The city's unemployment rate stood at an estimated 4.4 per cent in August, according to a Statistics Canada labour market survey, as the number of people holding down jobs stayed above 50,000 for the sixth month in a row.
A further 2,300 were seeking work while 19,900 of working age were not participating.
For the same month last year, the unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent and 49,200 people were working, 3,100 were looking and 20,100 were not participating.
The accuracy of the unemployment rate for August was plus or minus 0.7 percentage points 68 per cent of the time. For the figure last year, it was plus or minus 0.8 per cent.
As well, the figures are based on a three-month rolling average and do no separate out part time from full time work.
