OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent in November. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador 12.2 per cent (12.7)
— Prince Edward Island 8.5 (7.2)
— Nova Scotia 7.0 (7.7)
— New Brunswick 7.9 (7.2)
— Quebec 5.4 (5.2)
— Ontario 5.6 (5.6)
— Manitoba 5.7 (6.1)
— Saskatchewan 5.5 (6.2)
— Alberta 6.3 (7.3)
— British Columbia 4.4 (4.1)
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