CB Unemployment Rate 12.1 Percent In February

by Bobby NockMarch 8, 2024

Statistics Canada says the national unemployment rate for February was 5.8 percent.

That’s an increase of a tenth of a percentage point from January.

Meanwhile, Cape Breton’s unemployment rate was 12.1 percent, last month.

That compares with a jobless rate of 13.3 percent in January and 10.4 percent in February of last year.

Nova Scotia’s unemployment rate for February was unchanged from January at 6.4 percent.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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