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Table 1 Unemployment rate by region
2000 2002 2004 2006


%
Canada 6.8 7.7 7.2 6.3
         
Atlantic 11.2 11.4 10.7 9.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 16.7 16.7 15.7 14.8
St. John’s 9.5 9.2 9.0 8.1
Non-CMA areas 21.3 21.4 20.0 19.3
Prince Edward Island 12.1 12.0 11.3 11.0
Nova Scotia 9.1 9.6 8.8 7.9
Halifax 6.3 7.6 6.0 5.0
Non-CMA areas 11.4 11.1 11.0 10.3
New Brunswick 10.0 10.2 9.8 8.8
Saint John 7.3 8.3 7.9 6.1
Non-CMA areas 10.6 10.6 10.1 9.3
         
Quebec 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.0
Saguenay 9.9 11.4 11.0 8.8
Québec 8.1 6.4 5.8 5.2
Trois-Rivières 10.8 10.2 10.7 8.1
Sherbrooke 8.1 7.9 6.9 7.9
Montréal 7.8 8.6 8.7 8.4
Gatineau 6.0 6.8 6.6 5.6
Non-CMA areas 9.7 9.5 9.3 8.6
         
Ontario 5.8 7.1 6.8 6.3
Ottawa 5.6 7.5 6.6 5.1
Kingston 7.0 6.8 6.4 6.2
Greater Sudbury 8.3 9.2 8.2 7.2
Oshawa 5.8 6.8 5.4 6.5
Toronto 5.5 7.4 7.5 6.6
Hamilton 5.1 6.7 6.3 5.9
St. Catharines–Niagara 6.0 7.4 7.4 6.4
London 6.1 7.1 5.9 6.2
Windsor 5.4 8.1 8.7 9.0
Kitchener 5.6 5.7 5.1 5.2
Thunder Bay 6.5 6.6 8.2 7.5
Non-CMA areas 6.2 6.6 5.8 6.0
         
Prairies 5.0 5.3 4.9 3.8
Manitoba 5.0 5.1 5.3 4.3
Winnipeg 5.3 5.3 5.5 4.6
Non-CMA areas 4.3 4.8 5.0 3.8
Saskatchewan 5.1 5.7 5.3 4.7
Regina 4.9 5.5 5.0 4.9
Saskatoon 5.6 6.1 6.2 4.4
Non-CMA areas 5.0 5.5 5.1 4.7
Alberta 5.0 5.3 4.6 3.4
Calgary 4.5 5.7 5.0 3.2
Edmonton 5.6 5.2 4.8 3.9
Non-CMA areas 4.9 4.9 4.1 3.3
         
British Columbia 7.1 8.5 7.2 4.8
Abbotsford 7.5 7.5 6.4 4.5
Vancouver 5.8 7.7 6.7 4.4
Victoria 6.7 7.0 5.3 3.7
Non-CMA areas 9.2 10.2 8.3 5.6

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2000 to 2006