Kelowna and Kamloops among regions hit by massive job losses across BC in March

On 2026-04-10, British Columbia's government-issued Labour Force Survey reported that the province lost 19,200 jobs in March, with unemployment rising to 6.7%, the highest level in about a decade outside the COVID-19 pandemic. The report also said Kelowna lost 3,200 jobs and Kamloops lost 400 jobs. This is a significant provincial labor-market release, but not at the crisis threshold for EC01.