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Old 07-09-2011, 01:02 PM   #5
chemgear
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Originally Posted by fotze View Post
Well in June, Alberta added more jobs than the entire USA so you should be able to find something.
Yup, numbers looking pretty good. Wages should be good as well with oil prices up for a quite a while now (trickle down effects and all.)

http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...ub=CalgaryHome

Ontario and Alberta are leading the employment gains, showing 40,000 and 22,000 new jobs in June respectively. Nova Scotia was also up in June, with a more modest 3,800 jobs created.

Looking at the percentage unemployment figures by province, with the previous month's rate in brackets:
  • Newfoundland 12.3 (11.9)
  • Prince Edward Island 12.0 (11.9)
  • Nova Scotia 8.7 (9.0)
  • New Brunswick 9.6 (9.5)
  • Quebec 7.9 (7.3)
  • Ontario 7.7 (7.9)
  • Manitoba 5.5 (5.3)
  • Saskatchewan 4.9 (5.0)
  • Alberta 5.6 (5.4)
  • British Columbia 7.3 (7.6)
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