More people found themselves employed in the northern capital during March.
According to the March Labour Force Survey from Stats Canada, Prince George’s unemployment rate dipped to 4.6% after it was 5.2 in February.
In addition, 56-thousand people held down a job in our city compared to 50-thousand a year earlier.
Analyst, Andrew Fields spoke with MyPGNow.com.
“Employment rose by about 1,000, an increase of about 1.8% and we saw the unemployment rate went down 0.6 percentage points.”
B.C.’s jobless mark inched up slightly in March to 6.7% after it was 6.1 in February – sixth lowest among the provinces.
Our province lost 19,000 jobs last month – this after losing close to 20-thousand the month prior.
Canada’s unemployment rate stayed the same at 6.7%, adding only 14-thousand jobs in March.
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- Saskatchewan – 5.0 per cent
- Quebec – 5.4 per cent
- Manitoba – 5.6 per cent
- Alberta – 6.5 per cent
- Nova Scotia – 6.6 per cent
- British Columbia – 6.7 per cent
- New Brunswick – 7.0 per cent
- Prince Edward Island – 7.3 per cent
- Ontario – 7.6 per cent
- Newfoundland and Labrador – 9.5 per cent
