Out of all major Canadian cities, Calgary had the lowest unemployment rate last month -- at 3.4 per cent -- while the national rate remained unchanged.

The new figures from Statistics Canada show that, across the country, the national unemployment rate stayed the same in May as it had in April, at 6.8 per cent.

In terms of Canadian cities, Calgary posted the lowest unemployment rate, with 3.4 per cent. That was a drop from the previous month's rate in the city of 3.8 per cent.

Trois-Rivieres, Que., had the highest rate, at 10.4 per cent, down slightly from April.

StatsCan says all of its figures for major cities may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples.

Its new figures also show more men over the age of 25 got into the workforce in May.

Employment for men in that age category grew by 33,000 in May, mostly in full-time work. And, employment for adult men has increased by 1.0 per cent so far this year, compared with a half-a-percent increase for adult women.

Employment dipped slightly for adult women in May, as a decrease in full-time employment offset gains in part time.

In terms of provinces, Ontario and B.C. continue to do well.

Ontario added 32,000 new jobs in May, its fourth consecutive monthly increase. Those new jobs were all in full-time work and were mainly in construction and transportation and warehousing.

The downside for Ontario, however, is that it continues to show weakness in manufacturing, with 17,000 fewer jobs in May.

In British Columbia, meanwhile, 18,000 new jobs were created in May, mostly in public administration and transportation. That means that employment in the province is up two per cent since the start of the year, the highest growth rate among the provinces.

In New Brunswick, employment was up 4,000 in May, mostly in full time. Gains were in accommodation and food services, public administration and agriculture.

And in Alberta the unemployment rate decreased by half of a percentage point to 3.5 per cent. That's one of the lowest on record.

In Quebec, however, 27,000 jobs were lost, causing the unemployment rate to rise by 0.6 per cent. It now stands at 8.5 per cent.

Most of the job losses were in the public sector, as fewer jobs were recorded in health care and social assistance, public administration and educational services.

And for all other provinces in May, there was little change in both employment and unemployment.

Here's the complete overview of what happened provincially in terms of unemployment (April rate in brackets):

• Newfoundland 15.2 (16.1)
• Prince Edward Island 10.8 (10.4)
• Nova Scotia 7.7 (8.4)
• New Brunswick 8.8 (9.3)
• Quebec 8.5 (7.9)
• Ontario 6.9 (6.8)
• Manitoba 5.1 (4.8)
• Saskatchewan 4.5 (5.0)
• Alberta 3.5 (4.0)
• British Columbia 5.7 (6.1)