The Kootenay unemployment picture has changed drastically in the last year.
Statistics Canada reported that the region’s unemployment rate for November was 6.8 per cent, compared to 3.6 per cent in November 2024.
The federal agency’s report released today also states that there were around 82,000 Kootenay residents in the work force last month, while there were approximately 86,600 people working in the Kootenays last November.
The number of job seekers throughout the region jumped from around 3,200 last November, to about 6,000 last month.
