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

OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.0 per cent in March. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

_ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.3 per cent (9.9)

_ Prince Edward Island 6.6 per cent (7.3)

_ Nova Scotia 5.7 per cent (5.7)

_ New Brunswick 5.8 per cent (6.3)

_ Quebec 4.2 per cent (4.1)

_ Ontario 5.1 per cent (5.1)

_ Manitoba 4.7 per cent (4.7)

_ Saskatchewan 4.7 per cent (4.3)

_ Alberta 5.7 per cent (5.8)

_ British Columbia 4.5 per cent (5.1)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 6, 2023.