OTTAWA 鈥� Canada's national unemployment rate was 9.4 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
_ Newfoundland and Labrador 12.8 per cent (12.6)
_ Prince Edward Island 7.9 per cent (9.9)
_ Nova Scotia 8.3 per cent (8.8)
_ New Brunswick 8.8 per cent (9.6)
_ Quebec 8.8 per cent (6.8)
_ Ontario 10.2 per cent (9.6)
_ Manitoba 8.0 per cent (8.3)
_ Saskatchewan 7.2 per cent (8.0)
_ Alberta 10.7 per cent (11.1)
_ British Columbia 8.0 per cent (7.2)
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 5, 2021.
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