Niagara's jobless rate remains steady, and higher than the national average.
Our unemployment rate in the Region is 7.9%, while Statistics Canada says the national rate ticked up to 6.2 per cent in May, as the economy added a modest 27,000 jobs, mostly in part-time work.
More Canadians find themselves working part-time because they don't have better options.
Young people also felt the consequences of job market slowdown with the employment rate for returning students aged 20 to 24 down almost 3 per cent from a year ago.
Hamilton's rate sits at 7.0%, while Toronto sits exactly in line with Niagara at 7.9%.