Prairies

Alberta
Wood Buffalo

Saskatchewan

Percentage change in number of people receiving Employment Insurance regular benefits, September 2010 to September 2011, by Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) and Census Agglomerations (CAs)
Note: The CMAs and CAs in Canada (2001 Census geography) were divided into five groups or quintiles, ranked from the smallest to the largest percentage change in the number of regular beneficiaries. Data for the most recent month are preliminary.

Grande Prairie

Thompson

Range of percentage change 5 (-8.7% to 26.6%) (-16.7% to -9.2%) (-24.5% to -16.8%) (-31.6% to -25.0%) (-51.7% to -33.2%)

Cold Lake

Manitoba

4 3 2

Edmonton

1 Lloydminster, Alta. part

Canada average -20.3% Prince Albert North Battleford

Wetaskiwin

Camrose

Red Deer Saskatoon Calgary Yorkton

Brooks Moose Jaw Regina Brandon Lethbridge Swift Current Medicine Hat Estevan Portage la Prairie Winnipeg

Source: Employment Insurance Statistics. Produced by Geography Division, Statistics Canada, 2011.