Saskatchewan the only province to see employment growth in March

Alexander Quon · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 04, 2025 5:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Saskatchewan was the lone state successful Canada to spot employment summation successful March, according to caller information from Statistics Canada.

Employment successful the state roseate by 6,600 or 1 per cent past month, the 2nd summation successful 4 months.

By contrast, Alberta and Ontario saw employment shrink by 0.6 per cent and 0.3 per cent respectively.

Other provinces saw precise small alteration successful employment rates from February. 

The quality was welcomed by Jim Reiter, the province's lawman premier and curate of migration and vocation training.

"Saskatchewan continues to person 1 of the strongest labour markets successful Canada," Reiter said successful a quality release. 

Premier Scott Moe shared a station connected societal media welcoming the employment numbers. 

"In the mediate of each the turmoil caused by U.S. and Chinese tariffs, Saskatchewan's beardown and dependable system continues to make thousands of caller jobs," Moe said. 

Nationally, employment fell by 33,000 oregon 0.2 per cent arsenic the unemployment complaint roseate by 0.1 percent points to 6.7 per cent. 

Saskatchewan besides posted a year-over-year summation successful employment: 19,000 oregon 3.1 per cent, according to Statistics Canada.

Unemployment successful Saskatchewan fell by fractional a percent constituent to 4.9 per cent successful March, the lowest among each provinces.