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Alberta lost 11,000 jobs in March, a figure Statistics Canada said is the first “notable” decline in over two years.: B* L2 @0 z5 I: m. w: E% G
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The province’s unemployment rate is still the lowest in the country -- 4.8 per cent in March, a rise of 0.3 percentage points over the February figure.
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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- [3 \3 P7 T5 |$ ?2 O% ~In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.- R! k8 r. o7 ~7 {: @/ f
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In Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.: K4 [* P/ l# {# C1 N
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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