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May 9 2008 - Statistics Canada reports that the unemployment rate rose to 6.1% in April even though employment increased by an estimated 19,000 over the month as more people entered the job market. Calculated in the U.S. manner, the participation rate reached 64.5% in April.
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* E3 f1 l6 F: EOnly Manitoba registered significant jobs growth during the month. Overall, the decline in manufacturing jobs continues as a major trend with 112,000 factory jobs lost since April 2007. & b; @3 f# |( N0 N% i
Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta).
! `; l" f7 `, n7 R6 z/ [% }9 c% ORates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):
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0 g5 V S( N1 k1 l7 y( uNewfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%) 8 S; n* @9 ` j$ N! m& S6 ?5 e/ Z' I
Prince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%)
, A7 c) T* }: ?2 i& z$ m/ C+ XNova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%) 7 I1 }- U" n4 u/ }8 Z! U
New Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%)
1 ]% z0 G) Q. ]6 U; I0 mQuebec 7.6% (7.3%)
K `5 w. W% e9 @+ n* fOntario 6.3% (6.4%) ; L4 M1 e; C8 m! W( e
Manitoba 3.8% (4.3%) & j- ?& R. A7 K
Saskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%)
$ r, l: U' ?& A* B6 qAlberta 3.3% (3.4%) . I; h) e: c) L3 D ^ }; q
British Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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