By The Canadian Press on March 10, 2023.
OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.0 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.9 per cent (11.8) _ Prince Edward Island 7.3 per cent (7.7) _ Nova Scotia 5.7 per cent (5.0) _ New Brunswick 6.3 per cent (7.5) _ Quebec 4.1 per cent (3.9) _ Ontario 5.1 per cent (5.2) _ Manitoba 4.7 per cent (4.2) _ Saskatchewan 4.3 per cent (4.3) _ Alberta 5.8 per cent (6.0) _ British Columbia 5.1 per cent (4.4) This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 10, 2023. 13