The city's unemployment rate stood at 5.4 per cent in April, according to a Statistics Canada labour market survey, as more than 50,000 people held down jobs for the second straight month.
Indeed, the number grew by 1,000 to 51,300 from March. The numbers are based on a three-month rolling average.
At the same point last year, the unemployment rate was 6.3 per cent and 47,500 people were working in the city. At 54,200, there are also 3,600 people of working age in the city and the number of people of working age stood at 18,300 last month, 3,300 fewer than a year ago.
The number of people seeking employment stood at 2,900 which is 300 fewer than in April 2017.
The numbers do not separate full-time from part-time employment.
