coronavirus pandemic.Statistics Canada data for June 2020 shows the jobless rate climbed to 12.6 per cent in June, up from 11.7 per cent in May.
Both months set new records, eclipsing the previous high of 11 per cent set in August 2009 from nearly 20 years of comparable data going back to March 2001.
London-St. Thomas jobless rate hits record 11.7 per cent in May — StatCan The London-St. Thomas region lost 2,700 jobs in June, and the labour force shrunk by 400 while 2,300 more people claimed unemployment.