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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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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. 6 g6 b7 |8 i9 g; g4 f: d" a& w$ `
Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta). ) E8 M) }, c* f) W0 Q/ i' f
Rates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):# Z0 }) K! s i% K% s+ a0 j
; {6 Q# g" D$ P: d ~! nNewfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%) / G" N, `+ Y0 _" V6 A
Prince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%) / p8 |! r+ g3 G; m* X
Nova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%) . n2 W- G$ |1 O7 I8 w
New Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%) & I3 x7 b3 [+ Z* t* D/ j* T
Quebec 7.6% (7.3%)
2 z8 x G' ~. zOntario 6.3% (6.4%)
1 q6 I- B. N" P0 w0 sManitoba 3.8% (4.3%)
( u0 p1 A6 s& z" l5 K" [9 VSaskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%)
. |. Q( V/ F1 _ T [( m' \3 k# eAlberta 3.3% (3.4%)
# `7 T7 l' I5 E% h" s( yBritish Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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