Cape Breton’s Unemployment Rate 12.4 Percent In November

by Bobby NockDecember 3, 2021

Stats Canada says Cape Breton’s unemployment rate was 12.4 percent in November.

That compares with a jobless rate of 11.9 percent in October and 11.6 percent in November of last year.

Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate fell by seven-tenths of a percentage point in November to 6 percent.

That’s the biggest drop since March.

The provincial unemployment rate for November was 7.6 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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