OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in June. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador 12.0 per cent (11.7)
— Prince Edward Island 11.0 (10.4)
— Nova Scotia 8.2 (8.3)
— New Brunswick 10.3 (9.9)
— Quebec 7.0 (7.1)
— Ontario 6.4 (6.6)
— Manitoba 6.1 (5.9)
— Saskatchewan 6.1 (6.0)
— Alberta 7.9 (7.8)
— British Columbia 5.9 (6.1)
