OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 7.2 per cent in January. 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. 6.7 per cent (6.4)
— Halifax 6.5 (6.2)
— Moncton, N.B. 6.2 (6.2)
— Saint John, N.B. 8.3 (7.9)
— Saguenay, Que. 7.6 (7.4)
— Quebec 5.2 (4.9)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 6.6 (6.6)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 7.3 (7.3)
— Montreal 8.6 (8.7)
— Gatineau, Que. 6.1 (6.0)
— Ottawa 6.4 (6.3)
— Kingston, Ont. 6.3 (6.4)
— Peterborough, Ont. 6.7 (7.6)
— Oshawa, Ont. 6.4 (6.9)
— Toronto 7.1 (7.0)
— Hamilton, Ont. 6.4 (5.9)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 8.6 (8.0)
— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 6.5 (6.4)
— Brantford, Ont. 5.8 (4.9)
— Guelph, Ont. 4.0 (4.2)
— London, Ont. 5.8 (6.1)
— Windsor, Ont. 9.3 (9.7)
— Barrie, Ont. 6.4 (6.4)
— Sudbury, Ont. 8.6 (8.4)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 6.5 (5.8)
— Winnipeg 6.3 (6.2)
— Regina 4.3 (4.2)
— Saskatoon 6.1 (6.4)
— Calgary 7.7 (7.0)
— Edmonton 6.5 (6.3)
— Kelowna, B.C. 7.6 (6.8)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 7.3 (7.6)
— Vancouver 5.7 (5.7)
— Victoria 5.8 (6.1)
