Windsor’s unemployment rate has risen for yet another month.
According to Statistics Canada, Windsor’s jobless rate grew from 8.6 per cent in May to 9 per cent in June.
Statistics Canada says the economy unexpectedly lost 9,400 jobs last month as the unemployment rose one-tenth of a point to 7.1 per cent -- the highest since last December.
Ontario was the big loser, shedding almost 34,000 jobs in June, all in the youth 15-24 age group.
Economists had expected another big month of job creation following May's 25,800 gain, but June resumed what has become a year-long trend of weak demand for workers.
Over the past 12 months, the economy has created only 72,000 new jobs, split evenly between part-time and full-time workers.
If there was a silver lining in the bleak report, it was that full-time employment rose by 33,500, partly making up for the loss of 43,000 part-time jobs.
The agency says the major setback was among youth workers, who gave back almost all the job gains of May with a drop of about 44,000, most in Ontario.
