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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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+ X4 D4 t+ g) `4 K5 rOnly 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.
' h- M) B1 _9 ?/ ], |( u# {$ TSeasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta). ( }2 [: q" s! p/ W
Rates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):3 ?5 V6 m0 G, R" ]- l* a3 D* W; {% t8 K
% t3 G* o0 N Q/ ?% xNewfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%)
4 m0 u1 r! M4 F. uPrince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%)
; n, w2 T* Y, _1 t5 wNova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%)
% `/ T% g+ M g; o; y! I0 `New Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%) 8 d2 o- K; d2 g- Z* T c& f
Quebec 7.6% (7.3%) : |. b& b) y; x/ k$ b: G/ M: T: ~* n$ ~/ I
Ontario 6.3% (6.4%)
, a4 c( `) z2 ?, E6 O# gManitoba 3.8% (4.3%)
) H8 v3 ?5 ^ T$ D) M& [! j! lSaskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%)
% Q. e. `, k0 C P# uAlberta 3.3% (3.4%)
- G+ r( s3 T% a; r, RBritish Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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