OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 7.2 per cent in January. Here’s what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador 14.4 per cent (14.4)
— Prince Edward Island 9.5 (9.8)
— Nova Scotia 8.5 (8.6)
— New Brunswick 9.3 (8.9)
— Quebec 7.6 (7.9)
— Ontario 6.7 (6.7)
— Manitoba 6.1 (5.9)
— Saskatchewan 5.6 (5.5)
— Alberta 7.4 (7.0)
— British Columbia 6.6 (6.7)
