Employment was up locally in February, year over year.

Stats Canada reports the employment rate was 53.6 per cent last month.

That’s up from 48.8 per cent in February last year.

There were 31,600 people in the Labour Force last month, up 34-hundred from a year ago.

Meantime, unemployment was at 6.3 per cent last month.

The figure couldn’t be published in February 2016 because it was below the confidentiality threshold.

The figures include the City of North Bay, Bonfield, Callander and East Ferris.