QuickList: Unemployment rates in selected Canadian cities in April

OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in April. 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. 7.5 per cent (7.4)

— Halifax 7.0 (7.2)

— Moncton, N.B. 7.2 (6.9)

— Saint John, N.B. 8.4 (8.3)

— Saguenay, Que. 10.0 (9.1)

— Quebec 4.5 (5.1)

— Sherbrooke, Que. 7.3 (7.0)

— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 6.5 (6.3)

— Montreal 8.4 (8.5)

— Gatineau, Que. 6.6 (6.6)

— Ottawa 7.1 (6.8)

— Kingston, Ont. 6.3 (6.0)

— Peterborough, Ont. 3.2 (4.3)

— Oshawa, Ont. 6.0 (6.1)

— Toronto 7.5 (7.3)

— Hamilton, Ont. 5.4 (5.9)

— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 7.5 (8.3)

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

— Brantford, Ont. 7.2 (6.9)

— Guelph, Ont. 4.8 (4.4)

— London, Ont. 7.3 (6.6)

— Windsor, Ont. 6.4 (7.0)

— Barrie, Ont. 7.9 (7.6)

— Sudbury, Ont. 8.6 (8.6)

— Thunder Bay, Ont. 7.5 (7.6)

— Winnipeg 6.3 (6.3)

— Regina 5.4 (5.0)

— Saskatoon 7.1 (6.4)

— Calgary 8.3 (8.6)

— Edmonton 7.0 (6.9)

— Kelowna, B.C. 8.1 (8.3)

— Abbotsford, B.C. 6.9 (7.0)

— Vancouver 6.0 (6.3)

— Victoria 6.2 (6.0)