Edmonton, Calgary top Canadian cities in unemployment

Alberta has the second-worst provincial unemployment rate in Canada after Newfoundland and Labrador.. According to new Statistics Canada data, unemployment reached 15.5 per cent in June. It marks an 8.8 per cent difference from the same time last year. The only province with a higher unemployment rate is Newfoundland and Labrador, at 16.5 per cent. And unemployment in Alberta’s largest cities is also highest among Canadian major urban centres: about 15.7 per cent of the Edmonton workforce