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News Release LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC - 4.1% Walkerton, ON (June 4, 2021) – In May, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region…
News Release APRIL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECREASED TO 6.1% Walkerton, ON (May 7, 2021) – In April, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 0.5 percentage point…
News Release UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECREASED TO 6.6% IN March Walkerton, ON (April 9, 2021) – In March, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 0.5 percentage…
News Release FCLMPB LAUNCH SCENARIO-BASED WORKFORCE PLANNING REPORT IN RESPONSE TO UNCERTAINTIES CAUSED BY PANDEMIC Walkerton, ON (March 19, 2021) – Today, the Four County Labour Market Planning…
News Release UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED TO 7.1% IN FEBRUARY Walkerton, ON (March 12, 2021) – In February, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased by 0.8 percentage…
News Release JANUARY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASES TO 6.3% Walkerton, ON (February 5, 2021) – In January, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased to 6.3%. At the…
News Release DECEMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASES TO 5.6% Walkerton, ON (January 8, 2020) – In December, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased by 0.2 percentage point…
News Release LOCAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CONTINUES TO DECREASE Walkerton, ON (December 4, 2020) – In November, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 1.0 percentage points…
News Release OCTOBER UNEMPLOYMENT CONTINUES A DOWNWARD TREND TO 6.4% Walkerton, ON (November 6, 2020) – In October, the unemployment rate for the Stratford- Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by…
Walkerton, ON (October 9, 2020) – In September, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 0.8 percentage points to 7.9%. At the same time, the provincial…
Walkerton, ON (September 4, 2020) – In August, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased by 0.1 percentage point to 8.7%. At the same time, the provincial…
Walkerton, ON (August 7, 2020) – In July, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 1.0 percentage point to 8.6%. At the same time, the provincial…
Walkerton, ON (July 10, 2020) – In June, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased by 0.3 percentage points to 9.6%. At the same time, the provincial…
Walkerton, ON (June 18th, 2020) – connect2JOBS.ca is a new jobs website that pulls vacancies for the region into one place for easy access. Normally, job seekers have to search…
Walkerton, ON (June 5, 2020) – In May, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased by 1.2 percentage points to 9.3%. At the same time, the provincial…
Walkerton, ON (May 8, 2020) – In April, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased by 2.2 percentage points to 8.1%. At the same time, the provincial…
Walkerton, ON (December 6, 2019) – In November, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased again, falling to 2.4%, and continuing to occupy the lowest unemployment rate…
Walkerton, ON (November 8, 2019) – In October, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased considerably by 1.1 percentage points, to 3.1% continuing to occupy the lowest…
Walkerton, ON (October 11, 2019) – In September, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased slightly, by 0.1 percentage points, to 4.2% which represents the lowest unemployment…
Walkerton, ON (September 6, 2019) – In August, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased by 0.5 percentage points to 4.3%. This is higher than a year…
Walkerton, ON (August 9, 2019) – In July, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased by 0.4 percentage points to 3.8%. This is slightly higher than a…
Walkerton, ON (July 5, 2019) – In June, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 1.3 percentage points to 3.4%. The provincial unemployment rate decreased by…
Walkerton, ON (June 07, 2019) – In May, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 1.2 percentage points to 4.7%. The provincial unemployment rate decreased by…
Walkerton, ON (May 10, 2019) – In April, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 1.0 percentage points to 5.9%. The provincial unemployment rate increased by…
Walkerton, ON (March 8, 2019) – In February, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region rose by 1.1 percentage points to 5.6%. The provincial unemployment rate rose by…
Walkerton, ON (January 5, 2018) – The unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region fell by 0.2 percentage points to 4.1%, with more people employed and searching for work.…
Walkerton, ON (February 9, 2018) – The January unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region rose by 0.3 percentage points to 4.4%. In January, 2,300 people left the labour…
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Walkerton, ON (March 9, 2018) – The February unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region was little changed at 4.5%, slightly increased 0.1 percentage point compared with January. Over…
Walkerton, ON (April 6, 2018) – The unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region rose in March by 0.4 percentage points to 4.9%, a result of more people participating…
Walkerton, ON (May 11, 2018) – The unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region fell in April by 0.5 percentage points to 4.4%, a result of 1,700 people leaving…
Walkerton, ON (May 11, 2018) – The unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region fell in April by 0.5 percentage points to 4.4%, a result of 1,700 people leaving…
