PG's jobless numbers continue to fall
PG ends the year on a high note on the jobs front
Jan 7, 2022 | 6:37 AM
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PRINCE GEORGE – Another drop in PG’s unemployment rate in December.
The numbers out of Statistics Canada this morning, show the jobless rate fell to 4.1 percent from 5.4 percent in November, and 7.6 percent in December of 2020. The provincial and national rates also reported drops. We saw the lowest overall unemployment rate since February 2020 before the pandemic when it was 5.7 percent.
Statistics Canada says the economy added 55,000 jobs in December before COVID-19 cases began spiking at the end of the month. The overall increase in jobs in December was due to a gain in full-time jobs of 123,000, while part-time employment fell by 68,000 for the month.
