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PG’s unemployment rate drops to 5.5% in April, bucks provincial and national trends

51,500 people in Prince George found themselves employed during April according to Stats Canada.

That’s an increase of about 57-hundred when compared to the same month last year.

Labour Division Analyst, Vincent Ferrao (Fair-ow) told MyPGNow.com this led to our unemployment rate dropping even further.

“The unemployment was 5.5% in April, 5.9% in March and a year ago when the labour market started to fall steeply the jobless mark was 10.2%.”

However, BC wasn’t so lucky seeing its unemployment rate jump to 7.1% after it was 6.9 in March.

The province lost 43-thousand jobs as a result.

Ferrao while the provincial mark is lower than what it was when the pandemic was first declared, it is still well below pre-pandemic levels.

“A year ago (April of 2020) it was 11.5% but in February (0f last year) prior to the pandemic, it was 5.1% so we are still above the pre-pandemic rate in terms of unemployment.”

In Canada, the nation’s jobless rate jumped to 8.1% in April after it was 7.5 the month prior.

Here is a breakdown of all the provinces:

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  • Quebec/Saskatchewan 6.6%
  • British Columbia 7.1%
  • Manitoba 7.4%
  • Nova Scotia 8.1%
  • Prince Edward Island 8.2%
  • New Brunswick 8.5%
  • Ontario/Alberta 9.0%
  • Newfoundland and Labrador 13.5%
Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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