OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.0 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
_ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.9 per cent (11.8)
_ Prince Edward Island 7.3 per cent (7.7)
_ Nova Scotia 5.7 per cent (5.0)
_ New Brunswick 6.3 per cent (7.5)
_ Quebec 4.1 per cent (3.9)
_ Ontario 5.1 per cent (5.2)
_ Manitoba 4.7 per cent (4.2)
_ Saskatchewan 4.3 per cent (4.3)
_ Alberta 5.8 per cent (6.0)
_ British Columbia 5.1 per cent (4.4)
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 10, 2023.
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