(The Canadian Press)

By Justin Goulet

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region’s jobless rate up at 9.8 percent in June

Jul 10, 2020 | 8:54 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Alberta’s unemployment rate went unchanged from May to June.

The latest jobless numbers have been released, as businesses have adjusted to operational changes and reopenings across the country, province and the local region.

Alberta’s unemployment rate was 15.5 percent in June, the same rate as in May.

The rate for the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region was 9.8 percent in June, an increase from 9.0 percent for the month of May. The region still held the lowest unemployment rate across Alberta.

Below is the rates for each economic region in the province, with May’s statistic listed in parenthesis:

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· Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River: 16.5 percent (14.1 percent in May)

· Edmonton: 15.8 percent (13.8)

· Calgary: 15.0 percent (13.2)

· Red Deer: 13.4 percent (12.7)

· Camrose-Drumheller: 12.8 percent (10.4)

· Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake: 11.6 percent (9.9)

· Lethbridge-Medicine Hat: 9.8 percent (9.0)

For males and females, aged 15-plus, the rate was 15.5 percent combined.

For youths (ages 15-24, male and female), the combined rate was 30.7 percent. For adults (ages 25-plus, male and female), the combined rate was 13.2 percent.

CANADIAN ECONOMY

Canada-wide, the jobless rate in June was 12.3 percent. Although high, that’s actually an improvement from May, which saw an unemployment rate hit a record-high of 13.7 percent.

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Statistics Canada says 953,000 jobs were added last month. Those include 488,000 full-time and 465,000 part-time positions.