OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.2 per cent in March. 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. 6.8 (7.0)
— Halifax 6.3 (6.4)
— Moncton, N.B. 6.6 (6.3)
— Saint John, N.B. 9.1 (9.6)
— Saguenay, Que. 7.8 (9.5)
— Quebec 4.4 (4.6)
— Sherbrooke, Que. 6.3 (6.3)
— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 7.7 (8.1)
— Montreal 7.8 (7.6)
— Gatineau, Que. 6.7 (6.9)
— Ottawa 6.1 (6.1)
— Kingston, Ont. 6.3 (6.7)
— Peterborough, Ont. 10.2 (9.9)
— Oshawa, Ont. 8.6 (9.4)
— Toronto 8.4 (8.4)
— Hamilton, Ont. 6.1 (5.7)
— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 7.9 (7.1)
— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 7.2 (7.5)
— Brantford, Ont. 7.7 (7.7)
— Guelph, Ont. 6.0 (5.8)
— London, Ont. 9.6 (9.1)
— Windsor, Ont. 9.0 (9.2)
— Barrie, Ont. 7.3 (7.0)
— Sudbury, Ont. 7.8 (8.1)
— Thunder Bay, Ont. 6.3 (5.9)
— Winnipeg 5.4 (5.4)
— Regina 3.5 (3.7)
— Saskatoon 4.0 (4.7)
— Calgary 5.1 (5.0)
— Edmonton 4.2 (4.4)
— Kelowna, B.C. 6.5 (6.6)
— Abbotsford, B.C. 7.0 (7.0)
— Vancouver 6.8 (6.4)
— Victoria 5.5 (5.4)

