Labour Market Bulletin Kingston-Pembroke Area
Labour Market Bulletin, Second Quarter 2006
An Analysis of the Kingston/Pembroke Area Labour Market
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An overview of the Kingston/Pembroke Area, including Arnprior, Brockville, Carleton Place, Gananoque, Kingston, Pembroke, Perth, Prescott, Renfrew and Smiths Falls.
In the Kingston-Quinte-Pembroke region (Economic Region 515) labour market conditions were stronger in the second quarter of 2006 than in the previous quarter. The labour force expanded with both full- and part-time employment following suit. With an increase in the number of people unemployed as well, the unemployment rate nudged upward.
The second quarter of 2006 saw an increase in the number of people in the labour force in the Kingston Census Metropolitan Area., with an overall increase in employment. While the number of people in full time work increased, part time employment decreased. The number of people unemployed rose, allowing the unemployment rate to rise to 6.6 percent.
The labour market in the Cornwall-Brockville-Smiths Falls area (Economic Region 510 less Ottawa) strengthened considerably, with a substantial increase in the labour force. Both full and part time employment increased and unemployment dropped. The unemployment rate dropped as well, from 7.8 at the end of March to 5.7 at the end of June.
Highlights:
- Smurfit-MBI in Pembroke will close in July. Approximately 140 employees will be laid off.
- Construction has begun on a new office supply depot, Lyreco, which will employ up to 100 people in
- Home Depot opened a new store in Pembroke, employing 125 people.
- Thirty-one people were laid off from the Dyno Nobel nitrogen plant in Maitland, west of
- 3M in
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