Unemployment rate increases to 4.8% in region

PERTH COUNTY – In January, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased by 0.4 percentage points to 4.8 per cent. The provincial unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage point to 5.8 per cent, both unadjusted for seasonality. In January, both the region’s overall population and labour force size increased by +400, whereas…