Joblessness

Here are the province-by-province unemployment rates for December, with the November rate in parentheses:

—Newfoundland 15.5 (15.0)
—Prince Edward Island 10.9 (10.6)
—Nova Scotia 8.5 (8.2)
—New Brunswick 9.6 (9.5)
—Quebec 8.2 (8.0)
—Ontario 6.2 (6.2)
—Manitoba 4.2 (4.2)
—Saskatchewan 5.2 (5.2)
—Alberta 4.1 (4.1)
—British Columbia 5.1 (4.9)