OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in May. Here’s what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland 12.7 (12.1)
— Prince Edward Island 12.2 (11.7)
— Nova Scotia 8.9 (8.9)
— New Brunswick 10.2 (10.5)
— Quebec 8.0 (7.6)
— Ontario 7.3 (7.4)
— Manitoba 5.5 (5.9)
— Saskatchewan 3.7 (3.4)
— Alberta 4.6 (4.7)
— British Columbia 6.1 (5.8)
