Staff working at Maggio's Kildare House in Windsor on St. Patrick's Day Tuesday March 17, 2015. (Photo by Adelle Loiselle)Staff working at Maggio's Kildare House in Windsor on St. Patrick's Day Tuesday March 17, 2015. (Photo by Adelle Loiselle)
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Windsor's Jobless Rate Dips To 5.4% In January

Windsor's unemployment rate dipped last month to 5.4%, down from 5.7% the month before.

Nationally, the economy added 48,300 net jobs, pulling down the Canadian unemployment rate just slightly to 6.8%.

Adjusted to the same criteria, it was 5.7% compared to 4.8% in the U.S.

The national labour participation rate was 65.8%, so of those eligible to work in Canada, 34.2% were not working in January.  There were no statistics available on Windsor's labour participation rate.

The Ontario unemployment rate remained static at 6.4%.

Elsewhere in southwestern Ontario, London's jobless rate did not change. It remained 6.9%.

Brantford had the lowest rate of the cities Statistics Canada keeps monthly stats for at 4.2%, while Calgary had the highest jobless rate at 9.8%, down from 10.1% in December.

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