OTTAWA – OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in March. Here’s what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):

_ Newfoundland 13.3 (12.6)

_ Prince Edward Island 11.0 (10.1)

_ Nova Scotia 9.3 (9.1)

_ New Brunswick 10.1 (10.4)

_ Quebec 7.5 (7.4)

_ Ontario 6.9 (6.9)

_ Manitoba 5.4 (5.6)

_ Saskatchewan 4.4 (5.0)

_ Alberta 5.5 (5.3)

_ British Columbia 5.8 (6.0)