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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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) X% W3 r) [5 @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 g2 o9 a) F% b; T7 q0 BSeasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta).
- j m: e" u$ ~, I4 xRates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):
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( b* D6 I4 d j) ?7 ~6 ]Newfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%)
7 S1 |3 q0 Q% e" k$ a( BPrince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%) 1 V5 k4 c3 r: z* j
Nova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%)
+ B. k# R/ B) B6 p: ^6 T- Q9 g% mNew Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%)
5 n2 `0 @4 ]5 y6 m X1 dQuebec 7.6% (7.3%) ; Y- b1 {6 c9 A* M
Ontario 6.3% (6.4%)
% w! o5 L; b, P4 v" r {1 dManitoba 3.8% (4.3%)
9 Q1 G8 I& D' FSaskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%) + L4 B. t% c3 t, O1 |( D
Alberta 3.3% (3.4%) 8 u' V( l4 y' y' T
British Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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