The high unemployment rate in Canada due to Corona

Ottawa-Sana

The unemployment rate in Canada has increased due to lower employment in several industries directly affected by the tight restrictions on public health against the Coronavirus pandemic.

And the Xinhua news agency quoted Canadian government data that the unemployment rate in Canada rose 0.6 percent to 8.1 percent last April, compared to the previous month.

The data indicated that employment decreased by 1.1 percent in April and the number of Canadians unemployed for 27 weeks or more increased to 486,000 people.