Much like Canada, Windsor's population growth outpaced the number of new jobs.
According to Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey for August, Windsor added 600 new jobs to the local economy, but the population grew by 1,000.
As a result, the unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points from July to 5.8 per cent.
The Labour Participation Rate also increased, from 63.7 per cent to 63.9 per cent.
The Canadian economy added 40,000 net positions in August while the population grew by 103,000, or 0.3 per cent.
However, the unemployment rate did not change. It was 5.5 per cent after three consecutive months of increases. The employment rate took a slight hit. It fell 0.1 percentage points to 61.9 per cent.
Since January, the economy has added an average of 25,000 jobs a month.
Employment for core-aged men, those between 25 and 54, grew by 33,000 positions, while it grew by 21,000 jobs for women in the same age group.
Employment in manufacturing contracted by 30,000 positions and by 44,000 in educational services. It expanded in professional, scientific and technical services, and construction. Another 50,000 Canadians identified themselves as self-employed.
Ontario's population grew by 45,000 last month, and while employment remained steady, the jobless rate increased from 5.6 per cent in July to 5.9 per cent.
The August survey also included data about those with more than one job. It said 5.4 per cent of the employed work at multiple workplaces, unchanged from a year ago. More than a third of those workers needed the income to meet their financial obligations.
"The share of workers holding multiple jobs tends to be higher among employees earning lower wages," said the survey. "In August, it was 7.5 per cent among employees earning less than $800 per week in their main job, compared with 4.2 per cent among those who earned $800 or more."
Women, young workers, and immigrants were more likely to hold more than one position.
The percentage of those working part-time who want a full-time position increased last month to 18.9 per cent from 17.2 per cent a year ago.
Total hours worked continues to increase in August, up half a percentage point from July and 2.6 per cent from a year ago.
The average hourly wage is up 4.9 per cent from a year ago, or $1.56 to $33.47.
Statistics Canada conducted the survey the week of August 13 to August 19.
The survey for September comes out on October 6.