While Canada’s unemployment rate remained the same over the past month, the City of Calgary’s unemployment rate hit a new high.
According to Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey, the city’s unemployment rate now sits at 10.2 percent, almost a full percent higher than September’s result.
The agency reported that Canada had a 44,000 net increase in the amount of jobs, but those increases were entirely in part-time work.
The overall increase was driven by 67,000 additional part-time jobs for the month, while the number of full-time jobs fell by 23,000.
The increase wasn’t as strong as it was in September that saw an increase of 67,000 part and full-time positions.
Alberta’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.5 percent while Edmonton’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent.
(With files from The Canadian Press)
