Area employment was down while unemployment was up in the North Bay area last month.

Stats Canada reports the jobless figure was 7.5 per cent in September, up 1.1 per cent from a year ago.

But, it’s within the standard error (2.3) so it’s not deemed statistically significant.

Employment dropped 0.9 per cent year over year to 57.4 last month.

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