November 02, 2018 - 5:46 AM
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador 12.7 per cent (13.6)
— Prince Edward Island 7.2 (8.7)
— Nova Scotia 7.7 (7.8)
— New Brunswick 7.2 (7.9)
— Quebec 5.2 (5.3)
— Ontario 5.6 (5.9)
— Manitoba 6.1 (5.8)
— Saskatchewan 6.2 (6.4)
— Alberta 7.3 (7.0)
— British Columbia 4.1 (4.2)
News from © The Canadian Press, 2018