A small bump upward in the unemployment rate in Hastings-Prince Edward and other eastern ontario counties.
Statistics Canada says the figure last month was 9 per cent, compared to 8.9 in January.
There were 19,300 people looking for jobs in Hastings, Prince Edward, Lennox and Addington, Frontenac and Renfrew Counties in February, the same as the month before.
The unemployment rate in that area in February, 2009 was 6.8 per cent.
