By The Canadian Press on April 6, 2023.
OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.0 per cent in March. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.3 per cent (9.9) _ Prince Edward Island 6.6 per cent (7.3) _ Nova Scotia 5.7 per cent (5.7) _ New Brunswick 5.8 per cent (6.3) _ Quebec 4.2 per cent (4.1) _ Ontario 5.1 per cent (5.1) _ Manitoba 4.7 per cent (4.7) _ Saskatchewan 4.7 per cent (4.3) _ Alberta 5.7 per cent (5.8) _ British Columbia 4.5 per cent (5.1) This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 6, 2023. 13