BY THE NUMBERS

Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

St. John's, N.L. 8.7 per cent (9.3)

Halifax 7.3 per cent (6.6)

Moncton, N.B. 9.0 per cent (8.9)

Saint John, N.B. 11.0 per cent (10.2) Quebec City 4.1 per cent (4.3)

Montreal 8.1 per cent (8.5)

Ottawa 6.6 per cent (7.1)

Toronto 10.7 per cent (10.7)

Hamilton, Ont. 8.1 per cent (8.0)

Niagara, Ont. 9.1 per cent (7.2)

Thunder Bay, Ont. 7.6 per cent (7.5) Winnipeg 8.4 per cent (8.1)

Regina 6.3 per cent (5.4)

Saskatoon 8.1 per cent (7.8)

Calgary 10.4 per cent (10.7)

Edmonton 11.1 per cent (11.3)

Kelowna, B.C. 4.5 per cent (4.7) Abbotsford, B.C. 8.4 per cent (8.1) Vancouver 7.4 per cent (8.1)

Victoria 5.8 per cent (6.3)