The addition of 8,100 jobs in Windsor lowered the city's unemployment rate from 10.4 to 9.6 per cent last month.
Labour participation rose 1.6 points to 65.2 per cent, and the labour force grew by 6,700 people, or 1.3 per cent, to 266,400.
Windsor residents collecting Employment Insurance fell 1.4 per cent, from 27,000 to 25,600.
The increase in employment was felt across Canada as the national economy gained a net 67,000 positions in October, the second month in a row in which employment increased.
Employment gains were made in wholesale and retail trade, transportation and warehousing, information, culture and recreation, and utilities.
The construction industry lost 15,000 jobs.
Labour disputes at Canada Post and the Ontario public college system negatively impacted the average hours worked by Canadians by 0.2 per cent. A total of 87,000 workers lost time at work because of strikes or other job actions.
Ontario made its first gain in employment since June. The province added a net total of 55,000 jobs, up seven-tenths of a percentage point. That shaved 0.3 per cent off the provincial jobless rate to 7.6 per cent.
This month's Labour Force Survey also looked at the number of Canadians struggling to pay for basic necessities like transportation, housing, food, and clothing. It found 27.7 per cent find it hard to meet those financial obligations.
Those renting are more likely to struggle at 37 per cent, while 23.6 per cent of those who own their home had difficulties.
Windsor did not have the highest unemployment rate last month. Statistics Canada said that title went to Brantford with a jobless rate of 9.9 per cent. Windsor was tied for second with Kamloops, B.C.
