Workers are pictured at the Vancouver Shipyard on October 7, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
February 07, 2020 - 5:43 AM
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.5 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador 11.9 per cent (11.8)
— Prince Edward Island 7.5 (7.9)
— Nova Scotia 7.4 (7.9)
— New Brunswick 7.5 (7.5)
— Quebec 5.1 (5.3)
— Ontario 5.2 (5.3)
— Manitoba 5.1 (5.0)
— Saskatchewan 6.0 (5.7)
— Alberta 7.3 (7.0)
— British Columbia 4.5 (4.8)
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 7, 2020.
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