OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in May. 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. 6.4 (6.4)
— Halifax 7.0 (6.8)
— Moncton, N.B. 7.7 (7.2)
— Saint John, N.B. 7.4 (8.1)
— Saguenay, Que. 7.8 (7.9)
— Quebec 4.1 (5.0)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 6.6 (6.9)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 5.8 (6.1)
— Montreal 8.3 (7.7)
— Gatineau, Que. 7.8 (7.7)
— Ottawa 6.3 (6.6)
— Kingston, Ont. 6.8 (7.2)
— Peterborough, Ont. 7.4 (8.1)
— Oshawa, Ont. 7.9 (7.9)
— Toronto 7.1 (7.3)
— Hamilton, Ont. 5.1 (5.2)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 6.2 (6.4)
— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.8 (6.0)
— Brantford, Ont. 5.7 (5.2)
— Guelph, Ont. 3.7 (4.1)
— London, Ont. 6.1 (6.5)
— Windsor, Ont. 11.0 (11.5)
— Barrie, Ont. 8.2 (7.8)
— Sudbury, Ont. 7.0 (6.6)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 4.7 (4.7)
— Winnipeg 6.1 (6.1)
— Regina 4.4 (4.7)
— Saskatoon 5.2 (5.1)
— Calgary 5.5 (5.3)
— Edmonton 6.3 (5.8)
— Kelowna, B.C. 3.9 (4.1)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 5.7 (6.0)
— Vancouver 6.2 (6.1)
— Victoria 6.0 (6.1)
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