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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. $ X7 s! S0 e' b: E0 P5 H
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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.
, |$ Y% d" ^* x! \8 H, w/ x" ?Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta).
$ c! v( M% h" eRates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):
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6 w) {$ d5 `0 E7 e7 }" {0 z5 wNewfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%) ! A/ c/ c6 @! \8 z! T( c
Prince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%) ! x; u& _7 K& T
Nova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%) * I! c& A0 E) z4 L. o. ]
New Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%)
* G% @$ r( z9 s8 r* V( VQuebec 7.6% (7.3%)
" M* R1 J4 L, Z% b% HOntario 6.3% (6.4%) : L" \+ k3 l9 j; T+ ]1 V2 m
Manitoba 3.8% (4.3%) 9 M" d' T% B# D& S
Saskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%) 4 g& i/ g! ]4 I" i% {8 k. A: H
Alberta 3.3% (3.4%) ' n4 R' J0 O4 A% u) n
British Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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