'Alberta is back': Unemployment rate drops in May, sitting at 5.3 per cent

Alberta's unemployment rate continued its downward trend last month, dropping to the lowest May rate the province has seen since 2014. According to Statistics Canada’s May 2022 Labour Force Survey, Alberta had a jobless rate of 5.3 per cent, down six-tenths of a percentage point from April when it sat at 5.9 per cent. In May 2014 the province's unemployment rate was a meager 4.8 per cent. "May’s job numbers reflect another month of strong economic momentum," said Jobs,