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

Unemployment rate: 7.3 per cent (7.3)

Number unemployed: 1,373,300 (1,377,000)

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Number working: 17,513,600 (17,479,300)

Youth (15-24 years) unemployment: 14.8 per cent (14.3)

Men (25 plus) unemployment: 6.3 per cent (6.4)

Women (25 plus) unemployment: 5.6 per cent (5.8)

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By Province

Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.3 per cent in August. Here's what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):

By city

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.)

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