Windsor

Windsor unemployment rate down to 5.1%

Windsor's unemployment rate is continuing its downward trend, coming in at 5.1 per cent during the month of February, according to Statistics Canada.

Rate was 5.4 in January

(CBC)

Windsor's unemployment rate is continuing its downward trend, coming in at 5.1 per cent during the month of February, according to Statistics Canada.

That's a slight change compared to the rate of 5.4 per cent that was recorded in January.

The region has seen a steady decline in joblessness over the past year. 

There were an estimated 105,000 more people working full time across Canada in February, the second "notable increase" in a three-month period. The country's overall unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent.