
Region’s unemployment rate falls to 6.2% in August as labour force shrinks amid job losses
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
Region’s unemployment rate falls to 6.2% in August as labour force shrinks amid job losses
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-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’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
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
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
Ottawa-Gatineau jobless rate holds steady at 6.5% in March
Employers added nearly 8,000 new jobs to their payrolls last month, StatsCan says, but those gains were offset by more people looking for work.
Ottawa’s unemployment rate falls in February as region gains 15,000 jobs
Region’s jobless rate dropped to 6.5 per cent in February, down from 6.7 per cent the previous month and its lowest level since the start
Ottawa’s unemployment rate drops to 6.7% in January
The number of people working in Ottawa-Gatineau rose by about 9,600 last month, Statistics Canada said, while the labour force also grew.
Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate falls to 6.7% in December
The region’s labour force – which includes unemployed people actively looking for work – stood at just under 782,000, well below last January’s pre-pandemic total
Household debt ratio rises to 170.7 per cent, StatCan says
Canadian households owed an average of $1.71 for every dollar of disposable income in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
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