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
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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.
In the 12 months to February, employment rose by 288,000 (+1.6%).
—@StatCan_eng
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.