The unemployment rate in Peterborough jumped up by almost two per cent last month.
Stats Canada reports the rate came in at 9.5 in May.
Nationally, the jobless rate hit a fresh record high of 13.7 per cent in May, but that is much lower than the 15 per cent figure economists had predicted in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Statistics Canada reports the economy added over 289,000 jobs last month as many businesses started to re-open.
