Another sign that people are starting to find work coming out of the shutdown.
The Four County Labour Market Planning Board says June’s unemployment rate in the Stratford-to-Bruce Peninsula economic region is down 0.2 percent to 3.8 percent.
They say the rate is close to pre-pandemic levels.
The Provincial unemployment rate, on the other hand, went up by 0.1 percent to 9 percent.
Overall net employment in the region decreased by 600, with full-time gains (+1,500) and part-time losses (-2,100).
They say since that start of Stage one of reopening on June 11th, the region continues to see a recovery of the local labour market as full-time workers increase.
The number of Goods-producing sector employees increased by net 600.
The main driving force came from positive gains in Agriculture (400) and Construction (300).
The greatest gains came from Wholesale and retail trade (1,900), which was the first time increase in 2021.
These gains, however, could not offset the losses in other sectors such as Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing (-1,200) and Accommodation and food services (-2,200) resulting in a net loss of 1,100 jobs in the Services-producing sector.
