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

OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in April. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets):

— Newfoundland and Labrador 14.0 per cent (14.9)

— Prince Edward Island 10.3 (10.1)

— Nova Scotia 8.3 (8.6)

— New Brunswick 8.7 (8.4)

— Quebec 6.6 (6.4)

— Ontario 5.8 (6.4)

— Manitoba 5.4 (5.5)

— Saskatchewan 6.2 (6.0)

— Alberta 7.9 (8.4)

— British Columbia 5.5 (5.4)