OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month average unemployment 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. 6.8 (6.4)
— Halifax 5.5 (5.8)
— Moncton, N.B. 6.0 (5.9)
— Saint John, N.B. 7.7 (7.7)
— Saguenay, Que. 9.7 (9.8)
— Quebec 5.4 (5.0)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 8.0 (8.6)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 8.4 (8.3)
— Montreal 8.3 (8.0)
— Gatineau, Que. 6.4 (6.5)
— Ottawa 6.9 (6.8)
— Kingston, Ont. 6.4 (6.9)
— Peterborough, Ont. 9.7 (11.1)
— Oshawa, Ont. 7.2 (7.3)
— Toronto 7.9 (7.6)
— Hamilton, Ont. 7.2 (6.9)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 7.9 (8.0)
— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 6.4 (6.7)
— Brantford, Ont. 6.7 (7.2)
— Guelph, Ont. 7.8 (7.6)
— London, Ont. 7.4 (7.7)
— Windsor, Ont. 9.0 (8.6)
— Barrie, Ont. 6.5 (7.3)
— Sudbury, Ont. 7.0 (6.7)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.2 (5.8)
— Winnipeg 5.8 (5.9)
— Regina 3.6 (3.4)
— Saskatoon 3.8 (4.2)
— Calgary 5.4 (5.4)
— Edmonton 5.5 (5.2)
— Kelowna, B.C. 5.2 (4.7)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 7.6 (7.5)
— Vancouver 5.6 (5.5)
— Victoria 5.2 (5.2)