Table 12
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program,1, 9 three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
November 7, 2021 to December 4, 2021 | |
---|---|
% | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |
St. John's | 6.2 |
Newfoundland and Labrador2 | 18.6 |
Prince Edward Island3 | |
Charlottetown | 7.1 |
Prince Edward Island4 | 13.0 |
Nova Scotia | |
Eastern Nova Scotia | 13.1 |
Western Nova Scotia | 8.8 |
Halifax | 6.6 |
New Brunswick | |
Fredericton–Moncton–Saint John | 7.6 |
Madawaska–Charlotte | 8.5 |
Restigouche–Albert | 13.7 |
Quebec | |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 12.5 |
Québec | 3.8 |
Trois-Rivières | 4.7 |
South Central Quebec | 3.1 |
Sherbrooke | 4.6 |
Montérégie | 5.2 |
Montréal | 6.6 |
Central Quebec | 5.4 |
North Western Quebec | 7.4 |
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore | 6.8 |
Hull | 3.9 |
Chicoutimi–Jonquière | 4.8 |
Ontario | |
Ottawa | 5.6 |
Eastern Ontario | 7.0 |
Kingston | 7.3 |
Central Ontario | 6.6 |
Oshawa | 7.6 |
Toronto | 8.5 |
Hamilton | 6.2 |
St. Catharines | 7.8 |
London | 7.1 |
Niagara | 7.2 |
Windsor | 9.3 |
Kitchener | 6.5 |
Huron | 7.7 |
South Central Ontario | 5.4 |
Sudbury | 6.8 |
Thunder Bay | 6.7 |
Northern Ontario | 8.8 |
Manitoba | |
Winnipeg | 6.3 |
Southern Manitoba | 6.5 |
Northern Manitoba | 30.4 |
Saskatchewan | |
Regina | 6.5 |
Saskatoon | 7.3 |
Southern Saskatchewan | 8.7 |
Northern Saskatchewan | 16.1 |
Alberta | |
Calgary | 8.2 |
Edmonton | 8.3 |
Northern Alberta | 12.9 |
Southern Alberta | 8.7 |
British Columbia | |
Southern Interior British Columbia | 5.6 |
Abbotsford | 7.4 |
Vancouver | 6.5 |
Victoria | 5.0 |
Southern Coastal British Columbia | 6.7 |
Northern British Columbia | 9.0 |
Territories3,5 | |
Whitehorse | 5.6 |
Yukon6 | 7.0 |
Yellowknife | 4.8 |
Northwest Territories7 | 5.7 |
Iqaluit | 8.3 |
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.
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.
Table note 9
From August 9, 2020 to September 25, 2021, Employment and Social Development Canada applied a minimum unemployment rate of 13.1% for Employment Insurance (EI) economic regions with an unemployment rate lower than 13.1%; regions with a higher unemployment rate kept their actual rate. The unemployment rates for the relevant effective periods reflect this change.
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