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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.
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% e# O0 R/ \) R+ kThe 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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; Z# _1 T) N& q/ N1 f9 l: `Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.% _2 A6 o/ ?) m5 `/ L9 k4 }1 u
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.; `0 E; X% D' B/ `
+ ^, X" k- h4 i( A, ]In Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.( s+ m1 D! ]1 `6 t+ ~/ @: j
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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