Alberta lost 11,000 jobs in October, according to a Statistics Canada report, for a 2.2% hit to the unemployment rate.

The province's unemployment rate sat at 6.6% in October.

Over the same period, the unemployment rate in the province was up 2.2% to 6.6% as more people were looking for work.

“Employment in natural resources continued on the downward trend that began a year ago,” reads the Stats Can report, “falling by 8,000 in October and bringing total losses in the industry to 26,000 (6.9%) over the past 12 months.”

Most of the declines were in Alberta.

Statistics Canada also issued 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.)

-- Edmonton 6.0 (5.9)

-- Calgary 6.7 (6.8)

-- St. John's, N.L. 6.5 per cent (6.5)

-- Halifax 5.9 (5.9)

-- Moncton, N.B. 6.2 (6.9)

-- Saint John, N.B. 7.7 (8.5)

-- Saguenay, Que. 8.4 (8.5)

-- Quebec 5.0 (4.9)

-- Sherbrooke, Que. 6.6 (6.8)

-- Trois-Rivieres, Que. 6.9 (6.9)

-- Montreal 8.7 (8.7)

-- Gatineau, Que. 6.6 (6.7)

-- Ottawa 6.1 (6.2)

-- Kingston, Ont. 6.8 (7.1)

-- Peterborough, Ont. 8.4 (8.0)

-- Oshawa, Ont. 8.0 (8.2)

-- Toronto 7.1 (6.9)

-- Hamilton, Ont. 5.5 (5.3)

-- St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 7.3 (6.8)

-- Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 6.0 (5.8)

-- Brantford, Ont. 5.3 (6.4)

-- Guelph, Ont. 4.0 (3.6)

-- London, Ont. 7.1 (7.3)

-- Windsor, Ont. 9.8 (9.7)

-- Barrie, Ont. 6.6 (6.9)

-- Sudbury, Ont. 7.4 (7.3)

-- Thunder Bay, Ont. 4.9 (5.0)

-- Winnipeg 5.6 (5.6)

-- Regina 4.1 (4.4)

-- Saskatoon 6.1 (5.8)

-- Kelowna, B.C. 7.2 (6.9)

-- Abbotsford, B.C. 6.8 (5.9)

-- Vancouver 5.9 (5.8)

-- Victoria 6.1 (5.6)