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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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$ E8 ?' x# @5 ~Only 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. 7 d/ F1 j' m2 m" X5 H- q
Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta).
! ?% c6 T2 p; L) ERates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):
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$ X) I: O" p; k5 \6 dNewfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%)
/ g( ]$ ]9 B2 vPrince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%) . ~% V0 a( q7 m( c7 A
Nova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%) - ?+ q# J" ~* }# G
New Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%) - G( j. j8 }5 c5 t% ~( q" u; G
Quebec 7.6% (7.3%) 7 X S0 a& m+ |
Ontario 6.3% (6.4%) 9 d) U- v+ ]! \( O' S6 ^
Manitoba 3.8% (4.3%)
3 Y9 W1 E+ w0 D1 \7 ?Saskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%) * P6 a% G% f& U" t- n! I) D6 J
Alberta 3.3% (3.4%) 3 J+ [9 Z5 F) W- S7 g+ e2 h
British Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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