Labour rate drops in April as more people working

April’s unemployment rate dipped to 4.5% in Greater Victoria, according to Statistics Canada’s latest figures.

That’s down from 4.8% in March. The region’s labour force grew to 244,000 in April compared to 242,000 in March.

Nationally, the unemployment rate was 6.1% in April, unchanged from March after dropping consecutively for six months previously. Provincially, the rate was 5% in April, with 23,400 jobs added over the month.

Greater Victoria had the lowest unemployment rate in BC in April, and the fifth lowest among all Canadian Census Metropolitan Areas.