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Table 4 Number of beneficiaries receiving regular benefits by census metropolitan area

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Number of beneficiaries receiving regular benefits by census metropolitan area
  January 2008 January 2009p January 2008 to January 2009 January 2008 to January 2009
  Unadjusted for seasonality
  number change in number % change
Newfoundland and Labrador        
St. John's 5,390 5,710 320 5.9
Nova Scotia        
Halifax 5,100 6,050 950 18.6
New Brunswick        
Saint John 2,240 2,410 170 7.6
Quebec        
Saguenay 6,320 6,480 160 2.5
Québec 13,480 14,940 1,460 10.8
Sherbrooke 3,820 4,750 930 24.3
Trois-Rivières 4,450 4,870 420 9.4
Montréal 64,320 72,480 8,160 12.7
Ottawa–Gatineau, Gatineau part 3,890 4,440 550 14.1
Ontario        
Ottawa–Gatineau, Ottawa part 6,160 6,850 690 11.2
Kingston 1,570 1,820 250 15.9
Oshawa 4,820 5,690 870 18.0
Toronto 53,860 79,900 26,040 48.3
Hamilton 7,000 11,830 4,830 69.0
St. Catharines–Niagara 7,410 10,510 3,100 41.8
Kitchener 5,240 8,910 3,670 70.0
London 5,550 9,450 3,900 70.3
Windsor 5,820 10,570 4,750 81.6
Greater Sudbury 2,530 3,300 770 30.4
Thunder Bay 2,460 2,270 -190 -7.7
Manitoba        
Winnipeg 5,410 7,120 1,710 31.6
Saskatchewan        
Regina 1,290 1,320 30 2.3
Saskatoon 1,640 1,830 190 11.6
Alberta        
Calgary 5,530 8,940 3,410 61.7
Edmonton 5,730 8,530 2,800 48.9
British Columbia        
Abbotsford 2,430 3,580 1,150 47.3
Vancouver 16,790 26,020 9,230 55.0
Victoria 2,040 3,250 1,210 59.3
preliminairy
Note(s):
Number of beneficiaries receiving regular benefits exclude claimants receiving training, job creation and self-employment benefits as well as other employment and support measures benefits.