A steel worker builds a structure in Ottawa on March 5, 2018. The national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in March. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Republished April 06, 2018 - 11:32 AM
Original Publication Date April 06, 2018 - 5:46 AM
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in March. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. Here are the jobless rates last month by city (revised numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— St. John's, N.L. 8.6 per cent (8.5)
— Halifax 6.0 (6.4)
— Moncton, N.B. 5.7 (5.3)
— Saint John, N.B. 6.9 (6.6)
— Saguenay, Que. 5.6 (5.8)
— Quebec 3.6 (3.2)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 5.7 (5.8)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 5.4 (5.0)
— Montreal 6.1 (6.0)
— Gatineau, Que. 4.7 (4.5)
— Ottawa 4.9 (5.3)
— Kingston, Ont. 5.4 (5.4)
— Peterborough, Ont. 4.8 (4.9)
— Oshawa, Ont. 4.5 (4.8)
— Toronto 5.8 (5.8)
— Hamilton, Ont. 5.3 (5.3)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 5.6 (5.2)
— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.1 (5.3)
— Brantford, Ont. 6.7 (5.1)
— Guelph, Ont. 4.9 (5.3)
— London, Ont. 6.3 (6.7)
— Windsor, Ont. 5.2 (4.9)
— Barrie, Ont. 8.8 (6.9)
— Sudbury, Ont. 6.8 (6.7)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.1 (5.8)
— Winnipeg 6.3 (6.0)
— Regina 5.0 (4.9)
— Saskatoon 6.5 (6.9)
— Calgary 8.2 (7.9)
— Edmonton 6.7 (6.9)
— Kelowna, B.C. 5.2 (5.8)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 4.0 (4.1)
— Vancouver 4.0 (3.9)
— Victoria 4.5 (4.4)
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