Local, National Jobless Rates Up

by Bobby NockJune 5, 2020

Stats Canada says the national unemployment rate was 13.7% in May with the effects of the COVID-19 shutdown still being felt.

That’s the highest rate recorded since comparable data became available in 1976.

Before the COVID shutdown in February, the national unemployment rate was 5.6%.

It increased to 7.8% in March and 13.0% in April.

Meanwhile, Cape Breton’s unemployment rate for May was 18.3 per cent.

That’s up from 16.4 per cent in April and 13.8 per cent in May of last year.

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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