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Table 4 Beneficiaries receiving regular benefits by census metropolitan areas1

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Beneficiaries receiving regular benefits by census metropolitan areas1
  August 2009 August 2010p August 2009 to August 2010 August 2009 to August 2010
  Unadjusted for seasonality
  number change in number % change
Newfoundland and Labrador        
St. John's 5,440 5,130 -310 -5.7
Nova Scotia        
Halifax 6,850 6,340 -510 -7.4
New Brunswick        
Saint John 2,700 3,230 530 19.6
Quebec        
Saguenay 4,660 4,100 -560 -12.0
Québec 12,280 12,880 600 4.9
Sherbrooke 3,860 3,250 -610 -15.8
Trois-Rivières 4,120 4,080 -40 -1.0
Montréal 80,360 75,250 -5,110 -6.4
Ottawa–Gatineau, Gatineau part 4,180 4,330 150 3.6
Ontario        
Ottawa–Gatineau, Ottawa part 10,090 10,300 210 2.1
Kingston 2,270 2,290 20 0.9
Oshawa 8,300 6,810 -1,490 -18.0
Toronto 111,970 91,880 -20,090 -17.9
Hamilton 14,380 11,620 -2,760 -19.2
St. Catharines–Niagara 10,440 8,810 -1,630 -15.6
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 11,580 8,180 -3,400 -29.4
London 10,130 8,280 -1,850 -18.3
Windsor 9,490 6,820 -2,670 -28.1
Greater Sudbury 4,960 3,590 -1,370 -27.6
Thunder Bay 2,760 2,310 -450 -16.3
Manitoba        
Winnipeg 10,720 10,800 80 0.7
Saskatchewan        
Regina 1,950 1,880 -70 -3.6
Saskatoon 3,020 3,220 200 6.6
Alberta        
Calgary 22,130 15,700 -6,430 -29.1
Edmonton 19,330 15,860 -3,470 -18.0
British Columbia        
Abbotsford–Mission 3,340 3,140 -200 -6.0
Vancouver 39,150 36,310 -2,840 -7.3
Victoria 4,530 4,020 -510 -11.3
preliminary
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Note(s):
The number of beneficiaries receiving regular benefits excludes claimants receiving training, job creation and self-employment benefits as well as other employment and support measures benefits.