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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 2002

Jan 13/
Feb 9		 2002

Feb 10/
Mar 9		 2002

Mar 10/
Apr 6		 2002

Apr 7/
May 11		 2002

May 12/
Jun 8		 2002

Jun 9/
Jul 6		 2002

Jul 7/
Aug 10		 2002

Aug 11/
Sep 7		 2002

Sep 8/
Oct 12		 2002

Oct 13/
Nov 9		 2002

Nov 10/
Dec 7		 2002/
2003
Dec 8/
Jan 11
NEWFOUNDLAND
01 ST. JOHN'S 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.7 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.5 8.7 8.6 9.4 9.6
02 NFLD -- LABRADOR 20.1 21.0 21.8 22.2 21.6 21.2 20.9 20.3 19.5 19.8 20.9 22.2
P.E.I.
03 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 12.1 12.4 13.2 13.3 12.7 11.8 11.8 12.2 12.5 12.3 11.9 11.6
NOVA SCOTIA
04 EASTERN NOVA SCOTIA 15.7 15.0 14.9 14.9 15.6 15.9 16.1 16.8 17.1 17.2 16.3 15.3
05 WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA 9.8 10.2 10.8 11.0 10.7 10.1 9.8 9.6 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.7
06 HALIFAX 7.3 7.6 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.8 7.4 7.6
NEW BRUNSWICK
07 FREDERICTON-MONCTON-SAINT JOHN 8.0 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 8.0 8.1 7.9 7.5 7.1 7.1 7.1
08 MADAWASKA-CHARLOTTE* 14.2 14.5 14.8 14.4 13.7 12.4 11.6 12.0 12.8 11.8 12.1 12.1
09 RESTIGOUCHE-ALBERT 17.2 17.9 17.9 17.3 16.0 15.3 15.0 16.1 17.0 17.7 18.0 17.9
QUEBEC
10 GASPÉSIE--ÎLES-DE-LA-MADELEINE 19.4 20.0 20.1 19.8 21.0 21.5 22.2 21.5 20.8 19.9 19.8 19.7
11 QUÉBEC 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.4 6.9 6.5 6.0 5.6 5.7 5.9 6.2 5.8
12 TROIS-RIVIÈRES 11.0 11.8 11.6 11.6 11.4 11.0 9.6 8.8 9.4 10.0 10.0 9.2
13 SOUTH CENTRAL QUEBEC 6.2 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.5 6.0 6.3 6.7 6.2 5.7
14 SHERBROOKE 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.5 6.9 7.2 7.2 7.9
15 MONTÉRÉGIE 7.5 8.2 8.4 8.4 8.1 8.0 7.5 7.4 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.6
16 MONTRÉAL 8.8 9.1 9.3 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.1 8.2
17 CENTRAL QUEBEC 9.8 10.5 11.4 11.0 10.4 9.6 9.5 9.6 9.5 9.0 8.7 8.9
18 NORTH WESTERN QUEBEC 17.7 17.7 17.3 16.7 15.8 15.6 15.2 15.5 15.9 16.6 16.8 17.5
19 BAS-SAINT-LAURENT--CÔTE-NORD* 15.1 15.4 15.7 15.6 16.1 16.0 16.3 16.0 15.8 13.2 13.7 14.2
20 HULL 6.3 6.9 7.5 7.7 7.2 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.7 7.0 6.9
21 CHICOUTIMI-JONQUIÈRE 11.6 12.1 12.0 12.2 12.5 12.7 12.6 12.3 11.8 10.9 10.5 10.0
ONTARIO
22 OTTAWA 7.0 6.8 6.8 7.3 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.0 6.7 6.9 7.1 7.8
23 EASTERN ONTARIO 8.0 8.0 7.8 8.0 7.9 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.0 7.1 7.0 7.6
24 KINGSTON 4.9 5.2 6.0 6.5 7.4 7.3 7.2 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.6 6.3
25 CENTRAL ONTARIO 6.8 7.1 7.3 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.5 5.7 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.5
26 OSHAWA 6.1 7.1 7.6 8.3 7.9 7.4 6.5 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.2 6.1
27 TORONTO 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.3 7.4 7.8 8.0 8.1 7.6
28 HAMILTON 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.8 7.3 7.3 7.6 7.5 7.3 6.6 6.1
29 ST. CATHARINES 5.7 6.3 6.9 7.2 7.6 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.9
30 LONDON 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.2 7.5 7.8 7.7 7.2 6.9 6.6 6.3
31 NIAGARA 8.4 8.6 8.4 8.1 7.6 7.5 7.2 7.1 7.7 8.3 8.6 8.3
32 WINDSOR 6.3 7.6 8.4 8.8 8.1 8.4 8.7 8.9 8.8 8.1 7.5 7.2
33 KITCHENER 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.7 5.4 5.4
34 HURON 7.0 7.8 8.4 9.0 8.5 7.2 6.9 7.0 7.1 6.3 6.0 6.6
35 SOUTH CENTRAL ONTARIO 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.2
36 SUDBURY 9.2 9.6 10.3 10.9 10.7 10.1 9.3 9.2 9.3 9.0 8.3 7.7
37 THUNDER BAY 8.8 9.0 9.0 8.2 7.2 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.8
38 NORTHERN ONTARIO 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.6 12.2 13.0 13.4 12.9 12.2 12.1 12.6 12.8
MANITOBA
39 WINNIPEG 5.0 5.1 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.3
40 SOUTHERN MANITOBA 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.6 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.2
41 NORTHERN MANITOBA 24.1 24.6 25.6 25.6 25.7 25.2 24.8 24.4 24.5 24.7 24.9 25.2
SASKATCHEWAN
42 REGINA 5.4 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.5
43 SASKATOON 6.9 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.8 5.8 6.1 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.5
44 SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.8 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.3 6.4 6.7
45 NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN 14.6 14.9 14.9 15.3 15.1 15.0 14.1 13.8 13.6 13.9 14.1 14.2
ALBERTA
46 CALGARY 4.6 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.6
47 EDMONTON 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.1
48 NORTHERN ALBERTA 8.9 9.1 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.1 10.6 10.9 10.5 10.2 10.1 10.4
49 SOUTHERN ALBERTA 5.9 6.1 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.6 7.1 6.9
BRITISH COLUMBIA
50 SOUTHERN INTERIOR BRITISH COLUMBIA 10.2 10.2 10.1 9.9 10.4 10.8 11.1 10.7 10.7 10.3 10.1 10.0
51 ABBOTSFORD 7.7 7.4 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.6 7.0 7.8 8.1 8.0 8.2 8.3
52 VANCOUVER 8.2 8.4 8.5 8.3 8.3 8.5 8.2 8.1 7.4 7.3 7.5 7.9
53 VICTORIA 6.6 6.8 7.9 8.1 8.2 7.6 7.6 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3
54 SOUTHERN COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA 13.2 13.3 13.0 12.0 11.6 11.9 11.8 11.5 10.9 10.7 9.8 9.5
55 NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA 13.2 14.7 14.9 15.5 15.7 16.8 16.7 16.6 15.3 14.4 14.0 14.7
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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