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

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 06 Jun, 2025 10:50 AM
  • Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for May, by province

Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in May. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

_ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.7 per cent (9.6)

_ Prince Edward Island 8.2 per cent (6.6)

_ Nova Scotia 6.5 per cent (7.2)

_ New Brunswick 6.3 per cent (6.9)

_ Quebec 5.8 per cent (6.0)

_ Ontario 7.9 per cent (7.8)

_ Manitoba 5.9 per cent (5.3)

_ Saskatchewan 4.2 per cent (4.3)

_ Alberta 7.4 per cent (7.1)

_ British Columbia 6.4 per cent (6.2)

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