Windsor's unemployment rate tops major cities in Canada

Windsor's unemployment rate stood at8.3 per cent for March, the highest rate among major cities in Canada.

The rate was unchanged from February. Compared with March 2021, however, therate has fallen 1.5 percentage points.

The national rate was 5.3 per cent in March, the lowest recorded since comparable statistics have beenkept startingin 1976.

Within Ontario, Windsor, Barrie(7.6 per cent) andToronto (7.2 per cent) had the highest unemployment rates for March.

StatisticsCanada's unemployment rate is a seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average.

The national statistics agency cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples.

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