Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by Canadian city – Winnipeg Free Press

OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate stood at 7.1 per cent in September. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted three-month rolling averages for unemployment in major cities. However, he cautions that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples.

Here are the unemployment rates last month by city (numbers for the previous month in brackets):

_ St. John's, Netherlands 6.9 percent (7.0)

_ Halifax 5.7 percent (5.7)

_ Moncton, North Carolina 7.3 percent (7.1)

_ Saint John, Northern Bulgaria 7.6 percent (7.6)

_ Fredericton 6.7 percent (5.9)

_ Saguenay, Que. 4.2 percent (4.0)

_ Quebec 4.8 percent (4.4)

_ Sherbrooke, Qu. 5.2 percent (5.4)

_ Trois-Rivières, Que. 4.9 percent (5.6)

_ Drummondville, Quebec. 5.7 percent (5.8)

_ Montreal 6.5 percent (6.8)

_ Gatineau, Que. 6.9 percent (6.6)

_ Ottawa 7.1 percent (6.8)

_ Kingston, Ontario. 6.1 percent (6.8)

_ Belleville-Quinte West, Ontario. 6.6 percent (7.5)

_ Peterborough, Ontario. 5.4 percent (6.1)

_ Oshawa, Ontario. 8.8 percent (9.0)

_ Toronto 8.9 percent (8.9)

_ Hamilton, Ontario. 7.2 percent (6.9)

_ St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario. 7.1 percent (7.0)

_ Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario. 7.1 percent (7.1)

_ Brantford, Ontario. 9.7 percent (9.4)

_ Guelph, Ontario. 8.5 percent (8.7)

_ London, Ontario. 6.2 percent (6.1)

_ Windsor, Ontario. 10.4 percent (11.1)

_Barrie, Ontario. 7.7 percent (7.0)

_ Greater Sudbury, Ontario. 6.7 percent (6.4)

_ Thunder Bay, Ontario. 4.9 percent (5.0)

_ Winnipeg 6.5 percent (6.2)

_ Regina 6.5 percent (5.9)

_ Saskatoon 5.3 percent (5.0)

_ Lethbridge, Alta. 8.2 percent (6.7)

_ Calgary 8.1 percent (7.7)

_ Red Deer, Alta. 7.5 percent (6.7)

_ Edmonton 8.7 percent (8.5)

_ Kelowna, British Columbia 7.1 percent (4.1)

_ Kamloops, British Columbia 9.5 percent (10.3)

_ Chilliwack, British Columbia 6.4 percent (6.1)

_ Abbotsford-Mission, British Columbia 7.2 percent (6.8)

_ Vancouver 6.3 percent (6.1)

_ Victoria 4.8 percent (5.1)

_ Nanaimo, British Columbia 8.4 percent (8.5)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 10, 2025.