2,400 more Saskatchewan youths were employed in June than a year earlier, pushing the youth unemployment rate down to 11.1% from 13.2% in May.
11.1% left Saskatchewan with the third-lowest youth unemployment rate among provinces, below the 12.7% national rate and back to its pre-pandemic average.
3,400 jobs were added year-to-date across the broader provincial labour market, while seasonally adjusted employment rose 2,900 from May, lifting Saskatchewan to the second-strongest monthly gain among provinces.
Accommodation and food services led annual job growth with 2,700 positions added, followed by health care and social assistance at 2,400 and finance, insurance, real estate and leasing at 1,600.
6.1% overall unemployment kept Saskatchewan slightly below the 6.5% national average, reinforcing signs of a comparatively resilient provincial labour market.