April’s unemployment rate for the Grande Prairie economic region one of the lowest in Alberta

Last month the economic region, including Grande Prairie, reported the second-lowest number of people unemployed across the province.
According to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada, the unemployment rate for the Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River region was 5.3 per cent, a .2 per cent uptick from March, but a .6 per cent decline from the same month in 2023.Across the province, Calgary reported the highest unemployment rate at 7.9 per cent and the Camrose-Drumheller reg