October 05, 2018 - 5:45 AM
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador per cent 13.6 (14.4)
— Prince Edward Island 8.7 (9.3)
— Nova Scotia 7.8 (8.4)
— New Brunswick 7.9 (8.3)
— Quebec 5.3 (5.6)
— Ontario 5.9 (5.7)
— Manitoba 5.8 (5.8)
— Saskatchewan 6.4 (6.7)
— Alberta 7.0 (6.7)
— British Columbia 4.2 (5.3)
News from © The Canadian Press, 2018