The economic region which includes Grande Prairie continues to report the lowest unemployment rate in Alberta in January.
According to Statistics Canada, in January 4.4 per cent of people were unemployed in the Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River region, which is up over a per cent from the previous month and a fraction of per cent from the same month the previous year.
Red Deer’s unemployment rate was the highest in the province to start off the year with 7.9 per cent.
The provincial unemployment rate stayed steady at 6.7 per cent seeing no change from the previous month.
