As Expected, Unemployment Rates Rise

Jason Wellwood April 9, 2020 10:33 am Last Updated on July 2, 2025 4:37 am

Not surprisingly, Canada’s unemployment rate has taken a jump for the month of March with COVID-19 raging across the globe.

The government’s latest figures show it at 7.8%, a rise of more than 2 points.

The government has been attempting to help over 1-million people who’ve been out of work with aid packages.

Looking at Thunder Bay, government figures show the unemployment rate in February was 5.3-percent, in March it was 6.1%.

Ontario went from 5.5 percent to 7.6%.

Jason Wellwood

Originally from southern Ontario, Jason found his way here and fell in love with the community and music scene of Thunder Bay over twenty years ago. In between various stints on radio, television and writing, Jason is a dad, a partner and (some would consider) a zoo keeper (seriously, he has a LOT of pets).

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