Manitoba was the only province in Canada to post strong job growth in April, Statistics Canada said this morning.
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Last month, employment in Manitoba increased by an estimated 9,000, boosting jobs growth over the past 12 months to 3.1 per cent.
The added employment last month pushed the unemployment rate down 0.5 percentage points to 3.8 per cent, the second lowest in the country after Alberta.
Manitoba's employment and labour participation rates both attained all-time highs in April, StatsCan said in its Labour Force Survey released today.
Across Canada, 19,000 jobs were added to the economy, similar to the increase posted in March.
This follows large gains at the start of the year.
The national unemployment rate nudged up to 6.1 per cent in April as more people entered the labour force.
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