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Employment
For many individuals, having a job is the key to maintaining 15.9 percent unemployment, to almost a year and half
an acceptable standard of living. Unfortunately, it hasn’t later in February 2011, Windsor stubbornly maintained
been that easy to find a job in Windsor-Essex. As recently double digit unemployment rates. With the exception
as March 13th, 2015, The Windsor Star and other news of January 2014, when the unemployment rate dropped
outlets reported that Windsor maintains the highest to 6.9 percent – below the provincial average – Windsor
unemployment rate in Canada.xliii has been plagued with rates that exceeded the rest of
the province, and in many cases the country. The most
Since 2008, through the depths of the recession and recent unemployment numbers for Windsor hovered at
the automotive manufacturing “crash” our region 11.1 percent as of March 2015, 4.2 percentage points
has been battered by some of the highest levels of above the provincial average.
unemployment in Canada. Between July 2009 with
Chart 33: P ercentage unemployment. Labour Force Survey (LFS), by census metropolitan area based on 2011 Windsor
census boundaries, 3-month moving average, seasonally adjusted Ontario
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
JAN 08
MAY 08
SEP 08
JAN 09
MAY 09
SEP 09
JAN 10
MAY 10
SEP 10
JAN 11
MAY 11
SEP 11
JAN 12
MAY 12
SEP 12
JAN 13
MAY 13
SEP 13
JAN 14
MAY 14
SEP 14
JAN 15
Source: S tatistics Canada. Table 282-0135 - Labour force survey estimates (LFS), by census metropolitan area based on 2011 census boundaries,
3-month moving average, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, monthly (persons unless otherwise noted) (Accessed on 2015-04-10)
Youth unemployment Chart 34: Percentage unemployment. Labour Force Windsor
Survey (LFS), by census metropolitan area Ontario
As outlined in Section 1 of this report, the exodus of based on 2011 census boundaries, sex and
young people from the Windsor-Essex region can be age group, annual 2014
attributed to an inability to find gainful employment.
Youth unemployment has remained over 20 percent 30
consistently since 2008 until this past year. After reaching 25
an annualized high of 24.3 percent in 2012, the youth 20
unemployment rate declined to 15.3 percent in 2014, still 15
6.3 percentage points above the regional unemployment 10
average. With nearly 1 of 5 young people unable to find 5
local work, it is no surprise that they are packing up and 0
leaving the region.
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 282-0129 - Labour force survey
estimates (LFS), by census metropolitan area based on
2011 census boundaries, sex and age group, annual
(persons unless otherwise noted) (Accessed on 2015-04-10)
Employment
For many individuals, having a job is the key to maintaining 15.9 percent unemployment, to almost a year and half
an acceptable standard of living. Unfortunately, it hasn’t later in February 2011, Windsor stubbornly maintained
been that easy to find a job in Windsor-Essex. As recently double digit unemployment rates. With the exception
as March 13th, 2015, The Windsor Star and other news of January 2014, when the unemployment rate dropped
outlets reported that Windsor maintains the highest to 6.9 percent – below the provincial average – Windsor
unemployment rate in Canada.xliii has been plagued with rates that exceeded the rest of
the province, and in many cases the country. The most
Since 2008, through the depths of the recession and recent unemployment numbers for Windsor hovered at
the automotive manufacturing “crash” our region 11.1 percent as of March 2015, 4.2 percentage points
has been battered by some of the highest levels of above the provincial average.
unemployment in Canada. Between July 2009 with
Chart 33: P ercentage unemployment. Labour Force Survey (LFS), by census metropolitan area based on 2011 Windsor
census boundaries, 3-month moving average, seasonally adjusted Ontario
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
JAN 08
MAY 08
SEP 08
JAN 09
MAY 09
SEP 09
JAN 10
MAY 10
SEP 10
JAN 11
MAY 11
SEP 11
JAN 12
MAY 12
SEP 12
JAN 13
MAY 13
SEP 13
JAN 14
MAY 14
SEP 14
JAN 15
Source: S tatistics Canada. Table 282-0135 - Labour force survey estimates (LFS), by census metropolitan area based on 2011 census boundaries,
3-month moving average, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, monthly (persons unless otherwise noted) (Accessed on 2015-04-10)
Youth unemployment Chart 34: Percentage unemployment. Labour Force Windsor
Survey (LFS), by census metropolitan area Ontario
As outlined in Section 1 of this report, the exodus of based on 2011 census boundaries, sex and
young people from the Windsor-Essex region can be age group, annual 2014
attributed to an inability to find gainful employment.
Youth unemployment has remained over 20 percent 30
consistently since 2008 until this past year. After reaching 25
an annualized high of 24.3 percent in 2012, the youth 20
unemployment rate declined to 15.3 percent in 2014, still 15
6.3 percentage points above the regional unemployment 10
average. With nearly 1 of 5 young people unable to find 5
local work, it is no surprise that they are packing up and 0
leaving the region.
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 282-0129 - Labour force survey
estimates (LFS), by census metropolitan area based on
2011 census boundaries, sex and age group, annual
(persons unless otherwise noted) (Accessed on 2015-04-10)
