Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for May, by Canadian city
Posted June 8, 2018 8:44 am.
Last Updated June 8, 2018 9:20 am.
This article is more than 5 years old.
OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in May. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. Here are the jobless rates last month by city (previous month in brackets):
— St. John’s, N.L. 8.7 per cent (8.6)
— Halifax 5.7 (5.6)
— Moncton, N.B. 6.0 (5.7)
— Saint John, N.B. 6.6 (6.5)
— Saguenay, Que. 6.1 (5.8)
— Quebec 3.9 (3.7)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 5.0 (5.5)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 5.2 (5.5)
— Montreal 6.0 (6.1)
— Gatineau, Que. 5.1 (4.8)
— Ottawa 4.1 (4.2)
— Kingston, Ont. 5.2 (4.9)
— Peterborough, Ont. 2.7 (3.8)
— Oshawa, Ont. 4.5 (4.4)
— Toronto 6.2 (5.9)
— Hamilton, Ont. 4.8 (5.3)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 6.3 (5.8)
— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.7 (5.4)
— Brantford, Ont. 7.5 (7.2)
— Guelph, Ont. 4.1 (4.8)
— London, Ont. 5.3 (5.7)
— Windsor, Ont. 5.9 (5.5)
— Barrie, Ont. 7.4 (8.4)
— Sudbury, Ont. 7.0 (7.2)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.0 (5.1)
— Winnipeg 6.7 (6.5)
— Regina 6.3 (5.7)
— Saskatoon 6.8 (6.7)
— Calgary 7.7 (8.0)
— Edmonton 6.5 (6.6)
— Kelowna, B.C. 5.0 (4.8)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 4.6 (4.4)
— Vancouver 4.1 (4.1)
— Victoria 3.9 (4.2)