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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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; r- v9 t. U3 R) U4 ?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.
# |3 W: L+ b2 V ?Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta).
/ `2 r1 e* `9 f, Q- |) X& c% W8 R5 cRates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):/ q' w2 a, D& t, d
, Q$ ?0 a* r3 ]5 tNewfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%)
* c0 x8 c1 w9 X) L0 U8 OPrince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%)
) n8 N6 \7 E2 s4 i* YNova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%) , P; L. b; Z& d7 u) T2 C
New Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%) % s! U3 s2 u* Z1 T
Quebec 7.6% (7.3%)
( A8 _, k& w; k! o7 dOntario 6.3% (6.4%)
5 X& E2 ^ L1 nManitoba 3.8% (4.3%) / n: D1 I# a$ e; u. z/ c
Saskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%) " @& Z+ j" O, [8 j0 f' f
Alberta 3.3% (3.4%)
7 U4 d* w3 n8 G: w; Q8 C# r) zBritish Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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