B.C. Unemployment rate still the best in Canada
Feb 9, 2018 | 5:42 AM
VANCOUVER — Despite a small rise, B.C.’s unemployment rate is still the best in Canada.
It’s the only rate under 5%, having risen to 4.8% in January, from 4.6% in December.
Overall, January saw the steepest one-month decline in the Canadian labour market in nine years, with the number of jobs falling by 88-thousand.
The overall result was dragged down by a loss of 137-thousand part-time positions in what was the category’s largest one-month collapse on record.