Manitoba job market steady asJuly unemployment at 5.6 percent
Statistics Canada data show Manitoba adding 1,700 in the labour force from June to July 2010, with employment down 100 and private sector jobs up 2,200. Public-sector jobs fell 2,300 while full-time positions declined 3,400 and part-time rose 3,300, lifting unemployment by 0.3 percentage points to 5.6 percent.