06 Oct2017
CB Unemployment Rate Up Last Month
The latest numbers from Stats Canada show Cape Breton’s unemployment rate went up slightly last month.
The unemployment rate of 13.8 per cent is three-tenths of a percentage point higher than August.
It’s also nine-tenths of a point higher than September of last year.
Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate was unchanged last month at 6.2 percent.
That number matches the low of October 2008.