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

OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

— Newfoundland and Labrador 11.8 per cent (11.4)

— Prince Edward Island 10.3 (9.9)

— Nova Scotia 6.4 (6.9)

— New Brunswick 8.5 (8.2)

— Quebec 5.3 (5.4)

— Ontario 5.7 (5.7)

— Manitoba 5.3 (5.5)

— Saskatchewan 5.8 (5.5)

— Alberta 7.3 (6.8)

— British Columbia 4.5 (4.7)