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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.! Y. n- G j: L: A8 b$ Q9 Z9 j
0 C6 c7 x f# ?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., ]2 B. G( ?) `( Y+ E
% `/ D9 K# U H9 P% ^1 pStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.* G! R' p, B- g, H, I( J9 k. T
7 V2 d! V) V" _! K" mIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.
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8 C3 u3 ~# R: x/ EYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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