OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 8.9 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador 12.8 per cent (14.8)
— Prince Edward Island 10.0 per cent (10.1)
— Nova Scotia 8.7 per cent (7.9)
— New Brunswick 10.1 per cent (10.4)
— Quebec 7.7 per cent (7.4)
— Ontario 9.6 per cent (9.5)
— Manitoba 7.1 per cent (7.0)
— Saskatchewan 6.4 per cent (6.8)
— Alberta 10.7 per cent (11.7)
— British Columbia 8.0 per cent (8.4)
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 6, 2020 and was generated automatically.
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