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

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

_ Newfoundland and Labrador 10 per cent (9.7)

_ Prince Edward Island 6.2 per cent (6.3)

_ Nova Scotia 6.6 per cent (6.9)

_ New Brunswick 6.6 per cent (7.2)

_ Quebec 4.9 per cent (4.4)

_ Ontario 6.2 per cent (6.0)

_ Manitoba 5.2 per cent (5.0)

_ Saskatchewan 4.4 per cent (4.9)

_ Alberta 5.8 per cent (5.7)

_ British Columbia 5.4 per cent (5.4)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 3, 2023.