OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in July. 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 (6.8)
— Halifax 5.4 (5.6)
— Moncton, N.B. 7.7 (7.4)
— Saint John, N.B. 7.3 (7.9)
— Saguenay, Que. 7.0 (8.7)
— Quebec 4.3 (4.1)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 6.0 (6.6)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 7.1 (7.1)
— Montreal 7.8 (7.8)
— Gatineau, Que. 7.5 (7.3)
— Ottawa 6.3 (6.7)
— Kingston, Ont. 5.8 (6.4)
— Peterborough, Ont. 5.8 (4.5)
— Oshawa, Ont. 6.4 (6.4)
— Toronto 6.4 (6.7)
— Hamilton, Ont. 6.1 (6.0)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 7.8 (8.4)
— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.9 (5.7)
— Brantford, Ont. 5.5 (6.5)
— Guelph, Ont. 5.3 (5.5)
— London, Ont. 7.2 (7.3)
— Windsor, Ont. 6.2 (6.4)
— Barrie, Ont. 7.9 (7.5)
— Sudbury, Ont. 8.1 (8.4)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 6.9 (7.3)
— Winnipeg 6.4 (6.3)
— Regina 5.5 (5.6)
— Saskatoon 6.1 (6.6)
— Calgary 8.6 (8.3)
— Edmonton 7.7 (7.0)
— Kelowna, B.C. 7.4 (7.5)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 6.3 (6.9)
— Vancouver 5.5 (5.4)
— Victoria 4.7 (5.3)
