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

A construction worker attaches a basket on a crane as they work on the rooftop of a residential apartment building in Levis, Que. on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in May. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

• Newfoundland and Labrador 9.7 per cent (9.6)
• Prince Edward Island 8.2 per cent (6.6)
• Nova Scotia 6.5 per cent (7.2)
• New Brunswick 6.3 per cent (6.9)
• Quebec 5.8 per cent (6.0)
• Ontario 7.9 per cent (7.8)
• Manitoba 5.9 per cent (5.3)
• Saskatchewan 4.2 per cent (4.3)
• Alberta 7.4 per cent (7.1)
• British Columbia 6.4 per cent (6.2)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 6, 2025.