Local unemployment rate hits 4.4%

MIDWESTERN ONTARIO – In December, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased by 0.7 percentage points to 4.4 per cent. The provincial unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 5.6 per cent, both unadjusted for seasonality. In December, the region’s overall population increased by +300 whereas the labour force size increased…