The number of people returning to work after the March shutdown continues to climb in Windsor.
In August, another 6,800 people returned to work as the unemployment rate fell 2.4 percentage points to 10.1 per cent.
Over the past three months, 31,000 jobs have returned after the jobless rate peaked in May of 16.7 per cent, the highest in the country.
The Labour Participation Rate also continued to recover. It was 57.2 per cent, an increase of 1.1 percentage points from July.
The recovery was felt province-wide and nation-wide too last month.
The national rate fell 0.7 percentage points to 10.2 per cent last month.
Nationally, the economy added 246,000 net jobs building on gains made in July and June. Most of the increase was in full-time work. However, it is still 5.7 per cent below pre-pandemic levels when the country enjoyed the lowest unemployment rates since Statistics Canada began compiling the numbers.
The number of Canadians working, but less than half their usual hours, fell 14.6 per cent from July. Meanwhile, fewer people were working from home; 2.5 million, down from 3.4 million at the pandemic's peak in April.
There are still 1.8 million Canadians impacted by the COVID-19 shut down in March, down from its peak in April with 5.5 million.
About 37.7 per cent of those still collecting the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Employment Insurance, or the Canadian Emergency Student Benefit said they were having difficulty affording the necessities. That is an increase of 4.4 per cent from July.
Most provinces saw an increase in employment in August. In Ontario, the rate last month was 10.6 per cent, a drop of 0.7 percentage points. Another 142,000 jobs were added, nearly all of them full-time. Employment in Ontario is now 93.6 per cent of its pre-pandemic level.
Statistics Canada carried out its August Labour Force Survey between August 9 and August 15.
