The region’s unemployment rate remained the second lowest in the province in May. Article content

Last month, the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region’s unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 percentage points to 3.9 percent. Meanwhile, the provincial unemployment rate increased by 0.3 percentage points to 7.9 per cent. Both figures are unadjusted for seasonality. Article content

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According to the Four County Labour Market Planning Board, the region’s overall population increased by 400 in May, whereas the labour force size grew by 1,300 people. The result is that the number of people not in the labour force dropped by 1,000.

This increased the region’s participation rate by 0.4 percentage points to 59.1 percent. In addition, the region experienced

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