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Table 2 Areas ranked by unemployment rate
2000 2002 2004 2006 2000 to 2006
Rank
change
Calgary 2 7 3 1 1
Non-CMA Alberta 3 2 1 2 1
Victoria 22 17 8 3 19
Non-CMA Manitoba 1 1 3 4 -3
Edmonton 10 3 2 5 5
Saskatoon 10 9 15 6 4
Vancouver 14 24 21 6 8
Abbotsford 25 21 17 8 17
Winnipeg 7 4 10 9 -2
Non-CMA Saskatchewan 5 5 6 10 -5
Regina 3 5 3 11 -8
Halifax 20 23 14 12 8
Ottawa 10 21 19 13 -3
Québec 27 10 11 14 13
Kitchener 10 7 6 14 -4
Gatineau 16 14 19 16 0
Non-CMA British Columbia 30 32 28 16 14
Hamilton 6 13 16 18 -12
Non-CMA Ontario 19 11 11 19 0
Saint John 24 27 25 20 4
Kingston 23 14 17 21 2
London 18 18 13 21 -3
St. Catharines–Niagara 16 19 23 23 -7
Oshawa 14 14 9 24 -10
Toronto 9 19 24 25 -16
Greater Sudbury 29 29 26 26 3
Thunder Bay 21 11 26 27 -6
Sherbrooke 27 25 22 28 -1
St. John’s 31 29 31 29 2
Trois-Rivières 35 32 34 29 6
Montréal 26 28 29 31 -5
Non-CMA Quebec 32 31 32 32 0
Saguenay 33 36 35 33 0
Windsor 8 26 29 34 -26
Non-CMA New Brunswick 34 34 33 35 -1
Non-CMA Nova Scotia 36 35 35 36 0
Prince Edward Island 37 37 37 37 0
Non-CMA Newfoundland and Labrador 38 38 38 38 0
Note: Area with the lowest unemployment rate is ranked number 1.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2000 to 2006