London's unemployment rate remained unchanged last month ... Nationally, the unemployment rate also remained steady at 6.5 percent as hiring remained weak across the economy. In Ontario, the unemployment rate saw a slight decrease, dropping to 6.8 per ...

Despite the gains, which followed an abysmal summer in which London shed about 7,300 positions, the jobless rate for the region was unchanged from September’s 6.4 per cent.

Slack in Canada’s job market continued to grow, with muted hiring in October leaving the unemployment rate unchanged and further signs job seekers are growing frustrated by the lack of openings.

Canada's labour market added roughly 15,000 jobs in October, enough to keep the unemployment rate steady at 6.5 per cent in the month.