Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 per cent last month which is its lowest level in over two years.
Much of the increased job activity was in the West with British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba all seeing increases. On the other hand, fewer people were working in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador while employment stayed about the same in the other five provinces.
Statistics Canada also released the three-month average unemployment rates for major cities, noting that the figures may vary a great deal because they are based on small statistical samples.
Here are the jobless rates last month by city (previous month in brackets):
- St. John’s, N.L. 9.1 per cent (9.6)
- Halifax 6.1 (5.9)
- Moncton, N.B. 8.2 (8.0)
- Saint John, N.B. 7.9 (7.8)
- Saguenay, Que. 6.9 (7.6)
- Quebec 4.3 (4.3)
- Sherbrooke, Que. 5.5 (5.5)
- Trois-Rivieres, Que. 6.6 (7.1)
- Montreal 6.7 (6.6)
- Gatineau, Que. 5.5 (5.5)
- Ottawa 5.1 (5.7)
- Kingston, Ont. 6.1 (5.8, adjusted)
- Peterborough, Ont. 5.0 (5.3)
- Oshawa, Ont. 5.7 (5.1)
- Toronto 7.1 (7.0)
- Hamilton, Ont. 5.9 (5.9)
- St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 6.4 (6.4)
- Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.5 (5.2)
- Brantford, Ont. 4.2 (4.2)
- Guelph, Ont. 5.8 (5.5)
- London, Ont. 6.2 (6.9)
- Windsor, Ont. 5.1 (5.4)
- Barrie, Ont. 7.2 (7.5)
- Sudbury, Ont. 7.9 (8.0)
- Thunder Bay, Ont. 6.0 (6.2)
- Winnipeg 6.7 (6.7)
- Regina 5.2 (5.5)
- Saskatoon 7.0 (7.5)
- Calgary 9.4 (9.8)
- Edmonton 8.3 (8.1)
- Kelowna, B.C. 7.4 (8.3)
- Abbotsford, B.C. 6.1 (6.2)
- Vancouver 4.7 (4.9)
- Victoria 4.4 (4.6)
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