Red Deers unemployment rate highest in Canada, other Alberta cities hold steady [Video]

The latest job numbers released by Statistics Canada show a city in Alberta has the highest unemployment rate of any major Canadian city.

According to the January report, Red Deer tops the list with the unemployment rate sitting at 9.7 per cent. That’s down slightly by 10 per cent from December.

Meanwhile, in the province’s two largest cities, unemployment rates stayed steady.

The report shows Edmonton hit 7.2 per cent in January – down 0.3 per cent from December.

Calgary shows a more noticeable change dropping to 7.7 per cent in January from 8.1 per cent in December.

All three cities are above the national average of 6.6 per cent.

The Alberta NDP responded to the data by criticizing the provincial government.

“It all just continues to show how ineffective this UCP government is at meeting the needs of Albertans who continue to struggle,” Rhiannon Hoyle, Alberta NDP Shadow Minister …