Women lead job growth as unemployment rate dips to 5.1% – National

in Jun 10, 2022

The unemployment rate across Canada dropped to a new low of 5.1 per cent in May amid a jump in jobs for women, according to the latest Labour Force Survey results. Statistics Canada said Friday morning that the country added 40,000 jobs last month. The agency said that women across all age groups made up[…]

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London-St. Thomas jobless rate continues upward trend, reaches 10% in June – London

in Jul 09, 2021

The unemployment rate in London-St. Thomas climbed 0.3 percentage points to 10 per cent in June as the number of people looking for work once again outpaced the number of jobs created. It’s the highest the unemployment rate has been since July 2020, when it stood at 10.5 per cent. However, it’s still below[…]

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NBA grants $500K to Toronto organization to build economic prosperity among Black Canadian youth

in Jun 10, 2021

Deangela Provo knows what it means to play on an unlevel playing field. “I think that some of the barriers Black youth are facing when it comes to finding employment — and meaningful employment at that — is resources,” the 17-year-old told Global News. Read more: 3.2M Canadians, including over 560,000 children, living in[…]

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COVID-19 prompting employment challenges for Peterborough – Peterborough

COVID-19 prompting employment challenges for Peterborough – Peterborough

in Nov 19, 2020

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is affecting Peterborough’s employment numbers, and not in a good way. “Unfortunately we are the second-highest rate of unemployment out of any city in Canada,” said Karen Wilson, executive director at Employment Planning & Counselling in Peterborough, Ont. According to Statistics Canada, Peterborough’s unemployment rate for October was 11.7 per[…]

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London-St. Thomas jobless rate rises to 5% to end 2018 – London

London-St. Thomas jobless rate rises to 5% to end 2018 – London

in Jan 04, 2019

[ad_1] London ended 2018 on a sour note on the job front. New figures released by Stats Canada show London’s unemployment rate rose to five per cent to end the year, up from 4.8 per cent in November. The city lost 1,200 jobs in December as the size of the labour force declined while the[…]

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