OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.2 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. 6.6 (6.8)
— Halifax 6.5 (6.3)
— Moncton, N.B. 6.7 (6.6)
— Saint John, N.B. 9.2 (9.1)
— Saguenay, Que. 7.5 (7.8)
— Quebec 4.5 (4.4)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 6.3 (6.3)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 7.8 (7.7)
— Montreal 8.0 (7.8)
— Gatineau, Que. 6.4 (6.7)
— Ottawa 6.1 (6.1)
— Kingston, Ont. 5.9 (6.3)
— Peterborough, Ont. 11.7 (10.2)
— Oshawa, Ont. 8.3 (8.6)
— Toronto 8.4 (8.4)
— Hamilton, Ont. 6.8 (6.1)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 8.6 (7.9)
— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 7.1 (7.2)
— Brantford, Ont. 7.6 (7.7)
— Guelph, Ont. 6.9 (6.0)
— London, Ont. 9.9 (9.6)
— Windsor, Ont. 9.2 (9.0)
— Barrie, Ont. 8.1 (7.3)
— Sudbury, Ont. 7.9 (7.8)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 6.4 (6.3)
— Winnipeg 5.8 (5.4)
— Regina 3.5 (3.5)
— Saskatoon 3.7 (4.0)
— Calgary 4.7 (5.1)
— Edmonton 4.4 (4.2)
— Kelowna, B.C. 7.1 (6.5)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 7.7 (7.0)
— Vancouver 6.8 (6.8)
— Victoria 5.3 (5.5)