The provincial government says Saskatchewan’s strong economy and balanced approach to COVID restrictions is resulting in our province having the strongest job growth and lowest unemployment rate in Canada for the second consecutive month.

According to job numbers from Statistics Canada for May, while employment nationwide was down by 68,000 from April, the number of people working in Saskatchewan grew by 4,100 which was the highest growth among the provinces, seasonally adjusted.

Saskatchewan gained 60,100 jobs compared to April 2020, an increase of about 12 per cent.

The unemployment rate fell to 6.3 per cent, down from 6.6 per cent in April and down from 12.4 per cent a year ago; it was well below the national average of 8.2 per cent.