Walkerton, ON (July 6, 2018) – The unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region fell by 0.3 percentage to 3% in June, the lowest in the province. In June,…
Walkerton, ON (August, 10 2018) – In July, the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region still held the lowest unemployment rate in the province at 3.0%, while the provincial unemployment rate rose…
Walkerton, ON (January 6, 2017) – While the province’s unemployment rate fell .2% between November (5.9%) and December 2016 (5.7%), the rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region went up…
Walkerton, ON (February 10, 2017) – The unemployment rate in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region rose 1.4% from 3.8% (December) to 5.2% (January), while the province’s unemployment rate had a…
Walkerton, ON (March 20, 2017) – The Stratford-Bruce Peninsula unemployment rate rose sharply to 6.3 % in February from 5.2% in January, while the province saw a softer rise to…
Walkerton, ON (April 7, 2017) – The unemployment rate in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region rose for the second row in a month, up .5% from 6.3% in February to…
Walkerton, ON (May 5, 2017) – The unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region in April fell .7% from 6.8% to 6.1%. This drop returns the local unemployment rate…
Walkerton, ON (June 9, 2017) – The unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region in May declined 1.6% points to 4.5%, the lowest since January 2017. The decrease was…
Gemma Mendez-Smith 519-881-2725 executivedirector@planningboard.ca Walkerton, ON (July 7, 2017) – The June unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region edged down slightly by 1% point to 3.5%, continuing a…
Our Annual General Meeting this year is going to be extra special, since we’re celebrating our 20th Anniversary of planning to keep you working. Our keynote speaker will be Bethany…
Walkerton, ON (August 4, 2017) – The July unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region hits its lowest level since 2001, dropping to a record-low 2.9%. The decrease of…
Gemma Mendez-Smith 519-881-2725 executivedirector@planningboard.ca Walkerton (Jan. 8, 2016) – The Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region matched the province’s change in unemployment rate by dropping .2%, from 5.9% in November 2015 to…
Walkerton (Feb. 5, 2016) – Ontario began 2016 with an employment rate of 60.5% and a participation rate of 64.6%, while the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula region saw the year start at…
Walkerton (March 11, 2016) – Unlike the provincial unemployment rate which rose .2% from 6.4% to 6.6% in February, the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula region saw a .1% drop from 5.7% to…
Walkerton (April 8, 2016) – The unemployment rate for both the province and the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region edged higher in March putting it at the highest level since September…
Walkerton (May 6, 2016) – While the unemployment rate for the province rose slightly, from 6.9% to 7%, the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region edged lower from 6.3% to 6.2% in…
Walkerton (June 10, 2016) – In May the unemployment rate for the province edged lower from 7% to 6.9%. The Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region had a bigger drop from 6.2%…
Walkerton (July 8, 2016) – In June, both Ontario and the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region experienced drops in unemployment rates in the month of June. The local region stands at…
Walkerton (August 5, 2016) – The unemployment rate of 4.2% in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region for July remains well below the provincial unemployment rate of 6.5%. The local unemployment…
Walkerton (September 9, 2016) – The unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region increased to 5.1% in August from 4.2% the previous month, the first increase since March this…
WALKERTON (February 06, 2015) – Stratford-Bruce Peninsula (Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth counties) employment decreased by 1,000 in January, resulting in an increased unemployment rate of 0.8 percentage points to…
WALKERTON (March 13, 2015) – A slight drop in employment in Stratford-Bruce-Peninsula (Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth counties) mirrored Canada’s drop in February, while the local unemployment rate rose by…
WALKERTON (May 8, 2015) – For the third consecutive month, unemployment rates held steady for both Ontario at 6.8% and Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region (Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth counties)…
WALKERTON (June 5, 2015) – While Canada and the province’s unemployment rates, at 7.2 and 7.0 respectively, remained unchanged from April according to seasonally unadjusted estimates, the unemployment rate fell…
WALKERTON (July 10, 2015) – Stratford-Bruce Peninsula’s unemployment rate has dropped consistently over the past six months.
Walkerton (August 7, 2015) – After a consistent drop in the unemployment rate since the start of the year, the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula labour force experienced its first unemployment rate increase…
Walkerton (Sept. 4, 2015) – The unemployment rates for both the province and the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region increased in the month of August. While the province saw a marginal…
Walkerton (Oct. 9, 2015) – The unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region jumped up .5% from 6.1% in August to 6.6% in September, while the province’s rate remained…
Walkerton (Dec. 4, 2015) – The unemployment rate fell for both the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region and the province in November 2015. While the local region experienced a .2% drop…
