Montreal unemployment rate up slightly from January, down from a year ago

The unemployment rate in the Montreal region rose from 6.1 per cent in January to 6.4 per cent in February, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
The rate, which is seasonally adjusted, was down 0.5 per cent from 6.9 per cent in February 2017.
This is the lowest February unemployment rate since statistics using the same geographic boundaries started being recorded in 2001. 
The increase in unemployment comes as the region shed more than 10,000 jobs, according to the federal statistics agency.
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