Windsor's unemployment rate tops major cities in Canada once again

Windsor'sunemployment rate hasfallen, but itremainsthe highest out of any major city in Canada, data from Statistics Canada released Friday show.

The agency saidthe unemployment rate for October is 9.2 per cent. For the previous month, the ratestood at 10.4 per cent,the highest out of all major cities.

According to a report from Workforce WindsorEssex, the region gained3,400 jobs from September to October.

Compared with last October, theunemployment rate for the Windsor Census Metropolitan area has fallen nearly three points.

Across the country, unemployment for October fell by 0.2 percentage points to 6.7 per cent.

The WindsorCensus Metropolitan Areaincludes the city and some of Essex County. Employment rates are based on a three-month moving average.

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