We’re all used to hearing about Alberta being the place in Canada to find work, but here’s something we’re not used to hearing: Ontario is leading job growth in the country, and by a mile.

It’s a clear indicator that slumping oil prices, coupled with a recovery in the U.S. economy, are turning economic fortunes around in Canada. The West may not be the best for much longer.

Ontario, which has struggled for years to replace disappearing manufacturing jobs, created more than half of new jobs in Canada over the past two months, BMO economist Robert Kavcic noted this week. The province accounted for nearly 62,000 of the 117,000 jobs created.

That’s quite a turnaround from earlier this year, when one city in Alberta (Edmonton) accounted for 40 per cent of all the job growth in the country.

StatsCan’s latest labour force report, for October, showed Canada’s unemployment rate falling to 6.5 per cent, the lowest rate since late 2008. And for the first time since 2006, Ontario’s unemployment rate wasn’t higher than the national average. It came in spot on at 6.5 per cent.

Kavcic put together this chart showing Ontario lagging the country for years, until just last month: