OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in April. Here’s what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland 12.1 (11.6)
— Prince Edward Island 11.7 (11.8)
— Nova Scotia 8.9 (9.3)
— New Brunswick 10.5 (9.7)
— Quebec 7.6 (7.6)
— Ontario 7.4 (7.3)
— Manitoba 5.9 (5.7)
— Saskatchewan 3.4 (4.5)
— Alberta 4.7 (4.9)
— British Columbia 5.8 (5.8)
