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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by province

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 08 May, 2026 11:03 AM
  • Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by province

Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in April. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

_ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.0 per cent (9.5)

_ Prince Edward Island 8.0 per cent (7.3)

_ Nova Scotia 6.3 per cent (6.6)

_ New Brunswick 7.2 per cent (7.0)

_ Quebec 6.2 per cent (5.4)

_ Ontario 7.5 per cent (7.6)

_ Manitoba 5.0 per cent (5.6)

_ Saskatchewan 5.6 per cent (5.0)

_ Alberta 7.0 per cent (6.5)

_ British Columbia 6.8 per cent (6.7)

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