Brantford-Brant area jobless rate sees spike
June 2024 employment figures for Brantford-Brant showed the largest month-over-month increase in over a year, but other data suggests the swing isn’t as dramatic as it first appears. The Brantford area unemployment rate climbed by 0.8 percentage points in June to...
May employment reaches 1-year high
May 2024 employment in Brantford-Brant reached a one-year high, while the jobless rate continued to hover around 5%. May’s local unemployment rate was 4.9%, the same as from January to March, and just below April’s 5%, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released...
Epic Jobs 2024 attracts record numbers
Epic Jobs 2024 attracted a record-high 2,400 students, making it the largest Epic event in its 5-year history. Grade 7 and 8 students from schools across the Grand Erie region spent hours at the event, held May 22, at Brantford’s Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, taking...
April job numbers show little change
April 2024 employment numbers for Brantford-Brant once again saw little change compared to recent months. After sitting at 4.9% for three straight months, April’s local unemployment rate was 5%, according to seasonally adjusted figures from Statistics Canada. Even...
Brantford area job market holds steady
March 2024 employment figures showed the Brantford-Brant and Norfolk labour markets are holding steady. The Brantford-Brant jobless rate stood still for the third straight month at 4.9% in March, according to Statistics Canada’s estimates, based on its monthly survey...
Brantford area job market stands out
February 2024 employment numbers show the Brantford area labour market continues to be a bit of an anomaly compared to some of its neighbours, as well as Ontario and Canada. To begin with, the Brantford-Brant jobless rate was unchanged in February, at 4.9%, while it...
2024’s labour market plan is published
2024's labour market plan for Grand Erie talks about the need for all players in the local labour force to work together to manage expectations in the face of disruptions caused by external factors. The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie's newest labour market...
January 2024 job numbers for area
January 2024 employment numbers for Brantford-Brant showed a slight increase in the local jobless rate. Brantford-Brant’s unemployment rate last month was 4.9%, up from December’s 4.3, according to Statistics Canada’s monthly labour force survey figures, which were...
2023 closes strong for local job numbers
December 2023 employment numbers saw Brantford area close out the year strong, maintaining its position as having one of the lowest jobless rates in Ontario. Brantford-Brant’s unemployment rate last month was 4.3%, up from November’s 4.2%, according to Statistics...
November job figures among Ontario’s best
November 2023 employment figures showed that unemployment inched up in Brantford-Brant, despite the addition of several hundred jobs. Last month’s local jobless rate climbed to 4.2%, up from 4.1% the previous month, even though employment grew by an estimated 500...