{
  "id": 13120986,
  "title": "Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by Canadian city",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/heres-a-quick-glance-at-unemployment-rates-for-september-by-canadian",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-09T13:04:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2026/10/09/heres-a-quick-glance-at-unemployment-rates-for-september-by-canadian-city-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ottawa recorded a national unemployment rate of 6.5 per cent in September, according to Statistics Canada. The agency also provided three-month moving average unemployment rates for various Canadian cities, noting that these figures could vary significantly due to their reliance on small statistical samples.\n\nAmong the major cities, Belleville-Quinte West reported a 6.4 per cent unemployment rate, down from 5.4 per cent the previous month. St. Catharines-Niagara followed with a 6.7 per cent rate, compared to 6.3 per cent in the prior month. Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo had the highest three-month average at 7.7 per cent, up from 8.2 per cent in August. Abbotsford-Mission rounded out the list with a 6.8 per cent rate, a slight decrease from 7.4 per cent in September.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Ottawa's unemployment rate was 6.5% in September.",
    "Belleville-Quinte West's rate dropped to 6.4%.",
    "Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo had the highest 3-month average at 7.7%."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/13120986.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Canada sheds 68,000 jobs, unemployment rate up to 6.5% in September",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/canada-sheds-68-000-jobs-unemployment-rate-up-to-6-5-in-september",
        "published": "2026-10-09T08:00:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Did Canada add jobs in September? StatCan to release data",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/did-canada-add-jobs-in-september-statcan-to-release-data",
        "published": "2026-10-09T12:22:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "National employment numbers for September from Statistics Canada, at a glance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/national-employment-numbers-for-september-from-statistics-canada-at-a",
        "published": "2026-10-09T13:04:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}