OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in December. 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)
