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Unemployment Rates for the EI Economic Regions

Old EI Economic Regions (1996)

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Monthly Seasonal Adjusted Unemployment Rates by Employment Insurance (EI) Economic Region
Code EI Economic Region Name 2003

Jan 12/
Feb 8		 2003

Feb 9/
Mar 8		 2003

Mar 9/
Apr 5		 2003

Apr 6/
May 10		 2003

May 11/
Jun 7		 2003

Jun 8/
Jul 12		 2003

Jul 13/
Aug 9		 2003

Aug 10/
Sep 6		 2003

Sep 7/
Oct 11		 2003

Oct 12/
Nov 8		 2003

Nov 9/
Dec 6		 2003/
2004
Dec 7/
Jan 10
NEWFOUNDLAND
01 ST. JOHN'S 9.8 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.5 9.3 9.3 9.2 8.9 9.2 9.3 9.7
02 NFLD -- LABRADOR 23.0 23.1 22.6 22.1 22.0 21.6 20.5 19.6 19.4 20.0 20.2 20.7
P.E.I.
03 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.9 12.4 12.6 11.5 10.9 10.2 10.5 10.5 10.7
NOVA SCOTIA
04 EASTERN NOVA SCOTIA 14.4 14.2 14.1 14.2 14.6 14.9 14.8 15.3 16.4 17.0 18.0 18.4
05 WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.3 9.3 9.6 9.9 9.9 10.0 9.8 10.4
06 HALIFAX 7.5 7.5 7.2 7.3 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.5 7.1 7.3 7.2 6.5
NEW BRUNSWICK
07 FREDERICTON-MONCTON-SAINT JOHN 7.3 7.4 7.7 7.7 8.2 8.5 8.9 8.5 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.6
08 MADAWASKA-CHARLOTTE* 12.1 11.9 12.1 11.6 11.2 11.4 11.4 11.6 11.3 11.8 11.9 11.6
09 RESTIGOUCHE-ALBERT 17.3 16.5 16.3 16.2 15.8 16.5 16.9 17.6 18.0 18.2 18.4 17.6
QUEBEC
10 GASPÉSIE--ÎLES-DE-LA-MADELEINE 19.8 19.4 19.1 17.8 18.0 18.1 19.9 20.5 20.6 19.7 20.2 20.7
11 QUÉBEC 6.0 6.6 7.6 7.9 7.8 7.4 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.9 6.9 7.1
12 TROIS-RIVIÈRES 9.2 9.4 9.5 9.2 9.4 9.8 10.6 11.2 11.4 11.5 11.7 11.0
13 SOUTH CENTRAL QUEBEC 4.8 4.8 4.9 5.2 5.5 5.7 4.9 4.3 3.6 3.9 3.6 4.3
14 SHERBROOKE 7.6 7.6 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.1 6.5 7.2 8.1 8.4 7.9 7.7
15 MONTÉRÉGIE 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.7 7.0 7.8
16 MONTRÉAL 8.2 8.6 8.6 9.0 9.2 9.7 9.8 9.8 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.4
17 CENTRAL QUEBEC 9.1 8.8 8.7 8.8 9.0 9.2 9.4 10.0 10.4 11.2 11.1 10.9
18 NORTH WESTERN QUEBEC 17.3 16.6 15.1 14.7 14.8 15.2 16.0 17.3 17.7 17.5 16.6 16.6
19 BAS-SAINT-LAURENT--CÔTE-NORD* 14.1 13.2 12.6 12.6 13.0 13.1 12.7 12.6 13.0 13.2 13.5 13.4
20 HULL 6.8 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.3 7.2 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.7
21 CHICOUTIMI-JONQUIÈRE 10.4 10.4 10.9 10.7 11.2 11.5 11.6 10.8 10.4 10.7 11.6 11.7
ONTARIO
22 OTTAWA 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.1 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.2 6.5 7.0 7.3
23 EASTERN ONTARIO 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.5 7.9 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.2 6.9
24 KINGSTON 6.6 6.5 6.4 5.7 5.7 6.6 7.9 7.7 6.3 5.5 5.3 5.7
25 CENTRAL ONTARIO 6.6 6.1 6.1 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.4 6.0 6.2
26 OSHAWA 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.9
27 TORONTO 7.2 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.6 8.0 8.3 8.4 8.3 7.9 7.6
28 HAMILTON 6.1 6.4 6.0 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.6 6.0 6.5 7.1 7.0 6.5
29 ST. CATHARINES 7.4 7.4 7.5 6.6 6.5 6.0 6.7 6.8 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.1
30 LONDON 6.4 6.6 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.6 7.1 7.6 7.3
31 NIAGARA 8.0 7.7 6.7 6.2 6.0 6.5 6.8 7.6 8.4 8.5 7.4 6.6
32 WINDSOR 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.8 8.0 7.8 7.3 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.8 7.0
33 KITCHENER 5.1 5.4 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.4 6.5 5.6
34 HURON 6.7 6.3 6.4 7.1 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.9 8.1
35 SOUTH CENTRAL ONTARIO 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.8 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.8
36 SUDBURY 8.1 8.5 8.6 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.9 8.1 8.5 8.8 8.9 9.8
37 THUNDER BAY 6.7 6.4 5.6 5.5 5.5 6.0 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.5
38 NORTHERN ONTARIO 12.6 11.9 11.7 11.3 11.1 11.3 11.8 12.6 13.0 13.1 12.8 12.3
MANITOBA
39 WINNIPEG 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.2 5.5 5.7
40 SOUTHERN MANITOBA 5.9 5.6 5.1 4.9 4.9 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.8 6.1
41 NORTHERN MANITOBA 25.2 25.1 24.6 24.9 24.9 25.5 25.9 26.4 26.8 27.3 27.4 27.6
SASKATCHEWAN
42 REGINA 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.5
43 SASKATOON 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.3
44 SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN 6.9 7.1 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.9 7.3 7.6
45 NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN 14.5 14.2 14.1 13.7 14.0 14.2 14.8 14.8 14.9 14.4 14.3 13.6
ALBERTA
46 CALGARY 5.7 5.6 5.5 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.4 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.5
47 EDMONTON 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.9
48 NORTHERN ALBERTA 10.7 10.7 10.4 9.8 9.7 10.1 10.6 10.8 10.2 10.5 10.5 10.7
49 SOUTHERN ALBERTA 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.3
BRITISH COLUMBIA
50 SOUTHERN INTERIOR BRITISH COLUMBIA 10.2 10.3 10.6 10.6 10.9 11.1 10.9 10.8 10.4 10.7 10.3 10.1
51 ABBOTSFORD 8.1 8.2 8.6 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.9 8.5 8.1 7.3 6.8 6.7
52 VANCOUVER 8.0 7.7 7.5 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.9 8.0 8.5 8.0 7.4
53 VICTORIA 7.3 7.2 7.1 6.6 6.7 7.1 7.7 7.5 7.1 7.0 7.0 6.5
54 SOUTHERN COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA 9.2 10.0 9.9 10.3 10.1 10.7 10.9 10.9 11.0 11.2 11.9 12.2
55 NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA 15.1 15.3 15.0 14.7 14.0 13.6 14.0 14.2 14.3 14.3 14.2 13.9
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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