A 'Now Hiring' sign is displayed on the window of a business, in Lanark County, Ont., on July 7, 2015. The Canadian labour force beat expectations last month when it received a boost of 22,800 net jobs, thanks in large part to a big gain in Ontario, Statistics Canada said Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
January 08, 2016 - 5:45 AM
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in December. 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. 6.4 per cent (6.2)
— Halifax 6.2 (6.1)
— Moncton, N.B. 6.2 (5.8)
— Saint John, N.B. 7.7 (7.3)
— Saguenay, Que. 7.5 (7.6)
— Quebec 4.9 (4.8)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 6.6 (6.3)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 7.3 (6.9)
— Montreal 8.7 (8.6)
— Gatineau, Que. 6.1 (6.4)
— Ottawa 6.3 (6.3)
— Kingston, Ont. 6.5 (6.7)
— Peterborough, Ont. 7.6 (8.6)
— Oshawa, Ont. 7.0 (7.8)
— Toronto 7.0 (7.0)
— Hamilton, Ont. 5.9 (6.0)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 8.0 (7.8)
— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 6.4 (5.9)
— Brantford, Ont. 4.9 (5.4)
— Guelph, Ont. 4.2 (4.2)
— London, Ont. 6.2 (6.8)
— Windsor, Ont. 9.7 (10.0)
— Barrie, Ont. 6.4 (6.1)
— Sudbury, Ont. 8.4 (8.2)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.7 (5.3)
— Winnipeg 6.1 (5.7)
— Regina 4.1 (4.0)
— Saskatoon 6.4 (6.1)
— Calgary 7.0 (6.9)
— Edmonton 6.2 (6.1)
— Kelowna, B.C. 6.7 (6.2)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 7.6 (7.2)
— Vancouver 5.7 (5.8)
— Victoria 6.1 (6.3)
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