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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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+ [0 |# j) I+ u* U( iOnly 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.
/ S1 s0 x6 n; H! v: h" PSeasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta).
0 y p2 v1 D0 MRates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):
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( |* o4 z7 j* H; }Newfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%)
7 K9 ?% n4 c8 gPrince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%)
. ]' p* g+ O* H3 y; c+ m9 ENova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%)
# A/ K( ?) a" ]2 W0 q5 u( sNew Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%)
# i& c: }* m7 ~3 C' J; g. h, e: R* dQuebec 7.6% (7.3%)
2 B0 ^* E; r8 G/ n* e! fOntario 6.3% (6.4%) 1 b: J) ~7 } ^( J
Manitoba 3.8% (4.3%) " w. i" {! S/ T9 s2 C: M
Saskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%)
% u$ `- H; V! |( S# C9 tAlberta 3.3% (3.4%) 0 \( b$ [- E( b; J3 D" I
British Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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