OTTAWA – Saskatchewan continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in Canada. Statistics Canada reported Friday the jobless rate in the province was 4.3 per cent in April, down one-tenth of a percentage from the previous month.
The Saskatchewan government said it’s the nineteenth straight month the province has had the lowest unemployment rate in Canada.
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According to Statistics Canada, the provincial economy added 2,500 jobs in April, pushing the number of people working up to 575,400, an increase of 7,800 from April 2013.
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Gains were made in both full-time (1,000) and part-time (1,400) last month.
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Nationally, the unemployment rate held steady at 6.8 per cent with the economy shedding 20,000 jobs in April.
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