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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 2012

Jan 8/
Feb 4		 2012

Feb 5/
Mar 10		 2012

Mar 11/
Mar 24		 2012

Mar 25/
Apr 7		 2012

Apr 8/
May 12		 2012

May 13/
Jun 9		 2012

Jun 10/
Jun 23		 2012

Jun 24/
Jul 7		 2012

Jul 8/
Aug 11		 2012

Aug 12/
Sep 8		 2012

Sep 9/
Sep 15		 2012

Sep 16/
Oct 6		 2012

Oct 7/
Nov 3		 2012

Nov 4/
Dec 8		 2012/
2013
Dec 9/
Jan 5
Newfoundland and Labrador
01 St. John's 7.1 7.3 7.1 7.1 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.7
02 Newfoundland/Labrador 18.2 18.3 18.2 18.2 17.5 16.7 16.2 16.2 16.6 17.2 17.6 17.6 17.7 17.6 17.8
Prince Edward Island
03 Prince Edward Island 11.2 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.0 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.5 11.4
Nova Scotia
04 Eastern Nova Scotia 16.5 16.0 14.1 14.1 13.3 13.2 14.0 14.0 14.8 15.0 15.7 15.7 15.7 16.8 16.5
05 Western Nova Scotia 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.0 10.3 10.8 10.8 10.9 10.9 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.1 10.9
06 Halifax 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.2 6.8 6.9 6.6 6.6 5.7 5.5 5.6
New Brunswick
07 Fredericton-Moncton-Saint John 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.8
08 Madawaska-Charlotte 11.5 11.8 11.2 11.2 11.3 11.5 11.0 11.0 11.2 11.7 12.5 12.5 13.5 13.1 13.3
09 Restigouche-Albert 14.5 14.4 14.5 14.5 15.7 15.8 15.5 15.5 15.0 14.5 14.8 14.8 15.1 17.0 17.7
Quebec
10 Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 13.7 12.9 12.9 12.9 13.3 14.5 14.1 14.1 13.6 12.6 12.7 12.7 12.8 12.6 13.9
11 Quebec 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.0
12 Trois-Rivières 9.0 8.3 8.0 8.0 7.4 8.0 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.3 7.7 7.7 7.7 8.0 8.0
13 South Central Quebec 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.8 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.0 4.0
14 Sherbrooke 6.3 6.8 7.1 7.1 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.6 7.5 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.6
15 Montérégie 9.5 9.7 9.1 9.1 7.9 6.7 6.8 6.8 7.1 7.1 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.3
16 Montreal 8.8 9.0 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.4 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.2 8.2 8.2
17 Central Quebec 8.8 9.4 9.6 9.6 9.3 9.0 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.9 8.2 8.6 8.6
18 North Western Quebec 10.1 9.8 10.1 10.1 9.4 9.2 8.3 8.3 8.7 9.0 9.8 9.8 9.3 9.2 9.7
19 Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 9.9 10.5 9.9 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.3 9.5 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.6 8.8
20 Hull 7.2 6.6 6.0 6.0 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.7 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.3
21 Chicoutimi-Jonquière 5.6 5.4 6.2 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.4 6.8 6.8 7.3 8.0 8.0
Ontario
22 Ottawa 6.0 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.1 5.9 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.5
23 Eastern Ontario 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.0 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.7 8.1 8.3
24 Kingston 6.3 6.6 6.9 6.9 7.2 7.1 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.2 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.6 7.0
25 Central Ontario 8.6 8.0 7.6 7.6 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.5 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.7 8.2 8.8 8.8
26 Oshawa 7.3 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.9 8.0 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.5 8.9 8.9 9.1 9.2 9.1
27 Toronto 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.4
28 Hamilton 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.4 6.8 6.8 7.3 7.5 7.2 7.2 6.7 6.2 6.1
29 St. Catharines 7.5 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.9 7.8 7.8 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.3
30 London 9.6 9.0 8.8 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.6
31 Niagara 9.8 10.0 10.2 10.2 10.0 9.7 9.9 9.9 10.7 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.8 10.8 10.5
32 Windsor 11.0 11.3 11.1 11.1 10.9 10.3 10.1 10.1 9.8 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.0 9.6 10.1
33 Kitchener 6.8 7.2 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.3
34 Huron 8.2 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.7 8.8 8.4 8.4 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.3 7.4 8.0
35 South Central Ontario 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.7 6.1 5.9
36 Sudbury 5.5 6.3 6.5 6.5 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.4 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.4 6.2 6.2
37 Thunder Bay 7.3 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.2 5.6
38 Northern Ontario 11.6 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.0 10.9 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.2 10.6 10.6 11.2 12.3 13.3
Manitoba
39 Winnipeg 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5
40 Southern Manitoba 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.7 6.6 6.5
41 Northern Manitoba 28.3 28.7 28.7 28.7 28.8 28.6 29.3 29.3 30.3 31.6 31.8 31.8 31.4 31.1 31.1
Saskatchewan
42 Regina 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.4
43 Saskatoon 5.5 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.5
44 Southern Saskatchewan 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.3
45 Northern Saskatchewan 18.5 18.7 18.5 18.5 18.1 18.0 17.6 17.6 17.5 17.1 17.0 17.0 16.9 17.3 17.4
Alberta
46 Calgary 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.8
47 Edmonton 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.6 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.5
48 Northern Alberta 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.3 8.0 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 8.2 8.4
49 Southern Alberta 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.8
British Columbia
50 Southern Interior British Columbia 8.2 8.0 8.2 8.2 8.8 9.1 9.3 9.3 7.9 7.3 6.3 6.3 7.2 7.0 7.8
51 Abbotsford 9.1 10.5 10.8 10.8 10.8 9.6 8.3 8.3 7.8 7.3 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.7 7.5
52 Vancouver 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.1
53 Victoria 6.6 6.4 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.1
54 Southern Coastal British Columbia 7.9 7.7 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.5 9.3 8.7 8.7 8.1 7.8 8.1
55 Northern British Columbia 11.5 11.6 12.0 12.0 11.6 11.8 11.8 11.8 12.3 12.3 12.6 12.6 12.0 11.8 10.9
Yukon
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 25.0 25.0 25.0
Northwest Territories
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 25.0 25.0 25.0
Nunavut
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 25.0 25.0 25.0

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Date Modified: 2009-09-04
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