Unemployment rates by province and city

Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada said Friday that the national unemployment rate was 6.2 per cent in January. Here's what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):

• Newfoundland 15.4 (13.8)

• Prince Edward Island 10.7 (12.4)

• Nova Scotia 7.8 (7.3)

• New Brunswick 8.1 (8.5)

• Quebec 7.7 (7.5)

• Ontario 6.4 (6.1)

• Manitoba 4.6 (4.1)

• Saskatchewan 4.1 (4.0)

• Alberta 3.3 (3.3)

• British Columbia 4.3 (5.2)

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. 7.7 (7.5)

• Halifax 4.4 (4.6)

• Saint John, N.B. 5.9 (5.6)

• Saguenay, Que. 9.4 (8.9)

• Quebec 5.8 (6.0)

• Trois-Rivieres, Que. 5.3 (4.9))

• Sherbrooke, Que. 7.4 (7.5)

• Montreal 7.5 (7.6)

• Gatineau, Que. 6.3 (6.3)

• Ottawa 5.6 (5.5)

• Kingston, Ont. 5.1 (5.2)

• Toronto 6.6 (6.6)

• Hamilton 6.4 (6.1)

• Kitchener, Ont. 5.7 (5.4)

• London, Ont. 6.1 (6.2)

• Oshawa, Ont. 6.5 (6.7)

• St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 6.3 (6.3)

• Sudbury, Ont. 5.9 (6.2)

• Thunder Bay, Ont. 6.6 (6.7)

• Windsor, Ont. 9.7 (9.0)

• Winnipeg 5.1 (4.8)

• Regina 4.3 (4.4)

• Saskatoon 3.4 (3.3)

• Calgary 2.6 (2.6)

• Edmonton 3.8 (3.7)

• Abbotsford, B.C. 4.2 (4.4)

• Vancouver 4.8 (4.7)

• Victoria 3.2 (3.6)

For More Raw Data Check out the link below -

http://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Labour/LFS/lfs-en.htm