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Facts and figures about employment in Canada in month of October

A quick look at October unemployment (previous month in brackets):

Unemployment rate: 7.3 per cent (7.1)

Number unemployed: 1,374,200 (1,334,200 )

Number working: 17,345,600 (17,399,600)

Youth (15-24 years) unemployment: 14.1 (14.0)

Men (25 plus) unemployment: 6.3 per cent (6.1)

Women (25 plus) unemployment: 5.9 per cent (5.6)

By province and territory

Here's what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):

• Newfoundland 12.9 (13.5)
• Prince Edward Island 11.2 (11.4)
• Nova Scotia 8.6 (8.4)
• New Brunswick 9.4 (8.9)
• Quebec 7.7 (7.3)
• Ontario 8.1 (7.6)
• Manitoba 5.2 (5.5)
• Saskatchewan 4.1 (4.6)
• Alberta 5.1 (5.4)
• British Columbia 6.6 (6.7)

By city

Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities but cautions the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. (Previous month in brackets.)

• St. John's, N.L. 7.1 (6.6)
• Halifax 6.0 (6.2)
• Moncton, N.B. 6.8 (7.1)
• Saint John, N.B. 5.9 (5.7)
• Saguenay, Que. 6.5 (6.6)
• Quebec 4.6 (4.4)
• Sherbrooke, Que. 7.0 (7.1)
• Trois-Rivieres, Que. 8.8 (8.7)
• Montreal 8.1 (8.0)
• Gatineau, Que. 6.8 (6.3)
• Ottawa 5.6 (5.0)
• Kingston, Ont. 5.8 (6.1)
• Peterborough, Ont. 10.1 (10.9)
• Oshawa, Ont. 7.2 (7.2)
• Toronto 8.3 (7.9)
• Hamilton 6.6 (6.7)
• St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 8.2 (8.3)
• Kitchener, Ont. 6.8 (6.7)
• Brantford, Ont. 8.8 (9.1)
• Guelph, Ont. 4.1 (4.3)
• London, Ont. 9.2 (9.0)
• Windsor, Ont. 10.5 (9.6)
• Barrie, Ont. 11.7 (10.7)
• Sudbury, Ont. 5.8 (6.3)
• Thunder Bay, Ont. 6.9 (6.0)
• Winnipeg 5.8 (6.0)
• Regina 3.8 (4.4)
• Saskatoon 5.4 (5.7)
• Calgary 5.6 (5.9)
• Edmonton 5.4 (5.3)
• Kelowna, B.C. 7.5 (7.3)
• Abbotsford, B.C. 7.9 (8.0)
• Vancouver 6.8 (7.1)
• Victoria 6.1 (6.3)