Table 12
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program,1, 9 three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
June 12, 2022 to July 9, 2022 | |
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% | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |
St. John's | 6.9 |
Newfoundland and Labrador2 | 14.9 |
Prince Edward Island3 | |
Charlottetown | 7.3 |
Prince Edward Island4 | 8.7 |
Nova Scotia | |
Eastern Nova Scotia | 13.6 |
Western Nova Scotia | 6.5 |
Halifax | 4.7 |
New Brunswick | |
Fredericton–Moncton–Saint John | 6.1 |
Madawaska–Charlotte | 6.9 |
Restigouche–Albert | 11.1 |
Quebec | |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 9.7 |
Québec | 2.7 |
Trois-Rivières | 2.9 |
South Central Quebec | 2.7 |
Sherbrooke | 3.3 |
Montérégie | 4.2 |
Montréal | 4.8 |
Central Quebec | 3.8 |
North Western Quebec | 5.3 |
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore | 4.7 |
Hull | 2.5 |
Chicoutimi–Jonquière | 4.0 |
Ontario | |
Ottawa | 4.8 |
Eastern Ontario | 3.7 |
Kingston | 6.2 |
Central Ontario | 3.9 |
Oshawa | 4.8 |
Toronto | 6.3 |
Hamilton | 5.1 |
St. Catharines | 5.4 |
London | 5.1 |
Niagara | 4.0 |
Windsor | 5.4 |
Kitchener | 5.0 |
Huron | 4.8 |
South Central Ontario | 4.5 |
Sudbury | 4.0 |
Thunder Bay | 4.5 |
Northern Ontario | 7.0 |
Manitoba | |
Winnipeg | 5.5 |
Southern Manitoba | 5.8 |
Northern Manitoba | 29.7 |
Saskatchewan | |
Regina | 5.5 |
Saskatoon | 4.7 |
Southern Saskatchewan | 6.9 |
Northern Saskatchewan | 17.0 |
Alberta | |
Calgary | 6.8 |
Edmonton | 6.3 |
Northern Alberta | 11.4 |
Southern Alberta | 6.1 |
British Columbia | |
Southern Interior British Columbia | 6.1 |
Abbotsford | 5.0 |
Vancouver | 5.2 |
Victoria | 4.5 |
Southern Coastal British Columbia | 5.0 |
Northern British Columbia | 6.6 |
Territories3,5 | |
Whitehorse | 5.1 |
Yukon6 | 9.7 |
Yellowknife | 5.3 |
Northwest Territories7 | 7.4 |
Iqaluit | 6.2 |
Nunavut8 | 17.5 |
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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