OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 10.2 per cent in August. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
_ Newfoundland and Labrador 13.1 per cent (15.6)
_ Prince Edward Island 10.7 per cent (11.7)
_ Nova Scotia 10.3 per cent (10.8)
_ New Brunswick 9.4 per cent (9.8)
_ Quebec 8.7 per cent (9.5)
_ Ontario 10.6 per cent (11.3)
_ Manitoba 8.1 per cent (8.2)
_ Saskatchewan 7.9 per cent (8.8)
_ Alberta 11.8 per cent (12.8)
_ British Columbia 10.7 per cent (11.1)
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 4, 2020, and was generated automatically
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