By The Canadian Press on May 5, 2023.
OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.0 per cent in April. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.1 per cent (10.3) _ Prince Edward Island 7.1 per cent (6.6) _ Nova Scotia 6.3 per cent (5.7) _ New Brunswick 6.1 per cent (5.8) _ Quebec 4.1 per cent (4.2) _ Ontario 4.9 per cent (5.1) _ Manitoba 4.8 per cent (4.7) _ Saskatchewan 4.8 per cent (4.7) _ Alberta 5.9 per cent (5.7) _ British Columbia 5.0 per cent (4.5) This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 5, 2023. 13