January 04, 2019 - 5:45 AM
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent in December. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador 11.7 per cent (12.2)
— Prince Edward Island 9.6 (8.5)
— Nova Scotia 7.1 (7.0)
— New Brunswick 8.4 (7.9)
— Quebec 5.5 (5.4)
— Ontario 5.4 (5.6)
— Manitoba 6.0 (5.7)
— Saskatchewan 5.6 (5.5)
— Alberta 6.4 (6.3)
— British Columbia 4.4 (4.4)
News from © The Canadian Press, 2019