OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.5 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador 11.5 per cent (13.1)
— Prince Edward Island 8.8 (8.9)
— Nova Scotia 7.2 (7.9)
— New Brunswick 8.3 (8.6)
— Quebec 4.8 (4.7)
— Ontario 5.3 (5.6)
— Manitoba 5.0 (5.6)
— Saskatchewan 5.3 (5.1)
— Alberta 6.6 (7.2)
— British Columbia 4.8 (5.0)
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