OTTAWA, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — Canada’s unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to reach 5.7 percent in October, marking the fourth monthly increase, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
According to the national statistical agency, the unemployment rate was higher for Black and Chinese Canadian youth, at 17.7 percent and 14.7 percent respectively. The rate for South Asian Canadians was 12.7 percent, similar to th