Minister's Statement on September Labour Force Survey Results

Thompson Okanagan

Oct 13

Written By Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association

The Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation, issued a statement on October 8th regarding the release of Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey for September 2021. Highlights of the statement include:

B.C. is leading Canada’s economic recovery, with 12,300 jobs added last month.
B.C. continues to lead all provinces since the onset of the pandemic with a job recovery rate of 101.5%.
B.C.’s unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the country at 5.9%.
The job recovery rate has been strong across the province, with the Thompson-Okanagan at 106.8%, the Cariboo at 104.6%, Vancouver Island at 104.1%, the Kootenays at 102.3%, Lower Mainland at 102%, Vancouver at 101.3% and North Coast-Nechako at 100.7%.

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