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Employment down in PG

Employment rates have been released for April, and Prince George has declined.

Martha Patterson, Senior Analyst at Statistics Canada, said unemployment was 5.7% in April,  which was little change from the same time in 2018, at 5.4%, but employment was down by 3.9% compared with a year earlier.

“The number of people either in work or looking for work is little changed from the same period last year. So the decrease in employment isn’t necessarily coming from people leaving the labour force.”

“The participation rate has declined from 74.7% in 2018 to 71.8% in 2019.”

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On a monthly basis, BC didn’t change much from March, however, for the year, employment increased by 3.3%.

The unemployment rate was down 0.1% to 4.6% from March, but only 0.5% for the year.

Bruce Ralston, Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology, spoke about the Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey for April 2019.

“With increased job growth, British Columbia continues to have the best-performing economy in the country. For 21 months in a row, British Columbia has held the lowest rate of unemployment in Canada. In April, it was 4.6%.

“We saw part-time employment replaced by significant increases in full-time jobs. Overall, B.C. created 5,900 jobs with gains coming in construction and business administration. That brings us to 82,000 jobs created in B.C. over the past year, with massive gains in the private sector.”

To explore the most recent results from the Labour Force Survey in an interactive format, you can follow this link.

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