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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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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. + W; n0 j# Y6 s! d0 x* t
Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta). 3 }+ _1 j8 ^: A4 |
Rates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):
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8 t. d6 G* V# tNewfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%)
* K0 z4 B. Z( _Prince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%) . _, g! E( X: P8 s1 @2 [
Nova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%)
1 R! C3 A9 t/ T+ TNew Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%)
2 c- R9 T$ Z: qQuebec 7.6% (7.3%) / G% l+ k1 @" P; P8 S3 g
Ontario 6.3% (6.4%) & i" w/ C/ a" v% }7 z
Manitoba 3.8% (4.3%) 6 P# @* w% ^: d1 |, x' G0 B
Saskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%)
0 G( D% j; Q' ^( r9 a- A* |$ |Alberta 3.3% (3.4%)
- W) Y F7 T% e$ `3 HBritish Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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