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QuickList: Canadian unemployment rates for provinces in month of November

OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in November. Here’s what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):

— Newfoundland 12.3 (11.0)

— Prince Edward Island 11.4 (10.7)

— Nova Scotia 8.8 (9.1)

— New Brunswick 9.7 (10.1)

— Quebec 7.2 (7.5)

— Ontario 7.2 (7.4)

— Manitoba 5.6 (5.5)

— Saskatchewan 4.1 (3.6)

— Alberta 4.7 (4.3)

— British Columbia 6.7 (6.5)