While the national economy added more jobs in June, Windsor didn't share in the bounty.
The city's unemployment rate rose 1.2 per cent last month compared to May to 11.8 per cent.
Statistics Canada's Labour Market Survey for June shows the loss of 1,500 jobs in Windsor at a time when another 600 people started looking for work.
Employment grew in Ontario by a net 116,900 positions driving its jobless rate down almost a full percentage point to 8.4 per cent last month. Of those, 92,200 were in part-time work.
Part-time work fueled job growth across Canada too. It accounted for the addition of 263,900 positions, most filled by younger workers aged 15 to 24-years. Although the number of full-time jobs fell 33,200, it was a big enough jump to lower the national unemployment rate by 0.4 percentage points from May to 7.8 per cent.
In April and May, net positions across Canada fell by 275,000. June's showing is indicative of the positive impact of a slow return to normal as pandemic restrictions began to lift.
On June 2, the Ontario government lifted its stay-at-home order, and on June 11, restaurants started offering out-door dining, and some non-essential shops opened their doors again.
More Canadians returned to the office, while the number of people working less than half of their usual hours grew. A total of 400,000 people stopped working from home, dropping that total to 4.7-million. Those who saw their hours cut in half because of the pandemic fell 19.3 per cent to 276,000.
When the survey's criteria are adjusted to U.S. concepts, it shows a 6.3 per cent jobless rate in Canada compared to 5.9 per cent on the other side of the border.
The survey was taken from June 13 to June 19.
