7 h. ago What to make of London's jobless rate of 7%, higher than national average

London-area jobless rate edged up to 7% in November, above the national average, the latest snapshot of Canada’s labour market shows.

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8 h. ago Canada added 54,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate drops to 6.5%: StatCan

OTTAWA — The labour market surprised economists again in November with a third straight month of job gains. Statistics Canada said Friday that the economy added 54,000 new positions last month compared with economists’ expectations for a small loss. The unemployment rate fell to 6.5 per cent in November, down from 6.9 per cent in […]

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8 h. ago Canada added 54,000 jobs in November as unemployment rate falls

Canada's national unemployment rate fell 0.4 per cent in November to 6.5 per cent, and marks the second straight monthly decline in the unemployment rate.

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6 d. ago South Africa’s ‘Everything Rally’ Hinges on Economic Promises

The searing rally across South African assets this year risks running out of steam unless economic growth picks up enough to make a dent in the nation’s sky-high unemployment rate.

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2 w. ago CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts dropped 17 per cent in October

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in October fell 17 per cent compared with September. The national housing agency said the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 232,765 units in October, down from 279,174 in September. The drop came as the number of starts in Ontario and […]

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4 w. ago The London census metropolitan area posted a 6.5 per cent unemployment rate, compared to 6.2 in September, but still below the October 2024 rate of 6.6, stated data from the national agency.

More people have landed jobs in London and region over the last 12 months, but the unemployment rate nudged up last month as the population and workforce grew faster, new figures show.

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4 w. ago Canada’s unemployment rate just fell for 1st time in 3 months

Canada's job market bounced back slightly in October as the national unemployment rate fell for the first time in three months, dipping to 6.9 per cent.

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