OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in December. Here’s what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):
_ Newfoundland 11.5 (12.5)
_ Prince Edward Island 11.0 (11.4)
_ Nova Scotia 9.3 (8.8)
_ New Brunswick 10.8 (11.2)
_ Quebec 7.3 (7.6)
_ Ontario 7.9 (7.9)
_ Manitoba 5.2 (5.3)
_ Saskatchewan 4.6 (4.5)
_ Alberta 4.5 (4.2)
_ British Columbia (6.5) (6.8)
