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Provincial breakdown of public and private sector job growth rates

TORONTO – The Fraser Institute released a report Thursday on job growth rates in Canada’s public and private sectors between 2003 until 2013. Here is a provincial breakdown of those figures:

Newfoundland and Labrador:

Public sector: 11.8

Private sector: 14.0

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Nova Scotia:

Public sector: 12.6

Private sector: 1.1

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New Brunswick:

Public sector: 9.7

Private sector: 2.1

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Prince Edward Island:

Public sector: 20.9

Private sector: 10.9

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Quebec:

Public sector: 16.1

Private sector: 10.1

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Ontario:

Public sector: 27.6

Private sector: 5.6

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Manitoba:

Public sector: 15.6

Private sector: 12.1

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Saskatchewan:

Public sector: 22.9

Private sector: 16.0

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Alberta:

Public sector: 31.9

Private sector: 29.3

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British Columbia:

Public sector: 24.3

Private sector: 14.0

(Source: The Fraser Institute)

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