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Unemployment rates for August, by Canadian city and province


September 9, 2022  By The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 5.4 per cent in August. 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 (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

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By Province
• Newfoundland and Labrador 10.5 per cent (10.2)
• Prince Edward Island 7.3 per cent (5.7)
• Nova Scotia 7.6 per cent (5.9)
• New Brunswick 7.6 per cent (7.1)
• Quebec 4.5 per cent (4.1)
• Ontario 5.7 per cent (5.3)
• Manitoba 5.3 per cent (3.5)
• Saskatchewan 4.9 per cent (4.0)
• Alberta 5.4 per cent (4.8)
• British Columbia 4.8 per cent (4.7)

By City
• St. John’s, N.L. 5.3 per cent (6.0)

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• Halifax 5.4 per cent (4.9)

• Moncton, N.B. 5.2 per cent (4.6)

• Saint John, N.B. 7.2 per cent (7.8)

• Saguenay, Que. 3.4 per cent (3.3)

• Quebec City 2.8 per cent (2.9)

• Sherbrooke, Que. 3.0 per cent (3.6)

• Trois-Rivieres, Que. 3.4 per cent (3.2)

• Montreal 4.9 per cent (4.8)

• Gatineau, Que. 3.6 per cent (3.5)

• Ottawa 3.4 per cent (3.5)

• Kingston, Ont. 5.0 per cent (5.4)

• Peterborough, Ont. 5.9 per cent (6.1)

• Oshawa, Ont. 5.2 per cent (4.8)

• Toronto 5.9 per cent (5.9)

• Hamilton, Ont. 4.3 per cent (4.3)

• St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 5.8 per cent (4.9)

• Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.4 per cent (5.1)

• Brantford, Ont. 3.8 per cent (3.4)

• Guelph, Ont. 3.1 per cent (3.2)

• London, Ont. 6.6 per cent (6.1)

• Windsor, Ont. 7.5 per cent (6.5)

• Barrie, Ont. 5.0 per cent (5.4)

• Greater Sudbury, Ont. 4.0 per cent (4.5)

• Thunder Bay, Ont. 4.8 per cent (4.6)

• Winnipeg 4.3 per cent (4.2)

• Regina 4.4 per cent (3.9)

• Saskatoon 3.9 per cent (4.3)

• Calgary 4.9 per cent (5.0)

• Edmonton 4.9 per cent (5.1)

• Kelowna, B.C. 3.9 per cent (4.0)

• Abbotsford-Mission, B.C. 5.8 per cent (4.9)

• Vancouver 4.8 per cent (4.7)

• Victoria 4.9 per cent (4.3)

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