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Calgary’s unemployment rate is highest in Canada as Alberta’s jobless rate spikes

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Calgary’s unemployment rate is now the highest in the country as residents deal with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. New numbers released by Statistics Canada on Thursday show the jobless rate in the southern Alberta city sat at 8.6 per cent in March, a sharp increase from 7.4 per cent February and the worst among the 33 metropolitan areas surveyed.

In Edmonton, the unemployment rate increased ever-so-slightly in March to 7.9 per cent compared with 7.8 per cent the month before. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] According to Statistics Canada, unemployment rose in all provinces, with Alberta seeing unemployment spike to 8.7 per cent in March, up from 7.2 per cent the month before.

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