The national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in March.
Statistics Canada also released seasonally-adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates.
In Belleville-Quinte West, the unemployment rate in 5.6 per cent, down from 7.6 per cent in the previous listing.
Kingston stayed fairly steady at 6.2 per cent (6.1 previously), while Peterborough jumped to 9.1 per cent, from 7.5 in the previous listing.
