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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. 9 Q8 Y/ u) ~9 W1 Q
3 d l2 [/ }# i0 Y1 AOnly 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.
5 k2 ? _. H4 w# R* {Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta).
8 ?1 O N" M( [7 |; hRates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):( _6 ^. x9 K% e' F$ l
& S f& N" `8 x/ L( _( n+ O3 ^, WNewfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%)
# T( D& h: J% m; k5 f" t% F* ]% gPrince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%)
7 L3 |% X) Z |# UNova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%)
( f* Y- C6 B4 sNew Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%)
( Y& t1 o* E" X. mQuebec 7.6% (7.3%) 3 p) T( X% O4 H: Z
Ontario 6.3% (6.4%) 4 [; e- y" m Q C. }. K
Manitoba 3.8% (4.3%)
% u, k- H) @# HSaskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%)
+ z# m6 W. w* o( \Alberta 3.3% (3.4%)
+ D: {3 Z" @! b" l- }5 g- Q7 oBritish Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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