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Hamilton loses 46K jobs during COVID-19 pandemic as unemployment rate doubles: FAO

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COVID-19 pandemic, employment has dropped 10.7 per cent in the Hamilton census metropolitan area (which includes Burlington and Grimsby) with many of the jobs lost in the accommodation and food services industry, which slipped 13.4 per cent.Manufacturing and health care also suffered with drops of 9.8 and 9.5 per cent respectively in the metro area, according to StatCan.The city’s unemployment rate doubled during the last four months moving from 4.9 per cent to 10.3 per cent at the end of May.Niagara was the second hardest-hit region in Ontario losing close to 32,000 (15.6 per cent) of its jobs since February.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Accommodation and the food services industry was also the.

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