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Unemployment rate, 15 years and over, Canada, provinces, health regions and peer groups, 2002-2003

Unemployment rate                                       2002 2003
%
00 Canada 7.7 7.6
10 Newfoundland and Labrador 16.9 16.7
1001-A HCS St. John's Region, NL 9.5 10.1
1002-I HCS Eastern Region, NL 25.1 23.3
1003-I HCS Central Region, NL 21.4 22.4
1004-I HCS Western Region, NL 19.9 19.1
1005-I Grenfell Regional Health Services Board, NL 20.8 20.8
1006-H Health Labrador Corporation, NL 13.4 11.3
11 Prince Edward Island 12.1 11.1
1101-I West Prince, PE 19.6 19.2
1102-C East Prince, PE 11.4 11.3
1103-A Queens, PE 9.2 8.5
1104-D Kings, PE 18.5 15.3
12 Nova Scotia 9.7 9.3
1201-C Zone 1, NS 11.0 10.7
1202-C Zone 2, NS 7.7 9.0
1203-C Zone 3, NS 8.9 8.5
1204-C Zone 4, NS 13.2 12.9
1205-I Zone 5, NS 15.8 15.8
1206-A Zone 6, NS 7.6 6.8
13 New Brunswick 10.4 10.6
1301-C Region 1, NB 9.1 8.6
1302-C Region 2, NB 8.8 9.6
1303-C Region 3, NB 8.6 8.9
1304-C Region 4, NB 9.1 9.2
1305-I Region 5, NB 13.8 14.8
1306-I Region 6, NB 18.0 17.3
1307-I Region 7, NB 14.5 16.7
24 Québec 8.6 9.1
2401-C Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent, QC 10.7 10.1
2402-C Région du Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean, QC 12.0 11.7
2403-A Région de Québec, QC 6.5 7.2
2404-C Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec, QC 9.6 9.7
2405-C Région de l'Estrie, QC 7.8 7.5
2406-G Région de Montréal-Centre, QC 9.7 11.5
2407-A Région de l'Outaouais, QC 7.9 7.7
2408-C Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue, QC 10.8 10.0
2409-H Région de la Côte-Nord, QC 12.0 15.6
2410-H Région du Nord-du-Québec, QC x x
2411-I Région de la Gaspésie - Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC 21.1 17.6
2412-E Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches, QC 6.5 6.1
2413-A Région de Laval, QC 8.5 8.8
2414-E Région de Lanaudière, QC 7.6 8.7
2415-E Région des Laurentides, QC 8.2 7.1
2416-A Région de la Montérégie, QC 7.1 7.6
2417-F Région du Nunavik, QC x x
35 Ontario by District Health Council (DHC) 7.1 7.0
3501 Champlain DHC, ON 7.3 7.0
3502 Southeastern Ontario DHC, ON 7.7 6.3
3503 Durham-Haliburton-Kawartha and Pine Ridge DHC, ON 6.0 5.5
3504 Toronto DHC, ON 8.4 8.7
3505 Simcoe York DHC, ON 5.8 6.1
3506 Halton-Peel DHC, ON 6.7 6.8
3507 Waterloo Region-Wellington-Dufferin DHC, ON 5.1 5.4
3508 Hamilton DHC, ON 7.6 6.8
3509 Niagara DHC, ON 7.0 6.4
3510 Grand River DHC, ON 7.9 6.8
3511 Thames Valley DHC, ON 7.1 6.6
3512 Essex-Kent and Lambton DHC, ON 7.5 7.2
3513 Grey Bruce Huron Perth DHC, ON 4.6 5.8
3514 Northern Shores DHC, ON 8.2 7.2
3515 Algoma-Cochrane-Manitoulin and Sudbury DHC, ON 8.8 8.0
3516 Northwestern Ontario DHC, ON 6.3 5.9
35 Ontario by Health Unit (HU) 7.1 7.0
3526-C District of Algoma HU, ON 8.9 8.4
3527-A Brant County HU, ON 6.9 6.2
3530-B Durham Regional HU, ON 5.8 5.8
3531-E Elgin-St Thomas HU, ON 6.3 6.5
3533-E Grey Bruce HU, ON 4.3 6.5
3534-E Haldimand-Norfolk HU, ON 8.8 7.3
3535-E Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District HU, ON 5.8 5.2
3536-B Halton Regional HU, ON 4.9 4.5
3537-A City of Hamilton HU, ON 7.6 6.8
3538-A Hastings and Prince Edward Counties HU, ON 8.3 5.7
3539-E Huron County HU, ON x x
3540-A Chatham-Kent HU, ON 7.8 7.4
3541-A Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington HU, ON 6.7 6.1
3542-A Lambton HU, ON 5.9 6.4
3543-E Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District HU, ON 8.2 7.0
3544-A Middlesex-London HU, ON 7.1 6.8
3545-E Muskoka-Parry Sound HU, ON 6.7 6.1
3546-A Niagara Regional Area HU, ON 7.0 6.4
3547-C North Bay and District HU, ON 9.4 7.6
3549-H Northwestern HU, ON 5.8 5.5
3551-B City of Ottawa HU, ON 7.5 6.9
3552-E Oxford County HU, ON 7.7 5.8
3553-B Peel Regional HU, ON 7.3 7.4
3554-E Perth District HU, ON 4.7 4.8
3555-A Peterborough County-City HU, ON 7.4 4.4
3556-H Porcupine HU, ON 8.3 7.1
3557-E Renfrew County and District HU, ON 7.8 8.3
3558-E Eastern Ontario HU, ON 6.0 6.8
3560-E Simcoe County District HU, ON 6.6 5.8
3561-C Sudbury and District HU, ON 8.9 8.3
3562-C Thunder Bay District HU, ON 6.4 6.1
3563-C Timiskaming HU, ON 8.4 8.5
3565-B Waterloo HU, ON 5.6 5.8
3566-B Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph HU, ON 4.2 4.5
3568-B Windsor-Essex County HU, ON 7.9 7.4
3570-B York Regional HU, ON 5.4 6.2
