The region that includes Grande Prairie reported the second-lowest unemployment rate across Alberta in September.
According to Statistics Canada, the Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River region was 5.1 per cent, a 0.3 per cent uptick from August. However, compared to the same month in 2023 the unemployment rate in the area is down one per cent.
The provincial unemployment saw a 0.2 per cent decline in September to 7.5 per cent.
The Camrose – Drumheller region reported the lowest unemployment rate at 0.4 per cent lower than the Grande Prairie economic region’s, while Edmonton’s unemployment rate was the highest in the province at 8.6 per cent.
