Jobless Rate Up In The City

Jason Wellwood July 5, 2019 11:44 am Last Updated on July 2, 2025 12:49 pm

Thunder Bay’s unemployment rate is up for the month of June.

According to Statistics Canada the rate of 5.4 per cent for our city is up from 5.1 per cent in May.

Ontario’s jobless rate was also at 5.4 per cent in June an increase from the month previous.

Across Canada the rate for June was up slightly to 5.4 per cent after the economy lost 2,200 jobs.

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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