The local unemployment rate fell last month.
The rate for the Belleville-Quinte West Census Metropolitan Area, which includes Belleville, Quinte West, Deseronto-Tyendinaga and Stirling-Rawdon, dropped to 7.6 per cent from 8.3 in January.
The national unemployment rate held steady at 6.6 per cent as population growth eased to its slowest pace since April 2022.
The provincial number fell three-tenths to 7.3 per cent.
The February jobs figures will give the Bank of Canada a sense of how the labour market looked before getting hit with U.S. tariffs as the central bank gears up for an interest rate decision next week.
