March Employment Statistics

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Record low unemployment rate in British Columbia
5 L% @8 p0 ?/ A' T1 x! `" OFor a third straight month, British Columbia's unemployment rate reached a record low. In March, the unemployment rate dipped to 3.9%. The British Columbia economy added 13,000 workers in March, bringing total gains for the first quarter to 47,000 (+2.1%). The March employment rate, at 63.8%, was the highest in three decades.
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The manufacturing sector continued to show strength in British Columbia, up 11,000 in March and 25,000 since August 2006. The provincial economy also benefited from strong gains in information, culture and recreation, up 18,000 (+17%) in the first three months of the year.

; l/ `$ a; ~8 [0 u& }2 [( U  _Quebec's employment rose by an estimated 29,000 in March, the largest monthly gain since May 2006. As a result, Quebec's employment rate increased to 60.8%, its highest level in three decades. Gains in March were spread across a number of industries. The unemployment rate in Quebec edged down to 7.6%, hovering near its 31-year low.
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6 G9 P: |/ [# mFor the second consecutive month, employment was little changed in Alberta in March. Employment losses in the goods sector (-19,000) were offset by similar increases in the service sector. This was the first sizable monthly decline in the goods-producing sector since March 2005. The unemployment rate in Alberta remains the lowest in the country, at 3.6%

Employment in Manitoba grew by an estimated 3,100 in March, primarily in accommodation and food services as well as in utilities. The province reached a new record high employment rate of 66.3%. For the first quarter of 2007, employment rose by 6,000 or 1.0%, mostly in the goods sector.
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Overall employment in Ontario was little changed in March, as growth in the service sector was partly offset by weakness in the goods sector. So far this, year employment is up only 0.4%, well below the national growth rate of 0.9%.

; R/ O0 C! e: `" z& o+ O8 WIn the North, the proportion of people aged 15 and over working remains high. In Nunavut, the employment rate increased to 63.1% in March, up from 55.6% from one year ago (three-month moving average). Employment rates in the Northwest Territories at 75.0% and in the Yukon at 67.3% were virtually unchanged compared to March of last year.

Wages increase in several provinces
  R5 I/ ^/ l1 e1 e  g$ JDuring the first three months of 2007, the average hourly wage in Canada rose an estimated 2.4% compared to the same period last year. This exceeds the most recent comparable Consumer Price Index, which increased by 1.6%.

, D! Q2 ]$ k3 PAlberta's booming labour market continued to exert pressure on the province's wages, which rose 5.4% for the first quarter of 2007 compared to the same period last year. This increase was tempered by a 4.5% rise in consumer prices. Similarly, wage growth of 3.6% in British Columbia was dampened by a 2.2% increase in prices.
New Brunswick and Manitoba also benefited from sizeable wage increases in the first quarter of 2007. In New Brunswick, the average wage increase was 3.8%, well above the 0.6% increase in consumer prices. Manitoba also experienced a notable rise in the average hourly wage (+4.4%) compared to an increase in prices of 1.8%.

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BC省的制造业继续显现强劲的势头，三月份新增11000个职位，自2006年八月以来累计增加了25000个。该省的经济同时也受益于信息，文化娱乐业的迅猛发展，于今年的头三个月中，造就了18000个新职位（＋17％）。
" O5 D% r, S5 h4 b1 J. W. R三月份，魁省新增就业职位29000个，这是自2006年五月以来的最大增幅。自此，魁省的就业率增至60。8％，是三十年以来的最好纪录。三月份的增幅来自于各行各业。魁省失业率降至7。6％，处于三十一年来的低位。
三月是阿省连续第二个就业状况几乎没有变化的月份。生产性行业的职位流失影响（－19000）被服务业职位的相近增加所抵消。这是生产性行业自2005年三月以来，最大的单月职位流失。阿省的失业率仍然保持在全国的最低位，3。6％。
2 b6 t- q+ ~+ o+ M: J, k( A+ V曼省三月份新增职位大约为3100个，主要来自于旅馆饮食以及公用事业行业。该省的就业率达到了66。3％的新高。2007年第一季度，就业新增6000个或1％，绝大部分来自于生产性行业。
安省三月份的总体就业状况变化不大，服务性行业的增长部分地抵消了生产性行业的弱势。今年至此，就业微增了0。4％，大大低于全国的0。9％平均水平。
在北部，15周岁以上的人群的就业率依然居高不下。在Nunavut，三月份就业率从年前的55。6％增至63。1％（三月移动平均值）。西北和育空地区的就业率分别为75％和67。3％，与去年同期相差无几。
数个省的工资水平有所增长。
在2007年的头三个月中，全加小时平均工资比去年同期增加了2。4％.这超出了最近的1。6％的消费指数的增长。
阿省繁荣的就业市场对于该省的工资水平持续产生压力，在2007年的第一季度比去年同期上升了5。4％。这一增长弥补了消费指数的4。5％的升幅。同样地，BC省2。2％的物价增幅部分抵消了3。6％的薪资涨幅。

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