by The latest numbers from Stats Canada show Cape Breton’s unemployment rate was 11.9 per cent last month.
That’s the same as November’s jobless rate.
However, it’s a 4.3 percentage point drop compared to December of last year.
Meanwhile, Nova Scotia’s unemployment rate was up three-tenths of a percentage point from November to 7.6 per cent in December.
The national unemployment rate fell three tenths of a percentage point to 5.6 per cent, last month.
Stats Canada says 35-thousand jobs were created in December.