失业率下降至8.5%

Canada\'s national unemployment rate was 8.5 per cent in November. Here\'s what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):

-Newfoundland 15.9 (17.0)

-Prince Edward Island 11.7 (12.0)

-Nova Scotia 9.5 (9.3)

-New Brunswick 8.8 (8.5)

-Quebec 8.1 (8.5)

-Ontario 9.3 (9.3)

-Manitoba 5.3 (5.8)

-Saskatchewan 5.2 (5.3)

-Alberta 7.4 (7.5)

-British Columbia 8.3 (8.3)

Canada\'s national unemployment rate was 8.5 per cent in November. 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. 9.1 (8.9)

-Halifax 6.9 (6.8)

-Saint John, N.B. 6.0 (5.2)

-Saguenay, Que. 7.6 (7.8)

-Quebec 5.3 (5.4)

-Trois-Rivieres, Que. 8.9 (9.2)

-Sherbrooke, Que. 5.7 (6.4)

-Montreal 9.1 (9.3)

-Gatineau, Que. 5.4 (5.48)

-Ottawa 5.8 (5.9)

-Kingston, Ont. 6.2 (6.1)

-Toronto 9.5 (9.6)

-Hamilton 8.0 (8.4)

-Kitchener, Ont. 9.13 (9.0)

-London, Ont. 9.9 (10.8)

-Oshawa, Ont. 9.2 (9.1)

-St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 10.4 (10.1)

-Sudbury, Ont. 9.4 (10.1)

-Thunder Bay, Ont. 8.5 (8.8)

-Windsor, Ont. 13.5 (13.7)

-Winnipeg 5.4 (5.8)

-Regina 4.9 (5.1)

-Saskatoon 4.6 (4.4)

-Calgary 7.0 (6.9)

-Edmonton 7.7 (7.7)

-Abbotsford, B.C. 7.8 (8.0)

-Vancouver 7.5 (7.3)

-Victoria 7.1 (6.4)

A quick look at November unemployment (previous month in brackets):

Unemployment rate: 8.5 per cent (8.6)

Number unemployed: 1,574,200 (1,587,400)

Number working: 16,873,900 (16,794,800)

Youth (15-24 years) unemployment: 15.9 (15.6)

Men (25 plus) unemployment: 8.1 per cent (8.3)

Women (25 plus) unemployment: 6.2 per cent (6.4)