3595-G City of Toronto HU, ON 8.4 8.7
46 Manitoba 5.2 5.0
4610-A Winnipeg RHA, MB 5.4 5.3
4615-A Brandon RHA, MB 3.7 4.7
4620-E North Eastman RHA, MB 5.1 4.8
4625-E South Eastman RHA, MB 5.1 4.2
4630-E Interlake RHA, MB 5.5 5.1
4640-D Central RHA, MB 3.6 3.5
4645-D Assiniboine RHA, MB 3.9 3.0
4660-D Parkland RHA, MB 8.2 5.9
4670-H Norman RHA, MB 5.6 5.8
4685-F Burntwood/Churchill, MB 5.7 8.3
47 Saskatchewan 5.7 5.6
4701-D Sun Country RHA, SK 4.0 4.2
4702-D Five Hills RHA, SK 4.9 6.8
4703-D Cypress RHA, SK 3.3 2.8
4704-A Regina Qu'Appelle RHA, SK 5.3 5.5
4705-D Sunrise RHA, SK 5.7 5.6
4706-A Saskatoon RHA, SK 5.8 5.5
4707-D Heartland RHA, SK 4.4 3.5
4708-D Kelsey Trail RHA, SK 9.1 7.8
4709-C Prince Albert Parkland RHA, SK 8.3 7.9
4710-H Prairie North RHA, SK 5.5 4.7
4714-F Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca, SK 11.7 13.9
48 Alberta 5.3 5.1
4820-E Chinook RHA, AB 6.1 4.3
4821-E Palliser HR, AB 4.1 4.1
4822-B Calgary HR, AB 5.6 5.3
4823-E David Thompson RHA, AB 5.4 5.3
4824-E East Central Health, AB 3.2 4.6
4825-B Capital Health, AB 5.1 5.1
4826-E Aspen RHA, AB 5.3 5.4
4827-E Peace Country Health, AB 5.5 6.3
4828-H Northern Lights HR, AB 5.0 4.7
59 British Columbia 8.5 8.1
5911-E East Kootenay HSDA, BC 8.5 9.3
5912-C Kootenay-Boundary HSDA, BC 11.3 12.7
5913-A Okanagan HSDA, BC 8.8 8.8
5914-C Thompson/Cariboo HSDA, BC 10.0 9.3
5921-A Fraser East HSDA, BC 8.4 7.7
5922-B Fraser North HSDA, BC 8.0 8.0
5923-B Fraser South HSDA, BC 7.4 6.7
5931-B Richmond HSDA, BC 9.3 8.2
5932-G Vancouver HSDA, BC 8.1 7.2
5933-B North Shore/Coast Garibaldi HSDA, BC 6.4 7.6
5941-A South Vancouver Island HSDA, BC 7.0 6.1
5942-A Central Vancouver Island HSDA, BC 9.1 9.9
5943-C North Vancouver Island HSDA, BC 12.7 12.8
5951-H Northwest HSDA, BC 12.5 12.5
5952-H Northern Interior HSDA, BC 13.7 10.4
5953-H Northeast HSDA, BC 9.0 6.7
A Peer group A 7.2 7.0
B Peer group B 6.4 6.3
C Peer group C 9.6 9.4
D Peer group D 5.4 5.0
E Peer group E 6.5 6.3
F Peer group F ... ...
G Peer group G 8.8 9.5
H Peer group H 9.7 8.7
I Peer group I 19.7 19.0
1. Data source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, special tabulations
2. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force. The unemployment rate for a particular group (age, sex, marital status, etc.) is the number unemployed in that group expressed as a percentage of the labour force for that group.
3. The labour force consists of people who are currently employed and people who are unemployed but were available to work in the reference week and had looked for work in the past 4 weeks.
4. Reference week refers to a one-week period (from Sunday to Saturday) that usually includes the 15th day of the month.
5. The Labour Force Survey excludes residents of Indian Reserves, the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, inmates of institutions and full-time members of the Armed Forces.
6. Labour Force Survey exclusions account for less than 2% of the population aged 15 and over.
7. "Health regions" are defined by the provincial ministries of health. These are legislated administrative areas in all provinces except Nova Scotia. In Nova Scotia, the Ministry of Health uses statistical "zones" rather than its legislated administrative areas; the zones are aggregations of the nine district health authorities.
8. The health regions presented in this table are based on boundaries and names in effect as of June 2003.
9. A "peer group" is a grouping of health regions that have similar social and economic characteristics. The nine peer groups are identified by the letters A through I, which are appended to the health region 4-digit code.
10. In Ontario, Public health units (PHU) administer health promotion and disease prevention programs, and District health councils (DHC) are advisory, health planning organizations.
11. In Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, health regions are referred to as Health Authorities (HA) or Regional Health Authorities (RHA).
12. The following standard symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications: (..) for figures not available for a specific reference period and (...) for figures not applicable.
13. Data where the province-specific minimum sample size was not met were suppressed (x) due to confidentiality.
14. CANSIM table number 01095204.