National employment numbers for June from Statistics Canada, at a glance

National employment numbers for June from Statistics Canada, at a glance | iNFOnews.ca
Fabricator Mike Caldarino uses a grinder on a steel stairs being manufactured for a high school in Redmond, Wash., at George Third & Son Steel Fabricators and Erectors, in Burnaby, B.C., on March 29, 2018. A healthy gain of 31,800 jobs last month wasn't enough to keep the country's unemployment rate from rising to six per cent as more people searched for work, Statistics Canada said Friday.The agency's latest labour force survey shows the jobless rate for June increased from 5.8 per cent in May to break the six per cent barrier for the first time since last October, when it was 6.2. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

OTTAWA – A quick look at June employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

Unemployment rate: 6.0 per cent (5.8)

Employment rate: 61.5 per cent (61.5)

Participation rate: 65.5 per cent (65.3)

Number unemployed: 1,195,300 (1,151,600)

Number working: 18,628,000 (18,596,200)

Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 11.7 per cent (11.1)

Men (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.2 per cent (5.2)

Women (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.0 per cent (4.8)

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