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Unemployment Rates for the EI Economic Regions

Old EI Economic Regions (1996)

Current EI Economic Regions (2000)

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Monthly Seasonal Adjusted Unemployment Rates by Employment Insurance (EI) Economic Region
Code EI Economic Region Name 2001

Jan 7/
Feb 10		 2001

Feb 11/
Mar 10		 2001

Mar 11/
Apr 7		 2001

Apr 8/
May 12		 2001

May 13/
Jun 9		 2001

Jun 10/
Jul 7		 2001

Jul 8/
Aug 11		 2001

Aug 12/
Sep 8		 2001

Sep 9/
Oct 6		 2001

Oct 7/
Nov 3		 2001

Nov 4/
Dec 8		 2001/
2002
Dec 9/
Jan 12
NEWFOUNDLAND
01 ST. JOHN'S 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.7 9.2 10.0 9.7 9.4 9.0
02 NFLD -- LABRADOR 22.3 22.3 21.6 21.2 22.0 21.9 21.1 19.5 19.2 19.2 19.4 19.7
P.E.I.
03 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 12.9 12.3 11.6 11.4 11.9 12.2 12.0 11.5 11.5 11.8 11.9 11.8
NOVA SCOTIA
04 EASTERN NOVA SCOTIA 16.5 16.5 15.7 16.4 17.5 18.3 18.6 17.9 17.4 16.3 15.7 15.4
05 WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA 10.0 9.6 9.1 9.6 10.0 10.6 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.6 10.4 10.1
06 HALIFAX 6.0 6.9 7.1 7.3 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.7 6.9 7.2 7.1
NEW BRUNSWICK
07 FREDERICTON-MONCTON-SAINT JOHN 7.6 7.4 7.7 8.6 9.1 9.2 8.7 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.5 8.1
08 MADAWASKA-CHARLOTTE* 14.2 14.4 14.6 15.5 15.8 15.8 14.9 15.0 14.7 13.5 13.6 13.9
09 RESTIGOUCHE-ALBERT 15.6 15.9 16.3 17.3 17.7 17.8 16.8 16.9 16.3 16.9 16.7 17.0
QUEBEC
10 GASPÉSIE--ÎLES-DE-LA-MADELEINE 20.9 21.0 21.2 21.6 21.4 21.5 20.3 19.6 18.8 19.0 18.6 19.0
11 QUÉBEC 6.8 6.9 6.7 7.1 7.4 8.1 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.2 7.9 7.7
12 TROIS-RIVIÈRES 10.0 9.3 8.9 9.5 9.0 8.3 7.9 8.3 9.3 9.5 9.5 10.0
13 SOUTH CENTRAL QUEBEC 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.7 6.1 6.2
14 SHERBROOKE 7.7 7.6 8.2 8.7 8.6 7.9 7.2 6.7 6.2 6.6 7.4 8.4
15 MONTÉRÉGIE 6.4 6.2 6.7 7.3 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.7 7.3 7.1 7.0
16 MONTRÉAL 7.9 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.8 8.0 8.2 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.9 8.1
17 CENTRAL QUEBEC 9.8 9.8 9.6 10.2 10.4 10.6 10.4 10.0 9.4 9.3 9.4 9.3
18 NORTH WESTERN QUEBEC 15.7 16.3 16.7 16.7 16.5 17.1 17.8 18.4 18.3 17.8 17.7 17.4
19 BAS-SAINT-LAURENT--CÔTE-NORD* 18.2 18.3 18.5 18.9 19.0 19.3 18.5 17.8 17.0 15.1 14.8 15.0
20 HULL 5.7 6.0 6.7 6.8 7.2 7.5 7.8 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.0 6.4
21 CHICOUTIMI-JONQUIÈRE 10.1 10.0 10.0 10.5 10.9 11.0 10.8 10.6 11.0 11.2 11.4 11.4
ONTARIO
22 OTTAWA 4.9 4.6 4.1 4.4 4.6 5.2 5.2 5.9 6.7 7.7 7.9 7.6
23 EASTERN ONTARIO 5.9 7.1 7.3 7.7 6.8 6.1 6.0 5.7 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.8
24 KINGSTON 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.6 7.7 7.8 7.4 6.2 6.0 6.4 5.9 5.5
25 CENTRAL ONTARIO 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.9 5.9 6.3 7.0 6.6 6.7
26 OSHAWA 5.6 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.9 5.9
27 TORONTO 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.6
28 HAMILTON 5.9 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.8
29 ST. CATHARINES 6.6 7.1 7.5 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.5 6.2 6.0 5.5 5.2 5.3
30 LONDON 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.5
31 NIAGARA 7.8 7.8 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.5 5.0 3.7 3.9 5.5 7.2 8.3
32 WINDSOR 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.8 7.1 7.1 6.7 6.5
33 KITCHENER 6.3 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 6.1 6.3 6.8 6.6
34 HURON 8.6 8.9 9.9 10.0 9.6 9.1 9.0 8.7 7.9 7.0 6.9 7.0
35 SOUTH CENTRAL ONTARIO 4.6 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.7 5.0
36 SUDBURY 8.6 7.7 7.4 7.7 7.8 8.0 8.3 9.1 9.8 9.5 9.5 9.0
37 THUNDER BAY 7.2 7.0 7.3 7.8 8.2 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.7 8.6 8.5
38 NORTHERN ONTARIO 13.8 13.6 13.1 12.7 12.4 11.7 11.3 11.4 12.3 12.6 12.5 11.9
MANITOBA
39 WINNIPEG 5.0 5.0 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.3
40 SOUTHERN MANITOBA 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.4 5.5 6.0 5.9 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.3
41 NORTHERN MANITOBA 22.3 22.1 22.1 22.6 22.8 23.0 22.7 22.5 22.0 22.6 23.0 23.7
SASKATCHEWAN
42 REGINA 4.8 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.0
43 SASKATOON 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.9 6.4
44 SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN 6.7 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.3 6.6 6.7 7.1 6.8 7.0 6.7 6.7
45 NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN 13.6 13.8 14.1 14.3 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.4 14.1 14.3 14.5 15.0
ALBERTA
46 CALGARY 4.1 4.2 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.4
47 EDMONTON 5.8 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.5 4.8 4.4 4.1 4.7 5.1
48 NORTHERN ALBERTA 9.9 9.8 8.7 8.7 9.2 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.6 9.7 9.3 9.0
49 SOUTHERN ALBERTA 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.4 5.9 5.6 5.5
BRITISH COLUMBIA
50 SOUTHERN INTERIOR BRITISH COLUMBIA 10.1 10.0 9.9 9.5 9.1 9.1 9.7 10.5 10.9 10.9 10.4 10.0
51 ABBOTSFORD 7.9 7.3 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.6 5.8 5.5 5.9 6.1 7.0 6.9
52 VANCOUVER 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.6 6.1 6.5 7.1 7.5
53 VICTORIA 7.3 7.0 6.5 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.5
54 SOUTHERN COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA 10.2 9.7 9.9 10.1 11.2 10.7 11.4 11.3 12.1 12.1 12.4 12.5
55 NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA 13.1 12.9 12.8 12.1 12.3 12.5 12.5 12.4 12.6 12.3 11.9 12.0
TERRITORIES
56 YUKON 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0
57 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0
58 NUNAVUT 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0

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Date Modified: 2009-09-04
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