Table 12
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program,1 three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
July 12, 2020 to August 8, 2020 | |
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% | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | |
St. John's | 11.6 |
Newfoundland and Labrador2 | 20.4 |
Prince Edward Island3 | |
Charlottetown | 10.2 |
Prince Edward Island4 | 14.3 |
Nova Scotia | |
Eastern Nova Scotia | 18.5 |
Western Nova Scotia | 12.6 |
Halifax | 11.8 |
New Brunswick | |
Fredericton–Moncton–Saint John | 10.5 |
Madawaska–Charlotte | 10.1 |
Restigouche–Albert | 16.8 |
Quebec | |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 17.7 |
Québec | 12.3 |
Trois-Rivières | 12.8 |
South Central Quebec | 12.3 |
Sherbrooke | 11.6 |
Montérégie | 13.3 |
Montréal | 15.3 |
Central Quebec | 13.6 |
North Western Quebec | 12.1 |
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore | 13.7 |
Hull | 10.8 |
Chicoutimi–Jonquière | 12.9 |
Ontario | |
Ottawa | 8.5 |
Eastern Ontario | 10.0 |
Kingston | 12.1 |
Central Ontario | 10.1 |
Oshawa | 12.0 |
Toronto | 13.5 |
Hamilton | 12.3 |
St. Catharines | 12.3 |
London | 12.8 |
Niagara | 13.5 |
Windsor | 15.6 |
Kitchener | 12.2 |
Huron | 14.4 |
South Central Ontario | 11.1 |
Sudbury | 9.3 |
Thunder Bay | 11.1 |
Northern Ontario | 14.1 |
Manitoba | |
Winnipeg | 11.6 |
Southern Manitoba | 10.3 |
Northern Manitoba | 36.5 |
Saskatchewan | |
Regina | 11.1 |
Saskatoon | 14.1 |
Southern Saskatchewan | 12.4 |
Northern Saskatchewan | 22.8 |
Alberta | |
Calgary | 15.5 |
Edmonton | 15.8 |
Northern Alberta | 15.5 |
Southern Alberta | 14.4 |
British Columbia | |
Southern Interior British Columbia | 12.7 |
Abbotsford | 8.8 |
Vancouver | 12.9 |
Victoria | 11.3 |
Southern Coastal British Columbia | 13.7 |
Northern British Columbia | 14.6 |
Territories3,5 | |
Whitehorse | 5.9 |
Yukon6 | 10.2 |
Yellowknife | 6.7 |
Northwest Territories7 | 14.0 |
Iqaluit | 7.9 |
Nunavut8 | 20.0 |
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.
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0354-01 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0168).
Table note 1
The boundaries of these employment insurance regions are determined by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). For geographic descriptions and maps of these regions, see the ESDC website.
Table note 2
This region excludes St. John's.
Table note 3
Prince Edward Island as well as the territories are each comprised of two regions effective October 12, 2014.
Table note 4
This region excludes Charlottetown.
Table note 5
The monthly regional unemployment rate for EI purposes in the territories is subject to the highest between the seasonally adjusted three-month moving average and twelve-month moving average.
Table note 6
This region excludes Whitehorse.
Table note 7
This region excludes Yellowknife.
Table note 8
This region excludes Iqaluit.
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