It is getting a little easier to find a job in Saskatchewan if you are Aboriginal — but the unemployment rate is still three times the provincial average.
The latest numbers from Statistics Canada put the off-reserve Aboriginal unemployment rate at 12%. That’s down from 14.5% a year ago.
Aboriginal employment also increased for the third month a row, rising by roughly 1,500 jobs or about 4% last month.
Overall, there was a record 548,500 people working in Saskatchewan last month — and the unemployment rate stood at 4%, the lowest in Canada.