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Alberta loses 16,000 jobs, still has best unemployment rate in Canada( K/ I+ P- U2 p
Last Updated: Friday, January 9, 2009 | 10:54 AM MT Comments1Recommend3
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Alberta was the only province in Canada in December to see a big decline in the number of full time jobs, but its unemployment rate is still the lowest in Canada, according to figures released Friday by Statistics Canada.* ~6 Q$ t) t3 J7 S
6 \6 |$ |4 `% y8 ?" XAlberta lost nearly 16,000 full time jobs in December, the agency said.& G1 |. O/ V) v2 n& C8 y H
5 J' ^( G7 C$ b) A! I; wThe seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Alberta was 4.1 per cent in December, compared to 3.4 per cent in November.
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& y. Z8 U1 G' UThe national jobless rate sat at 6.6 per cent in December. Overall, Canada lost 71,000 full time jobs in December, a loss that was partially off-set by an increase of 36,000 part time jobs.
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9 n4 H3 Y: z" d \4 n* U& fThe unemployment rates were 3.6 per cent in Edmonton and 3.9 per cent in Calgary. Both numbers are seasonally adjusted and based on three-month moving averages.5 k! L9 l3 H5 _# P
6 s1 t; e& C+ I8 ^In 2008, Saskatchewan registered the strongest employment growth in the country — 3.1 per cent.
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Alberta and Manitoba, with growth rates of 1.3 per cent and 1.7 per cent, respectively, joined Saskatchewan as the only provinces with employment growth above the national average of 0.6 per cent in 2008. |
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