B.C. enjoys lowest rate at 4.3 per cent
OTTAWA (CP) -- Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.4 per cent in May. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
- Newfoundland and Labrador 12.4 per cent (11.7)
- Prince Edward Island 9 (8.6)
- Nova Scotia 6.5 (6.9)
- New Brunswick 7.2 (8)
- Quebec 5 (4.9)
- Ontario 5.2 (6)
- Manitoba 5 (5.2)
- Saskatchewan 5.2 (5.4)
- Alberta 6.7 (6.7)
- British Columbia 4.3 (4.6)
