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

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

_ Newfoundland and Labrador 8.7 per cent (8.8)

_ Prince Edward Island 8.1 per cent (8.2)

_ Nova Scotia 7.7 per cent (6.4)

_ New Brunswick 6.2 per cent (6.4)

_ Quebec 4.5 per cent (4.4)

_ Ontario 5.6 per cent (5.7)

_ Manitoba 4.9 per cent (4.3)

_ Saskatchewan 5.1 per cent (4.7)

_ Alberta 6.1 per cent (5.7)

_ British Columbia 5.4 per cent (5.6)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 4, 2023.