Table 12 
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program,1, 9 three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted 

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Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program,, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
  September 6, 2020 to October 10, 2020
  %
Newfoundland and Labrador  
St. John's 13.1
Newfoundland and Labrador2 18.9
Prince Edward Island3  
Charlottetown 13.1
Prince Edward Island4 13.4
Nova Scotia  
Eastern Nova Scotia 16.6
Western Nova Scotia 13.1
Halifax 13.1
New Brunswick  
Fredericton–Moncton–Saint John 13.1
Madawaska–Charlotte 13.1
Restigouche–Albert 13.7
Quebec  
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 15.6
Québec 13.1
Trois-Rivières 13.1
South Central Quebec 13.1
Sherbrooke 13.1
Montérégie 13.1
Montréal 13.1
Central Quebec 13.1
North Western Quebec 13.1
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 13.1
Hull 13.1
Chicoutimi–Jonquière 13.1
Ontario  
Ottawa 13.1
Eastern Ontario 13.1
Kingston 13.1
Central Ontario 13.1
Oshawa 13.1
Toronto 13.7
Hamilton 13.1
St. Catharines 13.1
London 13.1
Niagara 13.1
Windsor 13.1
Kitchener 13.1
Huron 13.1
South Central Ontario 13.1
Sudbury 13.1
Thunder Bay 13.1
Northern Ontario 13.1
Manitoba  
Winnipeg 13.1
Southern Manitoba 13.1
Northern Manitoba 35.3
Saskatchewan  
Regina 13.1
Saskatoon 13.1
Southern Saskatchewan 13.1
Northern Saskatchewan 21.2
Alberta  
Calgary 14.6
Edmonton 13.4
Northern Alberta 16.0
Southern Alberta 13.5
British Columbia  
Southern Interior British Columbia 13.1
Abbotsford 13.1
Vancouver 13.1
Victoria 13.1
Southern Coastal British Columbia 13.1
Northern British Columbia 13.7
Territories3,5  
Whitehorse 13.1
Yukon6 17.8
Yellowknife 13.1
Northwest Territories7 16.5
Iqaluit 13.1
Nunavut8 22.2
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.

Table note 9

Effective August 9, 2020 Employment and Social Development Canada announced that a minimum unemployment rate of 13.1% will be applied temporarily for Employment Insurance (EI) economic regions with an unemployment rate lower than 13.1%; regions with a higher unemployment rate will keep their actual rate. The unemployment rates for the effective period beginning August 9, 2020 have been adjusted to reflect this change.
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