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

OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.7 per cent in April. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

— Newfoundland and Labrador 11.7 per cent (11.5)

— Prince Edward Island 8.6 (8.9)

— Nova Scotia 6.9 (6.2)

— New Brunswick 8.0 (7.9)

— Quebec 4.9 (5.2)

— Ontario 6.0 (5.9)

— Manitoba 5.2 (5.0)

— Saskatchewan 5.4 (4.9)

— Alberta 6.7 (6.9)

— British Columbia 4.6 (4.7)