OTTAWA — A quick look at April employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
Unemployment rate: 13.0 per cent (7.8)
Employment rate: 52.1 per cent (58.5)
Participation rate: 59.8 per cent (63.5)
Number unemployed: 2,418,300 (1,547,000)
Number working: 16,184,900 (18,178,700)
Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 27.2 per cent (16.8)
Men (25 plus) unemployment rate: 10.8 per cent (5.9)
Women (25 plus) unemployment rate: 11.3 per cent (7.1)
Canada’s national unemployment rate was 13.0 per cent in April. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador 16.0 per cent (11.7)
— Prince Edward Island 10.8 (8.6)
— Nova Scotia 12.0 (9.0)
— New Brunswick 13.2 (8.8)
— Quebec 17.0 (8.1)
— Ontario 11.3 (7.6)
— Manitoba 11.4 (6.4)
— Saskatchewan 11.3 (7.3)
