classifieds jobs careers employment2015’s average unemployment rate for the North Bay area, which includes the City of North Bay, Bonfield, Callander and East Ferris was 6.7 per cent.

That’s up from 5.9 per cent in 2014.

Meantime, employment last year was at 53.4 per cent.

That’s down about 10 per cent from 2014.

As we told you last week, unemployment in December in the area was 7.4 per cent.

That was up two per cent compared to the same month in 2014.

Nationally, the jobless figure in December was unchanged at 7.1 per cent.