The national unemployment rate was 7.3 per cent in May. 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. 7.7 (7.7)
– Halifax 6.3 (6.1)
– Moncton, N.B. 6.8 (6.8)
– Saint John, N.B. 8.2 (8.5)
– Saguenay, Que. 6.1 (6.0)
– Quebec 5.1 (5.0)
– Sherbrooke, Que. 7.4 (6.9)
– Trois-Rivieres, Que. 8.4 (8.1)
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– Montreal 8.9 (9.2)
– Gatineau, Que. 5.8 (5.5)
– Ottawa 6.1 (6.2)
– Kingston, Ont. 6.2 (7.1)
– Peterborough, Ont. 9.2 (9.6)
– Oshawa, Ont. 8.2 (7.9)
– Toronto 8.6 (8.4)
– Hamilton 6.8 (6.3)
– St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 7.7 (7.7)
– Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 6.8 (6.6)
– Brantford, Ont. 8.3 (8.5)
– Guelph, Ont. 5.5 (5.4)
– London, Ont. 8.3 (8.4)
– Windsor, Ont. 9.9 (10.1)
– Barrie, Ont. 9.1 (9.1)
– Sudbury, Ont. 7.2 (7.2)
– Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.7 (5.2)
– Winnipeg 5.4 (5.7)
– Regina 3.9 (3.8)
– Saskatoon 5.6 (5.8)
– Calgary 4.9 (5.1)
– Edmonton 4.9 (5.3)
– Kelowna, B.C. 9.2 (9.0)
– Abbotsford, B.C. 7.9 (9.5)
– Vancouver 6.4 (6.2)
– Victoria 5.2 (5.0)
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