Table 12 
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program,1, 9 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
  December 3, 2023 to January 6, 2024
  %
Newfoundland and Labrador  
St. John's 6.5
Newfoundland and Labrador2 13.7
Prince Edward Island3  
Charlottetown 5.1
Prince Edward Island4 9.4
Nova Scotia  
Eastern Nova Scotia 13.5
Western Nova Scotia 6.3
Halifax 5.6
New Brunswick  
Fredericton–Moncton–Saint John 5.7
Madawaska–Charlotte 6.5
Restigouche–Albert 9.6
Quebec  
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 9.4
Québec 2.6
Trois-Rivières 4.5
South Central Quebec 2.1
Sherbrooke 4.6
Montérégie 3.0
Montréal 5.9
Central Quebec 4.7
North Western Quebec 6.3
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 4.7
Hull 4.2
Chicoutimi–Jonquière 2.9
Ontario  
Ottawa 5.0
Eastern Ontario 5.2
Kingston 5.7
Central Ontario 4.7
Oshawa 7.3
Toronto 6.7
Hamilton 5.4
St. Catharines 7.4
London 6.2
Niagara 3.4
Windsor 7.2
Kitchener 6.3
Huron 8.7
South Central Ontario 4.5
Sudbury 5.9
Thunder Bay 4.7
Northern Ontario 8.0
Manitoba  
Winnipeg 4.6
Southern Manitoba 7.6
Northern Manitoba 31.8
Saskatchewan  
Regina 5.0
Saskatoon 5.6
Southern Saskatchewan 6.5
Northern Saskatchewan 13.7
Alberta  
Calgary 5.9
Edmonton 6.4
Northern Alberta 11.2
Southern Alberta 5.9
British Columbia  
Southern Interior British Columbia 4.8
Abbotsford 4.5
Vancouver 5.8
Victoria 4.4
Southern Coastal British Columbia 5.2
Northern British Columbia 8.2
Territories3,5  
Whitehorse 3.5
Yukon6 6.2
Yellowknife 2.2
Northwest Territories7 10.9
Iqaluit 6.8
Nunavut8 15.8
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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