OTTAWA – The unemployment rate in Saskatchewan edged up slightly last month.
Statistics Canada said the rate in August was 4.2 per cent, up from 4.0 per cent the previous month.
On a yearly basis, the unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points from August 2012.
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Nationally, the unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percentage to 7.1 per cent.
The unemployment rate in Saskatoon was 4.3 per cent, up from 3.9 per cent in July.
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That was the second lowest rate for a city in the country, trailing only Regina’s 2.9 per cent, a drop of 0.6 percentage points from the previous month.
Employment in the province dropped by 600 in August, with 558,700 people working either full- or part-time.
On a year-over-year basis, employment increased by 15,100 people.
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