Article content In a bit of good news, the Sudbury area added 700 full-time jobs in February, Statistics Canada says. However, a loss of 1,100 part-time positions led to a decrease of 400 total jobs in February as Sudbury’s unemployment rate jumped to 8.7 per cent in February, an 0.8 per cent increase compared to January. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Sudbury adds full-time jobs in February, but loses part-time positions: StatsCan Back to video StatsCan said full-time employment was still down 8,200 jobs from the peak in April 2019, but stood 2,000 jobs above the recent trough in June 2020.