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

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A worker welds steel at George Third & Son Steel Fabricators and Erectors, in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday March 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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

Unemployment rate: 5.8 per cent (5.8)

Employment rate: 62.0 per cent (61.8)

Participation rate: 65.8 per cent (65.6)

Number unemployed: 1,161,300 (1,162,000)

Number working: 18,929,800 (18,873,900)

Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 10.8 per cent (11.2)

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

Women (25 plus) unemployment rate: 4.7 per cent (4.6)

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