Table 8
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment
Insurance program1, seasonally adjusted, 3 month
moving average
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Region | Effective from May 10, 2015 to June 6, 2015 |
---|---|
percent | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |
01. St. John's | 6.3 |
02. Newfoundland and Labrador 2 | 18.0 |
Prince Edward Island 3 | |
65. Charlottetown | 8.0 |
66. Prince Edward Island 4 | 12.7 |
Nova Scotia | |
04. Eastern Nova Scotia | 15.1 |
05. Western Nova Scotia | 10.3 |
06. Halifax | 6.4 |
New Brunswick | |
07. Fredericton—Moncton—Saint John | 7.2 |
08. Madawaska—Charlotte | 10.6 |
09. Restigouche—Albert | 16.4 |
Quebec | |
10. Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 17.7 |
11. Québec | 5.0 |
12. Trois-Rivières | 6.4 |
13. South Central Quebec | 4.5 |
14. Sherbrooke | 6.5 |
15. Montérégie | 6.7 |
16. Montréal | 7.9 |
17. Central Quebec | 8.0 |
18. North Western Quebec | 10.0 |
19. Bas-Saint-Laurent—Côte-Nord | 9.4 |
20. Hull | 8.0 |
21. Chicoutimi—Jonquière | 7.7 |
Ontario | |
22. Ottawa | 6.6 |
23. Eastern Ontario | 8.5 |
24. Kingston | 6.9 |
25. Central Ontario | 8.0 |
26. Oshawa | 7.6 |
27. Toronto | 7.1 |
28. Hamilton | 5.0 |
29. St. Catharines | 6.4 |
30. London | 6.4 |
31. Niagara | 8.2 |
32. Windsor | 11.7 |
33. Kitchener | 6.1 |
34. Huron | 6.3 |
35. South Central Ontario | 4.8 |
36. Sudbury | 6.5 |
37. Thunder Bay | 4.7 |
38. Northern Ontario | 12.5 |
Manitoba | |
39. Winnipeg | 6.0 |
40. Southern Manitoba | 5.8 |
41. Northern Manitoba | 30.5 |
Saskatchewan | |
42. Regina | 4.3 |
43. Saskatoon | 5.1 |
44. Southern Saskatchewan | 5.5 |
45. Northern Saskatchewan | 17.5 |
Alberta | |
46. Calgary | 5.5 |
47. Edmonton | 5.8 |
48. Northern Alberta | 10.1 |
49. Southern Alberta | 5.9 |
British Columbia | |
50. Southern Interior British Columbia | 7.7 |
51. Abbotsford | 5.9 |
52. Vancouver | 6.1 |
53. Victoria | 6.8 |
54. Southern Coastal British Columbia | 6.9 |
55. Northern British Columbia | 9.3 |
Territories 3 , 5 | |
59. Whitehorse | 6.7 |
60. Yukon 6 | 9.1 |
61. Yellowknife | 3.2 |
62. Northwest Territories 7 | 13.4 |
63. Iqaluit | 4.8 |
64. Nunavut 8 | 17.6 |
The boundaries of these regions are determined
by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). For geographic descriptions
and maps of employment insurance regions, see the ESDC website: http://srv129.services.gc.ca/eiregions/en/geocont.aspx.
This region excludes St. John's.
Prince Edward Island as well as the territories
are each comprised of two regions effective October 12, 2014.
This region excludes Charlottetown.
The monthly regional unemployment rates for
EI purposes in the territories are subject to the greater of a seasonally
adjusted 3 month moving average or 12 month moving average.
This region excludes Whitehorse.
This region excludes Yellowknife.
This region excludes Iqaluit.
Note(s):
All regions are based on the 1996 Census boundaries, with
the exception of those in Prince Edward Island and in the territories, which
respect the 2011 Census boundaries.
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