A recent surge in employment dropped BC’s unemployment rate to 5.6% in May.
That’s down a half a percent compared to the same time last year when the jobless rate was 6.1%.
Provincially, 99,000 more people found work in the past 12 months.
Most of the employment growth centred around full time jobs.
BC is second only to Manitoba (5.3%) for the lowest unemployment rate in the country.
Canada currently has a jobless mark of 6.6%.
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