to 54: 83.6%; Ages 15 and over: 61.0%2014: Ages 25 to 54: 83.5%; Ages 15 and over: 59.3%2015: Ages 25 to 54: 82.2%; Ages 15 and over: 59.4%2016: Ages 25 to 54: 84.3%; Ages 15 and over: 61.1%2017: Ages 25 to 54: 86.8%; Ages 15 and over: 62.8%2018: Ages 25 to 54: 86.5%; Ages 15 and over: 63.1%2019: Ages 25 to 54: 86.1%; Ages 15 and over: 61.9%2020: Ages 25 to 54: 82.1%; Ages 15 and over: 59.1%2021: Ages 25 to 54: 86.1%; Ages 15 and over: 60.6%2022: Ages 25 to 54: 87.9%; Ages 15 and over: 61.4%2023: Ages 25 to 54: 86.8%; Ages 15 and over: 61.9%2024: Ages 25 to 54: 86.9%; Ages 15 and over: 64.7%2025: Ages 25 to 54: 87.7%; Ages 15 and over: 64.0%

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Show the numbers as a table
Employment rate, Greater Victoria, yearly average (%) (newest first)
PeriodAges 25 to 54Ages 15 and over
202587.764.0
202486.964.7
202386.861.9
202287.961.4
202186.160.6
202082.159.1
201986.161.9
201886.563.1
201786.862.8
201684.361.1
201582.259.4
201483.559.3
201383.661.0
201282.861.7
201182.760.6

In plain words

The share of people aged 15 and over in the Victoria metropolitan area who have a job, as a three-month average, seasonally adjusted. The yearly average for ages 25 to 54 is shown as a line.

How we decide “About the same”

Statistics Canada's standard error of the year-over-year change is 2.1 points, so the 95% margin is about 4.1 points; the -2.0-point change is smaller than that.

A higher share means more people have work. 61.4% in the three months to October 2026 against 63.4% a year earlier (-2.0 points; 95% survey margin about 4.1 points).

Outcome measures read Better, Worse or About the same; published government targets read Ahead of, On or Behind target; value-judgement measures read Rising, Falling or Steady in a neutral colour. A change smaller than the agency's own margin of error, or otherwise smaller than 5% of the earlier value, is About the same (or Steady). No change is calculated across a marked break in a series. The rule.

Keep in mind

Why it matters. It shows how many people are working, including those the unemployment rate leaves out because they are not looking for work.

  • This comes from the Labour Force Survey, a sample survey. The standard error of the year-over-year change is 2.1 points, as Statistics Canada publishes it, so changes smaller than about 4.1 points may be sampling noise.
  • The rate for everyone 15 and over falls as the population ages, because more people are retired. The 25 to 54 line, from the yearly table 14-10-0461-01, is less affected by that.
  • The area is the Victoria census metropolitan area, which is larger than the City of Victoria.

Which places

Area: Greater Victoria (CMA)

Statistics Canada’s Victoria metropolitan area: 13 municipalities plus nearby electoral-area and reserve lands.

Included

  • Victoria
  • Saanich
  • Oak Bay
  • Esquimalt
  • View Royal
  • Langford
  • Colwood
  • Highlands
  • Metchosin
  • Sooke
  • Central Saanich
  • North Saanich
  • Sidney
  • Juan de Fuca electoral area, part 1 (for example East Sooke, Jordan River and Shirley)
  • First Nations reserves: Cole Bay 3, Union Bay 4, East Saanich 2, South Saanich 1, Becher Bay 1, Esquimalt, New Songhees 1A and T'Sou-ke

Not included

  • Salt Spring Island
  • Southern Gulf Islands (Galiano, Mayne, Pender and Saturna islands)
  • Port Renfrew area (Juan de Fuca electoral area, part 2)

Official definition

How the agency describes it: Victoria census metropolitan area (Greater Victoria).

How we got it

This number is published by the agency as shown; it is not calculated here. The script reads it from the agency’s own file.

Licence and credits

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Updated by agency
Monthly; latest release Nov 6, 2026
Retrieved
Nov 11, 2026, 8:22 PM B.C. time

Adapted from Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0459-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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