OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in September. Here’s what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland 12.7 (13.5)
— Prince Edward Island 9.5 (10.0)
— Nova Scotia 8.6 (8.8)
— New Brunswick 9.6 (8.7)
— Quebec 7.6 (7.7)
— Ontario 7.1 (7.4)
— Manitoba 5.3 (5.5)
— Saskatchewan 3.5 (4.2)
— Alberta 4.4 (4.9)
— British Columbia 6.1 (6.1)
