Last month the economic region, including Grande Prairie, reported the second-lowest number of people unemployed across the province.
According to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada, the unemployment rate for the Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River region was 5.3 per cent, a .2 per cent uptick from March, but a .6 per cent decline from the same month in 2023.
Across the province, Calgary reported the highest unemployment rate at 7.9 per cent and the Camrose-Drumheller region recorded the lowest unemployment rate at 4.4 per cent. The number of people unemployed in Alberta saw a 0.7 per cent bump from March to April, with a reported rate of 7 per cent, up just over a percentage from April of last year.
