by Stats Canada says Cape Breton’s unemployment rate for October was 11.9 percent.
That compares with a jobless rate of 11.5 percent in September and 12.9 percent in October of last year.
Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate fell by two-tenths of a percentage point in October to 6.7 percent.
The federal agency says the national economy added 31-thousand jobs that month.
The provincial unemployment rate for October was 7.7 percent.