QuickList: Unemployment rates in selected Canadian cities in February

OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in February. 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. 5.8 (5.7)

— Halifax 6.2 (6.1)

— Moncton, N.B. 6.5 (6.4)

— Saint John, N.B. 9.1 (9.0)

— Saguenay, Que. 8.4 (8.9)

— Quebec 5.6 (5.6)

— Sherbrooke, Que. 7.8 (7.7)

— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 6.4 (6.4)

— Montreal 7.5 (7.8)

— Gatineau, Que. 7.8 (7.6)

— Ottawa 7.0 (6.6)

— Kingston, Ont. 6.8 (6.5)

— Peterborough, Ont. 7.7 (7.0)

— Oshawa, Ont. 7.0 (6.8)

— Toronto 7.6 (7.8)

— Hamilton, Ont. 5.6 (5.7)

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

— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.5 (5.7)

— Brantford, Ont. 5.5 (6.0)

— Guelph, Ont. 5.0 (5.1)

— London, Ont. 7.0 (7.2)

— Windsor, Ont. 9.6 (9.4)

— Barrie, Ont. 6.4 (5.5)

— Sudbury, Ont. 6.3 (5.9)

— Thunder Bay, Ont. 4.8 (5.3)

— Winnipeg 6.2 (6.1)

— Regina 4.7 (4.1)

— Saskatoon 5.0 (4.4)

— Calgary 5.0 (4.7)

— Edmonton 4.8 (4.8)

— Kelowna, B.C. 3.0 (2.8)

— Abbotsford, B.C. 5.9 (6.2)

— Vancouver 5.9 (5.8)

— Victoria 4.7 (4.6)