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

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

_ Newfoundland and Labrador 8.9 per cent (8.7)

_ Prince Edward Island 7.6 per cent (8.1)

_ Nova Scotia 7.0 per cent (7.7)

_ New Brunswick 7.7 per cent (6.2)

_ Quebec 4.3 per cent (4.5)

_ Ontario 5.9 per cent (5.6)

_ Manitoba 5.7 per cent (4.9)

_ Saskatchewan 5.4 per cent (5.1)

_ Alberta 5.7 per cent (6.1)

_ British Columbia 5.2 per cent (5.4)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 8, 2023.