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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. 3 d% G% H6 H2 I( W
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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. $ X( `1 Y) v4 u# \- @7 {1 c4 D
Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta).
* A) t, r$ q4 @% DRates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):
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/ g" N6 s, a/ T2 T5 k3 l% s aNewfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%)
8 y( `. q) o) k5 N5 LPrince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%) ! m6 L# }: Z& K9 A; ^
Nova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%) ! u) d9 _1 ^0 E, A$ x6 U
New Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%)
0 J1 _( v, \1 M- t( o: n2 z0 qQuebec 7.6% (7.3%) ! P& ~, V' J. F/ [
Ontario 6.3% (6.4%) " m- X5 }5 t; r$ T$ A4 t
Manitoba 3.8% (4.3%)
5 k- k+ y |/ z( A& J {Saskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%)
4 W |9 s9 y% S# g4 a: j6 BAlberta 3.3% (3.4%)
; N% H: T- j4 } i9 t5 kBritish Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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