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Table 4 Beneficiaries receiving regular benefits by census metropolitan areas

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Beneficiaries receiving regular benefits by census metropolitan areas
  June 2009 June 2010p June 2009 to June 2010 June 2009 to June 2010
  Unadjusted for seasonality
  number change in number % change
Newfoundland and Labrador        
St. John's 4,740 4,400 -340 -7.2
Nova Scotia        
Halifax 5,670 5,260 -410 -7.2
New Brunswick        
Saint John 1,960 2,460 500 25.5
Quebec        
Saguenay 3,950 3,540 -410 -10.4
Québec 8,720 8,950 230 2.6
Sherbrooke 3,180 2,310 -870 -27.4
Trois-Rivières 3,170 3,060 -110 -3.5
Montréal 61,990 59,630 -2,360 -3.8
Ottawa–Gatineau, Gatineau part 2,860 2,940 80 2.8
Ontario        
Ottawa–Gatineau, Ottawa part 7,010 7,330 320 4.6
Kingston 1,630 1,660 30 1.8
Oshawa 7,110 5,330 -1,780 -25.0
Toronto 97,430 79,230 -18,200 -18.7
Hamilton 12,530 8,910 -3,620 -28.9
St. Catharines–Niagara 8,950 7,150 -1,800 -20.1
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 10,760 6,790 -3,970 -36.9
London 9,560 6,810 -2,750 -28.8
Windsor 14,390 5,680 -8,710 -60.5
Greater Sudbury 3,560 3,690 130 3.7
Thunder Bay 2,280 1,800 -480 -21.1
Manitoba        
Winnipeg 6,180 6,690 510 8.3
Saskatchewan        
Regina 1,240 1,270 30 2.4
Saskatoon 1,790 2,090 300 16.8
Alberta        
Calgary 19,280 14,630 -4,650 -24.1
Edmonton 16,460 13,600 -2,860 -17.4
British Columbia        
Abbotsford–Mission 3,440 3,460 20 0.6
Vancouver 34,820 33,980 -840 -2.4
Victoria 3,810 3,370 -440 -11.5
preliminary
Note(s):
The number of beneficiaries receiving regular benefits excludes claimants receiving training, job creation and self-employment benefits as well as other employment and support measures benefits.