OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in February. Here’s what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland 11.7 (11.5)
— Prince Edward Island 11.6 (11.8)
— Nova Scotia 9.3 (9.7)
— New Brunswick 10.1 (11.3)
— Quebec 7.4 (7.1)
— Ontario 7.7 (7.7)
— Manitoba 4.9 (5.0)
— Saskatchewan 3.8 (4.0)
— Alberta 4.5 (4.5)
— British Columbia 6.3 (6.3)
