QuickList: Canadian unemployment rates for provinces in month of August

OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in August. Here’s what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):

_ Newfoundland and Labrador 12.3 per cent (12.8)

_ Prince Edward Island 12.1 (9.6)

_ Nova Scotia 8.5 (8.4)

_ New Brunswick 9.4 (9.7)

_ Quebec 7.1 (7.0)

_ Ontario 6.7 (6.4)

_ Manitoba 5.9 (6.2)

_ Saskatchewan 6.3 (6.3)

_ Alberta 8.4 (8.6)

_ British Columbia 5.5 (5.6)