Table 12
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program,1 three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
| February 9, 2020 to March 7, 2020 | |
|---|---|
| % | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| St. John's | 7.2 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador2 | 16.0 |
| Prince Edward Island3 | |
| Charlottetown | 5.2 |
| Prince Edward Island4 | 10.2 |
| Nova Scotia | |
| Eastern Nova Scotia | 13.0 |
| Western Nova Scotia | 8.3 |
| Halifax | 6.4 |
| New Brunswick | |
| Fredericton–Moncton–Saint John | 6.5 |
| Madawaska–Charlotte | 7.5 |
| Restigouche–Albert | 11.7 |
| Quebec | |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 14.5 |
| Québec | 4.3 |
| Trois-Rivières | 5.2 |
| South Central Quebec | 3.4 |
| Sherbrooke | 5.0 |
| Montérégie | 4.2 |
| Montréal | 6.1 |
| Central Quebec | 4.7 |
| North Western Quebec | 6.5 |
| Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore | 6.7 |
| Hull | 5.0 |
| Chicoutimi–Jonquière | 6.1 |
| Ontario | |
| Ottawa | 4.2 |
| Eastern Ontario | 4.7 |
| Kingston | 5.7 |
| Central Ontario | 6.8 |
| Oshawa | 6.7 |
| Toronto | 5.5 |
| Hamilton | 4.6 |
| St. Catharines | 5.2 |
| London | 4.9 |
| Niagara | 7.0 |
| Windsor | 8.4 |
| Kitchener | 5.7 |
| Huron | 5.6 |
| South Central Ontario | 4.1 |
| Sudbury | 4.9 |
| Thunder Bay | 5.0 |
| Northern Ontario | 11.0 |
| Manitoba | |
| Winnipeg | 5.3 |
| Southern Manitoba | 6.5 |
| Northern Manitoba | 34.6 |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Regina | 6.6 |
| Saskatoon | 5.8 |
| Southern Saskatchewan | 7.8 |
| Northern Saskatchewan | 19.0 |
| Alberta | |
| Calgary | 7.5 |
| Edmonton | 8.2 |
| Northern Alberta | 10.8 |
| Southern Alberta | 7.0 |
| British Columbia | |
| Southern Interior British Columbia | 6.4 |
| Abbotsford | 5.1 |
| Vancouver | 4.6 |
| Victoria | 4.4 |
| Southern Coastal British Columbia | 7.1 |
| Northern British Columbia | 10.2 |
| Territories3,5 | |
| Whitehorse | 3.3 |
| Yukon6 | 12.5 |
| Yellowknife | 3.9 |
| Northwest Territories7 | 13.8 |
| Iqaluit | 6.1 |
| Nunavut8 | 17.3 |
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 are based on the 2011 Census boundaries.
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0354-01 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0168).
Table note 1
The boundaries of the employment insurance regions are determined by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). For geographic descriptions and maps of these 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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