Statistics Canada

Amid gloomy signs, region’s unemployment rate plunges to 20-year low in December

Ottawa

Continuing a troubling recent trend, the overall number of employed residents in Ottawa-Gatineau fell to 753,300 last month, a slight drop from November.

Ottawa-Gatineau sheds 4,100 jobs in November, bucking national trend

Ottawa

National Capital Region continued a recent slide that’s seen it lose nearly 30,000 jobs since July, but the unemployment rate still fell to 4.4 per

Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate drops to 5.1% in October

Ottawa

That’s the lowest the rate has been since the dawn of the pandemic in March 2020, but it’s mainly the result of a shrinking labour

Region’s unemployment rate falls to 18-month low in September as labour market shrinks

Ottawa

The economy shed more than 10,000 jobs last month, with the retail and educational services sectors among the hardest hit.

Region’s unemployment rate falls to 6.2% in August as labour force shrinks amid job losses

Ottawa

Employers in Ottawa-Gatineau shed a net total of 3,300 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate dropped mainly because of a mass exodus of 12,100

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate dips to 7.1% in July

Ottawa

Ottawa-Gatineau employers added more than 6,000 new jobs to their payrolls last month as the economy continued to pull out of a pandemic-fuelled downturn.

Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate edges up to 7.8% in June

Ottawa

Ottawa’s economy added jobs for the eighth straight month, but the gains were accompanied by a surge in the number of residents entering or re-entering

Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate jumps to 7.6% in May

Ottawa

The size of the region’s labour force – which includes people who are actively looking for work – increased by 9,500 to an all-time high

Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate ticks up to 6.7% in April

Ottawa

While the region’s economy added 7,600 jobs, the labour force also jumped by an additional 10,200 as more people resumed their search for work, Statistics