By The Canadian Press on July 5, 2024.
OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.4 per cent in June. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.2 per cent (9.9) _ Prince Edward Island 8.0 per cent (7.1) _ Nova Scotia 6.6 per cent (6.4) _ New Brunswick 7.7 per cent (7.5) _ Quebec 5.7 per cent (5.1) _ Ontario 7.0 per cent (6.7) _ Manitoba 5.1 per cent (4.9) _ Saskatchewan 5.5 per cent (5.6) _ Alberta 7.1 per cent (7.2) _ British Columbia 5.2 per cent (5.6) This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 5, 2024. 13