Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for March, by province

OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in March. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

— Newfoundland and Labrador 11.5 per cent (11.8)

— Prince Edward Island 8.9 (10.3)

— Nova Scotia 6.2 (6.4)

— New Brunswick 7.9 (8.5)

— Quebec 5.2 (5.3)

— Ontario 5.9 (5.7)

— Manitoba 5.0 (5.3)

— Saskatchewan 4.9 (5.8)

— Alberta 6.9 (7.3)

— British Columbia 4.7 (4.5)