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

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

— Newfoundland and Labrador 12.8 per cent (13.3)

— Prince Edward Island 8.4 (9.3)

— Nova Scotia 7.4 (6.6)

— New Brunswick 8.5 (7.8)

— Quebec 4.9 (4.9)

— Ontario 5.7 (5.4)

— Manitoba 5.8 (5.7)

— Saskatchewan 5.4 (5.1)

— Alberta 7.0 (6.6)

— British Columbia 4.4 (4.5)