Construction workers on the job at the site for Montreal's CHUM super hospital in Montreal on July 2, 2013. Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in July. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
August 10, 2018 - 5:59 AM
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in July. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador per cent 15.4 (15.5)
— Prince Edward Island 9.5 (8.9)
— Nova Scotia 8.0 (7.9)
— New Brunswick 7.5 (7.5)
— Quebec 5.6 (5.4)
— Ontario 5.4 (5.9)
— Manitoba 6.0 (6.1)
— Saskatchewan 6.6 (6.3)
— Alberta 6.7 (6.5)
— British Columbia 5.0 (5.2)
News from © The Canadian Press, 2018