By The Canadian Press on August 9, 2024.
OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.4 per cent in July. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.6 per cent (9.2) _ Prince Edward Island 8.9 per cent (8.0) _ Nova Scotia 7.0 per cent (6.6) _ New Brunswick 7.2 per cent (7.7) _ Quebec 5.7 per cent (5.7) _ Ontario 6.7 per cent (7.0) _ Manitoba 5.7 per cent (5.1) _ Saskatchewan 5.4 per cent (5.5) _ Alberta 7.1 per cent (7.1) _ British Columbia 5.5 per cent (5.2) This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 9, 2024. 13