A fishing boat heads to dock in Eastern Passage, N.S. on Oct. 2, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
January 10, 2014 - 5:46 AM
OTTAWA - A quick look at December unemployment data (previous month in brackets):
Unemployment rate: 7.2 per cent (6.9)
Number unemployed: 1,382,700 (1,315,800)
Number working: 17,769,600 (17,815,500)
Youth (15-24 years) unemployment: per cent 14.0 (13.4)
Men (25 plus) unemployment: per cent 6.4 (6.2)
Women (25 plus) unemployment: per cent 5.6 (5.3)
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