October 07, 2016 - 5:41 AM
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in September. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities but cautions the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. (Previous month in brackets.)
— St. John's, N.L. 7.0 per cent (6.7)
— Halifax 5.8 (5.6)
— Moncton, N.B. 6.9 (7.2)
— Saint John, N.B. 7.3 (7.7)
— Saguenay, Que. 6.6 (6.7)
— Quebec 4.7 (4.7)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 5.8 (5.8)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 7.1 (6.7)
— Montreal 7.6 (7.8)
— Gatineau, Que. 7.5 (7.5)
— Ottawa 6.0 (6.1)
— Kingston, Ont. 5.4 (5.3)
— Peterborough, Ont. 6.0 (6.1)
— Oshawa, Ont. 6.3 (6.9)
— Toronto 7.1 (6.5)
— Hamilton, Ont. 6.4 (6.2)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 6.0 (6.8)
— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.3 (5.7)
— Brantford, Ont. 6.1 (6.1)
— Guelph, Ont. 4.9 (5.0)
— London, Ont. 7.0 (7.2)
— Windsor, Ont. 5.7 (6.1)
— Barrie, Ont. 8.5 (8.7)
— Sudbury, Ont. 7.3 (7.8)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.9 (6.3)
— Winnipeg 6.6 (6.5)
— Regina 5.2 (5.5)
— Saskatoon 6.9 (6.5)
— Calgary 9.5 (9.0)
— Edmonton 7.7 (8.0)
— Kelowna, B.C. 7.3 (7.4)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 6.0 (6.0)
— Vancouver 4.9 (5.2)
— Victoria 4.7 (4.7)
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