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
  July 12, 2020 to August 8, 2020
  %
Newfoundland and Labrador  
St. John's 11.6
Newfoundland and Labrador2 20.4
Prince Edward Island3  
Charlottetown 10.2
Prince Edward Island4 14.3
Nova Scotia  
Eastern Nova Scotia 18.5
Western Nova Scotia 12.6
Halifax 11.8
New Brunswick  
Fredericton–Moncton–Saint John 10.5
Madawaska–Charlotte 10.1
Restigouche–Albert 16.8
Quebec  
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 17.7
Québec 12.3
Trois-Rivières 12.8
South Central Quebec 12.3
Sherbrooke 11.6
Montérégie 13.3
Montréal 15.3
Central Quebec 13.6
North Western Quebec 12.1
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 13.7
Hull 10.8
Chicoutimi–Jonquière 12.9
Ontario  
Ottawa 8.5
Eastern Ontario 10.0
Kingston 12.1
Central Ontario 10.1
Oshawa 12.0
Toronto 13.5
Hamilton 12.3
St. Catharines 12.3
London 12.8
Niagara 13.5
Windsor 15.6
Kitchener 12.2
Huron 14.4
South Central Ontario 11.1
Sudbury 9.3
Thunder Bay 11.1
Northern Ontario 14.1
Manitoba  
Winnipeg 11.6
Southern Manitoba 10.3
Northern Manitoba 36.5
Saskatchewan  
Regina 11.1
Saskatoon 14.1
Southern Saskatchewan 12.4
Northern Saskatchewan 22.8
Alberta  
Calgary 15.5
Edmonton 15.8
Northern Alberta 15.5
Southern Alberta 14.4
British Columbia  
Southern Interior British Columbia 12.7
Abbotsford 8.8
Vancouver 12.9
Victoria 11.3
Southern Coastal British Columbia 13.7
Northern British Columbia 14.6
Territories3,5  
Whitehorse 5.9
Yukon6 10.2
Yellowknife 6.7
Northwest Territories7 14.0
Iqaluit 7.9
Nunavut8 20.0
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 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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