The local unemployment rate was virtually unchanged last month rising a tenth of a point from June.
July’s unemployment number for the the Belleville-Quinte West Census Metropolitan Area, which includes Belleville, Quinte West, Deseronto-Tyendinaga and Stirling-Rawdon, was 7.2 per cent.
Statistics Canada reports the national unemployment rate held steady at 6.9 per cent.
The economy shed some 41,000 jobs in July but that was partially offset by a gain of 83,000 positions June.
Statistics Canada says the economy shed some 41,000 jobs in July, partially offsetting a gain of 83,000 positions in June.
Last month In Ontario, the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9 per cent from June’s 7.8.
