Table 12 
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program,1 three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted 

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Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
  August 12, 2018 to September 8, 2018
  %
Newfoundland and Labrador  
St. John's 8.9
Newfoundland and Labrador2 19.7
Prince Edwarad Island3  
Charlottetown 7.1
Prince Edward Island4 11.7
Nova Scotia  
Eastern Nova Scotia 14.8
Western Nova Scotia 7.6
Halifax 6.4
New Brunswick  
Fredericton–Moncton–Saint John 6.1
Madawaska–Charlotte 8.5
Restigouche–Albert 10.8
Quebec  
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 14.4
Québec 4.0
Trois-Rivières 4.9
South Central Quebec 2.5
Sherbrooke 4.2
Montérégie 3.8
Montréal 6.3
Central Quebec 5.8
North Western Quebec 6.6
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 6.5
Hull 4.8
Chicoutimi–Jonquière 6.8
Ontario  
Ottawa 4.4
Eastern Ontario 5.4
Kingston 5.9
Central Ontario 6.4
Oshawa 4.3
Toronto 6.1
Hamilton 4.5
St. Catharines 7.0
London 5.6
Niagara 7.5
Windsor 6.3
Kitchener 5.5
Huron 5.3
South Central Ontario 4.7
Sudbury 6.5
Thunder Bay 4.5
Northern Ontario 11.0
Manitoba  
Winnipeg 6.7
Southern Manitoba 6.5
Northern Manitoba 32.5
Saskatchewan  
Regina 6.0
Saskatoon 7.1
Southern Saskatchewan 7.5
Northern Saskatchewan 19.9
Alberta  
Calgary 7.7
Edmonton 6.5
Northern Alberta 10.9
Southern Alberta 6.5
British Columbia  
Southern Interior British Columbia 8.0
Abbotsford 4.9
Vancouver 4.5
Victoria 5.1
Southern Coastal British Columbia 6.4
Northern British Columbia 9.8
Territories3,5  
Whitehorse 2.4
Yukon6 7.7
Yellowknife 3.9
Northwest Territories7 12.8
Iqaluit 5.5
Nunavut8 18.9
Note(s):
All regions are based on the 1996 Census boundaries, with the exception of those in Prince Edward Island and in the territories, which respect the 2011 Census boundaries.
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0354-01 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0168).

Table note 1

The boundaries of these regions are determined by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). For geographic descriptions and maps of employment insurance regions, see the ESDC website: http://srv129.services.gc.ca/eiregions/en/geocont.aspx.

Table note 2

This region excludes St. John's.

Table note 3

Prince Edward Island as well as the territories are each comprised of two regions effective October 12, 2014.

Table note 4

This region excludes Charlottetown.

Table note 5

The monthly regional unemployment rate for EI purposes in the territories is subject to the highest between the seasonally adjusted three-month moving average and twelve-month moving average.

Table note 6

This region excludes Whitehorse.

Table note 7

This region excludes Yellowknife.

Table note 8

This region excludes Iqaluit.
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