The unemployment price for January within the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Financial Area went up in January.
In response to the 4 County Labour Market Planning Board, the unemployment price jumped by two share factors to land at 5.8 per cent final month. Provincially, unemployment ticked up 0.3 share factors to take a seat at 7.2 per cent, with each numbers unadjusted for seasonality.
For January, the area skilled a lower of two,400 individuals in general employment, with roughly 5,400 full-time losses and three,000 part-time beneficial properties.
The most important losses had been within the agriculture sector, with 2,500 job losses there because of seasonality. Items-producing sector employment noticed a lack of 2,200 jobs, adopted by losses of 900 in manufacturing, and 100 in building. Employment in utilities noticed the largest rise with a achieve of 500.
“The unemployment price elevated considerably this month,” stated Dana Soucie, Government Director for the 4 County Labour Market Planning Board. “This aligns with the traits occurring throughout Ontario. Nevertheless, we are going to proceed to observe sectors the place present financial challenges could also be affecting them greater than others.”
Present job postings for the Bruce, Gray, Huron, Perth area have elevated over time because the pandemic and may be discovered at www.connect2JOBS.ca. The present variety of job postings is 1,212.
