LANGLEY CHAMBER: UNEMPLOYMENT RISES TO 6.9% NATIONALLY, 6.2% IN BC

Quebec at 6% The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 6.9% in April, following a 0.1 percentage point increase in March. With these increases, the unemployment rate returned to its November 2024 level, which was the highest since January 2017 (excluding 2020 and 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic). The number of unemployed people looking for work or temporarily laid off increased by 39,000 (+2.6%) in April and increased by 189,000 (+1…

LANGLEY CHAMBER: UNEMPLOYMENT RISES TO 6.9% NATIONALLY, 6.2% IN BC

CORY REDEKOP LANGLEY – Data for Business’ is an effort of the Langley Chamber, in partnership with the Canadian Chamber’s Business Data Lab, to bring our members reports, stats, and analysis on economic and business data to help inform business and investment decisions. Read our latest update below: New data on the labour market shows that Canadian employment was little changed in April, adding 7,400 jobs, following a decline of 33,000 in March.…