October unemployment rates in Canadian cities

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OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 7.9 per cent in October.

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, Nfld. – 8.0 (8.1)
  • Halifax, N.S. – 6.7 (6.3)
  • Saint John, N.B. – 7.8 (8.5)
  • Saguenay, Que. – 8.5 (8.5)
  • Trois-Rivieres, Que. – 9.0 (9.6)
  • Sherbrooke, Que. – 7.6 (7.9)
  • Montreal, Que. – 8.6 (8.5)
  • Gatineau, Que. – 7.0 (7.0)
  • Ottawa, Ont. – 6.9 (7.2)
  • Kingston, Ont. – 6.6 (5.5)
  • Toronto, Ont. – 9.2 (9.2)
  • Hamilton, Ont. – 7.6 (7.7)
  • Kitchener, Ont. 7.5 (7.2)
  • London, Ont. 8.9 (8.5)
  • Oshawa, Ont. 10.3 (10.6)
  • St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 9.6 (9.7)
  • Sudbury, Ont. 9.6 (10.0)
  • Windsor, Ont. 10.9 (10.9)
  • Winnipeg, Man. – 5.7 (5.9)
  • Regina, Sask. – 4.9 (4.8)
  • Saskatoon, Sask. – 5.5 (5.5)
  • Calgary, Alta. – 6.6 (6.6)
  • Edmonton, Atla. – 6.4 (6.8)
  • Abbotsford, B.C. – 8.8 (7.6)
  • Vancouver, B.C. – 7.3 (7.3)
  • Victoria, B.C. – 5.3 (5.1)

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