Unemployment in New Brunswick
Despite the overall increase in unemployment since October, the jobless rate in some New Brunswick cities was lower than it was in November 2016.
In Fredericton, the unemployment rate was 3.9 per cent in November, down from 4.2 per cent from last year.
In the Moncton and Richibucto area, unemployment was 7.1 per cent in November, compared with nine per cent a year ago.
In the Saint John and St. Stephen area, unemployment hovered around 5.8 per cent,down from 6.1 per cent last November.
In the Campbellton and Miramichi area, November unemployment was 7.9 per cent, a drop from 9.8 per cent a year ago.
The Edmundston and Woodstock area continued to see the lowest unemployment rate in the province, sitting at 2.4 per cent, but it was up from two per cent last November. |