Calgary’s unemployment rate remained steady in May, leaving the city with the highest jobless rate in the country, according to Statistics Canada.
New numbers released on Friday show the jobless rate in the oil and gas hub sat at 9.3 per cent last month, the same as the two months previous and the worst among the 33 metropolitan areas surveyed.
May also marked Calgary’s 11th consecutive month with Canada’s highest unemployment rate.
In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped slightly in May to 7.9 per cent from 8.1 per cent the month before.
A look at Calgary’s unemployment rate history:
July 2016 – 8.6 per cent (Calgary’s unemployment rate becomes worst in Canada) August 2016 – 9 per cent September 2016 – 9.5 per cent October 2016 – 10.2 per cent November 2016 – 10.3 per cent
December 2016 – 10.2 per cent
January 2017 – 9.8 per cent February 2017 – 9.4 per cent March 2017 – 9.3 per cent→ April 2017 – 9.3 per cent
→ May 2017 – 9.3 per cent
Employment in Alberta was little changed in May, slipping to 7.8 per cent from 7.9 in April. In total, the province added 19,000 new full-time jobs but saw losses in part-time employment.
The national unemployment rate was little changed, climbing 0.1 of a percentage point to 6.6 per cent, despite a surge in new full-time jobs.
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