By The Canadian Press on November 8, 2024.
OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.1 per cent (10.0) _ Prince Edward Island 10.0 per cent (7.1) _ Nova Scotia 6.2 per cent (6.3) _ New Brunswick 6.8 per cent (6.7) _ Quebec 5.7 per cent (5.5) _ Ontario 6.8 per cent (6.9) _ Manitoba 5.9 per cent (5.7) _ Saskatchewan 6.0 per cent (5.7) _ Alberta 7.3 per cent (7.5) _ British Columbia 5.8 per cent (6.0) This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 8, 2024. 13