Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by province

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This article was published 11/03/2022 (1671 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.5 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

_ Newfoundland and Labrador 12.3 per cent (12.8)

_ Prince Edward Island 9.0 per cent (9.6)

_ Nova Scotia 6.6 per cent (7.0)

_ New Brunswick 7.9 per cent (8.5)

_ Quebec 4.5 per cent (5.4)

_ Ontario 5.5 per cent (7.3)

_ Manitoba 4.8 per cent (5.1)

_ Saskatchewan 4.7 per cent (5.5)

_ Alberta 6.8 per cent (7.2)

_ British Columbia 4.9 per cent (5.1)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 11, 2022.