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Table 1 Lowest proportion in Alberta
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| Total employees |
Minimum wage | General adult minimum wage | Average hourly wage |
Unemployment rate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Incidence | ||||||
| '000 | '000 | % | $/hour | Date | $/hour | % | |
| Province | |||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 197.0 | 15.1 | 7.7 | 8.00 | April 2008 | 18.85 | 13.2 |
| Ontario | 5,684.9 | 374.3 | 6.6 | 8.75 | March 2008 | 22.15 | 6.5 |
| Nova Scotia | 396.1 | 25.4 | 6.4 | 8.10 | May 2008 | 18.12 | 7.7 |
| Quebec | 3,339.3 | 195.6 | 5.9 | 8.50 | May 2008 | 20.03 | 7.2 |
| Prince Edward Island | 60.9 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 8.00 | October 2008 | 16.96 | 10.7 |
| Manitoba | 521.3 | 27.7 | 5.3 | 8.50 | April 2008 | 19.24 | 4.2 |
| Canada | 14,496.2 | 751.4 | 5.2 | . | . | 21.32 | 6.1 |
| New Brunswick | 324.2 | 15.6 | 4.8 | 7.75 | March 2008 | 17.79 | 8.6 |
| Saskatchewan | 419.2 | 16.1 | 3.8 | 8.60 | May 2008 | 20.34 | 4.1 |
| British Columbia | 1,886.0 | 50.8 | 2.7 | 8.00 | November 2001 | 21.46 | 4.6 |
| Alberta | 1,667.3 | 27.4 | 1.6 | 8.40 | April 2008 | 23.68 | 3.6 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2008. | |||||||
