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A quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by Canadian city

National unemployment rate was 5.2 per cent in September, while Montreal's rate remained unchanged at 4.9 per cent.

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Construction workers in Griffintown, with the city skyline in May 2022.
Construction workers in Griffintown, with the city skyline in May 2022. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 5.2 per cent in September. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

  • Montreal 4.9 per cent (4.9)
  • Saguenay, Que. 4.1 per cent (3.4)
  • Quebec City 2.7 per cent (2.8)
  • Sherbrooke, Que. 3.0 per cent (3.0)
  • Trois-Rivières, Que. 3.9 per cent (3.4)
  • Gatineau, Que. 4.1 per cent (3.6)
  • St. John’s, N.L. 5.1 per cent (5.3)
  • Halifax 5.0 per cent (5.4)
  • Moncton, N.B. 5.8 per cent (5.2)
  • Saint John, N.B. 7.1 per cent (7.2)
  • Ottawa 4.1 per cent (3.4)
  • Kingston, Ont. 5.1 per cent (5.0)
  • Belleville, Ont. 6.5 per cent (5.0)
  • Peterborough, Ont. 5.5 per cent (5.9)
  • Oshawa, Ont. 5.6 per cent (5.2)
  • Toronto 6.0 per cent (5.9)
  • Hamilton, Ont. 4.6 per cent (4.3)
  • St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 6.1 per cent (5.8)
  • Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.7 per cent (5.4)
  • Brantford, Ont. 4.1 per cent (3.8)
  • Guelph, Ont. 3.9 per cent (3.1)
  • London, Ont. 6.3 per cent (6.6)
  • Windsor, Ont. 8.6 per cent (7.5)
  • Barrie, Ont. 4.6 per cent (5.0)
  • Greater Sudbury, Ont. 4.3 per cent (4.0)
  • Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.3 per cent (4.8)
  • Winnipeg 4.6 per cent (4.3)
  • Regina 4.3 per cent (4.4)
  • Saskatoon 4.2 per cent (3.9)
  • Lethbridge, Alta. 4.5 per cent (5.5)
  • Calgary 5.2 per cent (4.9)
  • Edmonton 4.8 per cent (4.9)
  • Kelowna, B.C. 4.1 per cent (3.9)
  • Abbotsford-Mission, B.C. 6.2 per cent (5.8)
  • Vancouver 4.5 per cent (4.8)
  • Victoria 4.7 per cent (4.9)

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