Unemployment rate during each mayor's tenure
28 mayors, ranked by how the unemployment rate changed from their first day in office, next to the province over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Mayor | City | In office | Total | vs province | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Mark Sutcliffe | Ottawa | 15 Nov 2022 – now | +3.3 pp Oct 2022 → Sep 2026 | +1.8 pp province +1.5 pp | +0.8 pp/yr | |
| 2 | N Don Iveson | Edmonton | 29 Oct 2013 – 26 Oct 2021 | +3.3 pp Sep 2013 → Sep 2021 | −0.2 pp province +3.5 pp | +0.4 pp/yr | |
| 3 | N Josh Morgan | London | 15 Nov 2022 – now | +2.3 pp Oct 2022 → Sep 2026 | +0.8 pp province +1.5 pp | +0.6 pp/yr | |
| 4 | N Andrea Horwath | Hamilton | 15 Nov 2022 – now | +2.2 pp Oct 2022 → Sep 2026 | +0.7 pp province +1.5 pp | +0.6 pp/yr | |
| 5 | N Naheed Nenshi | Calgary | 25 Oct 2010 – 26 Oct 2021 | +2.0 pp Sep 2010 → Sep 2021 | +0.2 pp province +1.8 pp | +0.2 pp/yr | |
| 6 | SC Brenda Locke | Surrey | 7 Nov 2022 – now | +2.0 pp Oct 2022 → Sep 2026 | +0.1 pp province +1.9 pp | +0.5 pp/yr | |
| 7 | ABC Ken Sim | Vancouver | 7 Nov 2022 – now | +2.0 pp Oct 2022 → Sep 2026 | +0.1 pp province +1.9 pp | +0.5 pp/yr | |
| 8 | N Dean Fortin | Victoria | 1 Nov 2008 – 1 Nov 2014 | +1.9 pp Oct 2008 → Oct 2014 | +0.5 pp province +1.4 pp | +0.3 pp/yr | |
| 9 | N Linda Jackson | Vaughan | 1 Dec 2006 – 1 Dec 2010 | +1.8 pp Nov 2006 → Nov 2010 | −0.1 pp province +1.9 pp | +0.5 pp/yr | |
| 10 | N Michael Fougere | Regina | 1 Nov 2012 – 1 Nov 2020 | +1.8 pp Oct 2012 → Oct 2020 | −0.6 pp province +2.4 pp | +0.2 pp/yr |
Showing 10 of 60 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); the province is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey by census metropolitan area (tables 14-10-0380 to 2010, 14-10-0459 from 2011), three-month average, seasonally adjusted · metropolitan area data · as of Sep 2026.