While employment actually grew in the province last month, the unemployment rate for Prince George and the province crept upward.
Sixteen thousand jobs were added in British Columbia but the unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage points to 4.4 per cent after holding a rate of 4.1 in October.
Prince George, meanwhile, rose to 5.2 per cent, up from 4.8 in October. The unemployment rate last November was 5.3 per cent.
The employment rate for Prince George was 63.3 per cent last month, compared to 68.7 in November of 2017.
As for Canada, employment across the country went up by 94,000 jobs last November, mostly by full-time work. The unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points to 5.6 per cent, which Stats Canada says is the lowest since comparable data became available in 1976.
More people worked in professional, scientific and technical services; health care and social assistance; construction; business, building and other support services; transportation and warehousing; and agriculture, while fewer people worked in information, culture and recreation.
Employment in construction increased by 15,000 jobs across the country. That was led by gains in B.C. but tempered by a decline in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The employment gains across the country were mainly driven by private sector employees, which saw an increase of 79,000 jobs.
