Canada's unemployment rate rose in June, but in Windsor, the indicator fell.
The latest Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada shows a 0.7 percentage point drop in the local jobless rate, which fell from 6.5 per cent in May to 5.8 per cent last month.
The local economy added just 300 jobs, but 1,200 people dropped out of the labour force.
The Labour Participation rate fell to 64.8 per cent, down from 65.3 the month before.
Meanwhile, the national economy added a net 60,000 jobs, more than economists anticipated and fueled by growth in full-time work.
Wholesale and trade, manufacturing, health care and social assistance, and transportation and warehousing saw increases in employment. Losses in construction, education services, and agriculture offset those gains.
Men aged 15 to 54 made gains, while employment for women was virtually unchanged.
As a result, unemployment ticked up 0.2 percentage points in June to 5.4 per cent, the highest rate in more than a year. However, Statistics Canada noted more people were hunting for a job last month.
In Ontario, the unemployment rate rose to 5.7 per cent, an increase of 0.2 percentage points.
The growth in average hourly wages slowed last month to 4.2 per cent, or by $1.32 to $33.12, year over year. In May, wages grew by 5.1 per cent, and June's results were the slowest acceleration since May 2022.
Statistics Canada gathered data for the Labour Force Survey between June 11 and June 17. The survey for July is between July 9 and June 15 and will be released on August 4.
