QuickList: Unemployment rates in selected Canadian cities in December

OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in December. 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. 5.4 (5.8)

— Halifax 6.1 (6.1)

— Moncton, N.B. 6.8 (6.9)

— Saint John, N.B. 7.8 (8.3)

— Saguenay, Que. 9.6 (9.8)

— Quebec 5.4 (5.2)

— Sherbrooke, Que. 7.6 (7.1)

— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 6.5 (6.4)

— Montreal 8.1 (8.3)

— Gatineau, Que. 7.3 (7.1)

— Ottawa 5.7 (5.9)

— Kingston, Ont. 6.4 (6.8)

— Peterborough, Ont. 5.6 (5.9)

— Oshawa, Ont. 6.5 (6.8)

— Toronto 7.8 (7.8)

— Hamilton, Ont. 5.6 (5.6)

— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 6.7 (6.4)

— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 5.6 (6.0)

— Brantford, Ont. 6.2 (6.2)

— Guelph, Ont. 5.1 (5.1)

— London, Ont. 7.6 (7.8)

— Windsor, Ont. 9.3 (9.0)

— Barrie, Ont. 4.9 (4.5)

— Sudbury, Ont. 6.1 (6.1)

— Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.8 (5.4)

— Winnipeg 5.6 (5.6)

— Regina 3.3 (3.1)

— Saskatoon 3.7 (3.6)

— Calgary 4.8 (4.4)

— Edmonton 5.0 (5.3)

— Kelowna, B.C. 3.9 (5.2)

— Abbotsford, B.C. 6.5 (6.7)

— Vancouver 5.9 (6.0)

— Victoria 4.9 (4.9)