N.W.T.'s unemployment rate falls to 4.7 per cent thanks to summer jobs, StatsCan reports

The Northwest Territories added 900 jobs over the summer,according to third-quarter employment data from Statistics Canada releasedFriday.

Statistics Canada's labour force surveycompiledjob data from July, August and Septemberin all three Northern territories.

The data suggests the Northwest Territories relies on student jobs to keep employment numbers high over the summer, explainedJeffBarichello, an economic statistician with the N.W.T. Bureau of Statistics.

This followsacommon pattern in the N.W.T., he said.

Unemployment rates

The unemployment rate in the N.W.T. is 4.7 per cent. That's a decrease of 3.9 per cent compared to the second quarter of 2018 as fewer people searched for work,according to the labour force survey.

In Yukon, the unemployment rate sits at 3.2 per cent after the territory lost 400 jobs in the third quarter this year, bringing the unemployment rate there up by almost one per cent.

Meanwhile, Nunavut saw a jump in employment. Over the summer, 500 jobs were added, thoughits unemployment rate stayed relatively the same, according to the labour force survey.

The N.W.T. Bureau of Statistics plans to releaseits own data Fridayafternoon