Prince George unemployment rate holds steady at 5.9 per cent

PRINCE GEORGE — Little change in Prince George’s unemployment rate.

Statistics Canada Senior Labour Market Analyst Martha Patterson says it remained at 5.9 per cent year-over-year in March with nearly 48000 people employed.

Little change in the Cariboo too, where the rate dropped slightly from 6.6 per cent to 6.4 per cent.

“The number of those employed was down 4000, or 5.4 per cent, compared to twelve months earlier,” she says. “It was mostly driven by declines in wholesaling and retail trade and partially offset by increases in manufacturing.”