Ontario Employment Numbers Up 43,500 Jobs

QUEENS PARK – Employment in Ontario increased by 43,500 jobs in November — the fifth straight month of job gains — and the unemployment rate decreased to 5.5 percent, the lowest it has been since 2000.
Since last November, employment in Ontario is up by 180,800 jobs. Ontario’s unemployment rate has been below the national average for 32 consecutive months and below six percent for the past four months — a first since 2000. Ontario has now created more than 800,000 n