Nationally the unemployment rate dropped 0.7 per cent to 7.5 as 303,000 more people found jobs. Ontario reported the largest job gains (188,000) as the unemployment rate fell 1.7 per cent to 7.5. “It was a very nice surprise to see all the job creation and the thousands of people returning to the labour force,” said Workforce WindsorEssex CEO Justin Falconer. “It tells me people have either been recalled from layoff or they’re able to locate childcare or some other care that allowed them to return to work. “These are remarkable numbers.” There were 162,900 people employed in the Windsor Census Metropolitan Area last month. That region includes Windsor, Tecumseh, Lakeshore, LaSalle and Amherstburg.