Windsor's unemployment rate was still the highest in the country last month, but it also fell to 10.6 per cent.
Since July, when the unemployment rate was 11.1 per cent, another 2,300 people found work in Windsor.
Ontario's unemployment rate also dropped last month to 7.6 per cent, down from 8 per cent the month before, as employers filled 53,000 positions.
Nearly all the provincial gains were in part-time work. Increases in the accommodation and food services reflected a national trend as American tourists were allowed back into the country. More jurisdictions also entered the final or near-final phase of their reopening plans.
Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey showed jobs gains across Canada for the third consecutive month. Another 156,000 positions were filled in August, pushing the national unemployment rate down 0.4 percentage points to 7.1 per cent. The agency said that is the lowest rate since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and just 0.8 per cent above pre-pandemic levels.
How we work continues to evolve during the pandemic. Fewer Canadians are working from home. That number fell to 24 per cent of the workforce last month.
More of us changed employers. The survey shows 275,000 people across the country started a new job in August, up from July when 257,000 did.
We are also making more money, another $1.48 an hour on average. That's a 5.2 per cent increase from August 2019.
Adjusted to U.S. criteria, Canada's unemployment rate is 5.8 per cent, compared to 5.2 per cent across the border.
Statistics Canada conducted its survey between August 15 and August 21, 2021.
