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Jobs

Year-over-year unemployment rate in Prince George rises

May 9, 2025 | 8:13 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — 6.4 per cent.

That was the unemployment rate in Prince George in April, up from 5.2 per cent a year ago.

Statistics Canada says there were slight gains in the natural resources sector and declines in wholesale and retail trade.

Provincially, the unemployment rate was 6.2 per cent, up .1 per cent from March. There was a tiny gain of 6,000 jobs province-wide. A loss in part-time jobs was offset by gains in full-time employment.

Nationally, the unemployment rate came in at 6.9 per cent, up from 6.7 per cent in March. There were 7,400 jobs gains country-wide.

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Statistics Canada says the jobless rate is computed year-over-year in northern B.C. compared to monthly provincially and nationally because of the relatively smaller sample size in the North.