Workers are pictured at the Vancouver Shipyard in an October 7, 2013, file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
February 08, 2019 - 5:47 AM
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador 11.4 per cent (11.7)
— Prince Edward Island 9.9 (9.6)
— Nova Scotia 6.9 (7.1)
— New Brunswick 8.2 (8.4)
— Quebec 5.4 (5.5)
— Ontario 5.7 (5.4)
— Manitoba 5.5 (6.0)
— Saskatchewan 5.5 (5.6)
— Alberta 6.8 (6.4)
— British Columbia 4.7 (4.4)
News from © The Canadian Press, 2019