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

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

— Newfoundland and Labrador 14.5 per cent (14.2)

— Prince Edward Island 11.2 (10.3)

— Nova Scotia 6.7 (7.4)

— New Brunswick 8.0 (8.0)

— Quebec 5.4 (5.6)

— Ontario 5.6 (5.5)

— Manitoba 6.1 (6.2)

— Saskatchewan 6.3 (5.8)

— Alberta 6.7 (6.3)

— British Columbia 5.0 (4.7)