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
  June 7, 2020 to July 11, 2020
  %
Newfoundland and Labrador  
St. John's 10.5
Newfoundland and Labrador2 18.3
Prince Edward Island3  
Charlottetown 9.1
Prince Edward Island4 12.3
Nova Scotia  
Eastern Nova Scotia 17.1
Western Nova Scotia 11.4
Halifax 10.6
New Brunswick  
Fredericton–Moncton–Saint John 10.1
Madawaska–Charlotte 9.9
Restigouche–Albert 16.1
Quebec  
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 17.6
Québec 12.2
Trois-Rivières 13.0
South Central Quebec 10.3
Sherbrooke 10.9
Montérégie 11.9
Montréal 14.2
Central Quebec 12.4
North Western Quebec 12.3
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 12.4
Hull 10.5
Chicoutimi–Jonquière 13.5
Ontario  
Ottawa 7.5
Eastern Ontario 8.7
Kingston 10.9
Central Ontario 9.9
Oshawa 10.1
Toronto 11.2
Hamilton 10.6
St. Catharines 12.2
London 11.5
Niagara 12.5
Windsor 16.4
Kitchener 10.4
Huron 12.7
South Central Ontario 9.5
Sudbury 8.5
Thunder Bay 10.4
Northern Ontario 13.4
Manitoba  
Winnipeg 10.3
Southern Manitoba 9.5
Northern Manitoba 36.3
Saskatchewan  
Regina 10.5
Saskatoon 12.4
Southern Saskatchewan 11.0
Northern Saskatchewan 21.5
Alberta  
Calgary 13.5
Edmonton 13.6
Northern Alberta 13.7
Southern Alberta 12.0
British Columbia  
Southern Interior British Columbia 11.0
Abbotsford 7.4
Vancouver 10.8
Victoria 10.6
Southern Coastal British Columbia 12.3
Northern British Columbia 13.8
Territories3,5  
Whitehorse 4.3
Yukon6 8.0
Yellowknife 5.3
Northwest Territories7 13.1
Iqaluit 7.1
Nunavut8 22.2
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 employment insurance regions are determined by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). For geographic descriptions and maps of these regions, see the ESDC website.

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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