The Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region had an unemployment rate of 2.8% in December, 2022. (File photo: LNN)

By Justin Goulet

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region sees lowest unemployment rate in Alberta in December

Jan 6, 2023 | 9:53 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The latest unemployment figures have been released, and the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region saw a slight drop.

In December, 2022, the region’s jobless rate was 2.8%. In comparison, the rate in November, 2022 was 2.9%. Lethbridge-Medicine Hat had the lowest unemployment rate in Alberta.

Last month, the provincial jobless rate was 5.8%, unchanged from November.

Red Deer had the highest rate in December, at 6.4%.

Below is how each economic region fared last month, with November’s rate listed in parenthesis:

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• Red Deer: 6.4% (6.2)
• Calgary: 5.7% (5.4)
• Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River: 5.2% (5.6)
• Edmonton: 4.9% (4.9)
• Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake: 4.7% (4.5)
• Camrose-Drumheller: 3.2% (3.9)
• Lethbridge-Medicine Hat: 2.8% (2.9)

Nationally, Canada’s unemployment rate in December was 5.0%, as the country’s economy added 104,000 jobs, according to Statistics Canada. In November, the jobless rate in Canada was 5.1%.

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