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

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

— Newfoundland and Labrador 11.9 per cent (11.8)

— Prince Edward Island 7.5 (7.9)

— Nova Scotia 7.4 (7.9)

— New Brunswick 7.5 (7.5)

— Quebec 5.1 (5.3)

— Ontario 5.2 (5.3)

— Manitoba 5.1 (5.0)

— Saskatchewan 6.0 (5.7)

— Alberta 7.3 (7.0)

— British Columbia 4.5 (4.8)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 7, 2020.