As predicted, Canada’s unemployment rate increased slightly last month.
In February the national rate was 5.8%, up from 5.7% in January.
And the unemployment rate locally also increased but by a bigger margin.
In the Belleville Census Metropolitan Area which includes Belleville, Quinte West, Tyendinaga-Deseronto, and Stirling-Rawdon, the unemployment rate increased in February to 4.7%, up from 4% the month before.
However, Ontario’s rate dropped a little, from 6.2% in January to 6.1% in February.
See Statistics Canada’s entire labour force report here.
