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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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6 D: S2 L! O6 P2 ~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.
% q) {( N# R) P% Z* `1 {2 wSeasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta). ( K6 b: {8 J0 G$ x% [6 g8 r0 Y
Rates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):
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$ @" n- a* f# M" z' FNewfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%)
) l$ _9 `" ~$ d0 [Prince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%) ) b. }% D6 N3 l1 r/ C
Nova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%)
6 S" b1 M0 M4 N) S3 X8 UNew Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%) * r& _' [" _6 {1 Z
Quebec 7.6% (7.3%) , A" r6 n6 Q& I$ t
Ontario 6.3% (6.4%)
7 I0 O0 h4 f: Q& P- LManitoba 3.8% (4.3%)
) x. q, ^: Z& _3 u; U1 KSaskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%)
, C7 z) P8 l; z6 KAlberta 3.3% (3.4%) & H0 \9 ?3 w! Z
British Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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