The city's unemployment rate stood at 4.5 per cent in November, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers released Friday, a 0.4-point decline from an already rock-bottom 4.9 per cent the month before.
Moreover, the number of people working rose by 100 to 51,100 while those unemployed but seeking work declined by 200 to 2,400 and the number unemployed and not seeking work held steady at 17,100.
If there is a damper on those figures, it's that the number of people of working age in Prince George declined by 100 to 53,500, indicating people are leaving the city to find work.
It was also an unprecedented ninth-straight month the total employed in Prince George stayed above the 50,000 mark. The previous longest stretch was six months, ending in December 2012 and peaked in September 2012 at 52,500, the highest in the city's history.
In November last year, the unemployment rate was just 4.3 per cent, but at 49,500, there were fewer people working in the city than there are now. What's more, the number of people not participating stood at 18,900 while those seeking work stood at 2,200.
The number of people of working age in Prince George was also lower at 51,700.
The figures are based on a three-month rolling average and do not say how many are working full-time and part-time.
