The unemployment rate in the Cariboo region is the lowest it’s been since February of 2015.
Martin Lovei, a Labour Market Analyst with Stats Canada, says it was en even 5 percent in August of this year, down from 6.5 a year ago.
But Lovei says the number of people actually working remained the same…
“It was little change, yes, 83,000. Employment overall was unchanged but there was a slight increase in the goods producing sector while at the same time there was a slight decrease in the services producing sector. In terms of goods, construction had a slight decrease and in the service producing sector there was a slight decrease in both trade and transportation and warehousing.”
The province also continues to have the lowest jobless rate in the country.
BC’s unemployment rate was 5.3 percent last month.
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