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

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This article was published 07/07/2023 (1148 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.4 per cent in June. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

_ Newfoundland and Labrador 8.8 per cent (10.2)

_ Prince Edward Island 8.2 per cent (7.2)

_ Nova Scotia 6.4 per cent (5.7)

_ New Brunswick 6.4 per cent (6.1)

_ Quebec 4.4 per cent (4.0)

_ Ontario 5.7 per cent (5.5)

_ Manitoba 4.3 per cent (4.8)

_ Saskatchewan 4.7 per cent (4.4)

_ Alberta 5.7 per cent (5.7)

_ British Columbia 5.6 per cent (5.0)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 7, 2023.