Job seekers look for positions at computer stations at a Manpower Canada office in Toronto.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
By province:
Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in December. Here's what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):
- Newfoundland 11.5 (12.5)
- Prince Edward Island 11.0 (11.4)
- Nova Scotia 9.3 (8.8)
- New Brunswick 10.8 (11.2)
- Quebec 7.3 (7.6)
- Ontario 7.9 (7.9)
- Manitoba 5.2 (5.3)
- Saskatchewan 4.6 (4.5)
- Alberta 4.5 (4.2)
- British Columbia (6.5) (6.8)
By cities:
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 (6.9)
- Halifax 6.3 (5.7)
- Moncton, N.B. 6.5 (7.1)
- Saint John, N.B. 9.9 (9.3)
- Saguenay, Que. 9.8 (8.3)
- Quebec 4.9 (5.1)
- Sherbrooke, Que. 6.9 (7.5)
- Trois-Rivieres, Que. 8.0 (7.9)
- Montreal 8.0 (8.3)
- Gatineau, Que. 6.5 (6.3)
- Ottawa 6.7 (6.8)
- Kingston, Ont. 7.3 (7.0)
- Peterborough, Ont. 8.5 (7.0)
- Oshawa, Ont. 9.5 (9.0)
- Toronto 8.3 (8.4)
- Hamilton, Ont. 5.9 (6.1)
- St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 7.8 (8.2)
- Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 6.7 (6.3)
- Brantford, Ont. 8.2 (8.2)
- Guelph, Ont. 6.3 (6.4)
- London, Ont. 8.6 (8.5)
- Windsor, Ont. 10.5 (10.0)
- Barrie, Ont. 7.4 (7.4)
- Sudbury, Ont. 6.8 (6.5)
- Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.0 (5.6)
- Winnipeg 5.6 (5.3)
- Regina 4.3 (4.0)
- Saskatoon 5.5 (5.5)
- Calgary 4.6 (4.7)
- Edmonton 4.3 (4.1)
- Kelowna, B.C. 7.5 (7.8)
- Abbotsford, B.C. 7.7 (7.4)
- Vancouver 6.9 (7.2)
- Victoria 5.4 (5.4)