Jobless rate falls in Southeast Alberta
By Collin Gallant on May 6, 2022.
Medicine Hat News
The jobless rate in Medicine Hat region fell to 5.1 per cent in April and unemployment continues to decline across Alberta, according to new figures from Statistics Canada.
The Alberta Labour Force Survey for April states that the provincial rate fell by more than half a percentage point to 5.9 per cent from March and is down from 8.9 per cent one year earlier.
That was led by job gains in service sector categories of trade, transport and healthcare, while figures in goods producing sector slid. About 16,000 new positions were reported, while the size of the labour force remained stable.
The number of workers considered unemployed fell by the about the same amount, and now sits at 146,800, down almost 16,000 for the month, and 70,000 lower than in April 2021.
The unemployment rate in the Medicine Hat-Lethbridge region was the second lowest in the province, behind Banff and the northwest quadrant (4.7 per cent), but every region saw the rate decline.
Red Deer was highest at 6.7 per cent. Edmonton and Calgary were at 6.9 and 7.2 per cent, respectively.
The national rate was 5.3 per cent, down one-tenth of a point by month, just above that of Saskatchewan (5.0 per cent) and British Columbia (5.1 Per cent). Quebec posted a low rate among the provinces of 3.9 per cent.
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