OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador 12.0 per cent (11.9)
— Prince Edward Island 8.0 (7.5)
— Nova Scotia 7.8 (7.4)
— New Brunswick 6.9 (7.5)
— Quebec 4.5 (5.1)
— Ontario 5.5 (5.2)
— Manitoba 5.0 (5.1)
— Saskatchewan 6.2 (6.0)
— Alberta 7.2 (7.3)
— British Columbia 5.0 (4.5)
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