The number of people unemployed in the Lethbridge – Medicine Hat economic region saw an uptick of over one percent in the last month of 2023.
According to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada, the region’s unemployment rate in December was 5.5 per cent, up from the 4.3 per cent reported in November. Though the month-over-month increase in the region was just over a per cent compared to the same month in 2022, the unemployment rate saw an over two per cent jump.
Across Alberta, the unemployment rate for the 12th month of 2023 was 6.3 per cent, a slight uptick from the 5.9 per cent reported in November and 5.6 per cent reported in the same month the previous year. The Red Deer region recorded the highest unemployment rate in December and the Camrose-Drumheller region reported the lowest.