OTTAWA – A quick look at October unemployment (previous month in brackets):
Unemployment rate: 7.0 per cent (7.0)
Employment rate: 61.2 per cent (61.1)
Labour force participation rate: 65.8 per cent (65.7)
Number unemployed: 1,365,000 (1,363,100)
Number working: 18,160,600 (18,116,700)
Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 13.0 per cent (13.2)
Men (25 plus) unemployment rate: 6.7 per cent (6.6)
Women (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.2 per cent (5.3)
