By The Canadian Press on February 10, 2023.
OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate held steady at 5.0 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 11.8 per cent (10.1) _ Prince Edward Island 7.7 per cent (5.7) _ Nova Scotia 5.0 per cent (6.2) _ New Brunswick 7.5 per cent (7.8) _ Quebec 3.9 per cent (4.1) _ Ontario 5.2 per cent (5.3) _ Manitoba 4.2 per cent (4.3) _ Saskatchewan 4.3 per cent (4.4) _ Alberta 6.0 per cent (5.6) _ British Columbia 4.4 per cent (4.1) This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 10, 2023. 13