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By province

Canada's national unemployment rate was 8.3 per cent in January. Here's what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):

  • Newfoundland 14.9 (15.2)
  • Prince Edward Island 9.9 (10.8)
  • Nova Scotia 9.8 (9.6)
  • New Brunswick 9.3 (8.9)
  • Quebec 8.0 (8.4)
  • Ontario 9.2 (9.2)
  • Manitoba 5.4 (5.8)
  • Saskatchewan 4.7 (4.8)
  • Alberta 6.6 (6.6)
  • British Columbia 8.1 (8.3)

By city

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. 8.6 (9.0)
  • Halifax 6.5 (6.6)
  • Saint John, N.B. 8.1 (6.7)
  • Saguenay, Que. 8.0 (7.3)
  • Quebec 4.5 (4.9)
  • Trois-Rivieres, Que. 9.6 (9.5)
  • Sherbrooke, Que. 6.1 (5.5)
  • Montreal 9.1 (9.1)
  • Gatineau, Que. 6.0 (5.9)
  • Ottawa 6.2 (6.0)
  • Kingston, Ont. 5.9 (6.0)
  • Toronto 9.4 (9.4)
  • Hamilton 8.9 (8.5)
  • Kitchener, Ont. 9.9 (9.3)
  • London, Ont. 8.7 (8.8)
  • Oshawa, Ont. 10.4 (9.9)
  • St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 11.2 (11.0)
  • Sudbury, Ont. 10.4 (10.4)
  • Thunder Bay, Ont. 7.6 (8.1)
  • Windsor, Ont. 12.8 (12.7)
  • Winnipeg 5.5 (5.6)
  • Regina 4.8 (4.9)
  • Saskatoon 4.8 (4.7)
  • Calgary 7.2 (7.2)
  • Edmonton 6.9 (7.6)
  • Abbotsford, B.C. 7.3 (7.3)
  • Vancouver 7.8 (7.7)
  • Victoria 7.6 (7.5)


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