OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada’s December employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
Unemployment rate: 8.6 per cent (8.5)
Employment rate: 59.3 per cent (59.5)
Participation rate: 64.9 per cent (65.1)
Number unemployed: 1,755,800 (1,735,200)
Number working: 18,553,000 (18,615,600)
Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 17.7 per cent (17.4)
Men (25 plus) unemployment rate: 7.5 per cent (7.4)
Women (25 plus) unemployment rate: 6.9 per cent (6.8)
Canada’s national unemployment rate was 8.6 per cent in December. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
– Newfoundland and Labrador 12.3 per cent (12.2)
– Prince Edward Island 10.1 per cent (10.2)
– Nova Scotia 8.6 per cent (6.4)
– New Brunswick 9.3 per cent (9.6)
– Quebec 6.7 per cent (7.2)
– Ontario 9.5 per cent (9.1)
– Manitoba 8.2 per cent (7.4)
– Saskatchewan 7.8 per cent (6.9)
– Alberta 11.0 per cent (11.1)
– British Columbia 7.2 per cent (7.1)
