OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in August. 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. 6.3 (6.3)
— Halifax 5.7 (6.1)
— Moncton, N.B. 7.6 (8.0)
— Saint John, N.B. 8.7 (8.2)
— Saguenay, Que. 8.2 (7.9)
— Quebec 4.9 (4.0)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 7.2 (7.0)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 6.9 (6.0)
— Montreal 8.9 (8.9)
— Gatineau, Que. 6.8 (7.3)
— Ottawa 6.4 (6.1)
— Kingston, Ont. 6.9 (6.5)
— Peterborough, Ont. 7.1 (6.6)
— Oshawa, Ont. 7.7 (7.4)
— Toronto 6.7 (6.6)
— Hamilton, Ont. 5.2 (5.3)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 6.5 (6.2)
— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.8 (5.1)
— Brantford, Ont. 7.0 (7.0)
— Guelph, Ont. 3.7 (3.6)
— London, Ont. 6.6 (6.3)
— Windsor, Ont. 9.0 (8.7)
— Barrie, Ont. 6.8 (7.2)
— Sudbury, Ont. 7.0 (7.3)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.0 (4.8)
— Winnipeg 5.9 (6.0)
— Regina 4.3 (4.3)
— Saskatoon 5.8 (5.8)
— Calgary 6.6 (6.6)
— Edmonton 5.5 (5.7)
— Kelowna, B.C. 6.6 (5.0)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 5.7 (5.4)
— Vancouver 5.7 (6.0)
— Victoria 5.4 (5.3)
