QuickList: Unemployment rates in selected Canadian cities in January

OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in January. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities but cautions the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. (Previous month in brackets.)

— St. John’s, N.L. 5.7 (5.6)

— Halifax 6.1 (6.2)

— Moncton, N.B. 6.4 (6.8)

— Saint John, N.B. 9.0 (8.1)

— Saguenay, Que. 8.9 (9.8)

— Quebec 5.6 (5.4)

— Sherbrooke, Que. 7.7 (7.4)

— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 6.4 (6.6)

— Montreal 7.8 (8.1)

— Gatineau, Que. 7.6 (7.1)

— Ottawa 6.6 (5.9)

— Kingston, Ont. 6.5 (6.7)

— Peterborough, Ont. 7.0 (6.9)

— Oshawa, Ont. 6.8 (6.9)

— Toronto 7.8 (8.0)

— Hamilton, Ont. 5.7 (5.4)

— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 6.9 (7.0)

— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.7 (5.8)

— Brantford, Ont. 6.0 (6.2)

— Guelph, Ont. 5.1 (5.1)

— London, Ont. 7.2 (7.3)

— Windsor, Ont. 9.4 (9.7)

— Barrie, Ont. 5.5 (5.1)

— Sudbury, Ont. 5.9 (6.0)

— Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.3 (5.6)

— Winnipeg 6.1 (5.7)

— Regina 4.1 (3.6)

— Saskatoon 4.4 (3.9)

— Calgary 4.7 (4.8)

— Edmonton 4.8 (4.8)

— Kelowna, B.C. 2.8 (3.7)

— Abbotsford, B.C. 6.2 (6.4)

— Vancouver 5.8 (6.0)

— Victoria 4.6 (5.0)