Alberta’s unemployment rate barely changed in October 2024, from previous months. Statistics Canada released the October Labour Force Survey, identified Alberta’s unemployment at 7.3 per cent, making it the province with the third-highest unemployment rate nation-wide. Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador had higher rates, 10 per cent and 10.1 per cent, respectively. In Alberta, employment increased by 13,000 (+0.5%) in October, marking the second increase in three months. Edmonton had the second-highest joblessness rate among the 36 nationally surveyed cities. It sat at 8.6 percent, a significant drop from the previous month’s nine per cent. Calgary experienced a small climb in its unemployment rate, from 7.4 per cent in September to 7.7 per cent in October. Compared to the preceding month, Lethbridge’s unemployment rate barely changed, staying at 5.2 per cent, while the national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent.

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