CB Sees Slight Drop In Jobless Rate

by Bobby NockApril 9, 2021

Stats Canada says Cape Breton’s unemployment rate was 14.1 percent in March.

That’s a drop of a tenth of a percentage point compared to February.

It’s a three-tenths of a percentage point drop compared to February of last year.

Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate for March was 7.5 percent.

That’s a drop of seven-tenths of a percentage point compared to February.

The federal agency say the Canadian economy added 303,000 jobs in March.

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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