Prince George saw a gradual dip in its unemployment rate during March.
It came in at 5.9%, down a half a point from February where it was 6.4.
Stats Canada Labour Division Analyst, Vince Ferrao spoke with MyPGNow.com.
“Just over 3,000 people were looking for work and a year ago there were just over 4,600. In terms of how many people are working, we had just over 51-thousand people at work in March.”
BC remained unchanged staying at 6.9% – however, the province added 35-thousand jobs on a month-over-month basis.
In Canada, the unemployment rate dropped to 7.5%, from 8.2% after 303-thousand jobs were added.
Here is a breakdown of all the provinces:
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- Quebec 6.4%
- Manitoba 6.8%
- British Columbia 6.9%
- Saskatchewan 7.3%
- Ontario 7.5%
- Prince Edward Island 8.1%
- Nova Scotia 8.6%
- Alberta 9.1%
- New Brunswick 9.2%
- Newfoundland and Labrador 12.4%
