Table 12
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program,1, 9 three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
| September 10, 2023 to October 7, 2023 | |
|---|---|
| % | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| St. John's | 6.0 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador2 | 12.0 |
| Prince Edward Island3 | |
| Charlottetown | 6.7 |
| Prince Edward Island4 | 9.6 |
| Nova Scotia | |
| Eastern Nova Scotia | 10.7 |
| Western Nova Scotia | 5.6 |
| Halifax | 7.0 |
| New Brunswick | |
| Fredericton–Moncton–Saint John | 5.8 |
| Madawaska–Charlotte | 5.7 |
| Restigouche–Albert | 10.1 |
| Quebec | |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 8.8 |
| Québec | 3.0 |
| Trois-Rivières | 3.9 |
| South Central Quebec | 2.6 |
| Sherbrooke | 3.1 |
| Montérégie | 3.3 |
| Montréal | 5.2 |
| Central Quebec | 4.4 |
| North Western Quebec | 5.3 |
| Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore | 4.5 |
| Hull | 4.4 |
| Chicoutimi–Jonquière | 4.1 |
| Ontario | |
| Ottawa | 4.6 |
| Eastern Ontario | 3.9 |
| Kingston | 3.8 |
| Central Ontario | 5.0 |
| Oshawa | 5.5 |
| Toronto | 6.4 |
| Hamilton | 5.4 |
| St. Catharines | 6.8 |
| London | 5.3 |
| Niagara | 4.9 |
| Windsor | 5.8 |
| Kitchener | 5.8 |
| Huron | 6.0 |
| South Central Ontario | 4.1 |
| Sudbury | 4.6 |
| Thunder Bay | 4.8 |
| Northern Ontario | 7.4 |
| Manitoba | |
| Winnipeg | 5.0 |
| Southern Manitoba | 6.6 |
| Northern Manitoba | 32.0 |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Regina | 5.1 |
| Saskatoon | 5.2 |
| Southern Saskatchewan | 6.5 |
| Northern Saskatchewan | 15.4 |
| Alberta | |
| Calgary | 6.0 |
| Edmonton | 6.0 |
| Northern Alberta | 10.7 |
| Southern Alberta | 7.0 |
| British Columbia | |
| Southern Interior British Columbia | 5.0 |
| Abbotsford | 5.7 |
| Vancouver | 5.9 |
| Victoria | 3.8 |
| Southern Coastal British Columbia | 6.2 |
| Northern British Columbia | 9.0 |
| Territories3,5 | |
| Whitehorse | 4.3 |
| Yukon6 | 9.0 |
| Yellowknife | 2.7 |
| Northwest Territories7 | 13.2 |
| Iqaluit | 7.7 |
| Nunavut8 | 20.3 |
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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