It appears more people in our region have found jobs during the pandemic.
According to the Four County Market Labour Planning Board, unemployment in September in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula corridor was 7.9 percent.
That is down point-8 (.8) percent.
Overall net employment in the region saw gains of about 2,400 with one-thousand of those jobs being full-time.
The provincial unemployment rate went down in September by 1.1 percent to 11.1 percent.
The number of Goods-producing sector employees increased by 1,500, with the greatest increases in Utilities (+700) and Manufacturing (+700).
All Goods-producing sectors experienced either an increase or no change compared to last month.
Employment in the Services-producing sector increased by 800.
The greatest gains were in Wholesale and retail trade (+1,900) and Professional, scientific and technical services (+600).
These gains were partly off-set by losses in Educational services (-700) and Finance, insurance, and real estate (-500).
