Greater Kelowna enjoys minor job growth in December, StatCan data shows
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Victoria had the best unemployment rate in B.C., coming in at 3.4 per cent. That was down from 3.5 per cent in November, making it the fourth lowest unemployment rate in Canada.
There were 800 more people working in the Central Okanagan this past December than the month before.
Statistics Canada released the latest unemployment figures Friday, and in the Central Okanagan the unemployment rate in December was 4.8 per cent, down from 4.9 per cent in November.
In Kelowna, there were 107,400 people working in December, up from 106,800 the previous month.
Statistics Canada only highlights four B.C. regions in its national report.
In Abbotsford-Mission, the December unemployment rate was 4.4 per cent, down from 4.6 per cent in November.
In Vancouver, the unemployment rate was 4.6 per cent, up from 4.4 per cent in November
Victoria had the best unemployment rate in B.C., coming in at 3.4 per cent. That was down from 3.5 per cent in November, also making it the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the country.
Provincially, the Labour Force Survey indicated that in December, the overall unemployment rate was at a historic low of 4.2 per cent, one of the lowest in the country.
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