OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in November. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
_ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.4 per cent (10.1)
_ Prince Edward Island 7.7 per cent (8.5)
_ Nova Scotia 6.7 per cent (6.7)
_ New Brunswick 6.6 per cent (7.9)
_ Quebec 5.1 per cent (5.3)
_ Ontario 7.3 per cent (7.6)
_ Manitoba 6.1 per cent (5.8)
_ Saskatchewan 5.6 per cent (5.5)
_ Alberta 6.5 per cent (7.8)
_ British Columbia 6.4 per cent (6.6)
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 5, 2025.