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Lethbridge-Medicine Hat unemployment at 8.7 per cent in April, down from 9.5 in March

May 7, 2021 | 1:25 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The unemployment rate for the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region saw a significant drop last month.

In April, the jobless rate was 8.7 per cent. That’s down from 9.5 per cent in March.

Province-wide, Alberta’s unemployment rate dropped ever-so slightly from 9.1 per cent to 9.0 per cent.

Below is a list of the rates for each economic region in the province in April, with March’s rate listed in parenthesis:

• Lethbridge-Medicine Hat: 8.7 per cent (9.5)
• Calgary: 9.7 per cent (10.4)
• Edmonton: 10.6 per cent (11.3)
• Red Deer: 10.6 per cent (10.2)
• Camrose-Drumheller: 7.6 per cent (9.1)
• Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake: 7.8 per cent (9.1)
• Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House-Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River: 9.8 per cent (10.0)

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Nationally, the Canadian economy lost 207,000 jobs in April.

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The unemployment rate for the whole country was 8.1 per cent, a jump from 7.5 per cent in March.

Statistics Canada cited surging COVID-19 case numbers and the implementation of new restrictions that closed businesses as a main factor in the job loss across the country.

Below is how each province fared in April, with March’s unemployment rate listed in parenthesis:

• Newfoundland and Labrador: 13.9 per cent unemployment (12.4)
• Prince Edward Island: 8.2 per cent (8.1)
• Nova Scotia: 8.1 per cent (8.6)
• New Brunswick: 8.5 per cent (9.2)
• Quebec: 6.6 per cent (6.4)
• Ontario: 9.0 per cent (7.5)
• Manitoba: 7.4 per cent (6.8)
• Saskatchewan: 6.6 per cent (7.3)
• Alberta: 9.0 per cent (9.1)
• British Columbia: 7.1 per cent (6.9)

The statistics for the territories were not released.