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July 14, 2025 - 5:00 AM
If someone told you, “you look like you have a case of the Mondays,” today, maybe you wish you were part of these unemployment statistics.
Jobless rates tend to fluctuate for various reasons so, especially if you live in Kamloops, don’t let numbers stress you out.
Anyways, here’s the data from Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey for June:
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6,000: People found employment between May and June in Kelowna.
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20: Per cent of people in Kelowna are self-employed.
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6,000: People stopped working in Kamloops between May and June.
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0.9: Per cent increase in Kelowna’s unemployment rate between February and June.
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4.4: Per cent increase in Kamloops’ unemployment rate between February and June.
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6.9: Per cent is the national average unemployment rate. Kelowna’s is 6.2 and Kamloops’ is 9.2.
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7.9: Per cent is the unemployment rate for the entire Southern Interior.
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0.1: Per cent increase in unemployment in Thompson-Okanagan.
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62: Per cent decrease in the average hourly wage in B.C. since April.
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430,000: Canadians want to be in the workforce but aren’t.
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