CANADA 

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by province

By The Canadian Press

February 07, 2025 

Cars park on the streets beside colourful houses in St. John's, Sunday, June 25, 2023. 

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

Newfoundland and Labrador 10.6 per cent (10.5)

Prince Edward Island 7.2 per cent (8.5)

Nova Scotia 5.9 per cent (6.3)

New Brunswick 6.4 per cent (7.7)

Quebec 5.4 per cent (5.6)

Ontario 7.6 per cent (7.5)

Manitoba 6.1 per cent (6.2)

Saskatchewan 5.4 per cent (6.0)

Alberta 6.7 per cent (6.7)

British Columbia 6.0 per cent (5.9)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 7, 2025.

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by Canadian city

By The Canadian Press

February 07, 2025 

A sailboat is seen in front of the Halifax skyline 

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

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. 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):

St. John’s, N.L. 6.8 per cent (6.7)

Halifax 5.0 per cent (5.1)

Moncton, N.B. 5.1 per cent (5.4)

Saint John, N.B. 6.9 per cent (6.2)


Fredericton 7.4 per cent (6.8)

Saguenay, Que. 3.3 per cent (4.1)

Quebec City 4.7 per cent (4.6)

Sherbrooke, Que. 5.0 per cent (5.3)

Trois-Rivières, Que. 4.9 per cent (5.3)

Drummondville, Que. 5.9 per cent (6.3)

Montreal 6.5 per cent (6.6)

Gatineau, Que. 5.4 per cent (5.6)

Ottawa 5.8 per cent (5.9)

Kingston, Ont. 6.2 per cent (6.1)

Belleville-Quinte West, Ont. 8.3 per cent (3.3)


Peterborough, Ont. 6.1 per cent (5.1)

Oshawa, Ont. 8.2 per cent (8.0)

Toronto 8.8 per cent (8.4)

Hamilton, Ont. 7.5 per cent (7.3)

St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 6.1 per cent (6.7)

Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 8.0 per cent (7.6)

Brantford, Ont. 5.0 per cent (5.1)

Guelph, Ont. 7.8 per cent (7.2)

London, Ont. 7.0 per cent (7.1)

Windsor, Ont. 9.1 per cent (8.9)

Barrie, Ont. 5.8 per cent (6.0)

Greater Sudbury, Ont. 5.9 per cent (5.4)

Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.1 per cent (5.1)

Winnipeg 6.3 per cent (6.2)

Regina 7.0 per cent (6.8)

Saskatoon 4.8 per cent (5.0)

Lethbridge, Alta. 5.2 per cent (5.7)

Calgary 7.7 per cent (8.1)

Red Deer, Alta. 9.7 per cent (10.0)

Edmonton 7.2 per cent (7.5)

Kelowna, B.C. 4.9 per cent (5.2)

Kamloops, B.C. 4.8 per cent (4.3)

Chilliwack, B.C. 6.8 per cent (5.7)

Abbotsford-Mission, B.C. 5.2 per cent (5.3)

Vancouver 6.6 per cent (6.4)

Victoria 3.6 per cent (3.8)

Nanaimo, B.C. 7.1 per cent (6.6)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published