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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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- g& w; ~& g3 L5 [3 I! 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.
, x! [* p- D, g) e4 RSeasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta).
D E. P4 j. @* e1 y: U+ cRates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):
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Newfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%)
0 X- Y% T: e4 b x2 VPrince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%) ( a6 f" s" Y* u
Nova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%)
9 H2 d7 d& V4 _5 Y8 jNew Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%)
* }2 o& I* ?+ y- x& O2 f2 x4 \" iQuebec 7.6% (7.3%) 7 z! H$ \* {4 f0 `2 j, R
Ontario 6.3% (6.4%)
* P; ]$ I& X# C8 m) jManitoba 3.8% (4.3%)
' X' D* ]( N' r3 k- ^Saskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%)
' C+ j8 X' S( _* |Alberta 3.3% (3.4%) : C4 c; X9 A) s
British Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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