Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by province

OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

— Newfoundland and Labrador per cent 13.6 (14.4)

— Prince Edward Island 8.7 (9.3)

— Nova Scotia 7.8 (8.4)

— New Brunswick 7.9 (8.3)

— Quebec 5.3 (5.6)

— Ontario 5.9 (5.7)

— Manitoba 5.8 (5.8)

— Saskatchewan 6.4 (6.7)

— Alberta 7.0 (6.7)

— British Columbia 4.2 (5.3)

The Canadian Press