(Canadian Press)

By Justin Goulet

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat with second highest jobless rate in Alberta in February

Mar 12, 2021 | 11:11 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region had the second highest unemployment rate in Alberta last month.

In February, the jobless rate came out to 11.1 per cent. That’s down slightly from 11.5 per cent in January.

Alberta’s rate was 9.9 per cent last month. In January, it was 10.7 per cent.

Below is a breakdown of the unemployment rate for each economic region in the province in February:

• Edmonton: 11.5 per cent
• Lethbridge-Medicine Hat: 11.1 per cent
• Calgary: 10.5 per cent
• Red Deer: 9.9 per cent
• Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House-Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River: 9.8 per cent
• Camrose-Drumheller: 9.5 per cent
• Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake: 9.4 per cent

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At the national level, Statistics Canada said the economy added 259,000 jobs in February.

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Canada’s unemployment rate fell to 8.2 per cent. That’s the lowest level since March 2020, at the on-set of the COVID-19 pandemic.