Saskatchewan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is up a half a point from August to 6.8%, slightly below the national average of 7%.
The September jobless numbers were released this morning by statistics Canada.
Aboriginal unemployment stood at 14.5% last month, a drop of nearly 1% from August.
The off reserve First Nations unemployment rate was nearly 22%, representing a drop of more than 2% from August while the Metis unemployment rate for September was 10%, a drop of .2% from August.
Looking at the year over year numbers, Aboriginal unemployment increased nearly a full percent from 13.7 to 14.5%.
First Nations off reserve unemployment went up marginally from 21.3% to 21.7%. While Metis unemployment increased 1.3% from 8.8% to 10.1%
The non-aboriginal unemployment rate in Saskatchewan is 5.5%.