Unemployment Rates for the EI Economic Regions

EI Economic Regions (before July 9, 2000)

EI Economic Regions (July 9, 2000 to October 11, 2014)

Current EI Economic Regions (effective as of October 12, 2014)

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Unemployment rates by Employment Insurance (EI) economic region, seasonally adjusted (3 month moving average)Footnote 6Footnote 7
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 / 2016
Code EI Economic Region Name Jan 11 / Feb 7 Feb 8 / Mar 14 Mar 15 / Apr 11 Apr 12 / May 9 May 10 / Jun 6 Jun 7 / Jul 11 Jul 12 / Aug 8 Aug 9 / Sep 5 Sep 6 / Oct 10 Oct 11 / Nov 7 Nov 8 / Dec 5 Dec 6 / Jan 9
Newfoundland and Labrador
01 St. John's 5.3 5.5 5.7 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.1
02 Newfoundland/Labrador 16.5 16.3 17.1 17.5 18.0 18.8 18.5 18.1 16.7 17.0 17.7 18.6
Prince Edward Island
65 Charlottetown 8.4 8.4 8.6 8.3 8.0 8.1 8.4 9.3 9.6 9.0 8.1 7.5
66 Prince Edward IslandFootnote 1 12.6 12.7 12.2 12.4 12.7 13.2 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.4 12.4 12.5
Nova Scotia
04 Eastern Nova Scotia 15.8 15.4 14.7 15.0 15.1 14.9 14.9 15.1 15.0 15.0 14.3 14.9
05 Western Nova Scotia 10.2 9.8 9.9 10.0 10.3 9.9 9.3 8.8 9.1 9.8 9.9 9.7
06 Halifax 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.5 5.6 5.8 6.1
New Brunswick
07 Fredericton-Moncton-Saint John 7.1 7.1 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.8 8.2 8.1 7.6 7.2 6.9
08 Madawaska-Charlotte 10.9 11.1 10.8 10.4 10.6 9.5 10.2 9.9 11.3 10.6 10.0 8.9
09 Restigouche-Albert 16.7 16.1 16.3 16.5 16.4 15.5 15.4 15.7 16.0 15.3 14.1 13.6
Quebec
10 Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 17.8 17.8 18.0 17.7 17.7 17.2 15.5 15.2 14.7 15.5 15.9 16.8
11 Quebec 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.3 5.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0
12 Trois-Rivières 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.4 6.4 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.0
13 South Central Quebec 6.3 6.4 6.0 5.2 4.5 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.7 5.1 5.1
14 Sherbrooke 7.5 7.3 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.5 6.9 7.3 7.4 6.8 6.5 6.3
15 Montérégie 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.7 7.4 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.3 6.5
16 Montreal 8.3 7.9 7.6 7.7 7.9 8.5 8.9 9.1 9.1 8.8 8.9 8.8
17 Central Quebec 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.9 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.8 7.0
18 North Western Quebec 10.3 10.9 11.0 10.5 10.0 9.4 8.7 8.8 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.6
19 Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore 9.6 9.9 9.8 9.7 9.4 9.6 9.7 10.4 10.4 10.5 10.2 10.2
20 Hull 7.0 7.5 7.6 7.6 8.0 7.9 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.4
21 Chicoutimi-Jonquière 9.8 8.8 8.3 8.0 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.9 8.2 8.5 8.4 7.7
Ontario
22 Ottawa 5.7 6.6 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.2
23 Eastern Ontario 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.5 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.7 8.7 8.5 7.6
24 Kingston 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.5 6.8 7.0 6.7 6.7
25 Central Ontario 6.3 6.8 7.0 7.2 8.0 8.3 7.9 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.0
26 Oshawa 6.6 6.7 6.8 7.2 7.6 7.8 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.3 8.1 7.8
27 Toronto 7.8 7.8 7.5 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.8 6.9 7.1 7.1
28 Hamilton 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.9
29 St. Catharines 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.5 6.9 7.4 7.9
30 London 7.7 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.4 5.9 5.8 6.2 6.5 7.4 7.2 6.9
31 Niagara 9.1 8.5 8.3 8.0 8.2 7.9 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.0 7.8 8.2
32 Windsor 9.2 9.6 9.7 10.9 11.7 11.4 9.5 9.3 9.6 10.5 10.4 10.4
33 Kitchener 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.6 6.1 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.7 5.9 6.3 6.3
34 Huron 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.6 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.8 6.7 7.1 7.2 7.8
35 South Central Ontario 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.2 4.8 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.4 5.2 5.6 5.9
36 Sudbury 6.0 5.6 5.9 6.1 6.5 6.9 7.2 7.5 7.3 7.4 7.5 8.3
37 Thunder Bay 6.0 5.2 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.6 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.7 5.1
38 Northern Ontario 10.0 11.8 12.4 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.8 12.9 12.9 12.7 12.5 12.7
Manitoba
39 Winnipeg 5.6 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.8
40 Southern Manitoba 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.8 6.4 6.7 7.0 6.4 6.3
41 Northern Manitoba 32.0 32.0 31.9 30.9 30.5 30.3 31.5 32.3 33.3 33.9 34.2 34.5
Saskatchewan
42 Regina 3.1 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.5 4.2 4.1
43 Saskatoon 3.8 4.4 5.0 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.8 6.1 6.1
44 Southern Saskatchewan 6.3 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.9 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.6 7.1
45 Northern Saskatchewan 16.4 16.2 17.0 17.3 17.5 17.5 17.9 17.9 18.0 18.1 18.7 19.0
Alberta
46 Calgary 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 7.0
47 Edmonton 5.1 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.8 6.3 5.9 5.8 5.6 6.0 6.1 6.2
48 Northern Alberta 7.7 8.6 9.2 9.3 10.1 10.7 11.3 11.3 11.1 10.8 10.9 11.8
49 Southern Alberta 5.3 5.4 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.2 6.5 7.0 7.6
British Columbia
50 Southern Interior British Columbia 7.0 6.7 7.4 7.7 7.7 6.9 6.8 7.1 7.8 7.9 8.0 7.9
51 Abbotsford 6.7 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.2 7.1 7.4
52 Vancouver 6.1 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.9
53 Victoria 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.2 6.3 6.6 7.0 7.2
54 Southern Coastal British Columbia 7.8 7.1 6.5 6.5 6.9 7.4 7.5 7.5 8.2 9.0 8.9 8.9
55 Northern British Columbia 10.2 8.8 8.5 8.5 9.3 9.8 10.3 10.5 10.4 10.7 10.7 11.6
TerritoriesFootnote 2
59 Whitehorse 4.3 5.4 5.8 5.8 6.7 7.3 8.2 7.3 6.3 5.7 5.9 5.9
60 YukonFootnote 3 7.8 9.0 9.8 9.9 9.1 12.1 11.8 8.5 8.3 7.6 7.2 7.1
61 Yellowknife 4.2 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.1 4.1 3.4 4.1 4.3 5.9
62 Northwest TerritoriesFootnote 4 14.2 13.9 13.2 13.7 13.4 14.0 12.8 13.6 13.9 14.1 14.7 15.6
63 Iqaluit 3.9 4.2 5.0 4.3 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.7 5.2 6.2 8.1 6.1
64 NunavutFootnote 5 17.1 17.3 16.8 17.4 17.6 20.2 23.2 25.2 23.4 21.6 20.6 22.5

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