Thunder Bay’s unemployment rate stayed the same from November to December last year. Statistics Canada released its monthly review of the nation’s jobless rate and Thunder Bay came in at 5 percent in December.
Nationally, we saw our rate decrease from 5.9 percent in November to 5.6 percent last month. Employment in Ontario increased by 25,100 in December. Since June 2018, employment in Ontario has risen by 296,700.
