Roughly 4,000 fewer people were working in Prince George last month than in April 2022.
Prince George’s unemployment rate rose to 7.3 per cent in April, nearly double the 3.8 per cent reported by Statistics Canada for April 2022.
The number of people holding down jobs in the city dropped to 49,300, down by 400 from March. By comparison, 53,300 people were employed in Prince George in April 2022. The labour force participation rate, the percentage of working-age adults employed or actively looking for work, in Prince George was 63.6 per cent in April. In April 2022 it was 67.2 per cent.
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