Table 12
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program,1 three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
March 8, 2020 to April 11, 2020 | |
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% | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |
St. John's | 8.0 |
Newfoundland and Labrador2 | 15.7 |
Prince Edward Island3 | |
Charlottetown | 5.4 |
Prince Edward Island4 | 10.2 |
Nova Scotia | |
Eastern Nova Scotia | 13.1 |
Western Nova Scotia | 8.0 |
Halifax | 6.6 |
New Brunswick | |
Fredericton–Moncton–Saint John | 6.3 |
Madawaska–Charlotte | 7.2 |
Restigouche–Albert | 11.2 |
Quebec | |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 14.6 |
Québec | 4.3 |
Trois-Rivières | 4.7 |
South Central Quebec | 3.7 |
Sherbrooke | 5.0 |
Montérégie | 4.2 |
Montréal | 5.6 |
Central Quebec | 3.9 |
North Western Quebec | 6.0 |
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore | 6.7 |
Hull | 5.0 |
Chicoutimi–Jonquière | 5.8 |
Ontario | |
Ottawa | 4.3 |
Eastern Ontario | 4.8 |
Kingston | 5.4 |
Central Ontario | 6.9 |
Oshawa | 7.1 |
Toronto | 5.4 |
Hamilton | 4.8 |
St. Catharines | 5.4 |
London | 4.8 |
Niagara | 7.4 |
Windsor | 8.6 |
Kitchener | 5.6 |
Huron | 5.7 |
South Central Ontario | 4.1 |
Sudbury | 5.2 |
Thunder Bay | 5.1 |
Northern Ontario | 10.4 |
Manitoba | |
Winnipeg | 5.0 |
Southern Manitoba | 6.7 |
Northern Manitoba | 35.1 |
Saskatchewan | |
Regina | 6.6 |
Saskatoon | 6.5 |
Southern Saskatchewan | 8.0 |
Northern Saskatchewan | 18.6 |
Alberta | |
Calgary | 7.6 |
Edmonton | 7.9 |
Northern Alberta | 11.1 |
Southern Alberta | 7.3 |
British Columbia | |
Southern Interior British Columbia | 6.8 |
Abbotsford | 4.8 |
Vancouver | 4.5 |
Victoria | 4.3 |
Southern Coastal British Columbia | 7.6 |
Northern British Columbia | 10.1 |
Territories3,5 | |
Whitehorse | 3.0 |
Yukon6 | 12.0 |
Yellowknife | 4.2 |
Northwest Territories7 | 14.0 |
Iqaluit | 6.5 |
Nunavut8 | 17.0 |
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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