The national unemployment rate was 7.6 per cent in January. 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. 7.8 (7.3)
— Halifax 5.4 (5.4)
— Moncton, N.B. 7.1 (7.5)
— Saint John, N.B. 7.6 (7.6)
— Saguenay, Que. 5.6 (5.8)
— Quebec 5.0 (4.7)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 6.8 (6.7)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 8.5 (9.1)
— Montreal 9.0 (8.8)
— Gatineau, Que. 6.6 (7.1)
— Ottawa 5.7 (6.1)
— Kingston, Ont. 6.6 (6.3)
— Peterborough, Ont. 7.2 (7.3)
— Oshawa, Ont. 7.4 (7.3)
— Toronto 8.6 (8.6)
— Hamilton 6.0 (6.4)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 7.3 (7.4)
— Kitchener, Ont. 6.9 (6.6)
— Brantford, Ont. 8.1 (7.4)
— Guelph, Ont. 5.5 (5.2)
— London, Ont. 9.0 (9.6)
— Windsor, Ont. 10.9 (10.5)
— Barrie, Ont. 9.5 (10.3)
— Sudbury, Ont. 6.4 (5.7)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 6.2 (7.0)
— Winnipeg 5.8 (5.7)
— Regina 4.4 (4.0)
— Saskatoon 5.9 (5.4)
— Calgary 5.4 (5.5)
— Edmonton 5.0 (4.9)
— Kelowna, B.C. 8.5 (8.0)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 10.1 (9.1)
— Vancouver 7.0 (6.9)
— Victoria 5.7 (5.9)